Secret projects and nonexistent youth

Great work by The Yaoi Review, which caught news of Digital’s “secret project” to hire scanlators on spec to translate them. In a followup post, Digital prez Hikaru Sasahara answers some concerns, stating that Digital will be acquiring the licenses on spec as well. I posted a summary and a bit of commentary at Robot 6; drop by and let me know what you think.

At bunny_phobic, Jenny looks at the anti-scanlation move and publishers’ recent changes in quality from a consumer’s point of view, and she even ranks the publishers in terms of translation quality. Helen McCarthy discusses the difficulty of taking copyright infringers to court and expresses optimism about legal digital delivery of manga.

At Reverse Thieves, Hisui and Narutaki discuss the SigIKKI website.

The latest Sci-Guys podcast includes some manga talk and a farewell to to the late blogger Tiamat’s Disciple.

News from Japan: I haven’t been following this very closely, but Simon Jones has a nice summary: The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly defeated the “nonexistent youth” bill that would have classified some manga as “harmful to minors.” Dan Kanemitsu has more.

Reviews: Michelle Smith and Melinda Beasi chat about recent titles in their Off the Shelf feature at Manga Bookshelf, and Michelle and Jennifer Dunbar look at some recent Shojo Beat releases at Manga Recon.

afterschool charismaShannon Fay on vol. 8 of 20th Century Boys (Kuriousity)
Deb Aoki on vol. 1 of Afterschool Charisma (About.com)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Afterschool Charisma (The Comic Book Bin)
Sesho on vol. 1 of Biomega (Sesoh’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Julie Opipari on vol. 5 of B.O.D.Y. (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Zack Davisson on vol. 2 of Deadman Wonderland (Manga Life)
Connie on vol. 9 of Gentlemen’s Alliance+ (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 15 of Hayate the Combat Butler (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Kate Dacey on vols. 1-4 of Honey Hunt (The Manga Critic)
Faith McAdams on vol. 1 of Saturn Apartments (Animanga Nation)
Erica Friedman on Shitsuji Shoujo to Ojousama (Okazu)
Lori Henderson on the July issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Xanadu)
Joe Iglesias on vol. 1 of Toriko (The Eastern Standard)
Sakura Eries on vol. 6 of With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child (Mania.com)
Sam Kusek on World of Warcraft: Mage (Manga Recon)

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  1. fourthage says

    The post at bunny_phobic is locked and not available for the general public to read.