From ITP AlumniBlender comes an article titled "Character facelifts," manga style, which looks at how DC Comics and other publishing companies are trying to create manga versions of their properties.

Matt Thorn ponders why all manga characters look Caucasian in "The Face of the Other."

OregonLive.com looks at the works of Yoshihiro Tatsumi in "Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Good-Bye."

According to Canned Dogs, MediaWorks' Dengeki Daioh maybe relaunched in June:

The June issue of Dengeki Daioh which will be released on the 21st of April contains a mysterious ad depicting a baby feeling up Shana and a message saying that a brand new Dengeki Daioh will be revealed in June.

The top 15 manga (March - April 08) in France according to BdZoom:

1. Fullmetal Alchemist (16)
2. Naruto (35)
3. One Piece (42)
4. Nana (18)
5. Bleach (26)
6. Naruto (34)
7. Negima! (12)
8. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (17)
9. Berserk (24)
10. Death Note (8)
11. Dofus (8)
12. Naruto (33)
13. Detective Conan (56)
14. Parmi eux (19)
15. Get Backers (26)

A round-up of new acquisitions announced during this weekend's NYCC:

Yen Press:

• Bamboo Blade by Igarashi/Totsuka
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni by Ryuukishi ZeroNana
• Nabari no Ou by Kamatani Yuuki
• Soul Eater by Atsushi Ohkubo
• Sumomomo Momomo by Oohashi Shinobu

Dark Horse:

• Clover by CLAMP

DMP:

• Swallowing the Earth by Tezuka Osamu

Del Rey:

• Gakuen Prince by Jun Yuzuki
• Samurai 7 by Mizutaka Zuhou
• Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei by Kouji Kumeta
• The Case of the Dragon Slayer (novel) by Kouhei Kadono

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According the English news page of German publisher The Wild Side's official website, the publisher has acquired the German language rights to "two Global Boy's Love titles by Tina Anderson: Only Words (art by Caroline Monaco and Roulette (art by Laura Carboni). Roulette is currently runs in DramaQueen's yaoi anthology RUSH, while Only Words is published by Iris Print.

Also mentioned is that The Wild Side is in the process of acquiring the rights to the new Dany and Dany manga, Anima, from Yaoi Press.

A round-up of various new reports on the this year's NYCC (updated constantly):

General:

• Thoughts (vicariously) from NYCC [ Shuchaku East ]
• NYCC08: License/Announcement Roundup [ Giapet.net ]
• New York Comic-Con Wrap Up [ UGO ]
• New York Comic Con 2008: Hits and Misses [ Premiere ]
• When Fan Worlds Collide: Scene @ NY Comic Con [ Galleycat ]
• Interview with Lance Fensterman [ ICv2 ]
• NYCC Rocks! [ ICv2 ]
• NY Comic Con: Videogames at New York Comic Con 2008 [ Destructoid ]
• NYCC Round up [ Comics2Film ]
• Comics Go Wide at New York Comic-Con; Gordon Lee Charges Dismissed [ PWCW ]
• Report From New York Comic Con [ NarniaWeb ]
• Thousands Of Comic Book Fans, Creators Meet In NY [ wnbc ]
• East Meets West x 2: Stan Lee's Manga and Del Rey's Marvel Projects [ Firefox News ]
• 2008 New York Comic Con - Day Two [ PinkRaygun ]
• 2008 New York Comic Con - Day One [ PinkRaygun ]
• Manga Recon @ NYCC 2008: Day Two [ PopCultureShock ]
• New York Comic Con ???08 Report [ Ex-fansubber ]
• NYCC: Sales crunch, Stan Lee, Viz to do global manga [ MangaBlog ]
• New York Comic Con 2008: Complete On-Site Coverage [ Toon Zone ]
• NY Comic-Con: Friday's Manga /Anime Highlights [ Newsarama ]
• NY Comic-Con: Friday's Manga /Anime Highlights [ About.com:Manga ]
• The Anime and Manga Lover's Guide to NYCC 2008 [ PopCultureShock ]
• IGN NYCC Updates [ IGN ]
• CBR's Exclusive Coverage of New York Comic Con [ CBR ]
• Geek gods united at N.Y. Comic Con [ NY Daily News ]
• ANN: New York Comic Con [ ANN ]
• New York Comic Con Central [ Wizard ]
• NY Comic Con '08: First Impressions [ The Quarter Bin ]

Photos:

• New York Comic-Con 2008 Photo Gallery, Highlights [ About.com:Manga ]
• NYCC: Photo Gallery - Day One-ish [ ComicMix ]
• In photos: 'New York Comic Con 2008 - Hellboy II: The Golden Army Preview' [ Monsters & Critics ]
• Pulp Secret
• NYCC: Photo Gallery - Day One-ish [ ComicM!x ]
• New York Comic Con Photos [ Comic Related ]
• 3 Photos from The New York Comic Con [ comics212 ]
• Photo Mania NYCC 2008 [ PWCW ]
• New York Comic-Con 2008 [ ComingSoon ]
• NYCC 2008 [ Flickr ]
• New York Comic-Con 2008 [ Figures.com ]

Videos:

• Fear.net
• NYCC on Fox National News!
• Episode 420 - Day 1 of the NYCC [ Comic Geek Speak ]
• ComicMix Radio at NYCC: Familiar Faces and Plans for '09 [ ComicMix ]
• A Different Take on New York Comic Con [ Major Spoilers ]
• New York Comic Con 2008 Day 1: Stan Lee and Viz "Ultimo" Press Debut [ MeFeedia ]

ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference:

• Graphic Novels Hit $375 Million [ ICv2 ]
• ICv2 Confab Reports 2007 Graphic Novel Sales Rise 12% [ PWCW ]
• Initial Commentary On The ICV2 Graphic Novel Conference In NYC 04-17-08 [ The Comics Reporter ]

Publisher-Specific:

• The Wachowski's Sequels Galore - Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin [ FirstShowing ]
• NYCC: Minx Panel [ CBR ]
• Hiroyuki Takei And Stan Lee Presents Ultimo [ AnimeNewsI ]
• Tokyopop Expands GoComics Relationship [ ICv2 ]
• NYCC08: CMX [ Giapet.net ]
• Del Rey announces Wolverine Team [ MangaBlog ]
• Manga Giant Extends Publishing Portfolio with Launch of Colorful New Line of International Books [ Newsarama ]
• NYCC08: VIZ Press-Only Event! [ Giapet.net ]
• TOKYOPOP and Spacedog Entertainment Join Forces to Develop Manga Entertainment [ MangaCast ]
• TOKYOPOP and Blizzard Entertainment?? Announce Three-Year Publishing Plan [ MangaCast ]
• Yen Press Licenses Haruhi [ MangaBlog ]
• NYCC08, Oh Yeah, Yen Also Has Soul Eater [ Giapet.net ]
• Liveblogging New York Comic Con! [ Del Rey Blog ]
• MAC STORE [ comics212 ]

Canned Dogs is reporting that Type-Moon's latest projects have been leaked. The new projects include a remake of Tsukihime, as well as a new game called Girl's Work":

Pictures have leaked from the upcoming Type-moon Ace magazine which is supposed to be released on the 21st revealing that Tsukihime is going to get a remake and yet another upcoming Type-moon game called Girl's Work.

Shueisha will be launching a new monthly manga magazine on May 1st. The magazine, temporarily titled Monthly Young Jump, is a special issue of Weekly Young Jump.

Currently 4 serialization have been revealed:

• Kar?? naru Shokutaku Bangaihen by Funatsu Kazuki
• Juujika no Majutsushi by Okazaki Kei
• SINfinity by Sasaki Takumaru
• Hideyoshi de Gozaru!! by Tanaka Kanako

Source: Muhyojo

The June 2008 issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yurihime magazine will officially announce the titles of girl's light novels that will be published under Ichijinsha's new light novel label, Ichijinsha Bunko. LightNovel.org has a list of the titles in English.

Source: 2ch

Hit Shuppansha's adult/loli manga magazine Comic Shoujo Tengoku will be succeeded by a new loli manga magazine titled Comic ino.. The first issue of Comic ino. will be released on April 18th.

Comic Shoujo Tengoku was published monthly for 5 years - from March 18th, 2003 to March 18th, 2008.

Source: Toranoana