Here’s the big news of the day: Viz is launching its own iPad app. PWCW has all the details, and Anna (a.k.a. Tangognat) is first out of the gate with some reactions at Manga Report.
Melinda Beasi’s Pick of the Week is The Story of Sainkoku. Hit the link to find out why. Also, Melinda brings us a look at November’s manhwa releases in her weekly Manhwa Monday column. And she asks her readers: What do you think of the Digital Manga Guild?
Reviews: Ash Brown has a quick rundown of the week’s reading at Experiments in Manga.
Leroy Douresseaux on vols. 15-17 of Air Gear (The Comic Book Bin)
Anna on vols. 1 and 2 of Bakuman (Manga Report)
Connie on vol. 7 of Blade of the Immortal (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Demon Sacred (Slightly Biased Manga)
Billy Aguiar on Ghost in the Shell (Prospero’s Manga)
Sean Gaffney on How to Draw Shoujo Manga (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Kristin on vol. 2 of Kingyo Used Books (Comic Attack)
Erica Friedman on vol. 4 of K-On! (Okazu)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 28 of Negima (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Lori Henderson on the November issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Xanadu)
Steve Bennett on vol. 1 of Summoner Girl (ICv2)
Shannon Fay on Uzumaki (Kuriousity)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 10 of V.B. Rose (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
I think censorship issues with material available on Itunes should dampen any enthusiasm for an IPad app.
Actually, since you buy the manga from within the app, I don’t believe they have to be vetted by Apple.
I hope they announce SIGIKKI titles for the app, since those titles seem to be more appropriate to the majority of iPad users. The target market seems to be towards the 20-40 age range. I don’t see too many teenagers with iPads.