Big news from Anime Herald: the popular website will launch a companion magazine in October! Site founder and editor-in-chief Samatha Ferreira noted that the inaugural issue will celebrate Anime Herald’s fifteen-year history with reprints of “eight classic articles” but will also feature nine new essays from well-known journalists and critics in the field including Lynzee Loveridge, Daryl Surat, Chiaki Mitama, Erica Friedman, Red Bard, Borealis Capps, and Lucas DeReuyter. You can pre-order a print or digital copy by clicking here; the print version will retail for $17.95, while the digital version will have a “a suggested price of $12.75.”
NEWS AND VIEWS
Party like it’s 2007! Yen Press just announced that it would be releasing a deluxe box-set edition of Fruits Basket in November. [ICv2]
Justin and Helen round up the latest manga licensing news. [The OASG]
Naina Singh posts a thoughtful analysis of how Indian characters are depicted in Toboso Yana’s long-running series Black Butler. [Anime Feminist]
Elliot and Andy discuss The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You. [Screentone Club]
Helen, Kory, and Apryll dedicate their latest podcast to Kowloon Generic Romance and Neighborhood Story. [Manga in Your Ears]
On the latest Manga Machinations episode, the gang convenes a round table on Fumi Yoshigana’s Tamaki and Amane, then checks in on one of my personal faves, Irie Akie’s Go With the Clouds, North by Northwest. [Manga Machinations]
REVIEWS
Erica Friedman gives Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? a solid B…. Beneath the Tangles publishes a team review of Girl Crush, a new series about Japanese teenagers trying to break into the K-Pop industry… Johanna Draper Carlson checks in on some of her favorite ongoing food manga as well as some cute cat series… and Sarah just persuaded me to pick up Love in the Palm of His Hands.
New and Noteworthy
- Betrayed By the Hero I Formed a Milf Party with His Mom, Vol. 1 (WinterVenom, Behind the Manga)
- The Dashing Zaddy and His Icy Protégé, Vol. 1 (Lisa De La Cruz, The Wonder of Anime)
- Flashpoint (Elias Rosner, SOLRAD)
- InfiniT-Force, Vol. 1 (WinterVenom, Behind the Manga)
- Kill Blue, Vol. 1 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)
- Kindergarten Wars, Vol. 1 (Danica Davidson, Otaku USA)
- The Little Bird Sleeps By the Sea (Kristina Elyse Butke, The Beat)
- Night of the Living Cat, Vol. 1 (Andrew Osmond, ANN)
- Search and Destroy, Vol. 2 (David Brooke, AiPT!)
- Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze (Kara Dennison, Otaku USA)
- Stardust Family (Danica Davidson, Otaku USA)
Complete, OOP, and Ongoing Series
- Akane-banashi, Vol. 11 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- Alter Ego 2 : Noel and June (Samantha Melton, Okazu)
- I Wanna Do Bad Things with You, Vol. 5 (King Baby Duck The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- I Want to End This Love Game, Vol. 6 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Initial D Omnibus, Vol. 5 (Ian Wolf, Anime UK News)
- Kasae-san and Yamada, Vol. 4 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)
- My Love Story with Yamada-kun at LV999, Vol. 5 (Mark Thomas, The Fandom Post)
- Sakura, Saku, Vol. 7 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Solo Leveling, Vol. 12 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Tsubaki-chau Lonely Planet, Vols. 7-8 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- Undead Unluck, Vol. 19 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)