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First of all I’d like to clear up one mystery. I mentioned in three or four different articles that Yen Press was mysteriously absent from NYAF, and I also DM’d Kurt Hassler when he tweeted that he was at a panel there. He got back to me last night with a simple explanation: Yen’s corporate pre-sales meeting was happening at the same time. “Talking to corporate sales force to sell next year’s list necessarily took precedence over the show unfortunately,” he added. But he did show up at the Soul Eater panel and even handed out a few advance copies of the manga.

Speaking of NYAF, PWCW put up their coverage (to which I contributed), and I also filed a con report for this week’s Unbound column at Robot 6.

Everyone is filing their con reports, it seems. At Anime Vice, God Len posts a short video that gives a sense of what it’s like to walk around at the con. Go here for the rest of their coverage, which is comprehensive and awesome. Deb Aoki rounds up the new title announcements at About.com.

Deb Aoki, Kate Dacey, and David Welsh all ponder this week’s new releases.

The Manga Village crowd picks the Manga of the Month for August 2009.

Following on Kate Dacey’s post of manga she can’t stand, Erica Friedman posts the Yuri Manga Hall of Shame.

Lori Henderson discusses how the manga adaptation of Warriors caught her daughter’s interest and led her to read the prose novels as well.

Fruits Basket translators Alethea and Athena Nibley go from the page to the spoken word with a column on interpreting at Manga Life. Also: Park Cooper chats with an educator about With the Light, the story of an autistic child and his family.

Udon has a preview up of vol. 3 of Apple, the Korean artbook/anthology.

Reviews: Carlo Santos looks over a handful of recent volumes in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN. Johanna Draper Carlson looks at some upcoming Shojo Beat titles at Comics Worth Reading.

Danielle Leigh on vols. 4 and 5 of 20th Century Boys (Comics Should Be Good)
Connie on vol. 2 of The Adventures of Young Det (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 7 of B.O.D.Y. (Slightly Biased Manga)
Jason Punda on vol. 1 of Cirque du Freak (Manga Jouhou)
Danielle Leigh on vol. 2 of Detroit Metal City (Comics Should Be Good)
Sophie Stevens on vol. 1 of Emma (Animanga Nation)
Emily on Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Julie on vol. 1 of Karakuri Odette (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of KimiKiss (Comics Worth Reading)
Martin on vol. 1 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel) (Mono no Aware)
Phil Guie on vols. 1 and 2 of Negima!? Neo (Manga Recon)
Matthew Alexander on vol. 1 of Ooku: The Inner Chambers (Mania.com)
Tangognat on vols. 1-3 of Papillon (Tangognat)
Snow Wildsmith on vols. 1 and 2 of Pathos (Fujoshi Librarian)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 3 of Phantom Dream (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Shannon Fay on The Quest for the Missing Girl (Kuriousity)
Park Cooper on vol. 4 of St. Dragon Girl (Manga Life)
Katherine Farmar on Seven (Comics Village)
Carlo Santos on vol. 7 of Shugo Chara! (ANN)
Alain Mendez on vols. 1 and 2 of Swan (Comics Village)
Julie on vol. 2 of Takeru: Opera Susanoh Sword of the Devil (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Sakura Eries on vol. 2 of Tsubasa: Those With Wings (Mania.com)
Danielle Leigh on vol. 6 of Yotsuba&! (Comics Should Be Good)

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Here’s the 411 on Tokyopop’s graphic novel version of Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island, illustrated by Christian de Metter. The graphic novel was originally published in France and was an Official Selection at Angoulême. Also, amazingly, the graphic novel will debut right around the time the feature film comes out. Details after the cut.

TOKYOPOP & WILLIAM MORROW PRESENT:

SHUTTER ISLAND Graphic Novel

Dennis Lehane’s masterpiece of mystery and suspense is
brought to life for the first time as a graphic novel

Los Angeles, CA (September 29, 2009) — TOKYOPOP and William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, are thrilled to announce the release of the graphic novel adaptation of SHUTTER ISLAND, Dennis Lehane’s bestselling novel. International comic book artist Christian de Metter’s dramatic artwork, crafted in a noir, painterly style, compliments this edition of the dark, chilling story, which also marks the debut of Lehane in the graphic novel market.

SHUTTER ISLAND is set in 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, are sent to Shutter Island to find a mass murderer who has escaped from Ashcliffe Hospital, a fortress-like federal institution for the criminally insane. As their investigation deepens, and an intense hurricane bears relentlessly down on the island, the marshals are forced to piece together clues to a shocking puzzle hidden within Shutter Island. And as hints of radical experimentation add more sinister undertones to an already bizarre case, the investigation takes the marshals on a twisted journey in which the line between sanity and madness disappears…

“SHUTTER ISLAND’s paranoia and overall creepy vibe is tailor-made for a graphic novel, and Christian De Metter’s art work is haunting, even unforgettable,” observes Dennis Lehane.

“It’s an honor to publish a graphic novel with an author of such stature as Dennis Lehane,” says Marco Pavia, TOKYOPOP Associate Publisher. “In all candor, I’m a huge Lehane fan, and I was stunned at how De Metter’s artwork enhanced the prose experience, adding a discernable layer of anxiety to this unnerving and, ultimately, profoundly moving story.”

Originally published in France, the SHUTTER ISLAND graphic novel was listed as a 2009 Official Selection at the annual Angoulême BD Festival, the Cannes of the comic world. TOKYOPOP and William Morrow will promote the graphic novel with an extensive online marketing campaign that will include online comics previews, a book trailer, and a Dennis Lehane interview.

The TOKYOPOP/William Morrow co-publication will be on sale January 5, wherever books are sold, and timed to release before the feature film from Paramount Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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This is an interesting development: Digital Manga Inc. has had an online comics site, eManga, for a while and now it is expanding its repertoire to include works from Yaoi Press. While both publishers specialize in yaoi and BL, Digital sticks to licensed Japanese properties and YP only does global manga. And Yaoi Press publisher Yamila Abraham has long been willing to try new things; Netcomics has carried YP comics for years.

The interesting twist on this is the choice of new titles: Digital will be carrying vols. 1 and 2 of Yaoi Hentai, both of which are 18+ volumes with explicit sex. How do you do this online without falling afoul of … something? The free samples on offer are pretty tame, and in order to rent the books you have to enter your age—not a very strong barrier, as kids have been known to lie. Ultimately, the bigger bar is that you have to have a credit card to buy points (unless you won them when the site started up and never used them), and most teenagers under 18 don’t have credit cards. I’m curious to see how this enteprise fares, and which titles Digital puts up next. Read on for full details.

Gardena, CA (September 28, 2009) – Digital Manga Inc., one of the industry’s most innovative and unique companies, is excited to announce eManga’s latest online rental titles from Yaoi Press, as they bring their favorite yaoi titles to eManga! Yaoi Press publishes global yaoi in a host of different languages, with over 45 publications to date. They have brought great yaoi creators from around the world, including Studio Kosen of Spain and M.A. Sambre of France to the US, and have helped develop yaoi within the Western market outside of creators in Japan. With their continued commitment to yaoi publishing and dedication to readers, Digital Manga Publishing is excited that Yaoi Press will be coming on board to share their amazing titles with yaoi fans everywhere! The first titles from Yaoi Press are Yaoi Hentai Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, now available at www.emanga.com!

Featuring complete titles for rental and free previews from Digital Manga’s entire catalog, eManga streams content through an Adobe Flash player, which allows readers to access their library wherever they have an internet connection. With custom features that include two-page, one-page, or panel-by-panel reading, three custom zoom options, a bookmark bar, and auto play, the reader is also made to work with different screen sizes to maintain great image quality at any screen size.

The standard eManga rental package is $10 for 1000 points, with entire books averaging between 200 and 300 points. Higher packages come with free bonus points. Points are kept in users’ accounts, allowing for quick and easy rental of titles whenever and wherever they want. For most of Digital Manga’s titles, you also have the option to read the entire book by spending eManga points to “rent” the title for a limited amount of time (currently 72 hours). If you later decide to rent the same title again, it will be automatically upgraded to an “unlimited” rental, which does not have time restrictions.

We invite you sample or read Yaoi Hentai Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 at our eManga site. Come check out eManga at: www.eManga.com

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YAOI HENTAI VOL. 1, Rated M+ (for ages 18+), 152 Pages, Anthology, 200 points

This is yaoi at its most extreme: graphic scenes of loving between a college professor and his student, a bar-hopper and some thugs who kidnap him, members of a corrupt soccer team, and the debut of the now infamous Trach the Tentacle Monster! YAOI – MATURE & EXPLICIT CONTENT* Readers 18+.

YAOI HENTAI VOL. 2, Rated M+ (for ages 18+), 192 Pages, Anthology, 200 points

Yaoi Hentai is back with a whole new volume of romantic yaoi smut. All new artists bring you four hot stories of hardcore guy on guy loving. First, an Elizabethan dandy is cursed to be the love slave of anyone who plays his violin. Next enjoy a science fiction story of a prince who endures trials of sexual pain and pleasure at the hands of his idol, the emperor of a sexually depraved planet. Fans of Yaoi Press’ PINNED! graphic novel get to see a hardcore love scene between Renegade and Synn. And of course, Trach the tentacle monster rounds out the book in his second sex-filled adventure. YAOI – MATURE & EXPLICIT CONTENT Readers 18+.

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Summary:

As we recall from last week, Ed gets sucked into the Gluttony’s stomach and appears in a strange Dali-esque world. Realizing that he’s not in Kansas Winry Resembool anymore, Ed calls out to see if anyone is there with him. When Lin appears, Ed and Lin question each other to make sure they are not Envy before searching around.

Ed finds the remains of Riza’s car and Al’s hand and concludes that this really must be the inside of Gluttony’s stomach or something like that, and that as only Al’s hand is there, Al must be safe on the outside. Vowing to find a way out of this strange world, Ed keeps the hand in safekeeping. After doing some experiments including creating an alchemy hole in the ground, Lin and Al conclude that the only way out is to find an exit and together they set off.

Meanwhile back in the real world, we flash back to the May (the loli girl), the henchman dude and Scar as they camp out in the alley. Missing her congenitally defected (seriously, I’m not making this up) panda pet, May tells the henchman her story about being poor back in Xing and her wish to find the secret to immortality to help out her disadvantaged clan. It seems like the panda itself was abandoned and together the two made an odd pair as they grew and learned a lot from each other, such as doing kung-fu (although unfortunately not THIS panda). Hearing her sob story, Scar decides to help her out and find her pet, and together they set off into the city.

Back in Gluttony’s stomach, the trip to the edge of the weird bloody space seems never ending. Hungry for food, Ed and Lin decide to cook up Ed’s amazingly edible leather shoe (I guess being soaked in blood doesn’t hurt). It is after the meal that they encounter Envy for real, and where Envy reveals the truth to them. The strange space they are in is really a fake space created by Father’s failed attempt in recreating THE GATE OF TRUTH in Gluttony. As this is a failed experiment, there is no way out, and thus they are stuck there until they die. With this revelation, Envy decides to spill the beans on everything, including the fact that he started the war in Ishbal as he realizes that they will all die in the stomach anyway. After hearing this, Ed gets enraged and decides to fight it out with Envy, who is not as small as he looks.

Meanwhile Al is busy thinking up of a way to get Ed back from the stomach. After realizing that he has no idea, he decides to enlist the help of Gluttony where he confirms that he himself is a human sacrifice, but has no idea what Gluttony means by it. Gluttony lets Al know about his father, and together they set off to find him.

Finally back at Central HQ Mustang receives the news. He is not to be punished directly and in fact he is being let free even though he knows what’s going on. It seems like the entire upper military echelon knows of the human sacrifices and of the Homunculus, and in fact Bradley tells Mustang that the country has been set up with him at the top since the beginning. Of course there’s a catch, and in return Riza Hawkeye is transferred into being Bradley’s personal assistant to make sure Mustang is kept in line. The episode ends with Al realizing that the father of the Homunculus is actually residing in Central.

Reaction:

Not too much really happened in this episode, although there were some important ‘reveals’ at least for the characters inside if not really for the audience. Most of the basic facts that us viewers have been taking for granted for a while now have been laid out for Ed, Al and Mustang by the Homunculus. It was them that set up the Ishbals (most people probably already guessed that’s what happened). It was them that control the country (yet again inferred). The human sacrifice candidates are real. And they also have a ‘father’ who made them (shock to the characters but not so much for us).

I really did like that extra touch when Ed and Lin try and confirm to each other that they are not Envy. Considering how many times people have been screwed by Envy in the past, it was a pretty obvious thing to do, but yet again one of those nice touches that they have in this anime that most anime wouldn’t have. I also like how Ed picked up Al’s hand for him. I did find it too bad though that Ed did not decide to drive Riza’s car instead of running, or at least create a boat or roller skates or something.

The two big things that were revealed in this episode was Envy’s true form which was pretty well done, especially with the Ghibli-esque falling-off face bits that also turn alive and of course the fact that we finally have solid confirmation that ‘father’ was trying to create THE GATE OF TRUTH after all.

It seems that nothing in the plan is more important than keeping all the sacrifices alive. I’d gather that the plan is as follows. In his relentless quest to become MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, Father has decided to create the gate to learn the truth. Not wanting to lose any part of himself to the process, he decides not to do any human transmutation, but when that fails, he realizes that he needs the help of those who have already been through the gate to perfect his creation (probably the one we saw a while back where Mustang killed Lust). It seems all of the candidates for sacrifice are people who have possibly opened up a gate themselves which confirms this theory. Of course he himself is just one person, and possibly weakened by a human transmutation attempt in making his first gate, Father decides to create a bunch of Horcruxes which are the Homunculus, aided by the power of the Philosopher’s stone. Perhaps he plays Quiddich too…

The next episode is called reunion which can mean any number of things. Anything from realizing that Hoenheim is actually ‘Father’ to Ed figuring out a way out of Gluttony’s stomach and back to reunite with Al. Either way I’m sure it will be epic.

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Original screencap count: 160
After 1st pruning run: 110
After 2nd pruning round: 90
Final screencap count: 86

So yeah, very loaded post for Bakemonogatari 12. Holy shit this was an awesome episode for the Hitagi x Koyomi fans.

God. damned. Cockteasing!

The inspiration of this post title.

HAHAHAHAHA WHAT! Mr. Senjougahara’s driving them ヽ( >∀< )ﾉ AHAHA AHAHA AHAHAHAHA

Sure starting to look like THE FIRST DATE FROM HELL here.

Oh god really, having the father tag along is just so weird.

You sure don’t just seem to like teasing him, it’s more like you absolutely love teasing him (and us the viewers too).

A…A…Are you i…i…implying something there, Senjougahara?! (；ﾟдﾟ)

Ouch, Araragi.

W….wha….??!! H…h…how?!!!

FFFFFFFFFFFFF

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN

ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ　ＯＲＺ

Waaaaaaaaait!!!! Don’t leave us alone like this!!!!! What am I supposed to talk with my girlfriend’s father on our first daaaaaaaate?!!!!

し￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣～～～～ん

Oh fuck. IT’S GENDOU! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII……..!

Wait does that mean he’s been given approval?

Oh finally, saved!

(;´Д｀) oh god that’s just so touching.

｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。 ｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。 ｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。 ｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。 oh god I BAWWW’ed.

( *=‿=*) moeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~

And an episode to remember for all of us too!

Oh god, that was really a great final episode for Bakemonogatari. I really didn’t expect this to happen since Tsubasa Cat just started, but it seems they decided to put that on hold and dedicate this episode to the greatness that is Senjougahara. Fitting enough, since she’s been quite missing throughout Nadeko Snake.

While Nadeko’s extremely moe-moe huggable, but Bakemonogatari w/o Senjougahara just feels odd. And SHAFT surely did us all a good turn here by giving us this great episode for us.

What I really find touching the most is how Senjougahara opens up to Araragi so honestly; as Araragi puts it in the opening text, ‘laying out all her cards’. I find this as the final confirmation of her trust towards Araragi, to the point she manages to admit she’s still scared of sexual contact after the traumatic incident in her childhood, but she is willing to overcome it just for him. It’s just such a touching admission and I must say I shed a few tears when she did so.

Also, Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari sure cemented itself in my list of emotionally-impacting songs. The lyrics just seem to reflect on this particular scene and I wonder now… was the song written with this scene in mind or vice-versa. Nevertheless, every time I hear it now, I’ll be reminded of this starry first date between Araragi and Senjougahara.

Finally, there’s still 3 more episodes of Bakemonogatari, to be aired via webstream. I really want to see how Tsubasa Cat plays out to warrant an additional 3 episodes with SHAFT going to the trouble of webcasting it instead of cutting it down to size or dropping it entirely.

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So…. after nearly 20 mins of YURI OVERWHELMING (”It’s starting to feel awkward calling each other by our last names.”), we’re treated to an extended trailer of Saki S2: The Nationals. WTF IS WITH THE MIKOS AND THE COSPLAYERS #$$##@$@!#%#@$!!! As if the show wasn’t already ridiculous enough already…. oh well, nopan mikos. And really…. the effects are getting more and more overboard. I sure hope it’s just Gonzo!

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This past few days I was wondering what’s with the Angeburger meme…. then I remembered this;

LAMBDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
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(;´Д｀)(;´Д｀)(;´Д｀) Ange….. dur hurr hurr

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Those are True Tears btw.

woah, the resemblance between Kurosawa and Hei didn’t occur to me until I saw this fanart, looks-wise and otherwise.

I’ve been putting off reading Onani Master Kurosawa for the longest time now (as with the rest of my backlogs), and a rather unexpected turn of events finally got me to stop bumming around and actually read it. I’m not done yet (about 10 more chapters to go! hurray slowness!) and won’t get to until after I get back from the camp I’ll be attending for the whole of next week, but right now I can say I AM LOVING IT.

Who would’ve thought that this would turn out to be a coming-of-age story. Or more like, cumming-of-age. Feel free to quote me on that. For a manga whose premise runs around a guy with a fetish for cumming in the girls’ bathroom, I sure didn’t see that coming. Disregarding all the tweets and posts about it of course. I remember when Shinn introduced this way back when, and my impression could be summed up in three letters: W.T.F. with a “wow Japan, you never cease to amaze me with your creativity” snarky side-comment. “Disgusting” was enough for me to describe it. And boy was I so wrong.

There seems to be an unspoken rule when it comes to animes and mangas, that when you see the protagonist deep in his thoughts, with delicious stream-of-consciousness all over the place, expect that something magical is going happen sooner or later. Stream-of-consciousness with potent thoughts, of course, not simply of fappery and whim. It’s like a surefire sign that this character will grow up from being someone trapped in his own world, his own skewed narrow thoughts, to someone who gets to discover the vast world outside the confines of his mind — a Bildungsroman in the making.

Owen mentioned before that “guys reading [Onani Master Kurosawa] > girls reading this simply because girls would never be able to understand what it feels like”, and while I do agree with that to some extent (yes I have never fapped in my life, and will never understand how guys are hardwired with the said ‘function’), I’d say OMK holds within it a power that transcends gender. You think the OMK catharsis can only happen to guys? Think again.

OMK was, for me, an Ode to Introverts, a drug or remedy to those who, at some point, confined themselves to their own introverted shell. People who once regarded themselves as different from anyone else, set apart, either placing themselves on a pedestal so high they end up thinking “Hmph, I don’t need to mingle with you stupid commoners!”, or a burrow so low all they see are shadows of self-pity, “I’m a pathetic weak coward; I can’t mingle with people, I’ll never be good enough” — unable to embrace the simple truth that they’re lonely, that they’re thirsty for the company of people just like any normal person, and that all they need to do is to step out of that dark and dreary burrow also known as the stall in the girls’ bathroom in the semi-deserted 1st building.

Most of these people consider themselves different from all the lowlifes (in a condescending way), when the truth is, they wouldn’t want to be hated by these very people either.

This one scene in chapter 25 resonated with me so much I cried buckets of tears while I was reading it… catharsis through and through. “One little act of kindness could be enough to save a life” — that’s what I saw at work here. Responsibility and redemption are said to be two sides of the same coin, and Kurosawa stands as a testament to that.

I might be spoiling things a little bit too much here, so I’d just say: READ IT. More so if you’re a guy, which can make this both a really painful and even more powerful reading. I’m also pressed for time here since I have to head to the airport in less than an hour (by the time of this writing, which is the 27th of September), so as much as I want to babble about this a bit more, talk about this in an Diary of an Anime/Manga Lived style, I’m afraid I don’t have the time to do so. I’ll make sure to write about this once I come back. If you have suggestions as to how you want me to blog Onani Master Kurosawa, please do so

Ja mata! Off to discover how much more vast the world is with this week-long Christian youth camp I’m attending, gonna meet people from all over the country and all that jazz. I might not be a Magister just yet, though I want to follow her footsteps (not in the ‘giving someone false hopes and breaking his heart’ sense obviously), change for the better, till my Hontou no Jibun is finally one with my Naritai Jibun. Oh and yes I can see Shugo Chara in Onani Master Kurosawa.

Kurosawa’s pimp, signing off!

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Credits to べあん・しどぅ for the Kurosawa fanart

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When the good artists open commission slots, you really have to pounce.  The very talented meago opened 5 slots on Saturday, and by the next day they were all filled.  Fortunately, I was able to get in line, and thus scored two very cute little chibi pieces of the SS!AB mascot, Nama-ko.  I was amazed at how quickly meago turned the art around.  I got a colored draft the next day and a finished piece a few hours later.  Wow!

Now that I’ve gotten 3 pieces of art, I’ve gone ahead and replaced the rotating anime series banners with Nama-ko banners.  I’ve got several other commissioned pieces in the works, and will be adding them to the lineup as they’re finished.  Hope you like the newest drawings!

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Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman does the same for the world of yuri at Okazu.

Lori also rounds up this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids.

And Erica writes to the New York Times to complain about the way they handle manga in their “graphic books” best-seller lists.

Reviews: Kate Dacey scores the first review I have seen of vol. 1 of Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture. (Note the spelling change—the Japanese title is Moyashimon.) Connie looks at God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-WWII Manga at Manga Recon. Lori Henderson celebrates the Year of Astronomy with a roundup of “astrono-manga.” EvilOmar resurrects the manga reviews at About Heroes with short looks at a number of new manga. The Manga Recon crew posts their latest Manga Minis as well. Other reviews of note:

Julie on vol. 2 of 13th Boy (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 1 of Adventures of Young Det (Slightly Biased Manga)sch
Julie on vol. 7 of Alive (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 7 of Black Jack (Slightly Biased Manga)
Justin Colussy-Estes on vols. 29 and 30 of Case Closed (Comics Village)
Patricia Beard on vol. 2 of Clan of the Nakagamis (Mania.com)
James Fleenor on Domo: The Manga (Anime Sentinel)
Connie on vol. 9 of Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden (Slightly Biased Manga)
James Fleenor on GoGo Monster (Anime Sentinel)
Sesho on vol. 13 of GTO (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Connie on vol. 2 of I”s (Slightly Biased Manga)
Joy Kim on vols. 1-18 of Monster (Joy Kim)
Sesho on vol. 2 of Otomen (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 2 of Time Guardian (Kuriousity)
Snow Wildsmith on Wild Butterfly (Manga Jouhou)

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