Japanator has this week’s new releases.
ANN’s women’s roundtable invites artist Barbara Guttman to join in a discussion of women in comics, covering both Western comics and manga. Interesting stuff.
Lissa Pattillo rounds up the latest new title announcements and finds, including a few Amazon listings from CMX. Ed has covers and commentary on the CMX titles at MangaCast.
Jason Thompson fan alert: Jason will be at Daigacon in Cave City, Kentucky, this weekend.
News from Japan: Ed Chavez posts Taiyosha’s manga rankings for the past week at MangaCast. Officials in Okoyama Prefecture have declared the third issue of Young Animal Arashi this year to be “harmful,” thus guaranteeing robust sales.
Reviews: The Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou roundtable continues at The Hooded Utilitarian, where Noah Berlatsky gives his take on the post-apocalyptic series, which has not been officially published in English. At The Comics Reporter, David Welsh devotes this week’s Flipped! column to an appreciation of Antique Bakery. Other reviews of note:
Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Black Cat (Comics Village)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Captive Hearts (Comics-and-more)
James Fleenor on vols. 1 and 2 of Fate/Stay Night (Anime Sentinel)
Connie on vol. 8 of Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden (Slightly Biased Manga)
Carlo Santos on vol. 3 of Ghost Talker’s Daydream (ANN)
Ben Leary on vol. 10 of Her Majesty’s Dog (Mania.com)
A Library Girl on vol. 1 of Kamichama Karin Chu (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Julie on Love Round (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Snow Wildsmith on Love Round (Fujoshi Librarian)
Kris on Make More Love and Peace (Manic About Manga)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Monkey High! (soliloquy in blue)
Sesho on vol. 30 of Naruto (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Clive Owen on vol. 4 of Rosario + Vampire (Animanga Nation)
Jack Tse on vol. 1 of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (MangaCast)
Danielle Von Gorder on vol. 2 of Three In Love (Mania.com)
Ed Chavez on vol. 4 of Tsukihime (MangaCast)