I’m here at NYAF, and it looks like lots of manga folks are here. I didn’t make it into town in time for the Del Rey 5th anniversary party last night, but Anna has pix of the awesome cake at 2 screenshot limit. And Scott VonSchilling is covering the con in tweets at The Anime Almanac. Deb Aoki lists the Friday highlights at About.com.
Vertical has granted David Welsh’s license request: They will be publishing the cute-cat manga Chi’s Sweet Home. And since today is Friday, he has another license request: Tasogare Ryuuseigun.
The NY Times graphic books best-seller list is out; once again, Viz owns the list with 8 titles to Tokyopop’s 2.
Shaenon K. Garrity memorializes the late Patrick Swayze with manga recommendations.
At the Icarus blog, Simon Jones has some thoughts of his own on l’affaire MangaHelpers, and he also links to this interview with Vertical’s Ed Chavez.
After an alarmingly long quiet period, Go Comi is bringing out vol. 4 of Ultimate Venus and putting a lot of their books on sale. Deb Aoki reassures us that more new volumes are on the way.
News from Japan: Moyoco Anno, creator of Sugar Sugar Rune and Happy Mania, is back at work after an 18-month hiatus, doing touch-up on Hataraki Man and working on some short stories.
Reviews: I thought I linked to this earlier, but apparently a WordPress hiccup wiped it out: Noah Berlatsky gives his take on Sailor Moon at The Hooded Utilitarian.
Grant Goodman on vol. 2 of Bamboo Blade (Manga Recon)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 28 of Bleach (Kuriousity)
Julie on vol. 14 of Chibi-Vampire (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Lori Henderson on vol. 3 of Divine Melody (Comics Village)
James Fleenor on Domo the Manga (Anime Sentinel)
Kinukitty on Future Lovers (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Diana Dang on vols. 1 and 2 of Gyo (Stop, Drop, and Read!)
Connie on vol. 3 of Honey Hunt (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sadie Mattox on Ikigami (Extremely Graphic)
Connie on vol. 4 of Inukami (Slightly Biased Manga)
Michelle Smith on vols. 1-6 of Wild Adapter (Soliloquy in Blue)
Erica Friedman on vols. 4-6 of Zombie-Loan (Okazu)
The Go!Comi sale has some pretty awesome deals on prices.
I was even quite surprised (and happy!) to see that they’d even ship to the UK. Unfortunately their shipping prices sorta erase the whole “savings” aspect :(