What you're missing if you don't read Japanese

Lori Henderson lists this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids.

Deb Aoki talks to Tokyopop marketing director Marco Pavia and Earthlight creators Stuart Moore and Chris Schons about Tokyopop’s online global manga program.

Jason Thompson gives us a glimpse of the “the most emo man in Japan,” the heretofore untranslated Shigeyuki Fukumitsu.

David Welsh has another license request, and it sounds tempting: Delinquent Girl Detective.

Jonathan Clements updates us on the “manga murder” in Belgium two years ago. They still aren’t even sure it’s a murder.

Attention students: Viz is looking for fall interns. (Via Japanator.)

News from Japan: Yubisaki Milk Tea will resume after a long hiatus.

Reviews: Kate Dacey continues her liveblog of the SIGIKKI site at The Manga Critic. At Manga Xanadu, Lori Henderson interviews her daughter Krissy about Animal Academy and Kilala Princess. Elizabeth Shupe presents part two of her look at the early works of Mitsukazu Mihara at Girlamatic.

Joe McCulloch on vol. 1 of A Distant Neighborhooddown (Jog – The Blog)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (MangaCast)
Julie on Domo the Manga (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 6 of Goong (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
asamisgirl on vol. 2 of Hey, Class President! (The Yaoi Review)
John Thomas on vol. 1 of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (Comics Village)
Connie on vol. 10 of I”s (Slightly Biased Manga)
Diana Dang on vol. 1 of Juline (Stop, Drop, and Read!)
Connie on vol. 3 of Jyu-Oh-Sei (Slightly Biased Manga)
Julie on vol. 1 of Kimi ni Todoke (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 3 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (i heart manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of Love Control (The Comic Book Bin)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 4 of Mars (i heart manga)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Nightschool (Manga Recon)
Isaac Hale on vol. 1 of Ooku: The Inner Chambers (Manga Recon)
asamisgirl on Part-Time Pets (The Yaoi Review)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 4 of Pluto (Kuriousity)
Grant Goggans on vol. 10 of Ranma 1/2 (The Hipster Dad’s Bookshelf)
Tangognat on Rasetsu and Tail of the Moon Prequel (Tangognat)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 8 of Rosario+Vampire (The Comic Book Bin)
Kate Dacey on Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! and Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (The Manga Critic)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 5 of Slam Dunk (The Comic Book Bin)
Emily on Vampire Crisis (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Venus Capriccio (Comics Worth Reading)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vols. 1-6 of Yotsuba&! (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)

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