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Pope Benedict XVI is getting his own comic book – and it's not from Bluewater. Manga Hero, an Californian Christian manga publisher is published the volume for World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain Titled Habemus Papam!, these are the Latin words used after the papal election, translated as "We have a pope!" Latin title? Yes, definitely not[...]

Jesse Norton, working in animation, writes; When the March 11 earthquake hit Japan, I was sound asleep enjoying my first vacation in years. My friend

This is a James Jean silk scarf being sold to benefit Red Cross efforts in Japan. There's a lot of it about. Meg Hunt writes; Japan has given those of us

At the beginning of the week Tokyo-based manga artist Sensha Yoshida, was cooking stir-fry rice noodles and tweeted that he didn't notice the first earthquake. Things changed quickly as tsunami and more tremors hit Japan leading to massive loss of life and damage and continuing disruption. In a form of prayer, Takehiko Inoue,[...]

Kodansha Limited, Japan's largest publisher of Manga, will acquire US publisher of translated Japanese fiction and manga Vertical, Inc according to Anime News Network The move comes as Kodansha continues to exert greater control over how its material is handled in the US, having recently shifted its licenses from Del Rey to its own Kodansha[...]

You know, they created the popular MMORPG Dofus. So, those are guys with quite a bit of money, as you might have guessed. So what do software companies with too much money do? That's right, they publish a comic book. In Ankama's case, they're going to publish a manga magazine Featuring original manga work from Japanese creators[...]

Details are sparse at the moment, but Ken Akamatsu of free manga download site J-Comi has announced that his company is developing a comic viewer in partnership with Google which will include integrated translation, commenting, and advertising support. Still in beta since its launch in November of last year, the site currently uses advertising-supported pdf downloads[...]

Failure to comply will result in fines. The bill passed yesterday with its final reading Wednesday, and is expected to pass with little local political opposition. But the Anime News Network reports that the Prime Mionister of Japan, a famed manga enthusiast is concerned that the law may mean the TAF is cancelled And publishers have told[...]

In Japan, 'otaku' carries even less positive meaning than 'geek' does in the West.  Japanese manga and anime tends to take awhile to get to the West, though the window has been getting closer recently with US companies like Funimation and Crunchy Roll licensing rights to stream current-running anime series the same time they're broadcast[...]

Variety reports a rather interesting development in Japan. That ten of the biggest Japanese comics publishers, including Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported we'd received word that the famed Dragon Ball was returning to manga However it took such a circuitous route from Japan, through Italy, over to America and back to Britain again that it seemed to get rather mangled in the telling. But it seems where there is smoke, there's[...]

A big move for the startup company which specialises in providing software to manga publishers to put their comics onto mobile phones, with an ebook support infrastructure to boot. This is a sign of both the size, and the speed of growth of the sector, growing by a quarter from 2008 to 2009 with no sign[...]

Obviously a six figure sum… but could it go higher? JobWatch: Yen Press is launching a new manga talent search for unpublished creators. Who is eligible: Any artist who has NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED may enter. What to send: Create a 32-page short story using the page parameters below: FilmWatch: Tamara Drewe gets the "not as good as the comic[...]

This morning we received word that Shueisha Publishing Company of Tokyo has convinced legendary manga creator Akira Toriyama to come back and restart the Dragon Ball comics franchise. Dragon Ball (also known as Dragon Ball Z) is one of the most lucrative comic book franchises in the world Initially serialised from 19984 to 1995 in Shonen[...]

While the general public can't give a toss about the lettering in Twilight: The Graphic Novel, it's certainly got enough people in the comics industry and