From MangaCast comes a podcast interview with Inui Sekihiko made during Fanime 2007. The interview touches on Inui Sekihiko's background, inspirations, doujinshi as well as his manga.

In the latest Flipped column, David Welsh interviews Tokyopop's manga editor Lillian Diaz-Przybyl, who talks about what it's like to be an editor in the manga industry.

In the latest issue of PWCW, Brigid Alverson talks with Elfquest creator Wendy Pini, who talks about her newest webcomic The Masque of the Red Death.

Top 10 manga (5/30) according to Tohan.

1. Ookiku Furikabutte, Volume 8
2. Kimi ni Todoke, Volume 4
3. XXXHOLiC, Volume 11
4. Major, Volume 63
5. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Volume 15
6. Liar Game, Volume 4
7. Gantz, Volume 21
8. Fairy Tale, Volume 4
9. Zipangu, Volume 29
10. Hajime no Ippo, Volume 80

Additional Rankings:
- Weekly Doujinshi Top 10 (5/26) from Toranoana

Japanese news website Oh My News has an article that looks at what makes Global Manga a success, Manga Jouhou has the translation:

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According to the latest newsletter from Kodansha BOX, the popular doujin game Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni will be adapted into a novel series. The story will be written by the game's creator Ryuukishi07.

Source: animeOnline

Precocious Curmudgeon links to an article from the Contra Costa Times, where Manga! Manga! and Dreamland Japan author Frederick Schodt talks about the Tezuka: Master of Manga exhibition, which takes place on Saturday in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum.

Via: Icarus Blog

An online database for Detective Conan is current available at websunday.net/conandb/top.html. The searchable database contains dossiers and images from every case that has appeared in the Detective Conan series.

Source: ANN

Earlier this year, Shogakukan announced that Doraemon - Last Episode, a fan-made conclusion to Fujiko F. Fujio's Doraemon manga, infringed Shogakukan's copyright to Doraemon.

On May 29th, Shogakukan announced that the 37-year-old amateur mangaka apologized to Shogakukan and Fujiko Production, and swore that such things will never happen again. Also, the mangaka admitted to his gaining of illegal profits from the work, and paid back a portion of his sales.

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ANN posts a letter response from Seven Seas on the delay of Nymphet (Kodomo no Jikan), which has caused major debates online.

According to Seven Seas, instead of censoring the manga, they "decided to delay its release and to have an open dialogue with the large book chains and other vendors [...] and let each of them make the final decision as to whether or not it is appropriate for their stores and their customers -- and then give them the chance to cancel their orders if they wish."