Well, I’m back home, eating pizza and contemplating a mountain of laundry, and NYCC is just a memory. But what a memory! Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald wrote the big-picture article on the con for PWCW, and I was on the kids’ beat.
Kai-Ming Cha, Ed Chavez, and Erin Finnegan have comprehensive coverage of all the manga events at PWCW, and Kai-Ming has a more personal take on her own blog. Casey Brienza has some thoughts as well. Deb Aoki rounds up the biggest stories and the juiciest quotes at About.com. Evan Minto reports on the Del Rey, Yen Press, and CMX panels and posts on the Vertical panel as well at Ani-Gamers.
Gia from Anime Vice got some updates from Bandai, including some possibilities for future manga licenses.
CMX didn’t have any new announcements, but the news for those who watch things closely is that they seem to be getting a little more love from parent company DC. First of all, they were there, and they had their own panel, althought that has happened before. The slide show was top-notch, with two samples of interior art for each title; a vp was sitting in the wings watching; and afterwards, their new CMX PR person came around and introduced himself to the bloggers. If you want to hear the presentation, CMX has posted a podcast on their site—another first, I believe. ANN has some cover art and a brief rundown.
The Del Rey folks always run an awesome panel, but sadly, I didn’t make it this time, due to a conflict with a meeting. ICv2 runs down the new titles they announced,
Viz’s announcements got people talking, with their interesting lineup of josei and seinen titles by known manga creators like Taiyo Matsumoto, Fumi Yoshinaga, and Inio Asano. ANN has the covers of the newly announced titles. Andrew Cunningham questions Viz’s choice of a Taiyu Matsumoto manga at Eastern Standard, but Chris Mautner is bullish on Inio Asano’s What A Wonderful World at Robot 6.