MangaBlog

Happy Birthday to manga blogger/musician Melinda Beasi, who turns 40 today! Welcome to the other side, Melinda! Melinda writes for Manga Recon as well as at her own site, and her reviews and think pieces are well worth a click—today’s treat is a review of vol. 2 of We Were There.

Ed Sizemore was not too happy with the ASPJA manga ballot, so he made his own. David Welsh follows up at Precocious Curmudgeon with a poll on what readers would like to see.

Andre spots listings for Akira and Ghost in the Shell on Amazon.ca that give Kodansha as the publisher. Gia picks up the story and learns that Dark Horse, which previously held the license, no longer plans to publish them. Is this the first blast from the rumored American Kodansha? Stay tuned!

Manga publisher Aurora has extended its fan appreciation sale through the end of May. That goes for the yaoi line, Deux Press, and the teen-love line, LuvLuv, as well. So go, shop!

Sadie Mattox picks the five manga characters she would like to hang out with in real life at Extremely Graphic.

Matt Blind suggests a more attractive name for non-Japanese comics than OEL manga.

Rhea Silvan, the artist for Winter Demon, will be at Anime Central this year as the guest of Yaoi Press.

Lissa Pattillo links to submission guidelines and deadlines for the CLAMP fan appreciation book.

Reviews

Emily on Blue (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Connie on vol. 15 of Hikaru No Go (Slightly Biased Manga)
Julie on vols. 2 and 3 of Hitohira (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Honey Hunt (Prospero’s Manga)
Connie on Hot Steamy Glasses (Slightly Biased Manga)
Katherine Farmar on vol. 3 of Kiss All the Boys (Comics Village)
Connie on vol. 1 of Maka-Maka (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sam Kusek on vol. 1 of Ninja Baseball Kyuma (Manga Recon)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Otomen (Comics Worth Reading)
Connie on vol. 1 of Rasetsu (Slightly Biased Manga)
Danielle Leigh on vol. 1 of Rasetsu (Comics Should Be Good)
Kris on vol. 1 of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Manic About Manga)
Connie on vol. 18 of Skip Beat (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 14 of Trigun Maximum (Slightly Biased Manga)
Tiamat’s Disciple on Issue 4 of Yen Plus (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)

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