Negima! fan Hata reported a couple of things from Akamatsu-sensei’s recent tweets. Here’s the first tweet in question. Basically, Akamatsu-sensei is answering a question posed to him on whether his next manga series will be published in Weekly Shounen Magazine or not. Akamatsu-sensei’s answer confirms that he’s no longer exclusive to Kodansha, and has a
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Kodansha Comics — What’s Going On With You?
January 5th, 2012 
AstroNerdBoy Kodansha Comics — What’s Going On With You? When Kodansha USA basically booted Del Rey out of the manga publishing world to take over, I decided to be mostly positive in how I took this. I ignored a lot of the concerns I had read then. However, as Kodansha Comics lollygagged around, I became concerned
“Love Hina” Being Re-released by Kodansha Comics?
March 23rd, 2011 AstroNerdBoy “Love Hina” Being Re-released by Kodansha Comics? With Akamatsu-sensei releasing his Love Hina comic in Japan for free on his J-Comi website combined with the TokyoPop U.S. edition of the manga out of print, I wasn’t sure that it would be coming back to U.S. shores. However, it seems that RightStuf has something that Kodansha
Kodansha USA sez: xxxHOLiC Manga Stays With Del Rey! (Say What?!)
December 15th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Kodansha USA sez: xxxHOLiC Manga Stays With Del Rey! (Say What?!) So, I’m taking a small break from the insanity that is my life at the moment when I note a couple of e-mails regarding xxxHOLiC. Apparently, at the Kinokuniya Store event back on December 12 when Kodansha Comics announced their new licenses and release
Kodansha USA sez: Negima! Volumes 1-3 to get NEW TRANSLATION!
December 14th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Kodansha USA sez: Negima! Volumes 1-3 to get NEW TRANSLATION! I hadn’t been too happy with Kodansha’s take over of Del Rey manga titles but finally, the company decides to put some information out there. Amidst the news about new manga titles coming to the U.S. were two bits of Negima! news. First, Kodansha will
So, When Are We Getting Del Rey’s Former Manga Titles, Kodansha USA?
November 8th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy So, When Are We Getting Del Rey’s Former Manga Titles, Kodansha USA? It was back on July 1, 2008 that we learned that the Japanese manga publisher Kodansha decided to cut out the middleman in the U.S. and create a new division for US manga publications and sales called Kodansha USA. Then in 2009, Kodansha
Goodbye Del Rey, Hello Kodansha USA
October 5th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Goodbye Del Rey, Hello Kodansha USA When Kodansha announced they were creating a U.S. manga division a couple of years ago, I think we manga fans all saw this as Kodansha attempting to cut out the middle man and increase their profits. After all, if Del Rey can make a ton of cash off of
Kodansha’s Recent Crackdown on Manga Helpers
September 17th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy I’ve had a few people ping me for my thoughts on Kodansha’s cease and desist order against Manga Helpers to remove all of the raw scans of various Kodansha properties, to include Negima! So, I will post my thoughts. How soon we forget. It wasn’t that long ago that certain Japanese fans were scanning entire
