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Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright) by Kazuo Maekawa, based on the popular game from Capcom, will be moving from Bessatsu Young Magazine (Young Magazine Extra Issue) to Young Magazine.

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topGegege no Kitaro Part 2 will begin serialization in the April issue of Comic BonBon (3/15). The launch will coincide with the fifth season of the Gegege no Kitaro anime, which will premiere on April 28 in Japan.

Also mentioned were some Gegege no Kitaro manga releases. Volume 1 and 2 of the manga, as well as volume 1-3 of the original version by Shigeru Mizuki will go on sale March 16th.

Source: Ultimatum Talk

Brian Hibbs at Newsarama analyzes the BookScan sales chart for 2006, and compares to the direct market in his annual feature "TILTING @ WINDMILLS 37: BOOKSCAN 2006."

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In "Japan Resorts to Manga Propaganda," CNN looks at how Japan is using cute, manga styled characters to represent its current military power. "As Japan sheds its postwar pacifism and gears up to take a higher military profile in the world, it is enlisting cadres of cute characters and adorable mascots to put a gentle, harmless sheen to its deployments."

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (02/18) according to Toranoana, compiled by Akiba Blog, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking in Japan (02/18) according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.

From Manga Jouhou comes an interview with Adam Ghahramani of theOtaku.com, who talks about the recent incident where thousands of dollars from convention funds were stolen at an Anime Film Foundation (AnimeFF) sponsored Vegas anime convention.

To celebrate its one year anniversary, BL news site Yaoi Suki has announced its first-ever birthday bash.

Controller M&Y by Akira Akatsuki, which began in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 2 in early 2007, will end in Shonen Jump issue 13.

Also, two new series are set to begin serialization in Shonen Jump issue 14 and 15:

Issue 14 (3/5): Samurai Usagi by Fukushima Teppei
Issue 15 (3/12): Volley Ball Tsukai by Takahashi Ichirou

Source: Ultimatum - Talk

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Rhie Won-bok of Duksung Women's University was recently accused of anti-Semitism by an activist group called the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Rhie's comic Far Country, Neighbor Country was criticized for "depicting Jewish influence in the U.S. media." According to report, Rhie apologized and expressed that "he was neither anti-Semitic nor out to criticize Jews: 'I drew the cartoons based on data I gathered while living in the U.S. for two years.'"

Source: The Chosun Ilbo

A new manga, Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno, has appeared on Last Gasp's website. Other manga published by Last Gasp include Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa.

Source: AoD