San Jose, CA – November, 2006 Purgatory Kabuki, the highly anticipated original manga project coming out DGN Productions and DrMaster Publications has been previewed in the most recent issue of Play Magazine (Volume 5 Dec 2006 issue).

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MangaCast points out some new manga from Tokyopop and Vertical that have appeared on Amazon.com:

Tokyopop:
- Hyakuman Tsubu No Namida: Million Tears by Kazumi Yuana
- King of Thorn by Iwahara Yuji
- Missing -kamikakushi No Monogatari by Kouda Kakuto/Mutsuki Rei
- Mugen Spiral by Kusanagi Mizuho

Vertical:
- Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka

Alan Payne, Tokyopop's National Accounts Manager, will leave Tokyopop and join IDW as Vice President of Sales on January 2nd.

Source: ICv2

Cybils, the 2006 Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards, has announced its nominations, which includes a graphic novel category with a number of manga nominated.

Source: MangaBlog

(LOS ANGELES, November 27, 2006) - Seven Seas Entertainment, in cooperation with Square Enix of Japan, is pleased to announce the acquisition of two hit Japanese manga series--the off-the-wall harem comedy He is My Master and the delightful fandom romp Sota-Kun no Akihabara Funtouki.

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Too lazy to read manga on your own? Why not use the Automatic Manga Reader?

Macworld looks at the growth of technology and how it's affecting the way we read comics in "Excelsior! Digital comics on your Mac," included is an in-depth guide on how to read digital comics on a Mac.

Volume 10 of VIZ Media's Fullmetal Alchemist ranked #146 on this week's USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending November 19.

Los Angeles, CA -- November 21, 2006 - Planetwide Media, a pioneer in interactive personalized media software, and TOKYOPOP, the leader of the Global Manga Revolution, announced today the upcoming release of TOKYOPOP Manga Creator(tm) self-publishing software and TOKYOPOP packs of digital content.

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The new comic release list from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.