Out with the old, in with the new

Same Hat! Same Hat!! has a nice holiday gift for everyone… who is over 18 and not at work: They’re hosting a scanlation of Shintaro Kago’s Labyrinth.

Booklist Watch: The Naruto wave finally ebbs, with only vol. 27 making the USA Today Booklist, at nmber 135.

MangaCast checks Diamond Previews for manga shipping in March and April.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review profiles Undertown creator Jim Pascoe. The article mentions that Scholastic has picked up the book, which is aimed at kids 9 to 14.

Here’s a sketch and some info on the Hellgate: London manga, which is based on the game.

ANN brings news of some new projects over in Japan. You may not have heard of NisiOisin yet, but you will, as a wave of his work is headed our way from Viz and Del Rey. Viz has licensed his novel Death Note: Another Note, and over in Japan, Weekly Shonen Jump will be running a one-shot manga by NisiOisin and Death Note artist Takeshi Obata. And Welcome to the N.H.K. artist Kendi Oiwa is launching a new series, Yume-Watari Pulcinella, in March. Finally, for those who can’t get enough of Genshiken, game creator Katsuoshi Iida is writing a spinoff novel, to be published by Kodansha.

More news from Japan: Zatch Bell is coming to an end. ComiPress has that scoop plus a long list of new series, as well as a nerd/retailer bonus: circulation figures for Japanese manga magazines for 2004-2006.

Simon Jones (not very NSFW today) heard that France has 40 manga publishers and starts counting their American counterparts. He has 33 so far; check it out and see if he has missed anyone.

The voting has started for best shonen manga of 2007 at Deb’s Manga Blog at About.com.

We’ll be looking for a copy of Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from Japan, now that Serge the Concierge has brought it to our attention. (Via Giapet.)

At Industry Babble, Shizuki posts photos of Broccoli and Bandai’s year-end get-together.

A German company is using characters from Crows and Worst to peddle hair coloring.

Reviews: Julie checks out vol. 9 of Moon Child and vol. 1 of Camera Camera Camera at the Manga Maniac Cafe. At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Draper Carlson enjoys vol. 1 of High School Debut but is less enthusiastic about Pop Japan Travel. Greg Hackmann gives vol. 1 of Aventura a qualified thumbs-up at Anime on DVD. Tiamat’s Disciple posts an overview of With the Light. At Active Anime, Scott Campbell reviews vol. 1 of I, Otaku: Struggle in Akihabara, Davey C. Jones reads vol. 2 of Atelier Marie and Elie Zarlburg Alchemist, and Sandra Scholes reviews vol. 2 of Operation Liberate Men. Julie Gray reviews The Manga Bible at The Comic Book Bin. Ferdinand checks out vol. 1 of Hanami: International Love Story at Prospero’s Manga. Tangognat is hooked after reading vol. 1 of Venus in Love. It’s another manga-thon at Slightly Biased Manga, where Connie reviews vol. 28 of Dragon Ball, vol. 10 of Iron Wok Jan, vol. 2 of Moon Child, vol. 5 of Stray Little Devil, vol. 15 of Tsubasa, vol. 14 of Astro Boy, vol. 2 of Berserk, vols. 9 and 10 of RG Veda, and vol. 11 of Hikaru no Go.

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  1. I read Tiamat’s overview and I’m confused… I found many of the same issues with the book that most critics have, and yet I can’t make sense of what she’s championing there or exactly who she’s angry at? Is she angry at Kethylia’s review, or at the manga’s editor, Passivesoul?