Ian Brill gets into the atmosphere at Anime Expo. It’s a great post, especially the part where he contrasts the Dark Horse and Shoujo Beat panels. Also, check out Brill’s AX coverage for PW Comics Week, which is chock full of interesting nuggets.
At MangaCast, Ed Chavez gives his take on AX, with a complete list and this analysis:
I guess in the end this was not a show about shojo, like the LA Times and AX noted. It really was a mature manga fest! Moreover, this con should be renamed YaoiExpo as BL titles dominated.
At Love Manga, David Taylor got ahead of me today and posted info on new license announcements from June.
Newsarama is all excited about Bandai licensing Witchblade Takeru
As the AX janitorial staff sweeps out the empty halls, LiveJournal posters take a moment to reflect and remember.