Manga News and Information
U.S.From Anime Boredom comes an interview with Seven Seas editor Adam Arnold, who is also the writer of Aoi House. Source: MangaBlog From Newsarama comes an interview with Witchblade Takeru Artist Kazasa Sumita. Source: Icarus Blog Go! Comi has announced the opening of its online store. Also available is a trailer of Go! Comi's upcoming manga TRAIN + TRAIN by Hideyuki Kurata. In its latest article "La Nouvelle Manga," ICv2 takes a look at the Nouvelle Manga movement, and especially titles published by Fanfare/Ponent Mon. The winners of the 2006 IMAF Awards have been announced. Source: MangaBlog ICv2 reports that volume 15 of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Baskets, currently being published by Tokyopop, made it to No.5 on last week's BookScan list. Four volumes of Naruto also made it to the top ten. MangaCast reports that Keiko Takemiya's Andromeda Stories has appeared on Amazon.com listed under Vertical. Manga Jouhou has announced a "Chain Mail ??? Win It Before You Can Buy It Contest," where eight copies of the new novel Chain Mail from Tokyopop will be given to those who can write the best "Tanka" (a kind of Japanese poetry).
   
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ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
