At PW, I take a look back at JManga’s brief existence with business manager Robert Newman. And Justin rounds up some thoughts on the demise of JManga at Organization ASG.
I also rounded up the new license announcements from SakuraCon at MTV Geek.
PictureBox, which published Yoichi Yokoyama’s Garden and Travel, announced two new titles yesterday: World Map Room, by Yokoyama, and Gold Pollen and Other Stories, a collection of short stories by Seiichi Hayashi, the creator of Red-Colored Elegy.
Matthew Cycyk writes about Cross Game and the Artistic Subtleties of Mitsuru Adachi at Matt Talks About Manga.
Laura looks forward to some upcoming shoujo releases at Heart of Manga.
Reviews
Jeremiah Fajardo on vols. 50 and 51 of Bleach (Inside AX)
Sweetpea on Gunslinger Girl (Organization ASG)
Ken H on vol. 1 of Inazuman (Comics Should Be Good)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 5 of Love Hina (omnibus edition) (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Manjiorin on Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute (Organization ASG)
Matthew Cycyk on vols. 1-7 of Ooku: The Inner Chambers (Matt Talks About Manga)
Anna on vols. 1-5 of Please Save My Earth (Manga Report)
Matthew Warner on vol. 8 of Psyren (The Fandom Post)
Derek Bown on this week’s issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Bookshelf)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 13 of Soul Eater (The Fandom Post)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 9 of The Story of Saiunkoku (The Fandom Post)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 6 of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (Blogcritics)
Matthew Warner on vol. 8 of Ultimo (The Fandom Post)