11/21/06 (Los Angeles, California) - Pop Japan Travel, established in 2003 by Digital Manga, Inc., is proud to announce its long-due site renewal, along with the showcase of the much-anticipated Spring 2007 tour schedule. The new site layout (www.popjapantravel.com), which boasts easier navigation and a much more attractive design, ushers in with it a new era for Pop Japan Travel. There are exciting things going on, and we are eager to bring them to you!

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According to ICv2, Top Cow and Bandai Entertainment will be releasing the Witchblade manga in the U.S. next year under two different formats. While Bandai will be releasing the regular black-and-white version (whole volume) of the manga, Top Cow will be releasing a full-color version of the manga in comic format (thin, cheap).

Top Cow will be responsible for the translation, as well as flipping the art and coloring the original black and white material. Regarding the "reformatting," Top Cow said that they have the "the full blessing of the original artist and the original Japanese publisher."

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MangaCast has posted a list of the top 50 manga in October, based on information from Comic Book Resources and ICV2 articles (which in turn are based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data)

In his latest Flipped column, David Welsh takes a look at the three different versions of Densha Otoko (Train Man) currently being released in the U.S.:

Train Man: A Shojo Manga by Machiko Ocha
Train Man: Densha Otoko by Hidenori Hara - VIZ Media
Densha Otoko by Wataru Watanabe CMX

The Daily Yomiuri also has an article on CMX's version of Densha Otoko, as well as quotes from an interview with its English translator Bonnie Elliott.

ICv2 has released the October top 100 graphic novel sales estimates based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data. Also from ICv2 is an analysis of the trends in October based on the graphic novel sales chart.

Norwalk, CT, November 20: New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2007, taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan on February 23-25, 2007, is poised to become a dominant player in the anime community. With more than 40 hours of anime content and over 10 anime guests, it seeks to expand upon its 2006 start and is confident that the 2007 show will be a destination for anime fans from both down the street and across the country.

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Comixpedia is now accepting nominations for its 2006 POW List.

Go here for Comixpedia's List of 25 People in Webcomics for 2005.

In the second installment of its "801 Employee Spotlight" column, 801 Media interviews its own mascot Tomo-chan.

Yaoi Suki points out 10 new titles on DramaQueen's website. According to DramaQueen, this is "an early Christmas present to the fans."

- "Doctor's Rule" by Sakura Ryou
- "Here Comes the Wolf?!" by Kouga Youichirou
- "I'll Get You! Wanted: Mysterious Man!" by Asa Kusuko
- "Junk!" by Sakurai Shushushu

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HERNDON, VA - November 14, 2006 - CuriousFactory and Buredo today released "Blade Engine" version 2.0, a free game engine and construction kit aimed at making English Visual Novel easy to construct. "Blade Engine 2.0", is an upgraded version of Blade Engine previously released in July, 2006.

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