At MTV Geek, I reviewed Viz’s iPhone and iPod Touch app, and I was surprised how comfortable it was reading manga on that small screen. I wouldn’t want to read all my manga that way, but it certainly is convenient.
David Welsh looks at the most interesting manga in the latest Previews, and he joins the other Manga Bookshelf bloggers to discuss their Pick of the Week.
Publishers Weekly recently published a sneak preview of the new CLAMP manga, Gate7, and while that seems to have gone behind a paywall, Deb Aoki has a good description of it. Meanwhile, AstroNerdBoy is unhappy about the much-delayed release of vol. 2 of Cardcaptor Sakura (another CLAMP manga), and he worries that Dark Horse will be equally slow with Gate7.
Tomo Kimura posts some helpful translator’s notes for vol. 2 of Kamisama Kiss.
At Otaku Champloo, Khursten Santos compares the old and new looks of Descendants of Darkness, which is back in The Hana to Yume (a supplement to the regular, definite-article-free Hana to Yume, apparently) after a long hiatus.
Reviews: Melinda Beasi, Kate Dacey, Michelle Smith, and David Welsh check out a stack of new releases in their latest Bookshelf Briefs at Manga Bookshelf. Carlo Santos critiques more new releases in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN. Anna checks out three new Harlequin manga at Manga Report. Other reviews of note:
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 35 of Bleach (The Comic Book Bin)
A Library Girl on vol. 1 of A Bride’s Story (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 35 of Bleach (Kuriousity)
Kristin on vol. 1 of A Bride’s Story (Comic Attack)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of A Bride’s Story (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Kate Dacey on vol. 1 of A Certain Scientific Railgun (The Manga Critic)
Ed Sizemore on vols. 1-3 of Genkaku Picasso (Comics Worth Reading)
Connie on vols. 8, 9, and 10 of Goong (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 3 of Grand Guignol Orchestra (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Madara (Slightly Biased Manga)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 2 of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Dave Ferraro on The Quest for the Missing Girl (Comics-and-More)
Connie on vol. 6 of Seiho Boys’ High School (Slightly Biased Manga)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 1 of Twin Spica (Panel Patter)
Connie on vol. 4 of Venus Capriccio (Slightly Biased Manga)