Lissa Pattillo takes a look at the most promising of Viz’s newly announced manga.
Melinda Beasi takes a look at what we can expect in March in her latest Manhwa Monday post.
Melinda, Kate Dacey, Michelle Smith, and David Welsh discuss their candidates for Pick of the Week at Manga Bookshelf.
News from Japan: GTO manga-ka Tohru Fujisawa and Nineteen artist Sho Kitagawa are collaborating on a new mystery series, Soul Messenger, which will run in Super Jump. Bunny Drop is coming to an end. The Black Rock-chan 4-koma manga, based on the game franchise Black Rock Shooter, launches this week in 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine. And two K-On! series will run in two different magazines, with the girl band’s high school years chronicled in Manga Time Kirara Carat, beginning with the June issue, and their college career in Manga Time, starting with the May issue. The first run of the manga ended last year.
Reviews: Ash Brown takes a quick look at the past week’s manga reading at Experiments in Manga.
Connie on vol. 3 of Bakuman (Slightly Biased Manga)
Erica Friedman on Dare Ni Mo Ienai (Okazu)
Lori Henderson on vol. 2 of The Dark Hunters (Manga Xanadu)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 5 of Dogs: Bullets and Carnage (The Comic Book Bin)
Marcus Speer on vol. 11 of Higurashi: When They Cry (Japanator)
Penny Kenny on vol. 2 of Kobato (Manga Life)
Connie on vol. 3 of Kobato (Slightly Biased Manga)
Eduardo Zacarias on vol. 50 of Naruto (Animanga Nation)
Todd Douglass on vol. 4 of Pandora Hearts (Anime Maki)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Toradora! (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Kate Dacey on vol. 1 of Toradora! and vol. 1 of Vampire Cheerleaders (The Manga Critic)
