MAOH: JUVENILE REMIX Vol.1
Publisher: VIZ Media
Story: Kotaro Isaka
Art: Megumi Osuga
For older teens
ANDO has a secret superpower. He can make people say what he wants them to say. The problem is, he’s not sure if it’s really a power he possesses or just a series of freaky coincidences.
He lives in Nekota City with lives with his [...]

A selection of entries by aspiring young manga artists in Malaysia’s first ever National Manga Competition are now available for a free preview on Animax Asia’s website: www.animax-asia.com/manga.
You can also purchase them online via the official National Manga Competition website.
The National Manga Competition was held last year and aims to uncover Malaysia’s talented mangaka and [...]

OTODAMA: VOICE FROM THE DEAD Vol.1
Story and art: Youka Nitta
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing; 200 pages
(ISBN: 978-1569700877)
For mature readers
READING this manga makes me sad. Not because it’s depressing material (even if the main subject of the manga is serial killers) but because the manga is evidence that Youka Nitta, author of the popular yaoi series Embracing [...]

Japanese and American-based manga publishers have formed the Japanese Digital Comic Association (JDCA) to combat scanlations, which they believe are a “rampant and growing problem”. In the last few years, sophisticated scanlation websites have sprung up, giving access to hundreds of titles — many translated by fans — free. The JDCA is threatening legal action [...]

Alas, another American manga publisher bites the dust.
CMX, which brought us the fabulous Emma by Kaoru Mori, will cease publishing new titles by July 1. However, CMX’s best-selling series Megatokyo series by award-winning creator Fred Gallagher will continue as a DC title. Those unfinished series’? Well, unfortunately, they most probably will not be continued.
CMX’s demise [...]