The Dreaming ends, the list-making begins

At PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha interviews Aimee Steinberger about Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventure in Japan, and Laurel Maury sums up the ICv2 Anime and Technology panel.

The last volume of The Dreaming is out, and creator Queenie Chan takes a moment to look back. Also: She’s got a secret. Go to the post to find a link—I’m not going to give it away here!

Speaking of looking back, ’tis the season to compile best-of lists. At PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog, Katherine, Erin, and Ken present their picks for the best—and worst—manga and books of 2007.

At the MangaCast, the team checks out this week’s new manga, Ed Chavez posts covers and his thoughts on Yen Press’s new titles, and Jack Tse podcasts his thoughts on This Week in Manga.

There’s gold in them thar otaku: ANN reports that sales of anime, manga, plastic figurines with removable panties, etc. in Japan totaled 187 billion yen ($1.651 billion) in 2007. It’s worth a peek at their chart, if only to see that doujinshi accounted for 14.9% of the market. Stateside, Kethylia goes to Borders and photographs a happy scene: Shelves of manga, stretching as far as the eye can see.

GTO creator Tohru Fujisawa has a new manga series, Animal Joe.

Reviews: Connie checks out vol. 15 of Fullmetal Alchemist, vol. 12 of Astro Boy, Silky Whip Extreme, vol. 2 of Iron Wok Jan, vols. 6 and 7 of Land of Silver Rain, and vol. 7 of 3×3 Eyes. At the Sunny Side Up Anime Blog, huamulan03 posts a lengthy synopsis and review of the shoujo manga M to N no Shouzou (Portrait of M & N). David Welsh makes some quick comments on vol. 1 of Psycho Busters and vol. 1 of High School Debut at Precocious Curmudgeon. Miranda reviews vol. 1 of Orfina and Ferdinand checks out vol. 1 of Teru Teru x Shonen at Prospero’s Manga. Michelle checks out vol. 20 of Basara at Soliloquy in Blue. Johanna Draper Carlson enjoys the Azumanga Daioh omnibus at Comics Worth Reading. At Active Anime, Scott Campbell checks out vol. 1 of The Outcast, Holly Ellingwood checks out vol. 2 of Hoshin Engi, and Sandra Scholes enjoys Honey Senior, Darling Junior. and EvilOmar posts a heap of short reviews at About Heroes, and at Anime on DVD, the staff contributes their Small Bodied Manga Reviews.

Did you enjoy this article? Consider supporting us.