A new project on Lament of the Lamb (by Kei Toume) will be presented at this October's Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG), to be presented by Tokyopop's Stu Levy at TPG in October.

Source: ANN

According to ANN, MPD-Psycho (Art: Shou Tajima; Story: Eiji Ohtsuka) has been licensed by an unnamed publisher. More details will become available in an upcoming anime convention.

Edimagic Publishing has released Gogo's Dragon Ball Z in Brazil. The magazine was put on hold for over an year because Toei Animation didn't have permission to release it in 2005. The new magazine is a mixture of Gogo's universe with the Akira Toriyama's work.

Manga top 10 according to Tohan.

1. Nana vol.16
2. Honey and Clover vol.10
3. Detective Conan vol.55
4. One Piece vol.43
5. Angel Heart vol.20
6. Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE vol.16
7. Air Gear vol.15
8. Ouran High School Host Club vol.9
9. Cross Game vol.5
10. Hayate the Combat Butler vol.8

The NSF and the Feminist Press is planning to publish a graphic novel to get more young girls interested in science:

Attention Manga/Graphic Novel Artists and Writers!

Do you have a special affection for and knowledge about science? Can you make that come alive in a graphic novel or series of Mangas featuring girls who solve mysteries, go on big adventures, or otherwise make their way in the world using their knowledge of real science to help them?

Read More »

From Love Manga comes a list of the top 50 manga of August 2006.

VIZ Media will be sponsoring Macy's Passport 2006 Teen Night in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the fight against HIV/AIDS. For more information visit here.

Source: ActiveAnime

With this month being Kochi-Kame's 30th year of serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump, Mainichi sits down with the artist of Kochi-Kame and talks about what it's like being the creator of the longest running manga series.

Everyone in Japan knows "Kochi-kame," the shortened nickname of "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo" (This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika ward). This September marks the 30th anniversary of Kochi-kame???s serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump, a competitive battlefield of popular manga series. Today Kochi-Kame has 151 volumes in circulation, with over 135 million copies sold.

Read More »

Yaoi Press has announced the acquisition of three Italian yaoi titles:

"Idol" by Dany&Dany
"Wishing for the Moon" by Dany&Dany
"Love Circles" by Zel

Also announced was the creation of a Young Adult line for readers of 13+, the first two titles to be released under the YA line will be Surge (November 06) and Zesty (January 07).

ICv2 has posted an article on the recent discovery of edits made to Viz Media's Fullmetal Alchemist manga. According to Viz, changes are made only with the "'approval and input' of the creators".

Source: AoD