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We've previously told you about Japanese publisher Kodansha opening a New York office and courting American comic creators, but have they arrived in America too late? What happens when the teenage audience who created the manga publishing boom in the US grows up? Journalist Kai-Ming Cha, writing about this weekend's Anime Expo, worries that maturity will mean putting away childish things. More »
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Manga, or Japanese comics, have been brainfood for hipster pop culture fiends for decades. Sold in fat anthologies like Shonen Jump, the gorgeous, violent, and sometimes romantic titles are imported to the U.S. through a few distributors like Viz Media in San Francisco and scifi publisher Del Rey. Now, in an interesting move for the comics industry, giant manga publisher Kondansha has announced it's opening up a sizable office in New York City. (Kodansha owns Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as Ultraman, some Mobile Suit Gundam titles, and many more.) Presumably that means they'll be acquiring comics from artists and writers stateside, and publishing them there. Is manga really manga when it's made in the U.S., by people from the U.S.? More »
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