Many new acquisition announcements have been made at this year's Yaoi Con (list compiled by ANN):

Yen Press:

• Love Quest (Rabu Kue) by Hoshino Lilly
• Mr. Flower Bride by Hoshino Lilly
• Mr. Flower Groom by Hoshino Lilly

Broccoli:

• Koi Cupid by Mia Ikumi
• Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki

Boysenberry (Broccoli):

• Cigarette Kisses (Kuchibiru no Yukue) by Nase Yamato

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MediaWorks will be launching two new special issues of Dengeki G's Magazine this November:

• Dengeki G's Festival! COMIC
• Dengeki G's Festival! DELUXE

Dengeki G's Festival! COMIC is a special issue of Dengeki G's Magazine that's aimed at men in their 20s to their 30s, some manga serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine will be serialized in this magazine, and the first issue will be out on 11/26. The first issue (11/30) of Dengeki G's Festival! DELUXE will provide full coverage on the ef anime, game and other related goods.

From Taipei Times comes an article titled "Animamix: fusion art," which delves into the world of animamix artists, a new breed of artists influenced by Japan's visual culture:

Eddie Kang is obsessed with manga. An avid collector of the Japanese comics since he was a child, his creative world is dramatically influenced by animation and cartoons. But if you think that Kang is an otaku, a devotee of the geeky Japanese subculture of mostly men obsessed with anime, comic books and other forms of escapism, then think again.

A new Hatsune Miku manga by KEI called Hatsune Mix! will begin in the January issue of Comic RUSH (11/26).

A new manga by Itsuki Natsumi (winner of the 21st Kodansha Manga Award) titled Vampire (??????????????????) will start in the December issue of Afternoon (10/25).

A new Gundam manga called Mobile Suit Gundam: OO (????????????????????????OO) by Taguchi Oto will start in the December issue of Magazine Z (10/26).

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From Yaoi Suki comes the annual Yaoi Awards. In '06-'07 Yaoi Awards: Finale, the winners are:

• Jen Pick: Love is Like a Hurricane / Scandalous Seiryo University
• Jordan Pick: Crimson Spell
• Global BL Award: Rush #1
• User's Choice Award: Crimson Spell

ITmedia is reporting that the Japanese Cabinet Office has conducted a survey among 3,000 people aged 20 and above on whether manga and other illustrations should be regulated by child porn laws. According to the result, 86.5% felt that child pornography regulations should be applied. For more info visit ANN and Canned Dogs.

Yaoi Suki has announced that it will be interviewing Hinako Takanaga, creator of Challengers, The Tyrant who Fell in Love, and Little Butterfly, during Yaoi Con, and is currently looking for interview questions from its readers.

Also, Broccoli Books has announced its Yaoi Con plans on its blog:

Broccoli Books will be sharing a booth with Aurora Publishing.
Please stop by our booth & pick up some BL manga and other stuff.

Boysenberry Books will have a panel on Sunday too.
Sunday, October 28
1:00pm

We'll make 2 new title announcements.
And hints for more titles to come.

MangaCast points to an AoD post, which has discovered a new manga listed under Broccoli Books on Amazon.com:

• Koi Cupid by Mia Ikumi

Also discovered by MangaCast are three new tentative adult titles from Icarus Publishing:

• MazoChiChi by Erect Touch
• Read Me! by Hinemosu Notari
• Sanka no Koku by Yuuki

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From MangaCast comes "What Manga is Like in Indonesia - Part I," the first of a series of articles that looks at the world of manga in Indonesia.

Canned Dogs reports that Star Ocean 2 character designer Koio Minato has written a post on his website criticizing Kodansha's Shounen Sirius magazine:

In his BBS, he says that he wants to quit working with Shounen Sirius. He explains that after he submitted the art early and having corrected the colours 4 times over for print, they had a miscommunication in the Kodansha offices which created very big printing miss when printing the cover for his manga, causing the colours to become bland and make the design look weird.

Although the original post from Koio Minato has been removed, a screenshot can be found here.