Yaoi on your iPhone

Yaoi Press is adopting their manga for the iPhone! People who know about such things tell me that a huge percentage of the cell phone manga in Japan is yaoi, and that most of it is downloaded late at night, so they may be on to something there. They will launch with Zesty, Surge, and Treasure, and their mature titles will be modified slightly to meet iTunes’ terms of service.

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator.

Here’s a manga Lori Henderson would like to see in English: Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro, which is just winding up its 21-volume run in Japan.

At Same Hat, Same Hat, Ryan posts a bit of info about Panorama-tou Kitan, for which Suehiro Maruo won the Tezuka Osamu award for best new artist.

Jake Forbes has a sneak peek at the art for vol. 3 of Return to Labyrinth.

PopCultureShock, home of Manga Recon, just opened their new discussion boards, and they are having a Naruto-themed contest to encourage folks to sign up. Check here for the details, and make sure you do it before Friday!

News from Japan: Shuho Sato has revealed more details of his plan to release New Say Hello to Black Jack online; each new episode will cost 30 yen (about 30 cents) and old episodes will be 10 yen. Leiji Matsumoto’s latest manga, Koshika, which debuted on the Wii, will also be coming to the iPhone, and an anime is in the works as well. ANN also records some comings and goings: Bokke-san is coming to an end, NisiOisin’s Medaka Box manga is relaunching, and D.Gray-Man is going on hiatus. More at the link.

Reviews: Tom Crippen posts his thoughts on Helter Skelter as the manga roundtable continues at The Hooded Utilitarian.

Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of 20th Century Boys (The Comic Book Bin)
Michelle Smith on The Color of Earth (Manga Recon)
David Goodwin on A Drifting Life (Eastern Standard)
Connie on vol. 1 of Evyione: Ocean Fantasy (Manga Recon)
Connie on vol. 1 of Full House (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Hey, Class President (The Comic Book Bin)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Honey Hunt (Comics-and-More)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Hot Gimmick (VIZBIG edition) (there it is, plain as daylight)
Katherine Farmar on Maid in Heaven (Comics Village)
Erica Friedman on vol. 4 of My-Hime (Okazu)
Casey Brienza on vol. 15 of Nana (ANN)
DI on Oishinbo: A la carte: Sake (Otaku Public Library)
Casey Brienza on vol. 2 of Otomen (ANN)
Julie on vol. 5 of The Palette of 12 Secret Colors (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 4 of Real (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Train*Train (Kuriousity)

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