Princess Knight rides again

raijin_comics_46_big-243x350Christopher Butcher continues his excellent series on manga milestones with a look at Raijin Comics #46 and Antique Bakery.

The Manga Village team picks the most interesting titles from the past week’s new releases.

Tangognat takes a look at the January Previews.

Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu and Melinda Beasi brings us up to date on all things manhwa in her latest Manhwa Monday feature at Manga Bookshelf. Over at Okazu, Erica Friedman presents the latest edition of Yuri Network News.

Seeing double: The latest New York Times best-seller list is up, and this week’s iteration features two volumes of Vampire Knight, two of Maximum Ride, and two of Death Note, but only one Naruto.

David Welsh has another manga he’d like to see licensed over here: Diamond Head, by After School Nightmare creator Setona Mizushiro.

A452-88Brazilian creator Mauricio de Sousa is moving forward with a comic based on a movie he and Osamu Tezuka had planned to make together, a project that was halted by Tezuka’s death in 1989. The comic will feature Princess Knight and other Tezuka characters.

Manga Views profiles blogger Michelle Smith, who blogs at Soliloquy in Blue and is the senior editor of Manga Recon. While you’re at Manga Views, you can vote for your favorite Fumi Yoshinaga manga.

Ed Sizemore has some wise advice on how to handle online arguments.

The polls continue at Deb’s Manga Blog at About.com, with your chance to vote on the best yaoi and one-shot manga of 2009.

Episode 2 of Jouhou Cast, the Manga Jouhou podcast, is up!

timeandagain1Reviews: Noah Berlatsky denounces Lady Snowblood at The Hooded Utilitarian, and then Ng Suat Tong springs to its defense. The Manga Recon team has a fresh batch of Manga Minisomics to start the week. At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh compares vol. 1 of Time and Again to Barbara Stanwyck!

Kate Dacey on vols. 1-6 of 20th Century Boys (The Manga Critic)
Kinukitty on Age Called Blue (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Scott Campbell on vol. 32 of Berserk (Active Anime)
Ed Chavez on vol. 2 of Blood+ (MangaCast)
Michelle Smith on vols. 1 and 2 of Blue Sheep Reverie (Soliloquy in Blue)
Michelle Smith on vols. 1-10 of Cheeky Angel (Soliloquy in Blue)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vols. 1-5 of Dance in the Vampire Bund (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Snow Wildsmith on Days of Cool Idols (Fujoshi Librarian)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of Dokebi Bride (i heart manga)
Julie on Electric Hands (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 21 of Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga Bookshelf)
Zaki Zakaria on vol. 1 of Gestalt (The Star of Malaysia)
Susan S. on vols. 1 and 2 of Ichiroh! (Manga Jouhou)
Eric Robinson on vol. 1 of Itazura Na Kiss (Manga Jouhou)
Alexander Hoffman on vol. 2 of Kimi ni Todoke: From Me To You (Comics Village)
Julie on vols. 2 and 3 of Legend (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Rachel Bentham on Love Skit (Active Anime)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of Mushishi (i heart manga)
Edward Zacharias on vol. 46 of Naruto (Animanga Nation)
Scott Campbell on not simple (Active Anime)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 25 of One Piece (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Margaret Viera on vol. 27 of One Piece (Active Anime)
Emily on Otome no Heart mo Kaneshidai! (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Connie on vol. 5 of Otomen (Slightly Biased Manga)
Erica Friedman on vol. 2 of Poor Poor Lips (Okazu)
Dave Howard on Red Snow (Torontoist.com)
Lori Henderson on the February issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Xanadu)
Connie on vol. 1 of Tag – You’re it! (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 6 of Teru Teru x Shonen (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 7 of V.B. Rose (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 6 of Wild Act (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 3 of Yurara (i heart manga)

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