Shaenon Garrity writes about the manga-about-manga series Kingyo Used Books as guest columnist for ANN’s House of 1000 Manga.
The special Naoki Urasawa edition of the Manga Moveable Feast continues, with host blog Organization ASG’s roundtable on Astro Boy, as well as roundups for days 3 and 4. And at Manga Village, village leader Lori Henderson rounds up all their Urasawa posts.
Lissa Pattillo checks out this week’s new manga releases in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA.
Sheena McNeil discusses gender-bending in Osamu Tezuka’s Princess Knight.
Reviews
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of 21st Century Boys (Manga Xanadu)
Rebecca Silverman on vol. 1 of Barrage (ANN)
Chris Kirby on vol. 8 of Cross Game (The Fandom Post)
Justin on chapters 20 and 21 of Cross Manage (Organization ASG)
Ken H. on Emerald and Other Stories (Comics Should Be Good)
Lexie on Emerald and Other Stories (Poisoned Rationality)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 3 of Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll (Blogcritics)
Joseph Luster on vol. 7 of GTO: 14 Days in Shonan (Otaku USA)
Joseph Luster on vol. 1 of Knights of Sidonia (Otaku USA)
Connie C. on Lives, Offered, and Apocalypse Zero (Comics Should Be Good)
Helen on Lonely Wolf, Lonely Sheep (Narrative Investigations)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 37 of Negima (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Danica Davidson on vol. 2 of Nisekoi (Otaku USA)
Ash Brown on Pineapple Army (Experiments in Manga)
Manjiorin on Pineapple Army (Organization ASG)
Erica Friedman on vol. 9 of Sailor Moon (Okazu)
Derek Bown on this week’s issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Bookshelf)
Carlo Santos on vol. 10 of Tenjho Tenge (Full Contact Edition) (ANN)
Chris Kirby on vol. 12 of Toriko (The Fandom Post)
Justin on chapter 2 of World Trigger (Organization ASG)