Manga makes a respectable showing on BookScan’s top 20 graphic novels list for September, brought to us courtesy of ICv2.
At the MangaCast, Ed Chavez lists the manga in the October Diamond Previews (shipping in January).
Scott VonSchilling posts his NYAF con report at Anime Almanac.
Lissa Pattillo puts together a nice overview of Yaoi-Con at Kuriousity, and Yamila Abraham checks in with a brief report at the Yaoi Press site.
Matt Thorn has some vintage Japanese animation to share.
I missed this earlier, but it’s a cool thing: Dark Horse has donated a copy of every book it has published to the Portland State University library.
Adults fret that manga are corrupting youth in Viet Nam.
News from Japan: Kouta Hirano is winding up Hellsing and planning to launch a new manga next year, according to ANN, and Fumino Hayashi, the artist for Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, also has a new series in the works. And Melody magazine has announced that Mizu Sahara, the artist of Voices of a Different Star, will draw a series of short manga based on the songs of the jazz/pop duo Sukima Switch.
Reviews: Ferdinand enoys vol. 1 of Real at Prospero’s Manga. Erica Friedman checks out vol. 1 of Burst Angel at Okazu. Ken Haley takes a look at Tokyo Zombie at Manga Recon. Tiamat’s Disciple reviews vol. 2 of Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro and vols. 1 and 2 of Blood+ Lissa Pattillo reviews vol. 3 of Sundome at Kuriousity. Connie reads vol. 1 of Cipher and vol. 24 of Bleach at Slightly Biased Manga. At Comics Village, Sabrina reviews vol. 1 of Rave Master and Katherine Farmar checks out Wild Rock. Cyn checks out One Night Lesson, Heavenly Body, and vol. 7 of Junjo Romantica at Boys Next Door. Julie reads vol. 23 of Boys Over Flowers at the Manga Maniac Cafe. At Active Anime, Sandra Scholes reviews vol. 1 of Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars, Davey C. Jones reads vol. 3 of Hell Girl, and Holly Ellingwood checks out vol. 8 of Beauty Pop. The Manga Pulse folks fight a cold to bring you audio reviews of Reborn! and Real.
The previews listing cheers me because Silver Diamond 3 appears on it where it doesn’t on TOKYOPOP’s site. I didn’t have high hopes when I received the review copy of v1, but I really liked it and want to see it continue.