Jason Thompson looks at Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha in this week’s House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.
On the ANNCast, Ed Chavez of Vertical (publishers of Buddha!) discusses his company’s new licenses, Princess Knight and Drops of God. Manga bloggers Ed Sizemore and Deb Aoki drop in as well. Lissa Pattillo has more on the new licenses at Kuriousity.
Sean Gaffney looks ahead to next week’s new manga. It looks like there are lots of new volumes of long-running series in the works (Blade of the Immortal, Black Jack), plus a few newcomers (Amnesia Labyrinth)
David Welsh’s latest license request is Umimachi Diary, a josei manga by the creator of Banana Fish.
Melinda Beasi looks at some comfort manga at Manga Bookshelf: Manga that feature “warmth, food, and easy people.”
Tony Yao posts his entry for the the Manga Moveable Feast with a look at Karakuri Odette and our attitudes toward robots at Manga Therapy
At All About Manga, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber asks her readers: How do you pick your favorite manga?
News from Japan: Tanbishugi has a list of the March manga releases, broken down by publisher.
Reviews
Carlo Santos on vol. 13 of 20th Century Boys (ANN)
Ken Haley on vol. 1 of Cardcaptor Sakura (omnibus edition) (Sequential Ink)
Connie on vol. 4 of Crown of Love (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Sarasah (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate Dacey on vols. 1 and 2 of Shoulder-a-Coffin, Kuro (The Manga Critic)
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of The Story of Lee (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of The Story of Saiunkoku (The Comic Book Bin)