Here’s a great resource: The Anime Blog posts the list of all manga scheduled to be released in January.
Ed Chavez welcomes the new year with a look at this week’s phonebooks, which are dressing up to usher in 2008, and he posts last week’s top-selling manga in Japan.
ComiPress rounds up coverage of Comiket.
The creator of the Vocaloid2 software has slapped a cease and desist order on a doujin circle, which complied. Commentary at the link. (Via Danny Choo, via Journalista.)
At Comicsnob, Matt Blind posts the top 150 manga and top 25 series in online sales last week.
David Welsh devotes a second Flipped column to under-rated manga.
ComiPress translates the last part of “The Reason I Quit My Job as a Manga Editor.”
The Times of India has an interesting interview with a Kamishibai storyteller. Kamishibai, which uses illustrated cards, is often regarded as a precursor to manga.
ANN reports that Tokyopop will be publishing global manga based on the Warcraft and Starcraft games.
An advance copy of Minima! is the prize in Del Rey’s latest contest.
Ed Sizemore is the newest comics reviewer at Comics Worth Reading, joining Rob Vollmar and Johanna Draper Carlson, and he jumps right in with a review of Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan. Also: Johanna gets a bizarrely out-of-date copy of Tokyopop Manga magazine.
Comics Village, which launched this fall, has started carrying manga reviews, and some of the critics’ names will seem familiar to MangaBlog readers: Charles Tan on vol. 1 of Death Note, John Thomas on vol. 1 of Translucent, Lisa Patillo on vol. 1 of Nightmares for Sale, and Sabrina on vol. 1 of Flower of Life.
In other reviews: Matthew Brady finds Tezuka’s MW to be interesting, if not deep. Kethylia reads vol. 1 of Voice or Noise. At the MangaCast, Eva reviews the light novel Welcome to the N.H.K. Emily, of Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page, looks at the Japanese manga Ojousama wa Oyomesama. Tiamat’s Disciple presents an overview of another unlicensed title, IO. Manga Xanadu takes a thorough look at the December Shojo Beat and the recent changes in its lineup. Dave Ferraro finds Reptilia entertaining, despite its age, at Comics-and-more. Michelle gives vol. 24 of Basara an A+ at Soliloquy in Blue. Julie Rosato reviews Cute Beast and Greg Hackmann checks out vol. 1 of Zombie-Loan at Anime on DVD. At Prospero’s Manga, Ferdinand stretches a bit with a review of vol. 1 of Empowered. Rachel reviews vol. 1 of Vampire Hunter D at The Anime Blog. Julie takes a look at vol. 4 of Love*Com, vol. 2 of Fall in Love Like a Comic, and vol. 6 of O-Parts Hunter at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Connie checks out vol. 11 of From Eroica With Love, vol. 2 of 10, 20, and 30, vol. 1 of Andromeda Stories, vol. 2 of MPD Psycho, and vol. 2 of Roureville at Slightly Biased Manga. At Active Anime, Holly Ellingwood reviews vol. 24 of Flame of Recca, vol. 20 of Red River, and the novel Little Darling. Bill Sherman reviews vols. 26 and 27 of Naruto at Blogcritics. Leroy Doursesseaux takes a look at vol. 2 of Gyo and vol. 3 of Strawberry 100% at The Comic Book Bin.
