Comments on: Top Five Manga News Stories from NY Anime Fest 2007

By: Katherine Dacey

Katherine Dacey — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:46:04 +0000

I didn’t mean that these books were for old fogies only, Aurelia, just that they were the ones most likely to appeal to old fogies. After all, it’s been a long time since some of us were in high school!

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:12:06 +0000

Hey, hey, I’m not an old curmudgeon, and I love Summit of the Gods! XD

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:27:30 +0000

NY Comic-Con will be held from April 18-20th at the Javits Center. If you go to http://www.nycomicon.com, you’ll find a preliminary list of events and exhibitors.

By: Mack

Mack — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:17:11 +0000

So when is the NY Comic Con in 2008? Wait, I can find that out. I am now waiting on the next volume of Kyo Kara Maoh! in anime. I am starting to look every time I go to Best Buys!

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:58:21 +0000

Nice, ill be checking out Me and the Devil Blues. Looks very interesting.

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:14:51 +0000

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who found the numerous invocations of Harry Potter puzzling!

By: Eve Shen

Eve Shen — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:05:16 +0000

I think it was the hype for Roland Kelt’s underwhelming Japanamerica book that set the standards for a year of baffling attempts to tie stuff from Japan to Pottermania.

“Contemporary Japanese pop culture such as anime and manga is Asia’s equivalent of the Harry Potter phenomenon–an overseas export that has taken America by storm.”

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:51:59 +0000

That’s an excellent question, Mack. The presenters didn’t have any artwork to show when they made their licensing announcements, so we may have to wait until NY Comic-Con to find out.

By: Mack

Mack — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:45:15 +0000

*happy me* Kyo Kara Maoh! in manga form! I can’t wait. Oh, but I do have to wait. *sigh* I love the anime. Do you know if TP will have the original cover art? I have seen some in photobucket.com. It looks awesome!

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:49:03 +0000

I think the success of those X-Men manga will depend largely on well the creators observe manga conventions. If they slavishly follow them, I think the results will be unreadable–honestly, I don’t want to see a super-deformed Dr. Xavier flapping his arms and crying oversized tears. But if the artists and writers find a middle ground between a more American form of storytelling/characterization and a visual aesthetic that borrows from manga, well, that might be interesting.

By: Ken Haley

Ken Haley — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:42:20 +0000

I’d turn my nose up at the X-Men/Wolverine thing if it wasn’t for Johnston’s involvement. He’s currently one of my favorite comic creators so I’m very curious to see him do Wolverine as a shonen series.

Glad to hear that Me and the Devil Blues will be coming out in larger chunks too.

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:10:19 +0000

Thanks, Ed… duly noted and corrected!

By: ed chavez

ed chavez — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:06:16 +0000

Psst… Psst… Kate… actually its nisiOisin (or Nishio Oishin)

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:39:56 +0000

The first Vagabond omnibus is scheduled for a September 2008 release. I might finally have a prayer of catching up on this series!

By: Jon Haehnle

Jon Haehnle — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:13:21 +0000

X-Men manga sounds interesting but more importantly, Vagabond Omnibus! W00T!