Brad Rice looks at this week’s new releases at Japanator, and Lissa Pattillo shows off her latest purchases at Kuriousity.
Rachel S. spotted listings for three new Tokyopop titles at Amazon.com: Snowhite Panic Mix (SiraYuki PaniMix!), by Hitohira creator Izumi Kirihara, flat, by Natsu Aogiri, and Ame Nochi Hare, by Bikke. There’s more, including cover images, at the link.
This is pretty juicy: Welcome Datacomp translates two conversations about manga piracy that took place on the Japanese social networking site Togetter between Ken Akamatsu, Minako Uchida, Kazumi Tojo, and their fans.
At MTV Geek, Valerie D’Orazio talks to Michael Gombos, Director of Asian Publishing at Dark Horse, which recently received Diamond’s Gem Award as Manga Publisher of the Year. Gombos stresses Dark Horse’s investment in creators and the fact that, unlike some other publishers, they are sticking with manga for the long haul.
The Tatsumi discussion continues at The Hooded Utilitarian, where Noah Berlatsky collects Bill Randall’s comments and fashions them into a post of their own. Also, it’s surprising how many people have come out of the closet in comments (as well as Kate Dacey at The Manga Critic) to reveal that they really don’t care much for Tatsumi either. You can include me in that number; I have simply never found anything to like or admire about the guy’s manga, and now that I’m out of my 20s, that sort of nihilism and unrelenting focus on the worst aspects of human nature has lost its appeal.
Following up on Watson’s success on Jeopardy, translators Alethea and Althea Nibley let a computer translate a passage from My Darling! Miss Bancho and conclude that their jobs are safe, for now at least.
Jonathan Chuang reviews Viz’s iPad app at Broken Frontier.
Alex Hoffman tells us a bit about Twin Spica—the star, not the manga.
Reviews
James Fleenor on vol. 3 of Biomega (Anime Sentinel)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 3 of Cat Paradise (Panel Patter)
Animemiz on Dengeki Daisy (Anime Diet)
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of Dengeki Daisy (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 24 of Fullmetal Alchemist (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Genkaku Picasso (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of Genkaku Picasso (The Comic Book Bin)
Animemiz on vol. 1 of Happy Cafe (Anime Diet)
Rob McMonigal on vols. 8-10 of Ranma 1/2 (Panel Patter)
Gavin Lees on A Single Match (The Comics Journal)
Lori Henderson on vols. 1 and 2 of Speed Racer and Project X: Cup Noodle (Manga Xanadu)
