More prognostications and moe Watchmen

Christopher Butcher has more to say about the future of manga, as he responds to each of the points raised by Deb Aoki in her look ahead.

Meanwhile, back at About.com, Deb has another poll up, this one allowing readers to vote for the best seinen manga of 2008.

The MangaCast team goes over this week’s new releases, and David Welsh finds a few likely titles this week at Precocious Curmudgeon.

ComiPress explains how you can get a copy of the article “Men Under Pressure: Representations of the ‘Salaryman’ and his Organization in Japanese Manga” if that piques your curiousity.

The Japanese equivalent of Rule 34 seems to be “If it exists, there’s moe of it.” Case in point: Moe Watchmen. (Scroll down a bit for pix.) (Via Journalista.)

News from Japan: ANN has this week’s comic rankings.

Reviews: I should have caught this earlier, but Michelle Smith reviewed vol. 18 of Monster in Manga Recon’s latest batch of Manga Minis, wrapping up the string of reviews of previous volumes she had posted on her other blog, Soliloquy in Blue. I’m thinking of opening up a group discussion of the ending of Monster, as I’m still twisting it around in my head, but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. Also at Manga Recon, Ken Haley enjoys vol. 20 of Blade of the Immortal. Matthew J. Brady didn’t care much for Red-Colored Elegy at Warren Peace Sings the Blues. Casey Brienza reads the light novel Immoral Darkness at her LJ. Lissa Pattillo takes a look at Sea View at Kuriousity. Julie reads Take Me to Heaven and vol. 2 of Jyu-Oh-Sei at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Diana Dang is not impressed by vol. 1 of Masque of the Red Death. New at Comics Village: Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Hollow Fields and Charles Tan on vol. 2 of Gantz. AstroNerdBoy reviews vol. 5 of Gakuen Alice. Aspi reviews The Manga Guide to Statistics at Blogcritics. Fresh reviews at Active Anime include Rachel Bentham on The Dawn of Love, Holly Ellingwood on vol. 3 of Time Stranger Kyoko and vol. 2 of We Were There, and Margaret Viera on vol. 18 of Black Cat.

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Comments

  1. Re: moe Watchmen.

    This is important information. Thank you.

    And my mind has been permanently warped by moe Comedian.

  2. Looks more like “chibi Watchmen” than “moe Watchmen” to me. XD

  3. Chibi or moe, it made my night. Thank you.