From Icarus Publishing's blog comes a preview (NSFW) of the adult manga coming out in August 2007, based on Diamond Previews for June (Shipping in August 07).

According to Comic Book Resources, Tokyopop announced at this year's Book Expo of America that it plans to release an English version of the popular Japanese magazine Gothic Lolita Bible in early 2008. Publishers Weekly and animeOnline has more.

Via: AoD

ICv2 reports that Yen Press has announced two new titles:

- Y Square by Judith Park
- The World of Quest by Jason Kruse

Yen Press's Kurt Hassler also explained Yen Press' plan on dealing with sound effect translations, and mentions that Yen Press plans to release over 50 graphic novel in 2008.

According to tokyojupiter.blog, the July issue of Shojo Beat has news that Arina Tanemura (Full Moon o Sagashite, Shinshi Doumei Cross) will appear at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, taking place from July 26th to July 29th.

Via: MangaBlog

ICv2 reports that Diamond Comic Distributors has, for the first time, released its annual sales figures:

On 2006 Diamond Comic Distributors as a whole (including Alliance and Diamond UK) had gross sales of over $350 million [...] sold more than 100 million comics and graphic novels in 2006, an increase of 18% over 2005.

The nominees for the 2007 Harvey Award are out. Two manga appeared under the "Best American Edition of Foreign Material" category: Abandon the Old in Tokyo and Ode to Kirihito.

Ode to Kirihito is also the only manga nominated for the 2007 Quills Awards under the Graphic Novels category.

Source: MangaBlog

MangaBlog points out that Comixpedia has posted an interview with artist Sonia Leong and writer Lloyd Prentice about Aya Takeo, their latest webcomic.

We're now six months into 2007 and there have been a lot of news about new anime publications hitting retailers. From Isaac Alexander comes a brief overview of news from last year from where the last report left off.

Anthologies and Magazines 2006-2007

One addendum to the previous report: The report neglected to include two new publications that were starting at the end of 2005. The Monash Caulfield Anime Club in August 2005 premiered their first issue of Animaverick, Australia's first homegrown anime magazine covering anime, manga, and J-pop in the land down under. Across the Indian Ocean west of Australia, the company Xvolve Publishing premiered the first South African publication called Otaku Magazine. As of this time, both publications are only available in their host nations.

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CB Games reports that Manga Fighter, a Manga-Styled Massively Multiplayer Online Shooting game, has entered its closed beta phase. However, new information can still be found on Manga Fighter's website.

The first volume of Otaku USA has been released, and Heisei Democracy has a review (Via Icarus Blog). While reading Otaku USA, don't forget to check out Ed Chavez (MangaCast)'s "Japan's 24-hour Content Delivery System."