Wondercon reports, women in manga, lots of reviews

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator.

Deb Aoki was at Wondercon this weekend, and she reports that sales were robust but manga and anime were hard to find, although Viz did have an exhibit on the con floor. Jason Thompson was there as well, and he points to a video of the Otaku USA panel. Jack Tse files a brief report at MangaCast. And Ryan of Same Hat! Same Hat! had brunch with Fred Schodt!

Casey Brienza has a post on the objectification and exploitation of women in manga at her Kethylia LJ. She presents some examples, which are definitely food for thought—I’m still mulling over her arguments, myself.

ICv2 has more info on Yaoi Generation’s new series.

Lori Henderson has some thoughts on the pitfalls of being a reviewer at Manga Xanadu.

Patrick Macias has the highlights of the new Otaku USA magazine at his blog.

Congratulations to Ryan and Evan of Same Hat! Same Hat! on four years of blogging about the weirdest manga on the web.

News from Japan: Ed Chavez posts this week’s manga rankings from Taiyosha at MangaCast. ANN reports that Tail of the Moon creator Rinko Ueda is launching a new two-part manga.

Reviews

The Manga Recon reviewers post another batch of Manga Minis, and Carlo Santos treats us to another round of witty praise and takedowns of recent manga in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN. Other reviews of note:

Katherine Farmar on vol. 1 of Alley of First Love (Comics Village)
Connie on vol. 15 of Basara (Slightly Biased Manga)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 2 of B.Ichi (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Adam Beck on vol. 4 of Cy-Believers (Advanced Media Network)
Casey Brienza on vols. 1-3 of Dororo (Anime News Network)
Lissa Pattillo on Double Trouble (Kuriousity)
Eric Fredriksen on vol. 11 of Eden: It’s an Endless World (Advanced Media Network)
Julie on vol. 16 of Kekkaishi (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Magic Touch (Comics-and-More)
Kris on Maid in Heaven (Manic About Manga)
Adam Beck on vol. 1 of Nephylym (Advanced Media Network)
Carlo Santos on vol. 31 of Oh My Goddess! (Anime News Network)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vols. 1-3 of RahXephon (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Kris on Restart (Manic About Manga)
Serdar Yegulalp on vol. 1 of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Advanced Media Network)
Sakura Eries on vol. 11 of School Rumble (Mania.com)
Kris on Seduce Me After the Show (Manic About Manga)
Connie on vol. 17 of Skip Beat (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kris on Take Me to Heaven (Manic About Manga)
Kris on vol. 1 of Tomcats (Manic About Manga)
Erica Friedman on vol. 1 of Tsubomi (Okazu)
Casey Brienza on vol. 1 of Vampire’s Portrait (Anime News Network)
Connie on vol. 2 of Venus in Love (Slightly Biased Manga)