Tokyopop is not actually dead yet, but the post-mortems continue at a brisk pace. At All About Manga, former Tokyopop freelancer Daniella Orihuela-Gruber takes a well-rounded look at the way Tokyopop brought down rates for translators—but also made manga a mass medium.Christopher Mautner lists his six favorite Tokyopop titles, and reader chime in with theirs, at Robot 6. Johanna Draper Carlson rounds up some Tokyopop reactions and lists her favorite Tokyopop manga at Comics Worth Reading. And Lexie has a list to remember Tokyopop by at Poisoned Rationality.
The Manga Village team looks over the past week’s new releases.
This month’s Manga Moveable Feast, hosted by Rob McMonigal of Panel Patter, will focus on the works of Rumiko Takahashi. David Welsh takes the opportunity to ask his readers to name their favorite Takahashi manga and to check out Ranma 1/2 for the first time. At Otaku Champloo, Khursten Santos highlights her favorite character, Happosai. I won’t link to every post, because that’s Rob’s job; here’s his roundup of Day One links.
The writers of Sequential Tart celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday (and death day) with a look at star-crossed lovers in comics and manga.
Three Steps Over Japan has a quick peek at a vintage issue of Garo.
Yuricon is looking for yuri fans to write about their first yuri anime or manga. Details at Okazu. Also at Okazu: The latest Yuri Network News roundup.
Reviews
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 14 of 20th Century Boys (The Comic Book Bin)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 14 of 20th Century Boys (Comics Worth Reading)
Kristin on vol. 1 of Ai Ore! Love Me (Comic Attack)
Sesho on vol. 1 of Arisa (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Voitachewski on vol. 1 of Ax (in French) (du9)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 4 of Bakuman (Comics Worth Reading)
Oyceter on vols. 1 and 2 of Children of the Sea (Sakura of DOOM)
Sesho on vol. 1 of Cross Game (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Edouardo Zacarias on vol. 2 of Cross Game (Animanga Nation)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 22 of Excel Saga (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on Invisible Love (I Reads You)
Lori Henderson on vols. 4 and 5 of Tena on S-String (Manga Xanadu)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 4 of Urusei Yatsura (A Case Suitable for Treatment)