Viz Media's list of properties it is showcasing at the NATPE conference includes Hunter x Hunter and Naoki Urusawa's Monster .

A Books-a-Million outlet in Lexington , SC has decided to move its manga section away from its children's books.

Panelists at the ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City engaged in a series of spirited and occasionally contentious discussions.

Volume 18 of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket shot right to the top of the BookScan list.

The quarterly ICv2 market report on game sales in the ICv2 Guide to Games #49 reported that retailers are heading into the holidays in an optimistic mood.

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that it will exchange correctly printed cards for misprint versions of the 3-D Holographic Rare card, Elemental Hero Chaos Neos.

Upper Deck sent us this statement, which it said was in response to feedback from retailers about the late release to the hobby channel of the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! boosters.

Upper Deck has issued a statement in which it says that it 'deeply apologizes' for any 'inconvenience' due to the release of Yu-Gi-Oh! Premium Pack Boosters in Wal-Mart prior to its release in the hobby.

Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web of Spartanburg, South Carolina, discovered different official release dates for hobby vs. mass retailers for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Premium Pack 1 boosters and is disappointed with Upper Deck.

Del Rey announced two new shonen manga series and two literary projects at MangaNext.