Anime Boredom has a nice, lengthy interview with Seven Seas editor and Aoi House writer Adam Arnold.
At the newly renamed Anime Infatuation blog, Hazel has a comprehensive look at some of the new series debuting in January, including cover images, inside images, and links to previews. Bravo!
Do you cosplay as Di Gi Charat? No, that’s not a trick question: Broccoli Books is looking for cosplay pix for the Di Gi Charat DVD box set. But hurry: The deadline is Jan. 3.
Erin is blogging from Comiket. Also at Comiket, Ed gives us his audio version of The Walking Man. And he devotes a maki side dish to Young Animal.
Insider baseball: This won’t affect most of us directly, but Advanced Marketing Services, the parent company of the distributor PGW, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At The Engine, Heidi asks for comments from people who think they will be affected. In a post that includes some extremely NSFW images, Simon notes that AMS/PGW clients include Broccoli, Go!Comi, and Dark Horse. CORRECTION: Simon says Go!Comi is not an active client. Check the link for more.
Newsarama chats with Witchblade Takeru manga-ka Kazasa Sumita about the upcoming U.S. edition of his work, which will be flipped, colorized, and chopped up into floppies for American readers. Sumita is, of course, nice about the whole thing (what else is he going to say?); here is his comment on the colorization:
I believe this process will further heighten the sexiness and the anarchic worldview that is distinct of Witchblade Takeru and look forward to seeing that myself.
Not what I would think, but, OK. Comic Book Resources has an article about the colorization that includes examples of the black-and-white and colored artwork. Someone at Newsarama commented that they colored right over the screentone, which makes it look dirty, and looking at the upper right panel, I’d agree.
Lyle wonders if Shojo Beat is taking down the “boys welcome” sign.
At Anime on DVD, Josephine Fortune really likes The Drifting Classroom. Connie at Slightly Biased Manga likes vol. 2 of Enchanter despite its many flaws but advises: If you’re going to read it, read the omake first. Kethylia reviews vol. 14 of Berserk. Mangamaniaccafe reviews two vol. 1’s, O-Parts Hunter and VS Versus.