Twelve one-shots were published in the latest issue of Shueisha's Mantarou 2007 (Special issue of Young Jump). According to Shueisha, readers will be able to vote for their favorite one-shot, and the work that receives the most vote will be serialized in Weekly Young Jump.

Via: Manga Jouhou

DMP has announced that it has acquired Fumi Yoshinaga's shoujo manga Garden Dreams, and plans to release it on 10/24.

Also announced was that volume 1 of Megami DX, "A collection of pin-ups and full-color illustrations from popular anime series," will be released on 10/31.

Via: ANN

From The Japan Times comes an interviews with Rieko Saibara, a cartoonist whose work "known for her work that has both a lyrical and "rebellious" side to it."

Via: ¡Journalista!

From NeoSam comes a list of all the light novel releases in Japan for the month of March. The list has been divided into 3 sections: male-oriented (shounen and adult), female-oriented (shoujo and BL), and an other section (which includes general labels):

Male oriented light novels:

Shounen light novels:

• HJ Bunko for March 1, 2007
• Sneaker Bunko for March 1, 2007
• Zeta Bunko for March 1, 2007
• ZIGZAG NOVELS for March 5, 2007
• Dengeki Bunko for March 10, 2007
• Mystery Bunko for March 10, 2007
• JUMP jBOOKS for March 12, 2007
• GA Bunko for March 15, 2007
• Dragon Book for March 20, 2007
• Fujimi Fantasia Bunko for March 20, 2007
• MF Bunko J for March 23, 2007
• Super Dash Bunko for March 23, 2007
• Famitsu Bunko for March 30, 2007
• Megami Bunko for March 2007

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Two new light novel imprints were launched by Gakushuu Kenkyusha and Frontier Works in March:

Gakken:
- Moegi Bunko Purely [shoujo]
A new shoujo novel label that will cover "BL system" novels and "Otome system" novels.

Frontier Works:
- Filia Bunko [shoujo]

According to Icarus Blog, as of March 31st, Brenner Printing Company will no longer accept adult publications, which includes adult manga as well as some yaoi titles:

The true extent of Brenner's decision (just what is allowed and what is not) is unclear, but in the worst-case scenario, this effectively narrows down available printers for explicit ero and yaoi publishers to ones based in Canada, and more specifically, Lebonfon Printing.

Source: Icarus Blog

E-store Paypy has announced a new digital manga rental service called "E-book Renta!" The new rental service will rent each volume for 100 yen for a 24 hour period.

Via: Manga Jouhou

From Newsarama comes two interviews:

- Interview with Josh Dysart on Make 5 Wishes
- Interview with Eric Wight on My Dead Girlfriend

Via: MangaBlog

Icv2 has published an article looking at the new shojo publisher Aurora Publishing, its line-up, as well as the new Deux Line of manga.

From MangaCast comes the translation of a second article from Takeshi Ishizawa, a Japanese who have spent a long time living in Indonesia. The article, "Depth of Japanese Manga - Travelogue Comics," looks at mangaka and their adventures around the world when gathering information:

Generally speaking, Japanese like to travel. Naturally, mangaka who do so will often record their trips in the form of manga.