The official Star Wars site has a comparison of the Japanese Manga and Marvel adaptations of the original Star Wars stories. Their verdict? The manga version wins.

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The Daily Yomiuri is one of my favorite newspapers to read online since they discuss manga and anime intelligently. They recently had a review of a new basketball manga called Real, but it's much more than just another sports story.

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Back in May I wrote about the announced release of the Manga Bible, a unique retelling of the Bible story in Manga form. Deb Aoki, About.com's Manga writer, recently reviewed it, along with a similar Bible from Korea.

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I'm a little bit late on this one, but Wired recently reported that there's a manga released in Japan that's based off of J.J. Abrams new monster flick Cloverfield. It's only available in Japanese though...

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Maximum Ride, James Patterson's New York Times bestselling young adult series, will be adapted into a manga for Yen Press. Exciting news for the manga industry and James Patterson fans!

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In my previous post I pondered the possibility of a manga based on the mysterious sport of Curling. Faithful Protaku reader asdf informed that there is indeed a manga about Curling already, it's called Orange Delivery. Well shut my mouth and call me Chaplin!

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Xbox 360 gamers will soon be able to download anime to their consoles via XBOX Live Marketplace according to Hollywood Reporter. Starz Media has inked a deal with Microsoft to include many of their properties, including non-anime titles.

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43 year old Lee Chi Ching from Hong Kong was won Japan's first International Manga Award - which manga enthusiast and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso called a "Nobel Prize" for manga when he announced the competition last year.

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