Manga

Bouncer -Tokyo Fist- gets the spotlight as Emaqi’s weekly title

Bouncer -Tokyo Fist- gets the spotlight on digital storefront Emaqi this week

Hayame Kawachi - November 15, 2024

Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 3: K-Comics Shopping in Carpentra

How are K-comics doing in France? A visit to two shops in Carpentras offer a glimpse at trends

Deb Aoki - November 15, 2024

Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 1 Part 2 : Pompidou Comics + Art, Corto Maltese and Aligote

Exploring the exhibit of more Pre-1964 comics at the Pompidou Centre, including Krazy Kat and TinTin. Also, why aligoté is the best thing I ate in Paris

November 7, 2024

Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 1: Manga, BD, & Comics Exhibit at the Pompidou

This epic comics, bande dessinée and manga exhibit – part of Paris's cultural display for the Olympics – showcased original art by Robert Crumb, Hideshi Hino, Chris Ware and much, much more.

November 6, 2024

Anime Expo ’24: Deb Aoki on making manga and selling merch

Deb Aoki shares some tips for aspiring manga creators, including what kind of material to start on and beginner mistakes

July 9, 2024

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: Tropic of Pride

K-Comics Beat - June 3, 2024

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers OUR NOT-SO-LONELY TRAVEL GUIDE, TROPIC OF THE SEA, and BANANA SCANDAL.

Japanese digital manga distributor Infocom bought by Blackstone Inc. in billion dollar move

K-Comics Beat - May 31, 2024

The bidding war for one of Japan's largest digital manga distribution platforms ends, with US private equity firm Blackstone comoing out on top

Shueisha launches JUMP TOON vertical scrolling comics platform

K-Comics Beat - May 29, 2024

Shueisha unveils its JUMP TOON vertical scrolling comics platform to compete with Piccoma and WEBTOON in Japan

Seven Seas licenses MY DEAR DETECTIVE and more

K-Comics Beat - May 20, 2024

Seven Seas continues its Wonderful Wednesdays announcements with more manga

Kakao Piccoma to shutter French webtoon app, operations in Europe

K-Comics Beat - May 15, 2024

After a two year run and launching its expansion to great fanfare in 2021, Kakao's Piccoma digital comics platform will shut down French-language European operations in September.

AI manga translation start-up Orange gets $20 million in funding

K-Comics Beat - May 7, 2024

Orange Inc., developers of a Japanese-to-English language manga localization tool, announced earlier this week that it secured 2.92 billion yen (approximately $19.4 million USD,...