PW Comics Week's Johanna Draper Carlson interviews Kelly Sue DeConnick, a manga adaptor who was in charge of th adaption series such as Sensual Phrase, Fruits Basket, and Sexy Voice and Robo.

The first-ever American Anime Awards will be held at the New Yorker Hotel on February 24, 2007, hosted by NYCC.

Categories for this event as seen in the press release:

- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Actor in a Comedy
- Best Actress in a Comedy
- Best Cast
- Best DVD Package Design
- Best Anime Theme Song
- Best Comedy Anime
- Best Anime Feature (OAV)
- Best Short Series (13 episodes or less)
- Best Long Series (over 13 episodes)
- Best Manga

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To celebrate their manga Dragon Head being listed on Publisher Weekly's 2006 Best Books of the Year list, Tokyopop is offering a special 3 for 2 deal through their store (TRSI). The limited offer only lasts until Sunday, November 12th.

Source: MangaBlog

CMX Manga has updated its "Ask CMX" column. This time CMX answers the question of how they determine the age rating of a manga, and whether they are interested in pursuing older, shonen titles.

From Spubba the Mad's LJ comes a list of Western comic industry pay rate figures. Tina Anderson, creator of Iris Print's BL one-shot Only Words, talks about how this figure cannot be applied to manga artist.

Combining Moe and education is nothing new. After the success of Moetan (English), educational books featuring cute characters aimed at otaku have become increasingly popular, some examples include Moe Economics (Economics), Kabu de Ikou! (Stock Trading), and Tsundere Linux (Linux). English otaku blog Cardcaptor's Blog recently announced "Moeru Kakuritsu Moekaku," (Budding Probability Moekaku), a guide to probability theory taught by Nagato Yuki from the Suzumiya Haruhi universe:

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Monthly comics top 10 in the U.S. according to PWCW.

1. Naruto Vol.11
2. Bleach Vol.14
3. Kingdom Hearts Vol.1: Chain of Memories
4. One Piece Vol.12
5. Loveless Vol.3
6. Naruto Vol.10
7. Dramacon Vol.2
8. Full Moon Vol.7
9. Infinite Crisis
10. Pride of Baghdad

Today, otaku culture like manga and cosplay are very popular in the West, and Japanese fans are interested in learning more about what the Western otaku scene. Mainichi Shimbun's anime/manga/game news site Mantan Web recently posted an interview Austell Callwood (34), who was visiting Japan in July to promote his new manga Cove Pirate Mercenary. Austell Callwood runs his own anime & manga shop in Springfield, Virginia, and is one of the founders of TenBu Productions.

Q: Please introduce yourself, what do you do?

A: I import Japanese anime and manga to the U.S, and publish my own manga. "TenBu" is a production project to create theme songs and cosplay of my manga. I'm an artist, at the same time I'm a businessman.

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

Fans Have Opportunity to Assist Growing Company in Producing Convention Promotional Items For Hit Title!

RICHMOND, CA ?? November 7, 2006 ?? "So, who is your favorite character from NOW?" Is it Ah-Rin or even B i-Ryu? Fans can now assist in creating the look and feel of an industry companies' booth and the swag that is provided at conventions. More information can be found on the company's website-www.infinitystudios.com.

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