Hey gang. Negima! fan Hata pinged me to let me know some news he’d uncovered regarding Negima! Without further ado, here’s Hata. [sic] in the last? big Negima dojin meet, “The 10th day of Library Island Closure” at Kawasaki. one of the dojin put up by well known Negima blog catmania will have 10 Q&A
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New Proposed Japanese Law the Reason Ken Akamatsu Ended "Negima!"?


Hey everyone. Akamatsu-sensei’s ending of the popular Negima! manga has left a bad taste in the mouths of many fans, especially since there are so many unresolved plot threads. While many fans have focused their anger on Akamatsu-sensei for what they feel is his giving them the shaft, I’ve always felt there was something else

Some Minor Negima! News and Clarifications


Negima! fan Hata provided some information on February 29, 2012, regarding Negima! from Akamatsu-sensei, including some addressing of rumors. — the final Negima volume 38 will be on sale May 17th, there will be no LE edition. — Ken starts the final chapter today (Feb 29, 2012), even though he still has 58 panels to

Negima’s Ken Akamatsu’s Exclusive Contract With Kodansha Ending


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

Negima! Manga Coming to an End…in Three More Chapters!


The French website Manga News has broken the news that Negima! will be ending in three chapters! And, they have an image from Negima! chapter 352 to prove it. (I think these may be the guys that have put out spoiler images since I know some French folks had early access to the manga, somehow.)

Viz Wakes Up to Nausicaä Manga Shortages


Viz Wakes Up to Nausicaä Manga Shortages Back in May, I noted that I had finally scored all seven volumes of the 2nd edition release from Viz of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga. I had started trying to score the manga in early March and it took two months to get

Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus Vol. 2 Delayed Again…For the Umteenth Time!


Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus Vol. 2 Delayed Again…For the Umteenth Time! I received a bit of frustrating news today — Dark Horse is once again delaying the release of Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus Volume 2, this time until August 9th. *_* AAAAAUUUGGGHHHH!!!!! Back in February, I ranted about how Dark Horse is notorious for constantly delaying releases

The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami


I was sitting at work when one of the large monitors that endlessly plays CNN started saying something about a massive Earthquake in Japan. Since I had Twitter up on the side, I took a glance and saw folks from Japan beginning to tweet on the Earthquake. Azuma-sensei (Azumanga Daioh; Yotsuba&!) posted this on Twitter.