Comicsnob Matt Blind posts this week’s manga watch list.
At the MangaCast, Ed Chavez posts an overview of Morning magazine and discusses a couple of the stories it carries. He also links to some fresh previews.
Yaoi Suki presents part 3 of their Yaoi Awards.
Hazel lists some scanlations she has been enjoying lately.
Curious about Air Gear? Tiamat’s Disciple provides an overview.
A Thai publisher is translating the Japanese manga Gekito, based on accounts of a 1983 tsunami, and will hand out free copies to people living in the areas hit hard by the 2004 tsunami.
This article, claiming that anime is destroying American society, is pretty clearly writen tongue-in-cheek. How do I know? Check this paragraph:
Remember the cartoons you watched as a child, like “Rugrats”? Everyone watched “Rugrats.” With his toothless grin and indomitable spirit, Tommy Pickles represented the very best in all of us. He was like a Che Guevara for the MTV generation. Sure, when he and the rest of the Rugrats “grew up” I died a little inside. But still, not a day goes by where I don’t take a moment and thank Tommy for the life lessons he taught me. So what is Pokemon teaching the next generation of kids? The virtues of capturing exotic animals and making them fight for your amusement? I already learned that from Michael Vick.
Legions of anime fans, missing the joke, flood to the comments section to protest—and correct the author’s factual errors.
Reviews: Ariadne Roberts tries on vol. 1 of The Last Uniform at Anime on DVD. Julie takes an early look at vol. 1 of Nightmares for Sale at the Manga Maniac Cafe. At Active Anime, Christopher Seaman reviews vol. 2 of Translucent Girl, Scott Campbell checks out vol. 1 of Uzumaki, and Holly Ellingwood reads Naruto the Novel—Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! Nick gives a B to vol. 1 of Zombie Loan at Hobotaku. At Comics-and-more, Dave Ferraro devotes Manga Monday to mini-reviews, and at About Heroes, Evil Omar posts some brief reviews as well. Kethylia reviews vol. 1 of Kino no Tabe, the light novel on which the anime was based. Tangognat’s verdict on vol. 1 of I Hate You More Than Anyone: Too much shoujo, not enough hate.
Hi ^_^ We didn’t actually post part III of our awards— we had to move hosts rather urgently, so if an award post popped up it was just part II again ^_^; Part III will be up Friday!
It’s incredible how quickly people will make a dash for their pitchforks; I’m beginning think that everyone in, around and generally interested in the anime and manga industries must be neurotic on some level…