The latest blog post from adult manga publisher Icarus Publishing suggests that the company has licensed a yet-to-be-named manga. However, a thumbnail of a portion of the manga cover has been provide as a hint.

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Japanese blog Kodomo no Mousou recently posted a review of the book "The Secret of Osamu Tezuka's Original Pictures." According to the review, "the all-color illustration book is simply wonderful."

The catchphrase of the illustration book is:

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A special Detroit Metal City event took place last weekend at Tower Record in Shinbuya, where author Kiminori Wakasugi held an autograph session. Special products, T-shirts, and limited edition items were also sold.

Detroit Metal City is a seinen/comedy manga by Kiminori Wakasugi currently serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal, and the story revolves around a hard rock band.

In its newest article "'Bleach' vs. 'Naruto'", ICv2 looks at VIZ Media's manga Bleach and Naruto, and the effect Cartoon Network has on them.

From ANN comes an interview with Amy Reeder Handley, winner of Tokyopop's 4th Rising Stars of Manga contest, and author of the Fool's Gold manga.

Deutsche Mangaka has translated an article from Sajonara titled "Mangaka made in Germany," which explores the German manga scene, and looks at a two-member mangaka team called DuO.

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Mangacast has more coverage on Yaoi Con and an interview with Lara Yokoshima, whose work is featured in DramaQueen's new RUSH anthology.

Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, currently being released in the U.S. by Vertical, was mentioned in this week's Time Magazine.

Source: ANN

One of the most well-known Spanish manga and anime website, AniMangaWeb, has announced their own specialized anime/manga magazine - "Mangazine." The first issue of Mangazine will be on sale during the next Hall of Manga (XII Sal??n del Manga) event in the city of Barcelona.

Mangazine will explore other areas in Asian comic such as manhwa (Korean comics), manhua (Chinese comics), as well as European and American comics.

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The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has released an updated report (PDF) on the status of the Japanese Publication Industry. According to the report, sales figure of manga tankoubon (a compilation volume) has increased 4.2%, while manga anthology sales has decreased by 2.6% compared to last year. As a result the entire manga market experienced a net decrease of 0.5% (around 502.3 billion yen).

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