Secret project revealed: Ryan and Evan of Same Hat bring in regular doses of awesomeness in the form of bizarro Japanese horror manga that you will never see anywhere else, and now they have gone pro: They are translating, editing, and lettering Tokyo Zombie for Last Gasp. (This makes quite a contrast with Last Gasp’s previous manga, Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms.)
Shaenon Garrity has a great column on the girls of shonen manga at comiXology.
At Okazu, Erica Friedman updates us on the latest yuri news and translates the beginning of the 18th Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel.
Feel like reading some manga? Broccoli just updatd their home page with previews of Koi Cupid and Sola.
Tokyopop apparently laid out their three-year plan to publish a boatload of Warcraft manga at NYCC.
We may be hearing that the market is contracting, but events like this manga evening at a bookstore in Doncaster, UK, are still packing ’em in.
News from Japan: Canned Dogs spots a strange ad that suggests a facelift for Dengeki Daioh magazine. The wrestling manga Kinnikuman and the soccer tale Captain Tsubasa will return to Weekly Shonen Jump for one-shot episodes. And Japanator’s Dick McVengeance visits the Shonen Jump store in Tokyo.
News from Germany: Manly Manga and More has news of some new licenses, which will look familiar to American readers, as well as some cancellations of titles that are also running over here. Young Krissy gives vol. 1 of Gon three stars but thinks it’s too violent at Manga Xanadu.
The Daily News of Egypt takes a global look at SelfMadeHero’s Shakespeare manga.
Reviews: Tom the Titan reads his first manga, vol. 1 of Mail Order Ninja, and he likes it. Publishers take note: He picked it because it was inexpensive and he had already read part of it in the Sunday paper. Dave Ferraro is quite entertained by vol. 1 of Bizenghast at Comics-and-More. Lissa Pattillo reads vol. 13 of Black Cat, vol. 5 of After School Nightmare, and vol. 1 of Boys Be at Kuri-Ousity, and she posts a review of The Sky Over My Spectacles at Manga Jouhou. At Sleep Is For the Weak, Lianne Sentar reviews Itazura na Kiss and then rinses her brain with a look at S.A. (Special A.) Ken Haley is severely unimpressed with vol. 1 of Purgatory Kabuki at Manga Recon. Mangamaniac Julie reviews Sugar Milk at MangaCast and back at the Manga Maniac Cafe, she looks at vol. 16 of Fullmetal Alchemist, vol. 1 of Tea for Two, and vol. 1 of White Night Melody. Also at MangaCast, Eva Volin checks out the light novel vol. 1 of Strawberry Panic. Erica Friedman reviews Mermaid Line, vol. 8 of Hayate X Blade, and Kiseki Goten at Okazu. At Active Anime, Scott Campbell reviews vol. 18 of Eyeshield 21, Holly Ellingwood reads vol. 11 of XXXHolic, and Davey C. Jones checks out vol. 3 of Atelier Marie and Elie Zarlburg Alchemist. Tangognat reads vol. 1 of Honey and Clover and vol. 1 of White Night Melody. Ferdinand contemplates the incredible lightness of vol. 1 of Mamotte Shugogetten at Prospero’s Manga. At Anime Sentinel, James Fleenor reads vol. 5 of Trinity Blood. Connie looks at vol. 2 of With the Light, vol. 15 of Boys Be…, vol. 2 of Aqua, vol. 18 of Astro Boy, and vol. 12 of From Eroica With Love. Greg Hackmann reads two rather different titles, Be With You and vol. 4 of MPD-Psycho, at Anime on DVD.