Tag Archives: Japan

Japanese SF to appear in English, thanks to van Troyer/Davis anthology

Gene van Troyer and Grania Davis have edited what may be the first in a series of anthologies of Japanese sf translated into English. Speculative Japan, published by Kurodahan, will be released at... Read more [...]

Robert J. Sawyer wins China’s Galaxy Award for Most Popular Foreign Author

Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer won China's Galaxy Award, voted by Chinese readers, for Most Popular Foreign Author of the Year... Read more [...]

Tor Books Podcasts to Debut during WorldCon

Tor Books will begin producing podcasts during WorldCon. The shows from Japan will be hosted by Tom Doherty and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, and available for downloading... Read more [...]

Dark Horse Bringing Gantz to the US

Dark Horse Comics has won the right to publish the US edition of Hiroya Oku's Gantz, one of the most popular seinen manga in Japan. Gantz tells the story of... Read more [...]

Sharon Shinn sells three to Berkley, and two overseas

Sharon Shinn sold the fifth and sixth books in the Twelve Houses series and a collection of short stories to Berkley via agent Lindsay Rosoff at the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. She also sold two YA novels, one to Spain and one to Japan.... Read more [...]

DC Comics Goes to Japan for Japanese Manga

DC Comics has just announced an investment in Japanes manga publisher Flex Comix. Under the new arrangement, Flex will create original manga titles which DC will then bring to the US. More details... Read more [...]

Interstitiality and the Creative Artist: a Fascinating Discussion

Last Monday's panel discussion "Interstitiality and the Creative Artist" presented wonderful insights into the world of comic artists trying to survive between, rather than within, the strictures of modern marketing... Read more [...]

VIZ’s new spring manga series announced

VIZ Media is debuting five new fantasy and science fiction manga series this Spring. They include... Read more [...]

Dark Horse to Publish MPD-Psycho in the US

Graphic Japanese horror manga MPD-Psycho will appear in the US as a Dark Horse title starting on... Read more [...]

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