I’m on the train on my way to C2E2, so my internet access is limited, but I wanted to catch up with a few quick links.
I gathered up the latest stories about Japan and the anime/manga community at Robot 6, including a number of blogger and artist fund-raising initiatives.
Rob McMonigal continues his year-long appreciation of Rumiko Takahashi with a look at One-Pound Gospel.
David Welsh reaches the letter G in his josei alphabet. Also, David gives his take on About.com’s 2011 Manga Readers Choice Awards.
David, Melinda Beasi, and Kate Dacey discuss their pick of the week at Manga Bookshelf.
Reviews: Ash Brown chronicles a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga. Kristin looks at Digital’s Harlequin manga at Comic Attack. Other reviews of note:
Julie Opipari on Accidental Mistress (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Amnesia Labyrinth (Comics-and-More)
Ash Brown on vol. 5 of Blade of the Immortal (Experiments in Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 6 of Butterflies, Flowers (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Alex Hoffman on vol. 2 of Cross Game (Manga Widget)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 7 of Fairy Tail (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Kristin on vol. 2 of Genkaku Picasso (Comic Attack)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 17 of Hayate the Combat Butler (The Comic Book Bin)
Connie on vol. 25 of Knights of the Zodiac (Slightly Biased Manga)
Snow wildsmith on Tale of a White Knight and vol. 1 of Wolf God (Good Comics for Kids)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 4 of Toriko (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Greg McElhatton on vol. 9 of Yotsuba&! (Read About Comics)
Connie on vol. 4 of Yurara (Slightly Biased Manga)
Actually, that’s volume 2 of Genkaku Picasso, since there is no volume 4. :)
Thanks, Kris, I fixed it. Sorry! It’s been a long couple of days with lots of work and little sleep—hopefully now that I’m taking a break to go to C2E2 I can be a little more focused.