New York Anime Fest and New York Comic-Con are coming up soon! I’ll be there, and at MTV Geek I look at some of the manga and anime highlights of the weekend.
Lori Henderson checks out this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids.
Alex Hoffman discusses Gen Manga, the online manga magazine that publishes doujinshi straight from Japan.
Jason Thompson continues his tour of obscure manga with a look at Spriggan, an action manga about a high school student whose secret double life is protecting various powerful items of ancient technology.
Matt Blind has an interesting chart plotting online sales of Fruits Basket against a timeline that includes Tokyopop’s last days and the closure of Borders. His conclusion: Fans knew what was up, and vol. 17 of FB is going to be the hard one to find.
David Welsh’s latest license request is Amai Seikatsu, a seinen manga about a lingerie designer. And David reaches the letter D as he runs through his favorite manga in alphabetical order.
News from Japan: Kenichi Sato of the Daily Yomiuri pays a visit to the Doraemon museum. A manga adaptation of the Appleseed XIII anime is in the works. Aki Sora creator Masahiro Itosugi has launched a new series, Uwakoi, in the November issue of Monthly Young King. Hobby Japan has plans to start up a new online manga magazine, Comic Dangan, in December. And ANN has the most recent Japanese comics rankings.
Reviews: Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith discuss three yaoi manga from Digital’s June imprint in the latest edition of BL Bookrack at Manga Bookshelf.
Kristin on vol. 16 of 20th Century Boys and vol. 4 of House of Five Leaves (Comic Attack)
Matthew Warner on vol. 1 of Codename Sailor V (The Fandom Post)
Connie on vol. 1 of Crying Freeman (omnibus edition) (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Drifters (Slightly Biased Manga)
Danica Davidson on vols. 1-3 of The Drifting Classroom (Graphic Novel Reporter)
J. Caleb Mozzocco on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kiss and vol. 1 of Library Wars (Every Day Is Like Wednesday)
Connie on vol. 10 of Kimi ni Todoke (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Ninja Papa (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 39 of Oh My Goddess (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Please Save My Earth (Slightly Biased Manga)
Danica Davidson on vol. 2 of Red Angel (Graphic Novel Reporter)
TSOTE on vol. 3 of Taimashin (Three Steps Over Japan)
Sarah Sammis on vol. 3 of xxxHolic (Puss Reboots)