Japanese publisher, Shogakukan, have set up a new "multilingual publishing project unit" unit internally.

Hisashi Sasaki, Shueisha's Deputy Director of Shonen Manga Group did a live critique of manga storyboards at a Comic-Con panel this year.

"JManga.com will have well-known titles & also the not-so-well-known titles that aren't always available scanlated," according to Kodansha’s Sam Yoshiba.

Yen Press announced a bunch of new manga licenses at their Comic-Con panel yesterday.

Unlike traditional magazines, GEN will feature work by underground Japanese artists and doujin circles created specifically with an overseas audience in mind.

Tim Beedle, a former employee at Tokyopop, recently shared his thoughts on what caused the company to go down.

Included in the serializations will be an alternate manga retelling of the original Macross.

Amazon.ca has a listing for a Fullmetal Alchemist manga box set to be published by Viz this year.

Shueisha will launch a new manga magazine in Japan this summer.

Viz are kicking its launch off with a discount on the first volumes of certain series until May 9th.

Akamatsu and Takekuma's discussion was a message meant for the manga industry, the publishing industry, and fans of the medium as well.

The series will kick off with a 56-page chapter in Shogakukan’s Monthly Ikki magazine.

The company will still maintain its European endeavours and televisions projects.

This year's Eisner Award nominees have been revealed, and 20th Century Boys in particular stood out amongst a range of other manga.