Bookshelved.

AoD has an advance review of Heian-Era (ca. 1000) shoujo tale More Starlight to Your Heart Vol. 1 and the girlfriend-who-will-blow-up-the-world series Saikano Vol. 2.

Does you likes the moving pictures? The Anime Encyclopedia may be the first book that actually gets things right, with a comprehensive summary of Japanese animation both popular and obscure. Contains side notes about the manga versions too.

The Curse of Nanking

Geez, Kuni Ga Moeru. Look what you did.

Who loves subservient girls in maid outfits? That's right, AoD has reviewed Mahoromatic Vol. 2.

Also on AoD but with no link: ADV Manga has cancelled Fantasy Land Vol. 2, Sky Blade, Sword of the Heavens Vol. 3, and Taimashin SP Vol. 1. Not that anyone was going to miss those. :p Cancel Tactics, however, and people will SUFFER.

The manga is burning

... And the hand-wringing over Kuni Ga Moeru just doesn't stop.

But, as every freaking comics/manga/anime news site will tell you, Tokyopop has announced a whole bunch of new stuff! Look for a huge response to RG Veda, an early work by those four ladies of manga who rule their readership with an iron fist G-pen.

AoD has something to say about Saikano Vol. 1.

And look, Christopher @ 212 / Previews Review has a Retailer's Rough Guide to Upcoming Manga Releases. Use it wisely! I mean, really, B&N is never going to stock Taiyo Matsumoto because they have too many damn volumes of Naruto and Fruits Basket, so help us out here!

Where the wild things are

Now that's information as vital as any you'll ever read: ActiveAnime now reviews yaoi manga with a sex scene tally!

The Japan Times has a feature on Psionic Distortion, a multimedia exhibition on underground and alternative manga.

Nothing says capsule manga reviews like ANN's Right Turn Only, which for many is the ONE place to see what's worth reading this week.

But not to be outdone, AoD turns up a review of Negima! Vol. 3.

Creatures of the ... really awesome artwork

EGLtastic! Kevin @ Thought Balloons thinks Alichino is gonna be great, and so should you.

... like very suggestive, flowery hotcakes!

From ANS (no directlink): eigoMANGA is releasing a new anthology, Sakura Pakk, a shoujo-oriented companion to Rumble Pak.

Set for release in early November by multimedia company eigoMANGA, Sakura Pakk aims to stand out from the abundance of manga already available to fans and new readers. Sakura Pakk stories are not translated from Japanese, but are written and drawn by primarily English-speaking artists who are enthusiastic manga fans themselves.

AoD reviews that ol' sword-and-sorcery standby, Slayers Vol. 6.

Anyone know how true this is? Yaoi manga sells like hotcakes on amazon.com.

What is your wish?

Looking for your alternative manga fix? Kotonoha has the goods, with the seemingly supernatural mystery Soil by Atsushi Kaneko and a strangely cute 17-page short about a desert island survivor, The Islanders by Tetsu Kasabe.

Want to review CDs, DVDs and manga in exchange for free screeners and such? Animated Bliss has a position open.

And ... wow. Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be comickers.