Jordan Marks of Yaoi Suki has put together everything we know about the CPM/Libre situation, including a timeline, some factlets that had escaped notice so far, and some considered commentary. And Shizuki from Broccoli spotted John and Masumi O’Donnell at the Tokyo Animation Fair: they were first in line at registration.
Here are a couple of links about manga that haven’t been licensed yet. Robots Never Sleep writes about Little Forest, a slice-of-life manga about grow-your-own eating. At MangaCast, Jarred Pine is starting a new feature estimating the odds of different manga getting licensed; his first pick is Detroit Metal City. At Completely Futile, Adam Stephanides has been reading a series by Shiriagari Kotobuki. No review yet, but he has posted some links. And Erica Friedman reviews the yuri manga Zettai Roman.
Paul Gravett takes a look at global manga in the UK. (Via Precocious Curmudgeon.)
Ed Chavez passes along some rumors of new Viz titles.
Katherine Dacey-Tsuei spots a newcomer on the Tokyopop site: Del Rey is posting a preview of Avril Lavigne’s Make 5 Wishes on Tokyospace. Katherine asks the question that should be on everybody’s minds:
is Del Rey now obliged to pimp the poetic musings of DJ Milky on its home page?
… but she adds that given Tokyopop’s demographics, it’s a shrewd move on Del Rey’s part.
Yaoi Press is looking for manga that hasn’t been published in English yet—and they’re willing to pay! There are lots of conditions, though, so read the whole entry. (Via Yaoi Suki.)
At Manga Talk, Akemi has an essay on anime archetypes that will also seem familiar to manga readers.
Reviews: At the Mangamaniaccafe, Julie checks out vol. 2 of Recast and vol. 2 of Real/Fake Princess. Active Anime’s Holly Ellingwood reviews vol. 6 of Aishiteruze Baby and vol. 3 of Kamui. Julie Rosato reviews vol. 3 of Only the Ring Finger Knows (the novel) for AoD. Connie whittles down the stack quite a bit at Slightly Biased Manga, with reviews of volumes 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Tsubasa, Lost World, volumes 1 and 2 of Chicago, and Wild Com. John Thomas at Mecha Mecha Media really likes vol. 1 of Shaman Warrior. At the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wilma Jandoc reviews three manga with a touch of the supernatural: Genju no Seiza, Platinum Garden, and Mugen Spiral. At the Star of Malaysia, Cheeky Monkey reviews vol. 2 of Emma and Max Loh looks over One Piece Color Walk.
DJ Milky… which in Japanese slang means DJ Sperm. But I guess Stu won’t really know it since he thinks manga is pronounced “monguh”. I think he and Dallas should create a super gaijin comedy duo team and make bank on Japanese TV. They could even get their own show called “Milky Hearts”. They’ll make London Boots shaking in their, u know.
I’m sure some one out there will get this comment.
Yeah but I don’t think those two could even end up on TV asahi. Maybe some smaller channel like Chiba TV or tvk. Its just too tough to compete with the Kansai Manzai troops… even if you’re a funny gaijin ^_^
I was thinking something in line of TV Aichi, since they love to freak out viewers with low budget gaijin otaku-ness. Their team should be called “Milky Dollars”, which can also be a great engrish name for a soapland. A Dallas/Stu team will beat all other gaijin tv “talento”. Thane and Bobby? Pwned!
Thanks ed, I knew you’ll understand. ^__^;