David Welsh looks at this week’s new manga at The Manga Curmudgeon, and he reaches the letter L in his josei alphabet. The Manga Village crowd points to the best of the April 13 new releases. And Sean Gaffney takes the longer view and looks at next week’s new manga. Lissa Pattillo shows off the results of her latest shopping trip at Kuriousity.
The reactions to Tokyopop’s closure continue. At Robot 6, I point out that manga changed the comics world forever—even for people who don’t read it. At Rocket Bomber, Matt Blind blames Stu Levy for bringing down Tokyopop and wonders why he didn’t just sell it instead of shutting it down. Rob McMonigal remembers Tokyopop’s early days at Panel Patter. At Manga Report, Anna is marking the occasion by giving away a few of Tokyopop’s last volumes.
Digital has confirmed that it will not be publishing Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, a manga it announced in 2008; the license has reverted to the Japanese publisher, Gakken.
At The Panelists, which critiques comics panel by panel and page by page, Derik Badman analyzes a two-page spread from Kazuichi Hanawa’s Doing Time.
Anna finds references to the Jewish song Dona Dona in manga and anime.
Reviews: Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith bring on the boys’ love in their latest BL Bookrack column at Manga Bookshelf.
Connie on vol. 4 of Bakuman (Slightly Biased Manga)
Rob McMonigal on vols. 9-11 of Bleach (Panel Patter)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 3 of Cross Game (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 8 of Detroit Metal City (Slightly Biased Manga)
Wolfen Moondaughter on vol. 1 of Eensy Weensy Monster (Sequential Tart)
Anna on vols. 7 and 8 of Gatcha Gacha (Manga Report)
Michael Buntag on vol. 7 of Honey and Clover (NonSensical Words)
Kristy Valenti on The Lychee Light Club (The Comics Journal)
Jennifer LeBlanc on vol. 2 of Maiden Rose (The Yaoi Review)
Lori Henderson on episodes 1 and 2 of Mizuki (Manga Village)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 1 of Natsume’s Book of Friends (Panel Patter)
Lori Henderson on vols. 2 and 3 of One Fine Day (Manga Village)
Rob McMonigal on vols. 16 and 17 of Ranma 1/2 (Panel Patter)
Katherine Farmar on vol. 1 of Replica (Manga Village)
Erica Friedman on vol. 1 of Shin Koi Hime Musou~ Otome Tairan (Okazu)
Shannon Fay on vol. 23 of Skip Beat! (Kuriousity)
Connie on vol. 4 of Spiral! (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Toradora! (Slightly Biased Manga)
I’m really bummed to hear about the StrikerS manga. I’m pretty sure that was the official bridge manga between the 2nd and 3rd anime series and I wanted to read that. *_*