http://manga.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Manga GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-14T23:00:51Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/15/poll-what-does-kubo-is-coming-mean.htm After last week's post on the VIZ Media blog, banners like these are appearing on the Shonen Jump website. So what does "Kubo is coming" mean? What do you think?... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/15/poll-what-does-kubo-is-coming-mean.htm 2008-05-15T02:44:48Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/14/pop-japan-travel-offers-100-off-tokyo-manga-tour.htm After the sold-out success of their Spring Yaoi Manga and Gothic Lolita Fashion tours, Pop Japan Travel is busy making plans for their next tour, the Mind Over Manga Doujinshi... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/14/pop-japan-travel-offers-100-off-tokyo-manga-tour.htm 2008-05-14T23:00:51Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/14/manga-movie-review-honey-and-clover-2006.htm While it's not as whiz-bang colorful and exciting as the other manga-inspired movie that's making news lately, the Honey and Clover movie offers quieter pleasures to fans of Chica Umino's... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/14/manga-movie-review-honey-and-clover-2006.htm 2008-05-14T03:42:07Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/13/manga-review-kieli-tells-a-dark-bittersweet-ghost-story.htm Teens who can see ghosts are a dime-a-dozen in both shojo and shonen manga land. But Kieli Volume 1, the new arrival in bookstores from Yen Press is a supernatural... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/13/manga-review-kieli-tells-a-dark-bittersweet-ghost-story.htm 2008-05-13T00:55:32Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/12/manga-review-toto-delivers-oz-some-adventure.htm A young boy with spikey hair, a dog named Toto and a girl named Dorothy on her way to "Emerald" cross paths and find that adventure (and danger) awaits around... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/12/manga-review-toto-delivers-oz-some-adventure.htm 2008-05-12T04:09:31Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/10/viz-blog-drops-cryptic-hint-kubo-is-coming.htm A post dated May 8 on manga publisher VIZ Media's Blog simply says "Kubo is coming". It also has a link to the Shonen Jump magazine web page that just... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/10/viz-blog-drops-cryptic-hint-kubo-is-coming.htm 2008-05-10T02:10:32Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/09/dmp-launches-new-speed-racer-manga-website.htm Went poking around the Digital Manga Publishing (DMP) website today, and found out that they've launched a new website dedicated to the original Speed Racer manga. It looks like they're... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/09/dmp-launches-new-speed-racer-manga-website.htm 2008-05-09T20:11:27Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/09/book-reviews-dayans-birthday-and-chibikuro-party.htm Given how much I complained about the lack of manga for kids under 12 in my top trends for 2008 list, it seems only right to wander slightly astray from... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/09/book-reviews-dayans-birthday-and-chibikuro-party.htm 2008-05-09T02:40:11Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/08/ny-times-gets-hip-to-steampunk-superhero-style.htm Thursday's New York Times online edition had two articles / photo slideshows that caught my eye: Steampunk Moves Between Two Worlds "Steampunk" should be nothing new to manga and anime fans... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/08/ny-times-gets-hip-to-steampunk-superhero-style.htm 2008-05-08T12:58:55Z http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/07/manga-review-honey-clover-vol-1-and-vol-2.htm There's college, and then there's art school. Maybe it's the paint fumes, but art school is a fertile ground for all kinds of characters you'd never meet at your typical... http://manga.about.com/b/2008/05/07/manga-review-honey-clover-vol-1-and-vol-2.htm 2008-05-07T02:58:28Z