There are two kinds of people in the world…

… those who think there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don’t. Jason Thompson goes that one better and divides manga-influenced creators into three groups; in the comments, he explains why it matters.

At Shuchaku East, Chloe would like to see more niche marketing of manga.

In this week’s PW Comics Week, Kai-Ming Cha talks to Del Rey’s Dallas Middaugh and Ali Kokmen about the appeal of Basilisk, which was first a novel, then a manga, and now an anime, as well as other manga that have cross-platform appeal (e.g. Air Gear, the musical).

At Yaoi Suki, Jordan Marks has an interesting column about how serialization affects yaoi manga.

DramaQueen announces a new title, Devil x Devil, and a relaunch of their website. At MangaCast, Ed Chavez gives his impression of the redesign.

Here’s another manga readin’ politician: Meet Kondo Shinji, Commissioner of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs and Yu Yu Hakusho fan.

At Icarus Comics, Simon Jones checks out upcoming adult manga from Previews Adult (link is likely to be NSFW). He also notes that Drama Queen and CPM books are now distributed by Diamond, which may mean some changes in the charts. And he posts a few previews of Icarus titles.

One more reason to go to NYCC: Yuri specialists ALC Publishing will be there, and they will be premiering Yuri Monogatari 4.

Candy is dandy, but sex won’t rot your teeth: Is there anything the Japanese won’t turn into a comics-themed snack? Here’s some yaoi candy, courtesy of Irresponsible Pictures.

David Welsh makes his selections from this week’s releases.

Now that we have three versions of the manga, it’s sort of inevitable: MangaCast brings news that the Train Man novel will be translated.

ComiPress has the news that Jinki: Extend has been dropped from the magazine that carries it, Comic Blade, and translates an apology from the creator. Ed Chavez and Simon Jones have more info and commentary.

Yahoo! Japan has launched a free web magazine.

At Active Anime, Holly Ellingwood has an advance review of the latest from Antique Bakery manga-ka Fumi Yoshinaga: vol. 1 of Flower of Life. Anime on DVD’s Julie Rosato checks out the 18+ title White Guardian. At Comics Unlimited, Johanna Draper Carlson reviews four graphic novels, including 12 Days and vol. 1 of Monster. The snow has receded enough for Julie to resume blogging at Mangamaniaccafe, so she has reviews up of vol. 1 of E’S and vol. 1 of La Corda d’Oro. PWCW reviews Hot Gimmick S, the “alternate ending novel,” on their front page (scroll down). At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh has plenty of love for vol. 3 of Shout Out Loud. PopCultureShock’s Katherine Dacey-Tsuei gives vol. 1 of E’S a B+, and the BasuGasuBakuhatsu Anime Blog likes it as well. (Via the Broccoli blog.)

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Comments

  1. E’S vol. 1 is pretty exciting. I’m glad Broccoli is starting to branch out and do some more action-oriented manga.

  2. Strange that comipress made a big deal of that news item about the Japanese commissioner’s comic preference. Everyone was a manga fan in their youth in Japan. This guy is just like millions of other adults in Japan; in fact this tastes are pretty generic. I mean back in the 80’s everyone was reading Yu Yu, and every literate Japanese has probably read Ashita no Joe since the 70’s; I mean this is the manga which when a key character dies it made news headlines. What makes Foreign Minister Aso so special was not that he reads manga, but he reads ROZEN MAIDEN. I mean, any grow man, otaku nor not, who can openly admit reading a manga dedicated to the gothic-lolita cause should be, eh, recognized, in Japan or elsewhere. I mean if Aso was caught reading “Kacho Shima Kosaku”, would anyone give a damn?

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