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ComiXology and HarperCollins Publishers announced today the debut of the Warriors Manga iOS App that includes thirteen titles from the Warriors Manga series that will also be available on comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform available across the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. Warriors’ fans that own an iPad with Retina display will now see more than ever before with comiXology’s high definition file format dubbed CMX-HD!
This week, the Major Spoilers Podcast takes a hint from some of our fans and looks at another manga offering from Dark Horse Comics.
Tokyo Babylon It’s 1991, the last days of Japan’s bubble economy, and money and elegance run through the streets. So do the currents of darkness beneath them, nourishing evil spirits that only the arts of the onmyoji—Japan’s legendary occultists—can combat. The two most powerful onmyojiare in the unlikely guises of a handsome young veterinarian, Seishiro, and the teenage heir to the ancient Sumeragi clan, Subaru.
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Earlier today during this year’s New York Comic Con 2012, Ishimori Production Inc. and comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform – announced a digital distribution deal for legendary manga creator Shotaro Ishinomori’s entire catalog. To celebrate, Ishimori and comiXology will be debuting the widely influential Cyborg 009 , Kikaider and Skull Man across comiXology’s entire platform – including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.
Speed Grapher is an anime series, here is Netflix’s description of it:
A former war photographer meets a beautiful girl whose powers unlock a secret within him: Whenever he takes a picture of something, it explodes.
Initiate scathing review of what is clearly a ludicrous show in 3… 2… 1…
Remember Kaneda’s bike from Akira? Remember how you wished a bike like that was real, and that you could see it with your very own eyes? Today is your lucky day, Dear Reader, and it is all for a good cause.
What would you do if your dad was the devil? VIZ Media plans to address that in the new series, Blue Exorcist.
Deadline is reporting that Lone Wolf and Cub is getting the H’wood treatment and Justin Lin is set to direct.
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In an amazing show of demand for Dark Horse’s newest graphic novel, Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Promise Part 1 soared to the top of the Bookscan charts last week!
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Image Comics congratulates Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura on their receiving the International Manga Award for their comic book I KILL GIANTS. The Japanese Foreign Ministry announced that Kelly and Niimura had won the prestigious prize on Tuesday.
During a week that everyone is up in arms over a miscommunication from one comic publisher, another firestorm prepares to set the Intardwebz ablaze as Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece gets new issues digitally before arriving in print.
This week on the show: Wonder Woman gets a daddy, The Thing stalks Vikings, Action Comics and iZombie reviewed, plus Old Boy.
Show Notes after the Jump!
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Dark Horse Manga is pleased to bring you a stylish and violent standalone adventure from the award-winning Swiss creator of 365 Samurai, J. P. Kalonji!