At MTV Geek, I take a look at the new est em manga that will start in Japan in July, and I speculate a bit about who will license it here (hint: It will run in IKKI magazine).
Jason Thompson looks at a favorite manga that CMX published back in the good old days, Two Flowers for the Dragon, in his latest House of 1000 Manga column for ANN.
Lori Henderson has the lineup of this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids.
ANN reports on some new manga listings that have shown up on Amazon, including Takashi Murakami’s Stargazing Dog, Yuichi Yokoyama’s Color Engineering, and a new volume of the global manga Vampire Kisses, based on Ellen Schreiber’s YA novels. Vampire Kisses was a Tokyopop series that was done under their co-publishing agreement with HarperCollins, and it has moved to the HarperCollins imprint Katherine Tegen Books. This raises the possibility that the Warriors manga, which were also produced under the joint agreement, might continue as well.
Molly McIsaac has more classic manga you should be reading at iFanboy.com.
This week’s license request from David Welsh is Taiyo Matsumoto’s Takemitsu Zamurai. Also, David has reached the letter R in his josei alphabet.
Convention news: Kimagure Orange Road creator Izumi Matsumoto and Megatokyo creator Fred Gallagher are both slated to be guests at Anime Expo this year; I wonder if this means Kimagure will finally be licensed here? At Welcome Datacomp, astrange translates some commentary from 2chan on FanimeCon; it’s an interesting look at U.S. fans by Japanese fans.
News from France: A Distant Neighborhood creator Jiro Taniguchi is going to be knighted in France; he will become a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters).
News from Japan: The shojo cooking manga Yumeiro Pâtissière will come to an end this week. The monthly comic magazine Ryū will go on hiatus in August to prepare for a December relaunch. A group of over 50 manga-ka are planning a doujinshi to be sold at summer Comiket to benefit the victims of the March 11 earthquake.
Reviews: Charles Solomon reviews Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen, for the Los Angeles Times.
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 2 of Arisa (Kuriousity)
Kristin on vol. 4 of Bakuman and vol. 3 of Gente (Comic Attack)
Corinna Lawson’s son on vol. 1 of Bleach (omnibus edition) (GeekDad)
Julie Opipari on vol. 4 of Chi’s Sweet Home (Manga Maniac Cafe)
J. Caleb Mozzocco on Yuichi Yokoyama’s Garden (Blog@Newsarama)
TSOTE on vol. 8 of Geobreeders (Three Steps Over Japan)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 13 of Higurashi: When They Cry (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Steve Bennett on vol. 1 of Kekkaishi and vol. 1 of Naruto (omnibus editions) (ICv2)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 9 of Rasetsu (The Comic Book Bin)
Jocelyne Allen on Soil (Brain Vs. Book)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Toradora! (Good Comics for Kids)
Erica Friedman on Umesato the Third! (Okazu)