Quick morning post

Short post this morning, as I’m wrapping up another article, but I’ll be back later with more.

Kate Dacey posts this week’s new releases at The Manga Critic.

I can’t believe I Tweeted this article the other day and then forgot to link to it: The New York Times discovers the mobile manga boom in Japan. There are some interesting aspects to this, such as the phenomenon of women buying racy manga (misidentified as shojo in the article) that they would be embarrassed to be seen reading in book form, the big publishers’ resistance to changing their business model, and the fact that male readers—”the mainstay manga readership,” according to the Times—still prefer paper.

Japanator’s Brad Rice reports back from the latest Vertical Vednesday, which was devoted to the topic of light novels.

Reviews: The Manga Recon team presents another set of Manga Minis for your delectation.

asamisgirl on vol. 1 of Breath (The Yaoi Review)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 2 of Gestalt (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
Shojo Flash on vol. 1 of I Hate You More Than Anyone (Shojo Flash)
Oyceter on vols. 2-7 of Kitchen Princess (Sakura of DOOM)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (i heart manga)
Sesho on vol. 1 of The Prince of Tennis (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Oyceter on vol. 2 of Sugar Princess (Sakura of DOOM)

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Comments

  1. “the phenomenon of women buying racy manga (misidentified as shojo in the article)”

    I dunno, they might be talking about TL, “teens’ love”, which is basically shojo romance with more explicit sex.