Welcome to the latest edition of Shinbun Saturday! I hope the weather where you live is much better than the weather where I’m at. I think I haven’t seen the sun in over a week. Isn’t April supposed to be the month of rain? To kick off this week’s manga news roundup, Kodansha USA has…
Shinbun Saturday: The Return of CLAMP’s Favorite Magical Girl
Hi everyone! Welcome to the last Saturday of April. Is it still rainy where you live? Or have you moved on to warm, flower-filled days? Here in the Mid-Atlantic, it’s somewhere in between. Rainy or sunny, I hope you’re ready for a blast from the past. Last month, Angel reported that we were getting a…
Shinbun Saturday: Student Creates and Earns Degree in Cosplay
Hi readers! Boy, I’m glad it’s Saturday. This has been a rough week, hasn’t it? Between what’s going on with DC Comics and all of the celebrity deaths, I kind of want to reboot 2016. Not to mention the fact that Japan is still dealing with the repercussions of last week’s earthquake. But we can’t…
Shinbun Saturday: Japanese Publisher Kadokawa Moves into the North American Market
Hi everyone! Welcome to another edition of Shinbun Saturday, your weekly round-up of the latest news in the manga world. I could talk about the biggest headlines, which deal with the most recent round of Hollywood whitewashing but ugh, speaking as an Asian woman, I’m so tired of talking about it. It happens again and…
Shinbun Saturday: Death Note Live Action Movie Finds a New Home
Happy Saturday! How about this ridiculous weather we’re getting here in the U.S.? I don’t know what happened to spring but I want it back! The big topic of the week is news that the U.S. Death Note live action movie is moving from Warner Brothers to Netflix. Must we continue with this whitewashed mess?…
Shinbun Saturday: Another Classic Manga Jumps on the Kickstarter Bandwagon
Hello readers! Vernieda checking in from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, where we’re kicking off April with showers. Hopefully, that means we’ll indeed get flowers in May! Over the past couple years, we’ve been seeing lots of Kickstarters to bring over classic manga like Osamu Tezuka’s extensive catalog and more recently, anime like Escaflowne and Skip Beat!…
Shinbun Saturday: Manga Licenses Galore!
Happy Saturday! Vernieda here, fresh and recharged from a writers retreat. You know what’s even better? Spring has sprung! Goodbye, winter, and good riddance. Kodansha USA has been busy this week, announcing several new manga licenses. Twelve new print titles scheduled for this autumn, in fact! Among the new titles are more properties belonging to…
Shinbun Saturday: TOKYOPOP Hits Hollywood…Again
Happy Saturday, readers! Vernieda and Angel here to bring you up to speed on the week in manga. Planning a trip to Japan this year? You might want to check out the 88-stop anime pilgrimage tour that Kadokawa will be offering for foreign tourists! The tour was announced at a meeting of interest for the…
Shinbun Saturday: Sherlock Gets a Manga Adaptation
Happy Saturday, dear readers! Can you believe February is over? I certainly can’t, but I’m excited about the coming of spring. The manga world lit up this last week with the news that BBC’s Sherlock will be getting a manga adaptation. It’s not the first time we’ve seen this happen. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has…
Shinbun Saturday: In Defense of Fujoshi
Happy Saturday, dear readers! Can you believe we’re already in mid-February? Where is 2016 going? On the other hand, spring is only a month away now. I know I’m glad the sun is no longer setting before 5PM. If you’ve been in the manga and anime fandoms for long enough, chances are you’ve encountered a…
Shinbun Saturday: Naruto Fanfiction Gets a Drama CD
Welcome to another edition of Shinbun Saturday! We’re finally saying goodbye to our last traces of snow here in the Mid-Atlantic…just in time for another snowstorm early next week. Winter, why do you hate us so? Here’s to hoping the local meteorologists are wrong! To start off things, let’s talk about fanfiction. People who’ve been…
Shinbun Saturday: Prolific Manga Creator Nominated for the Will Eisner Hall of Fame
I can’t believe January’s over! How are we into February already? Didn’t 2016 just start? Yikes. At any rate, a new month means new manga news. Katsucon is next weekend, so I wonder if we’ll hear anything interesting? Speaking of cons, SDCC announced nominees for the 2016 Will Eisner Hall of Fame earlier this week….