Congratulations to Lianne Sentar, who was just promoted to a new position at Seven Seas Entertainment: publisher! She’s done a little bit of everything in the manga industry—writing Sailor Moon novels for Tokyopop, freelancing as an editor, starting her own publishing company—and seems like a perfect fit for the job. In other news, Scholastic will be launching its Graphix Manga line with an adaptation of Unico… Studio Ghibli has been acquired by Nippon TV… and a Delaware parent took a public stand on behalf of her kids’ after-school manga club. At issue was the principal’s decision to limit members’ access to manga rated “T” or older, which he felt were inappropriate for middle-school readers. Jennifer Antonik disagreed, and started a petition at Change.org to pressure the school to reverse course.
AROUND THE WEB
If you’re a fan of I’m in Love with the Villainess in any of its incarnations—light novel, manga, anime—you’ll want to check out Erica Friedman’s conversation with inori.-sensei; Mari Morimoto translates. [Okazu]
Toni Sun interviews Kyoko Aiba, author of I Love You Enough to Tie You Up, Derail, and Invisible Me. [ANN]
Muraktama Rodrigues explains why you should check out Rooster Fighter. [How to Love Comics]
In her latest Pubwatch, Masha Zhdanova pans Like a Butterfly, praises DRCL#, and rounds up the latest news from VIZ. [WWAC]
Joe McCulloch, Katie Skelly, and Sally Madden delve into the complexities of Kazuo Umezz’s Cat-Eyed Boy, which has just been reissued in a “perfect edition.” [Thick Lines]
Party like it’s 1985! The Mangasplainers tackle the ultimate 80s cat manga: Makoto Kobayashi’s wonderful, weird, and oh-so-slightly dated What’s Michael? [Mangasplaining]
REVIEWS
SKJAM! reviews Blade of the Moon Princess, an early series from the creator of Spy X Family… Adam Symchuk praises Suzuki Just Wants a Quiet Life, a new mystery series from Hirohisa Satou… and Jon Holt and Teppei Fukuda translate Natsume Fusanosuke’s review of Otomo: The Complete Works.
New and Noteworthy
- #DRCL: Midnight Children, Vol. 1 (Anna Lindwasser, Comicon)
- #DRCL: Midnight Children, Vol. 1 (Sarah Musnicky, Nightmarish Conjurings)
- #DRCL: Midnight Children, Vol. 1 (J.R. Waugh, Attack of the Fanboy)
- #DRCL: Midnight Children, Vol. 1 (Madalena Daleziou, Epicstream)
- The Ephemeral Scenes of Setsuna’s Journey, Vol. 1 (Adam Symchuk, Asian Movie Pulse)
- Jungle Juice, Vol. 1 (Adam Symchuk, Asian Movie Pulse)
- Like a Butterfly, Vol. 1 (Mark Thomas, The Fandom Post)
- Superman vs. Meshi, Vol. 1 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Good Comics for Kids)
- Why I Adopted My Husband (Danica Davidson, Otaku USA)
- Wind Breaker, Vol. 1 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, Vol. 1 (Vanessa, No Flying No Tights)
Complete, OOP, and Ongoing
- Assorted Entanglements, Vol. 2 (Matt Marcus, Okazu)
- Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 19 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Hi Score Girl, Vols. 9-10 (Grant Jones, ANN)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria, Vol. 20 (Richard Gutierrez, The Fandom Post)
- Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 7 (King Baby Duck, Boston Bastard Brigade)
- Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 12 (King Baby Duck, Boston Bastard Brigade)
- My Happy Marriage, Vol. 4 (darkstorm, Anime UK News)
- Phantom of the Idol, Vols. 5-6 (Sarah, Anime UK News)
- Rent-a-Girlfriend, Vols. 17-18 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- Who Made Me a Princess, Vol. 2 (Noemi10, Anime UK News)
- The Yakuza’s Bias, Vol. 2 (Sarah, Anime UK News)
- Yumeochi: Dreaming of Falling for You, Vol. 26 (Chris Beveridge, The Fandom Post)