God Len lists this week’s new releases at Japanator. (Image: Cover of vol. 3 of Astral Project, one of this week’s new manga. David Welsh has more to say about the series in this week’s Flipped column. Do want!)
Alex Hoffman has some good pointers for buying manga on eBay at Manga Widget.
Otaku News has an audio interview with anime and manga expert Helen McCarthy.
At Sporadic Sequential, John Jakala is hankering for some business manga.
Lori Henderson thinks the demise of Anime Insider was inevitable.
New blog alert: Same Hat’s Ryan Sands recommends a new blog about all things strange and Japanese, KURUTTA!
News from Japan: At Same Hat! Same Hat!, Ryan has a photo memoir of his visit to the underground manga shop TACO che. ANN reports that the new Jinki: Extend manga, the fourth series, will be titled Jinki: Extend: Relation. And the webcomic Tonari no 801-chan is going into print; it will be serialized in Ohzora’s Romance Publishing magazine along with a one-shot spinoff.
Reviews: Lissa Pattillo turns in the first review I have seen of First Second’s manhwa The Color of Earth, which will be the subject of a roundtable at Good Comics for Kids soon. At Tokyo Jupiter, Anna works hard to get a copy of the newest Aurora release, vol. 1 of Chika Shiomi’s Queen of Ragtonia, and then is disappointed by the book itself. Melinda Beasi has a better reaction to another Aurora title, vol. 2 of Hitohira, at there it is, plain as daylight. Other reviews of note:
Wolfen Moondaughter on Battlestar Galactica: Echoes of New Caprica (Sequential Tart)
Connie on vol. 2 of BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo (Slightly Biased Manga)
TreBro on vol. 2 of Ceres Celestial Legend (Panel Patter)
Cynthia on Clan of the Nakagamis: The Devil Cometh (Boys Next Door)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Click (soliloquy in blue)
Scott Campbell on vol. 1 of Dinosaur Hour (Active Anime)
Charles Tan on vol. 3 of The Drifting Classroom (Comics Village)
Alan David Doane on A Drifting Life (The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 8 of Emma (Comics-and-More)
David Goodwin on vol. 8 of Emma (Eastern Standard)
Patti Martinson on vol. 8 of Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden (Sequential Tart)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Gakuen Prince (Prospero’s Manga)
Connie on vol. 27 of GetBackers (Infinity Fortress 2) (Slightly Biased Manga)
Michelle Smith on vol. 2 of Goong (soliloquy in blue)
Connie on vol. 18 of Hana-Kimi (Slightly Biased Manga)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Hey, Class President! (Fujoshi Librarian)
Oyceter on vols. 2-5 of High School Debut (Sakura of DOOM)
Holly Ellingwood on vol. 1 of Honey Hunt (Active Anime)
Alexandra Duff on vol. 2 of Kasumi (Sequential Tart)
Julie on vol. 8 of Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Erica Friedman on PreCure Splash Star: Chikuwaku Kiki Ippatsu! (Okazu)
James Fleenor on vol. 2 of Ral Ω Grad (Anime Sentinel)
Sheena McNeil on vol. 5 of Rosario + Vampire (Sequential Tart)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vols. 2-4 of Rose Hip Rose (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Karen Maeda on vol. 10 of S A (Sequential Tart)
Davey C. Jones on vol. 3 of Slam Dunk (Active Anime)
Holly Ellingwood on vol. 6 of Vampire Knight (Active Anime)
Rachel Manija Brown on Vampire Knight (The Neon Season) WARNING: SPOILERS!
Karen Maeda on vol. 3 of We Were There (Sequential Tart)
Holly Ellingwood on vol. 1 of Wolverine (Active Anime)
Cynthia on Yokai’s Hunger (Boys Next Door)
Sheena McNeil on vol. 6 of Yumekui Kenbun: Nightmare Inspector (Sequential Tart)
Thanks for the KURTTA shout out!