Digital Manga announced two new Makoto Tateno licenses this week: A Waltz in the Clinic (Kenshūi wa Koakuma to Odoru) and A Murmur of the Heart (Toaru Gekai to Naikai no). Both will be released in both digital and print format.
Good news for Tiger & Bunny fans: Viz will release the movie Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning on October 1 and the manga on October 8.
The crack Manga Bookshelf team discuss their Pick of the Week and take a look at next week’s new releases.
Lori Henderson looks at this week’s new releases, eManga’s September Switch promotion, and Backstage Prince in her latest Manga Dome podcast at Manga Xanadu.
News from Japan: Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama says the series will end after 20 volumes. Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei creator Kôji Kumeta has a new series in the works. Peacemaker Kurogane will be back in December. Sakamoto desu ga?, by Nami Sano, has won the Comic Natalie Grand Prize. ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.
Reviews: Carlo Santos checks out the latest releases in his newest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN. Ash Brown looks back on a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga. The Manga Bookshelf team review all that’s new (well, most of it anyway) in their Bookshelf Briefs column.
Carlo Santos on vol. 6 of 07-Ghost (ANN)
Ken H. on vol. 5 of Attack on Titan (Comics Should Be Good)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 7 of Attack on Titan (The Fandom Post)
Daniel Briscoe on vol. 1 of Berserk (The Fandom Post)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 17 of Black Bird (The Comic Book Bin)
Chris Kirby on vol. 1 of Durarara Saika Arc (The Fandom Post)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 30 of Fairy Tail (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 22 of Hayate the Combat Butler (The Comic Book Bin)
Sakura Eries on Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly (The Fandom Post)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 9 of Ikigami (I Reads You)
Erica Friedman on vol. 3 of Kimi no Tame Nara Shineru (Okazu)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 9 of Loveless (The Fandom Post)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 10 of Naruto (Blogcritics)
Ash Brown on vol. 2 of No. 6 (Experiments in Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 68 of One Piece (The Comic Book Bin)
David Brothers on One-Punch Man (4thletter!)
TSOTE on vol. 28 of Q.E.D. (Three Steps Over Japan)
Derek Bown on the September 16 issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Bookshelf)
Chris Kirby on vol. 1 of Sunny (The Fandom Post)
Sean Gaffney on Tropic of the Sea (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Anna N. on vol. 1 of Voice Over! Seiyuu Academy (Manga Report)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s (Blogcritics)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (Blogcritics)