Friday quick links

Shaenon Garrity’s Overlooked Manga Festival is back, and this week’s not-entirely-overlooked title is Nana.

Comicsnob reminds us that volumes 19, 20, and 21 of Naruto are shipping this week. In fact, he already has them.

The Daily Yomiuri has an article about moe and another about the popularity of anime among American girls.

At his LJ, manga maven Jason Thompson spots some similarities (warning: spoilers!) between vol. 1 of Pretty Face and the Fritz Leber story “Dark Wings.”

Manga-ka Yoshida Sensha has married fellow manga creator Risa Itou, according to ComiPress, and Ken Akamatsu’s cosplaying wife Kanon has started her own website.

Software review: TheOtaku takes TokyoPop Manga Creator for a test drive.

Reviews: At Hobotaku, Nick sings the praises of vol. 1 of Battle Royale. Ed Chavez has a podcast review of vol. 1 of Shiki Tsukai and vol. 1 of Dragon Eye up at MangaCast. Julie Rosato reviews Othello at Anime on DVD. Matt Brady is playing catch-up with a look at vol. 5 of Dragon Head. At Active Anime, Sandra Scholes reviews vol. 1 of I.D.O.L., Scott Campbell checks out vol. 3 of Ninin Ga Shinobuden, and Holly Ellingwood gamely takes on vol. 22 of the InuYasha ani-manga. At the Manga Maniac Cafe, Julie is unimpressed with vol. 1 of Missile Happy. Kurishojo reviews Truly Kindly at Manganews. At Slightly Biased Manga, Connie checks out vol. 15 of One Piece (Yay! Pirates!), vol. 1 of 10, 20, and 30, and vol. 15 of Tenjho Tenge. EvilOmar reviews vols. 21-26 of Oh My Goddess! at About Heroes. Erin F. enjoys vol. 1 of Fall in Love Like a Comic at PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog. The Broccoli Blog links to Joe Palmer’s review of Delivery Cupid at Gay League. At the BasuGasuBakuhatsu Anime Blog, Hung checks out vol. 1 of I Hate You More Than Anyone and vol. 3 of E’S. Yukiko Kishinani reviews vol. 1 of Gon for the Daily Yomiuri. At Playback:stl, Byron Kerman reviews vol. 1 of Alive and J. Bowers checks out vol. 1 of Love*Com.