I have family visiting from out of town so this will be brief—watch for more news and reviews tomorrow!
Siloconera talks to Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy about piracy, copyright, and Tokyopop’s possible foray into video games.
Tokyopop has posted a video interview with You Higuri, creator of Cantarella and Gorgeous Carat.
Lori Henderson sums up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman presents another edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.
Congratulations to Helen McCarthy, whose book The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga won the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber looks back at ten years as a manga fan.
News from Japan: Shueisha, one of the largest publishers in Japan, finished the last fiscal year in the red, although manga was not to blame—sales of both magazines and single volumes were up. Eiichiro Oda will put One Piece on a four-week hiatus starting Sept. 6. Amanchu! will go quarterly due to creator Kozue Amano’s pregnancy. Gottsu-Iiyan gives us a peek at the 25th anniversary edition of Switch, which features Takehiko Inoue.
Reviews
Shannon Fay on Black Blizzard (Kuriousity)
Kristin on vol. 32 of Bleach (Comic Attack)
Clive Owen on vol. 1 of Code:Breaker (Animanga Nation)
Connie on vol. 2 of Dokkoida?! (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lissa Pattillo on A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (ANN)
Tangognat on vol. 1 of Hyde and Closer (Tangognat)
Kristin on vol. 6 of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (Comic Attack)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 7 of Kitchen Princess (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Sesho on vol. 3 of One Piece (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Connie on vol. 3 of Pet Shop of Horrors (Slightly Biased Manga)
Shaenon Garrity on Romeo x Juliet (About.com)
Erica Friedman on Sakura Buntsuu (Okazu)
Connie on vol. 1 of Sarasah (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 6 of Shakugan no Shana (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Stolen Hearts (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Ze (Slightly Biased Manga)