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From Manganews.net, we're reminded that Tokyopop will be releasing Fruits Basket, Get Backers, Saiyuki/Saiyuki Reload and Samurai Deeper Kyo monthly from June-October to tide over the schoolkids on vacation.
TP is also premiering Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode this June, which introduces a new girl to the cast whose animal genetics are half-cat, half-rabbit. The series is popular enough that it should be quite promising, although the sheer cuteness does seem to intimidate more refined readers. >:D
Love Manga also muses over the dirty side of things with a link to more Tenjho Tenge discussion and an article on some creepy hentai guy who was stopped at the airport. On a more positive note, there are a handful of new Tokyopop licenses which include Kingdom Hearts (yes, the cheesy-ass Disney/Squaresoft video game) and the mysteriously mysterious Spiral.
Animania catches up with some new manga anthologies starting up in Japan. (It's funny how in the US, we get like ONE shoujo anthology and it's the event of the year.) Osaka Geijutsu Daigaku Daigaku Manga looks interesting as it's a compilation of old works from manga-ka who graduated out of the Osaka University of Arts, such as Rumiko Takahashi and Hideaki Anno. We've got two new boy's love magazines, and I wonder if DMP is getting any ideas yet. On the more mainstream side there's Shônen Sirius and Chu♥Girl, while alt-manga is represented by the mysterious and unlinked magazines Angel Share, Flamingo R and Platinum. (I hope Kotonoha gives some of those a try.)
Speaking of which! Look who updated today. Definitely check out Fumiko Takano's The Yellow Book - A Friend Named Jacques Thibault, winner of the Tezuka Cultural Prize, manga's highest award; Kotonoha makes its first dive into yuri with Ebine Yamaji's Love My Life; and another chapter of Smuggler is up.
So I finally sauntered over to check out the Squiddie Award pseudo-nominations, and I'm impressed that Hot Gimmick got picked for both best manga series and best ongoing comic series. However, I am rather sad that Scott Pilgrim is nowhere to be found among the best comics characters.
TP is also premiering Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode this June, which introduces a new girl to the cast whose animal genetics are half-cat, half-rabbit. The series is popular enough that it should be quite promising, although the sheer cuteness does seem to intimidate more refined readers. >:D
Love Manga also muses over the dirty side of things with a link to more Tenjho Tenge discussion and an article on some creepy hentai guy who was stopped at the airport. On a more positive note, there are a handful of new Tokyopop licenses which include Kingdom Hearts (yes, the cheesy-ass Disney/Squaresoft video game) and the mysteriously mysterious Spiral.
Animania catches up with some new manga anthologies starting up in Japan. (It's funny how in the US, we get like ONE shoujo anthology and it's the event of the year.) Osaka Geijutsu Daigaku Daigaku Manga looks interesting as it's a compilation of old works from manga-ka who graduated out of the Osaka University of Arts, such as Rumiko Takahashi and Hideaki Anno. We've got two new boy's love magazines, and I wonder if DMP is getting any ideas yet. On the more mainstream side there's Shônen Sirius and Chu♥Girl, while alt-manga is represented by the mysterious and unlinked magazines Angel Share, Flamingo R and Platinum. (I hope Kotonoha gives some of those a try.)
Speaking of which! Look who updated today. Definitely check out Fumiko Takano's The Yellow Book - A Friend Named Jacques Thibault, winner of the Tezuka Cultural Prize, manga's highest award; Kotonoha makes its first dive into yuri with Ebine Yamaji's Love My Life; and another chapter of Smuggler is up.
So I finally sauntered over to check out the Squiddie Award pseudo-nominations, and I'm impressed that Hot Gimmick got picked for both best manga series and best ongoing comic series. However, I am rather sad that Scott Pilgrim is nowhere to be found among the best comics characters.
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The series is popular enough that it should be quite promising, although the sheer cuteness does seem to intimidate more refined readers. >:D
It's too PINK!
Saying that though, I missed posting on the bit about the new magazines. It does make our paltry Shojo Beat pale into insignificance.
What do you reckon we need to do to get DMP releasing a Yaoi magazine like the new Brazil. That would be VERY cool!
I was wondering how long it would be before someone got the bright idea to release manga compilations on a monthly basis. I'm just glad it's a temporary thing, not a change to the regular schedule. Though I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this is a "testing the waters" type thing.
Viz has actually been doing this for a while with Rurouni Kenshin, so it's not really anything new.
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