The Vertical folks announced a new title yesterday at their Anime Weekend Atlanta panel: Velveteen & Mandara (Becchin to Mandara), by Jiro Matsumoto.
Erica Friedman has all the yuri news that’s fit to print in the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.
The Itochu Corporation will release classic manga by Shotaro Ishinomori and Harlequin romance manga on the iPhone, beginning in October. Thirty Ishinomori titles, including Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009, are in the works. The first chapter will be free, and subsequent chapters will be $1 each.
Yuki Tanaka examines War and Peace in the Art of Tezuka Osamu at Japan Focus.
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber asks her readers: Why do some people shun shoujo manga?
Reviews
Connie on vol. 9 of 20th Century Boys (Slightly Biased Manga)
Chris Zimmerman on vol. 1 of Afterschool Charisma and vol. 44 of One Piece (cbs4.com)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 4 of Alice in the Country of Hearts (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 3 of Dogs (Slightly Biased Manga)
Ai Kano on vol. 1 of Gente (Animanga Nation)
Kate Dacey on vol. 1 of Hetalia: Axis Powers (The Manga Critic)
Tangognat on vol. 1 of Hetalia: Axis Powers (Tangognat)
Connie on vol. 19 of Hoshin Engi (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of The House of Five Leaves (The Comic Book Bin)
Connie on vol. 2 of Icaro (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Itazura Na Kiss (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie C. on I Want to Bite (Comics Village)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 11 of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Neko Ramen (Comics Worth Reading)
Zack Davisson on vol. 2 of Neko Ramen (Japan Reviewed)
Connie on vol. 4 of Pet Shop of Horrors (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 4 of Rin-ne (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Shannon Fay on Romeo x Juliet (Kuriousity)
Connie on vol. 2 of Seiho Boys High School (Slightly Biased Manga)
Michelle Smith on vols. 5-7 of Silver Diamond (Soliloquy in Blue)
Andre on vol. 8 of St. Dragon Girl (Kuriousity)
Connie on vol. 2 of Stolen Hearts (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lissa Pattillo on Tale of a White Night (ANN)
Connie on vol. 3 of Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (Slightly Biased Manga)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 3 of Twin Spica (Comics Worth Reading)