ComiPress translates a story about a Doraemon doujinshi that has sold over 15,000 copies and moved Doraemon publisher Shogakukan to claim copyright infringement and ask the doujinshi group to stop publishing it. MangaNews has more details, and Simon Jones puts it all in perspective.
Thoughts on omake from David Welsh.
At Yaoi Suki, Jordan Marks writes about visual vocabulary in yaoi manga.
MangaCast has cover scans of the latest round of new titles, Gothic Sports and the two Fumi Yoshinaga titles. Also: Galaxy Angel II previews!
How dare they do that? The Last Episode of Doraemon is one of the most touching story I’ve ever read.. I mean I guess you have to grow up with Doraemon to understand but gosh even I cried afterward. I mean bawling like a baby. It is the end of innocence in a way, to see the pain and longing Nobita suffered after Doraemon left and eventually created Doraemon to give his childhood self (and millions of kids) laughter and companionship he’s lost. Man I feel like crying just thinking about it. Unless they decide to buy the story from the creator and sell it like a canon doraemon story, I don’t know if this will do anything but generate hate from generations of Doraemon fans. I mean, for so many kids, the first song they learn how to sing is the Doraemon theme. Just a terrible decision and an awful precedence.
As for GA II… speaking from a guy who’s buy R2 DVD for all 4 season of GA, I can’t be more dissapointed in GA II. Loli Fan service? Sigh.. what happen to my Angel Tai? Where is my enka-singing Ranpha? I guess I’m getting old…
Heh, I think I might agree with you Tivome about GAII. I am on the fence about the anime but man that series is popular with the otaku in Japan right now.