The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending September 23rd:

• #74 - Naruto, Volume 18 - Viz - (Last week: #50)
• #100 - Naruto, Volume 17 - Viz - (Last week: #72)
• #117 - Naruto, Volume 16 - Viz - (Last week: #86)

Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings:

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DMP's MySpace blog posts a reminder that Udon Entertainment has picked up Robot, an anthology by various manga artists lead by Range Murata. Robot was previously licensed by DMP, but was discontinued after three volumes. Volume 4 of Robot will be released in December.

The Broccoli Books Blog has announced the winners of its Murder Princess "vol 1 for my friend & vol 2 for me" give-away.

A Japanese art exhibition called "Beautiful New World" has opened in Beijing. The exhibition is part of the Year of China-Japan Cultural and Sports Exchange initiative aimed at commemorating the 35th anniversary of normalized relations between Japan and China:

The exhibition showcases the work of 34 artists, including media art, architecture, manga and anime as well as contemporary art. The show gives a comprehensive overview of contemporary Japanese culture since the 1990s.

In the latest issue of PWCW, Brigid interviews Tokyopop Editor-in-Chief Rob Tokar, who talks about Tokyopop's plans to release an omnibus Battle Royale Ultimate Edition this October.

A round up of the new comic release list for the week of September 26th 2007:

• ComicList: ComicList for 09/26/2007
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Sept 26, 2007
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 9/26/07
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases

Flex Comix will launch a new free online magazine titled Flex Comix Flare (FlexComix ?????????) on Yahoo! Comic on October 18th. The new magazine will serialize manga aimed at female readers.

Manga serialized in this new magazine will mostly involve romance, fantasy, adventure, comedy and school life. Also, the popular josei manga Moto no Moto no Ana no Naka will be moved from Flex Comix Blood to Flex Comix Flare (serialization on Flare starts on 11/8).

A new adult manga magazine from Oaks titled Comic Ran-Oh! will begin publication on the 26th of this month. The magazine will sell for 500 yen. According to Oaks, the magazine is "an adult's magazine that surpasses a young man's magazine."

Source: Ultimatum Tidbits

Top 10 manga (9/26) according to Tohan:

1. Nana, Volume 18
2. Cross Game, Volume 9
3. Zatch Bell!, Volume 30
4. Liar Game, Volume 5
5. Otomen, Volume 3
6. Ahiru no Sora, Volume 17
7. Life, Volume 16
8. Fairy Tail, Volume 6
9. Gakuen Alice, Volume 14
10. One Piece, Volume 47

Additional Rankings:

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From the newest issue of Flipped comes an interview with Katherine Dacey-Tsuei, Senior Manga Editor at PopCultureShock, who talks about one of her favorite group of women creators, CLAMP.