Penguin Revolution (ペンギン 革命) by Sakura Tsukuba is coming to an end in the upcoming issue of Hakusensha's LaLa.

Golden Days (ゴールデン・デイズ) by Shigeru Takao and Karakuri Odette (カラクリオデット) by Julietta Suzuki will be ending in the upcoming issue of Hana to Yume.

Belmonde le VisiteuR by Shomei Ishioka came to an end in Weekly Shounen Jump No.51. A new one-shot, titled Toriko by Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi, will appear in Weekly Jump No.52 (11/26). Finally, a new series called Psyren by Iwashiro Toshiaki will begin in Weekly Jump No.1 (12/3).

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Shoujo Comic, also known as Sho-Comi, was launched in 1968 by Shogakukan. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Sho-Comi magazine will begin using a new logo starting with the January New Year's issue (on sale 12/5).

Voting for Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga UK and Ireland 3, People's Choice Award is now open to the public. Voting will end at 6pm PST November 30, 2007, and the results will be announced in the first week of December.

Via: MangaBlog

ANN reports that the Franklin Military Academy in Virginia has suspended a senior for keeping a list of names in a book called "Death Note":

NBC12, the NBC affiliate in central Virginia, quotes a student at the public high school who said that she is friends with the suspended senior and that she was not on the list. The suspended student's friend said that neither she, nor her friends who were actually on the list, fear the suspended student.

From ANN comes an interview with Takehiko Inoue (creator of Slam Dunk and Vagabond), who appeared during a special in-store event at the new Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York City to paint a special mural.

Also, in the latest issue of PWCW, MangaBlog's Brigid Alverson talks with Tokyopop's Lillian Diaz-Przybyl about the titles that TP picked up from ADV Manga.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending November 18th:

• #67 - Fruits Basket, Volume 18 - Tokyopop - (Last week: #0)
• #77 - Naruto, Volume 24 - Viz - (Last week: #57)
• #103 - Naruto, Volume 22 - Viz - (Last week: #65)
• #107 - Naruto, Volume 23 - Viz - (Last week: #67)

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A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of November 21st 2007:

• ComicList: ComicList for 11/21/2007
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 11/21/07
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 11/21/2007

From MangaCast comes "Part II: Issues around Publishing (A)," part 2 of a series of articles that looks at the world of manga in Indonesia.

Top 10 manga (11/21) according to Tohan:

1. Nodame Cantabile (19)
2. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (21)
3. Air Gear (19)
4. Angel Heart (24)
5. Hellsing (9)
6. Fairy Tail (7)
7. Naruto (40)
8. Beck (31)
9. Diamond no Ace (8)
10. Boys Este (7)

Additional Rankings:

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From Icarus Publishing's blog comes a preview (NSFW) of the adult manga coming out in February 2008, based on Diamond Previews for December (Shipping in February 08).