In his latest Flipped column, David Welsh discusses the manga he would most like to see translated.
Danielle Leigh revisits her discussion of scanlations and fansubs, and an interesting discussion ensues in comments about the industry’s reliance on scanlations to build a fanbase for manga.
Tangognat rounds up links to blog posts on the Tokyopop Manga Pilots contracts. And in the aftermath of that heated discussion, John Jakala asks bloggers how they deal with correcting mistakes in published posts.
At Same Hat! Same Hat!, Ryan shares proofs and covers of Tokyo Zombie, which he and SH colleague Evan have been involved in as translators, adaptors, and production guys. (Possibly NSFW, if your workplace has a low tolerance for pictures of a bald guy slapping the head off a zombie.) And: It’s in Previews! Plus: Links to chapter 2 of Dance! Kremlin Palace! (definitely NSFW).
The Ninjaconsultants have audio up of the Fujoshi Wave discussion from Anime Boston.
The Daily Yomiuri has an interesting article on an exhibit of Swedish manga in Tokyo.
Are you a publisher? Or a different type of beast? Christopher Butcher draws the distinction at Comics 212.
A Traverse City, Michigan, children’s museum includes manga in an exhibit about Japan.
Jason Thompson, author of the supremely useful Manga: The Complete Guide, will be appearing at the Mysterious Future bookstore in Santa Rosa, California, on June 8.
News from Japan: The Mainichi Daily News reports that publisher Shogakukan is suspending two manga magazines, Young Sunday and Judy, and is reformulating a third. Meanwhile, Zatch Bell creator Makoto Raiku has left Shogakukan’s Shonen Sunday and is entertaining offers from other publishers, according to ANN. On the brighter side, ANN also reports that ASCII Media Works is beefing up Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh with new manga by the creators of sola, Honoka Level Up, Chrono Crusade, and Read or Die.
Reviews: Tom Spurgeon finds Red Colored Elegy emotionally difficult but inspiring at The Comics Reporter. Salimbol reviews vols. 11 and 12 of Boys Over Flowers. Xavier Guilbert discusses Lady Snowblood at du9. Erin F. reads vols. 1 and 2 of Yozakura Quartet at PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog. Connie checks out the long-awaited vol. 3 of Parasyte and vol. 10 of Moon Child at Slightly Biased Manga. Over at Active Anime, Scott Campbell reviews vol. 4 of My Heavenly Hockey Club, vol. 17 of Excel Saga, and the vol. 1-3 omnibus of Chronicles of the Cursed Sword, and Sandra Scholes reads vol. 13 of Let Dai. Lissa Pattillo checks out vol. 1 of Ghost Hunt at Kuri-ousity. Julie reads vol. 11 of Tail of the Moon, vol. 30 of Boys Over Flowers, and vol. 1 of Toto! at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Greg McElhatton finds that the charm still hasn’t worn off by vol. 12 of Hikaru no Go at Read About Comics. Ikuko Kitagawa writes about the bilingual edition of Division Chief Kosaku Shima for the Daily Yomiuri. (Via The Comics Reporter.) Marina Neira liked vols. 4-9 of Guru Guru Pon-Chan except for the ending, but she has no such reservations about vol. 15 of Dr. Slump. Lori Henderson reads vol. 1 of Pick of the Litter at Manga Xanadu. At Anime on DVD, Sakura Eries reviews the light novel Gosick and Matthew Alexander checks out vol. 11 of xxxHolic. Michelle enjoys vol. 7 of Skip Beat! at Soliloquy in Blue.
Now that Red-Colored Elegy is in some people’s hands, does anybody know if D&Q “flipped” it in the same way that the did The Push Man — i. e. by leaving individual panels unflipped but rearranging them on the page? I really hope not. I’d far rather see it consistently flipped.