If you’ve been a faithful Manga Recon reader, you may be wondering why we haven’t updated the blog recently. That’s because our webmaster Jon Haehnle just finished building us our very own homepage within the PopCultureShock site. You’ll now find us at this address:

http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/

As you’ll see, the site got more than just a facelift. Jon improved the navigation by making content readily available through the front page, providing handy links to recurring features as Manga Recon @ the Movies, On the Shojo Beat, The Otaku Bookshelf, and Your Definitive Guide to… We’ve also improved the category and tag functions; it’s now possible to browse the site by publisher, manga-ka, and review type. And for folks with a serious weekly manga habit, we’ve introduced a new poll that lists the week’s upcoming releases and encourages you to tell the world what you’re planning to buy. (List updated every Friday, courtesy of our friends at Midtown Comics.)

If you subscribe to our feed, you’ll want to update your aggregator with the following address:

http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/feed/

This is an exclusive feed for manga content–no tights and capes stuff to crowd out your Naruto newsblasts.

We hope you’ll explore the new site, and look forward to hearing your comments. Jon has provided a space on the front page where you can record your thoughts. N.B. This blog will no be updated after today, so please make note of our new address!

Thank you for reading Manga Recon!

Katherine Dacey, Senior Manga Editor
Chloe Ferguson, Contributor
Erin Finnegan, Contributor
Phil Guie, Contributor
Isaac Hale, Contributor
Ken Haley, Contributor
Sam Kusek, Contributor
Michelle Smith, Contributor