ComiPress kicks off the work week with Part III of “Why I Quit My Job as a Manga Editor.” Also: One of the three men arrested in May for file-sharing manga via Winny has been found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison.
Check out the Weekly Recon for a list of manga shipping this week and brief reviews of some new titles.
At MangaCast, Ed has the list of manga from this month’s Diamond Previews (shipping in October and November) as well as the Japanese manga rankings for July 21.
Tina Anderson checks out some bara manga from Japan.
At Deutsche Mangaka, Elae highlights the latest German manga newsletters.
Attention Shaenon Garrity fans: Here’s where you can find her at SDCC! David Welsh won’t be there, but if he were going, here is where he would be.
Over at Comic World News, David devotes his Flipped column to Run, Bong-Gu Run and other one-shots.
Otakon coverage: ANN was there, and the complete list of panel reports and videos is here. At Okazu, Erica Friedman posts an Otakon report and explains why you shouldn’t waste your money on yuri paddles.
Simon Jones has an interesting comment on the story of the Bangkok maid cafe that was shut down for having obscene manga:
It should be noted that despite its infamous sex industry, Thailand has some of the strictest censorship laws and enforcement in the entire world. All forms of pornography are illegal in Thailand; the Thai government goes so far as to filter all web traffic.
Go figure.
Here’s one for the otaku of Oz: Madman Entertainment will be distributing Tokyopop manga in Australia.
FUNimation has shut down their Anime Online website; reports are mixed as to whether it’s going up again.
Reviews: At Manganews, Firedog reviews vol. 6 of Eden and cornerofmadness reads vols. 1-6 of Ghost Hunt. Connie reviews vol. 1 of Golgo 13 and Love Song at Slightly Biased Manga. At the MangaCast, Ed does an audio review of vol. 1 of Alive and vol. 1 of Le Chevalier d’Eon, and Mangamaniac Julie checks out Reborn! And at the Manga Maniac Cafe, Julie posts reviews of vol.1 of Train + Train and vol. 4 of After School Nightmare. Sakura Kiss checks out Jungle King at The Yaoi Review. At Mecha Mecha Media, John Thomas checks out vol. 1 of Kon Kon Kokon. At the Nijomu blog, artist Nick Mullins reviews Ode to Kirihito. (While you’re there, check out Nick’s awesome webcomics.) Ron Quezon reviews vol. 1 of Moon Boy for Anime on DVD.
Oh oh and you can hear an interview with Shaenon on that episode with Alive and Chevalier as well. Shaenon is everywhere!!
I don’t see AnimeOnline coming back… at least, not as it was. They fired the entire staff involved. Not a good sign.
But no kidding about the stiff competition. Although, on the other hand, finding release dates on many other anime company sites isn’t always easy. SKIP INTRO -> oh…all you had was an intro.