MangaBlog points out an article from Deutsche Welle titled "Japanese Manga Made In Germany," which discuss the impact Japanese manga have on the German comic scene, as well as taking a look at various German artists and their works.

From Spubba the Mad's LJ comes a list of Western comic industry pay rate figures. Tina Anderson, creator of Iris Print's BL one-shot Only Words, talks about how this figure cannot be applied to manga artist.

ANN reports that Natsuki Takaya, creator of Fruits Basket, will attend the Leipzig Book Fair, which takes place from March 22nd to 25th, 2007.

Source: ANN

German Online Magazine AnimeY has announced that it will host a live chat session with Dr. Joachim Kaps, the head of Tokyopop.de, on January 17th, 2007 from 6 to 8 pm (Central European Time). Joachim Kaps will be talking about Tokyopop Germany's future plans, as well as answer questions from the fans.

Source: Deutsche Mangaka

Two months ago Shogakukan, Yahoo! Japan, and TV Asahi announced the "Doraemon Magic Project," the largest Doraemon Tool Design Contest ever. In the past two months, Shogakukan received 26,611 letters, TV Asahi received 11,116 letters, and Yahoo! Japan received 3,382 letters, which amounts to a total of 41,109 letters. Judges were surprised by the number of entries. Also worth noting is that many people chose tools that

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Combining Moe and education is nothing new. After the success of Moetan (English), educational books featuring cute characters aimed at otaku have become increasingly popular, some examples include Moe Economics (Economics), Kabu de Ikou! (Stock Trading), and Tsundere Linux (Linux). English otaku blog Cardcaptor's Blog recently announced "Moeru Kakuritsu Moekaku," (Budding Probability Moekaku), a guide to probability theory taught by Nagato Yuki from the Suzumiya Haruhi universe:

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The 2006 Virtual Beauty Expo will be held in the Kyoto Saga University of Arts this month. The exhibition will feature over 113 3D bishojo CG artworks from a group of 57 CG artists under the name "Group C."

JBC Publising recently released released Rurouni Kenshin - Chronicles of a Samurai in the Meiji Age Volume 2 (Samurai X ??? Cr??nicas de um Samurai na Era Meiji) in Brazil. The book will come with a special gift for the readers: an exclusive double poster of Kenshin.

Source: Papo de Budega

Monthly comics top 10 in the U.S. according to PWCW.

1. Naruto Vol.11
2. Bleach Vol.14
3. Kingdom Hearts Vol.1: Chain of Memories
4. One Piece Vol.12
5. Loveless Vol.3
6. Naruto Vol.10
7. Dramacon Vol.2
8. Full Moon Vol.7
9. Infinite Crisis
10. Pride of Baghdad

The new comic release list from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.