The MangaCast team takes a look at the July 1 manga releases, and the denizens of Manga Village look over the most recent crop.
Sales of pamphlet comics were up in June but graphic novels were down, according to ICv2’s latest analysis of Diamond’s numbers, which includes the top 300 graphic novels sold in comics stores. And here’s the NY Times best-seller list for comparison purposes.
Deb Aoki has a thorough writeup of the OEL Manga panel at Anime Expo.
The newest addition to the Yen Plus lineup will be Kuroshitsuji, which will be rendered in English as Black Butler. Also, Yen is offering six-month subscriptions to the magazine to help lessen the bite on our pocketbooks.
Rikki and Tavisha Simons have confirmed that they own the rights to the ShutterBox series, and they’re looking for a publisher. Tokyopop published the first four volumes of the series and cancelled it just as the creators were about to hand in the fifth volume.
Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman posts her weekly yuri roundup at Okazu.
Casey Brienza has some thoughts on the demise of Shojo Beat.
Julie drops off some manga at the library, finds Berserk labeled as a YA book, and chats with the librarian about the proper placement of manga.
A German site called Botshaft von Japan interviews Dr. Joachim Kaps, managing director of Tokyopop Germany. Unfortunately for me, the interview is in German, but it looks interesting, and I welcome my German-speaking readers to brief us on the highlights.
Lori Henderson takes a look at small-screen manga readers.
Shojo Flash interviews Lorena of i heart manga.
Manga at SDCC: Maximum Ride artist NaRae Lee will be Yen Press’s guest at SDCC, and IKKI editor Hideki Egami will be there courtesy of Viz.
News from Japan: Ed Chavez has a roundup of items in his MangaScope column at MangaCast. Hideo Yamamoto’s Homunculus has returned from hiatus. And Stan Lee is launching yet another manga in Japan, this one based on the anime Heroman.
Reviews: Be sure to check out this week’s What Are You Reading? post at Robot 6, wherein yet another blogger is brought into the manga fold. Lots of good recommendations this week. Sarah Boslaugh takes a look at the first volumes of Orange Planet, Honey Hunt, and Maid War Chronicle at PLAYBACK:stl. At Manga Recon, the gang checks in with another set of Manga Minis.
Lexie on vol. 3 of 20th Century Boys (Poisoned Rationality)
Michelle Smith on vol. 3 of Black Cat (Soliloquy in Blue)
Lori Henderson on vol. 5 of Captive Hearts (Comics Village)
Shojo Flash on vol. 1 of Choco Mimi (Shojo Flash)
Julie on vols. 1 and 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Julie on vol. 4 of Dance in the Vampire Bund (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Lorena on vol. 1 of Fairy Tail (i heart manga)
Oyceter on vols. 17-18 and vols. 19-22 of Fullmetal Alchemist (Sakura of DOOM)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of The Guin Saga: The Seven Magi (Kuriousity)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 2 of Her Majesty’s Dog (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
Michelle Smith on vols. 3 and 4 of Honey and Clover (Soliloquy in Blue)
Connie on vol. 24 of Iron Wok Jan (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lexie on vols. 1 and 2 of Kieli (Poisoned Rationality)
Lorena on vol. 4 of Land of the Blindfolded (i heart manga)
Casey Brienza on vols. 1-3 of The Magic Touch (ANN)
Melinda Beasi on The Manga Guide to Physics (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
Erica Friedman on Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (Okazu)
Christoph Mark on Moyasimon (The Daily Yomiuri)
Lorena on vols. 1 and 2 of Nana (i heart manga)
Anna on Oishinbo: A la carteli (2 screenshot limit)
Melinda Beasi on On Bended Knee (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
Noah Berlatsky on Paradise Kiss (comiXology)
Anna on vols. 1 and 2 of Penguin Revolution (2 screenshot limit)
Connie on vol. 4 of Pluto (Slightly Biased Manga)
Shannon Fay on vol. 1 of Pure Heart (Kuriousity)
AnaKhouri on vol. 1 of Real (Yellow Menace)
Ed Chavez on vol. 3 of Real (MangaCast)
Brenda Gregson on vol. 5 of Sand Chronicles (Animanga Nation)
Connie on Swallowing the Earth (Manga Recon)
Julie on Unsophisticated and Rude (MangaCast)
Sam Kusek on vol. 1 of Waq Waq (Manga Recon)
Laura on vol. 1 of You’re So Cool (Heart of Manga)
wow Yen got Kuroshitsuji? well now with yotsuba and Svet, its definitively a pub to stay
Uh, that’s not a page called Botschaft von Japan, that’s the Japanese embassy in Germany.
The interview is pretty pedestrian and not very interesting, I’m afraid. General observations about the German market
Oops! I guess I know even less German than I thought I did. Good to know I’m not missing anything, then.