New York Times' top ten manga for 11/18/12Happy Monday, readers! Sailor Moon once again drove women buyers to the manga section this week, putting the series at the top of the charts, where it is bound to remain for a few weeks more. There's a clear domination by women in the manga market, so that explains why you frequently see other titles such as Pandora Hearts, Flowers of Evil, and Black Butler sitting in the top 10, along with the big three shonen series. Let's take a look at the full list: 1. Sailor Moon Vol. 8 - Week 1 It's great to see Durarara's fanbase buy the manga in large enough numbers to put it on the charts -- perhaps that will spur someone to license the light novels. But that will likely only happen with a Kickstarter campaign, because of the high costs from translation and the uncertainty of committed buyers in the American light novel market. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
8:00 AM on 05.14.2013 This Attack on Titan mock film poster is pretty sweetI have very little faith in the Japanese film industry's ability to make a decent live action adaptation of Attack on Titan. Very few studios here could supply the budget required to make it work. This is especially the case ...
8:00 PM on 05.13.2013 Shonen Showdown 5-13-2013Hey there! It's time again for that Monday tradition that hasn't managed to happen on a Monday for at least a month - Shonen Showdown! Appearing on time this week are your favorite usual battle anime and manga suspects: Hunter x Hunter, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Naruto and Bleach! You should get on below as well to read up, and tell us your thoughts on the week in fighting in the comments!
4:00 AM on 05.11.2013 Tokyo ESP manga to get an anime adaptationI have no idea if anybody out there is reading it, but Hajime Segawa's Tokyo ESP is a lot of fun. The first arc stars a high school girl named Rinka, a poor girl who ends up developing super powers that allow her t...
8:00 AM on 05.09.2013 Slice of life: Sunny manga grabbed by VIZ MediaIf you're a fan of slice of life, here's a thing for you. Sunny, by Taiyo Matsumoto, has been grabbed by VIZ Media and translated by Michael Arias (producer: The Animatrix). The release of the first volume of this manga will ...
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4:35 PM on 05.07.2013 Make your meals stand out with these rad Jojo toothpicksMany of us are still waiting for David Production's remake of Stardust Crusaders, and Lucky Lands Communication has prepared us for its inevitable premiere with a useful item that's coming out in August. And w...
4:05 PM on 05.01.2013 Viz reveals their manga samplers for Free Comic Book DayFree Comic Book Day is happening this Saturday, and Viz is ready to reveal their free samples for this year's event! Let's just say that the Shonen Jump part sample has gotten better, because Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration, the...
8:00 AM on 04.30.2013 At last?! The Evangelion manga ends in two chaptersAfter 18 long years, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's Neon Genesis Evangelion manga will finally be reaching its conclusion. Some of you may not realize this, but Sadamoto's manga treatment of the hit series actually started its run befo...
6:00 AM on 04.30.2013 Shonen Showdown 4-30-2013It's time for another week of Shonen Showdown, the weekly battle anime and manga recap that's swirling out of control and into another dimension! Before we make our fateful *ahem* "DT", we leave you with our weekly legacy: to...
9:00 AM on 04.26.2013 Medaka Box spin-off Good Loser Kumagawa comes to an endWith Nisioisin's Medaka Box coming to a close this Saturday, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that any tangentially related media would be ending as well. Medaka Box spinoff manga, Good Loser Kumagawa, will be ending i...
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