I was making rather merry last night, but I actually have to go to work this morning. I expect a quiet day—who calls the mayor the day after Christmas?—but I can’t blog from work. So here’s a quick roundup of recent posts.
ComiPress translates two tantalizing articles; one is titled “The Reason I Quit as a Manga Editor,” and the other is an overview of the Chinese manga industry.
At the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Jason Yadao looks over the year in anime and manga.
Ed Chavez, who is en route to Comiket as I write this, continues his end-of-the-year report cards with a look at Blu and relays a rumor that Vertical has licensed Andromeda Stories.
Pata lists possible manga gifts for well-known Christmas figures.
David Welsh reviews Line, by the author of Anne Freaks. Dave Ferraro loves Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, as does everyone who has reviewed it so far. Mangamaniaccafe checks out vol. 1 of Sweety. And Slightly Biased Manga has reviews of Hanakimi 14 and 15, vol. 16 of Bleach, and the Harlequin Violet title Blind Date.
I’ve tried to join the BLU forum, time and again, and each time it just refuses to remember my username and password [heaven forbid I do it!] and wants me to sign up new everytime I try to log in. I gave up after try #4. 0_0.