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Translations, best-of lists, and deep thoughts

David Welsh and Kate Dacey make their picks from this week’s batch of new comics, and the Comics Village team picks the best of the last week’s releases as well as their November manga of the month. You could read all the best-manga-of-2009 lists, or you could let Deb Aoki boil them down into a single list of critics’ recommendations for you, since a lot of books are being mentioned over and over this year. Deb also lists her choices for the best continuing series of the year. Erica Friedman lists her top ten yuri manga of 2009 at ...

Becky Cloonan interviewed; more best-of lists

East Coast Rising artist Becky Cloonan is the featured artist in the latest edition of The Gallery at ANN. Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news and announces the winner of her The Color of Earth giveaway at Manga Xanadu. Deb Aoki presents her list of the 25 best new manga released this year at About.com. At Comics-and-More, Dave Ferraro lists his choices for the 10 best manga of 2009. Reviews: The Manga Recon team has a new set of Manga Minis to start the week. Megan M. on vol. 2 of Bamboo Blade (Manga Bookshelf) Connie on ...

Manga death watch begins

As I noted yesterday, the Good Comics for Kids gang posted our picks for the best comics for kids and teens of 2009, and there were quite a few manga on the list. Gia linked to it at Anime Vice, and her fans have some suggestions of their own for younger readers. Gia also wonders if digital distribution would work for a manga magazine in the U.S. Are manga and anime dying in Japan? Roland Kelts makes that bold assertion in a recent blog post at the new Comics Journal site, and he enlarges on that point in this ...

Opportunity and rejection

I didn’t get to listen in on the latest Tokyopop webinar, which featured CEO Stu Lefy and senior editor Lillian Diaz-Pryzybl but Daniella Orihuela-Gruber liveblogged it and then offered some additional thoughts, and ANN summarized the high points. Apparently Tokyopop is considering using “fan translators” to finish up series that are on hiatus due to low sales. It’s hard to know what this means—is “fan translators” a synonym for “unpaid labor”? Because from what I hear, professional translators aren’t paid that well to begin with. Anyway, they are in negotiation with a scanlation site, and they mentioned Crunchyroll, a ...

Domo creator speaks; yaoi readers pick their faves

Just a quick update today as I’m heading out for what I anticipate will be a busy day at work. One important reminder, though—if there’s an election going on where you live, get out and VOTE! We’re having municipal elections today, and although we all pay more attention to the president, local officials have a much more direct effect on everyday life. So take a minute to pull that lever or fill in that bubble. OK, on with the manga news… Lissa Pattillo and Deb Aoki write up the most recent Tokyopop webinar, which featured Domo creator Tsuneo Goda. ...

New manga, news from Deux, the annotated bookshelf

Lori Henderson has a thorough roundup of the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman checks in with the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu. The Comics Village clan makes their picks from this week’s new releases. David Welsh, meanwhile, contemplates the upcoming titles featured in the September Previews. Gottsu-Iiyan posts some Naoki Urasawa sketches from a Japanese magazine at The Eastern Edge. The Daily Yomiuri reports that Japanese publishers are putting more of their works online to beat scanlators, since legal means have had limited success. Things were looking kind of bleak at Deux ...

Touka Gettan Review - 80/100

Touka Gettan is part of the “WTF am I watching!?”-series. From the creators of Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito comes an equally eccentric series that will have just about everyone confused as hell in the first five episodes. Its big selling point is of course that the episode aired backwards: it starts with the conclusion and ends with the introduction. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! In any case, it’s definitely an interesting and unique experience watching this series. The first five episodes are a complete mindscrew, with just about everything not making any sense because ...

PR: Viz at SDCC

My in-box is overflowing with press releases, so I’m going to try to post a few. I do this for two reasons—to organize a lot of information in one place, and more importantly, to hear what you have to say about it. So feel free to comment away, or send in bulletins from the floor about the events listed here. Read on for the Viz schedule: VIZ MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2009 COMIC-CON Array Of Notable Personal Appearances, Events And Activities In Booth 2813 Showcase ULTIMO And New Imprint SHONEN SUNDAY AND SIGIKKI.COM San Francisco, CA, July 15, 2009 – ...

Monday news roundup

Posted by admin On November - 16 - 2009

Check out what’s on top of my stack this week in the latest What Are You Reading? column at Robot 6. The Comics Village team looks over the latest new manga releases. Lori Henderson ably sums up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman posts the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu. Danielle Leigh has another round of personalized manga recommendations at Comics Should Be Good! Sam Leith explains manga, Tezuka, and Astro-Boy to newcomers at The Guardian. Lissa Pattillo spots some possible new licenses on Amazon. ICv2 has a bit more on Shueisha’s plan to sell manga for mobile phones in Japan and the U.S. The comics will be sold through the Microsoft Store and will run on the Microsoft Mobile OS, which has a relatively small market share in the U.S. The Houston Chronicle reports on First Storm Manga, a group for aspiring manga artists. News from Japan: The Mayoi Neko Overun! light novels are being adapted into both an anime and a manga. Reviews: Kate Dacey has short reviews of recent volumes of Detroit Metal City, Jormungand, and Ooku: The Inner Chambers at The Manga Critic. And the Manga Recon team starts off the week with a round of Manga Minis. David Cabrera on Afterschool Charisma (Subatomic Brainfreeze) Julie on Crimson-Shell (Manga Maniac Cafe) Thomas Zoth on vol. 1 of Deka Kyoshi (Mania.com) Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Four-Eyed Prince (Comics Worth Reading) Jennifer Dunbar on vols. 3 and 4 of Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden (A word is a unit of language) Michelle Smith on vol. 4 of Gestalt (Soliloquy in Blue) Erica Friedman on vol. 4 of Gunsmith Cats Burst (Okazu) James Fleenor on vol. 2 of KimiKiss (Anime Sentinel) Lissa Pattillo on Liberty Liberty! (Kuriousity) Kris on Love/Knot (Manic About Manga) Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Nabari No Ou (Soliloquy in Blue) Julie on vol. 1 of Night Head Genesis (Manga Maniac Cafe) Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Pandora Hearts (Manga Bookshelf) Amy Grockl on vol. 1 of Punch (Comics Village) Deb Aoki on Red Snow (About.com) Lori Henderson on the December issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Xanadu) Tangognat on vols. 7 and 8 of Swan (Tangognat) Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Time and Again (Manga Bookshelf) Connie on vol. 5 of Vagabond (VizBig edition) (Slightly Biased Manga) Connie on vol. 2 of WaqWaq (Slightly Biased Manga) James Fleenor on vol. 1 of World of Warcraft: Death Knight (Anime Sentinel) Julie on vol. 6 of The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan (Manga Maniac Cafe) Erica Friedman on vol. 18 of Yuri Hime (Okazu)

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