From ANN comes a series of interviews with various mangaka during the 2006 Comic Exhibition in Taipei:

Ryoko Fukuyama (Nosatsu Junkie)
Reiichi Hiiro (Double Call)
Makoto Raiku (Zatch Bell!)
Masashi Azaki (Ikebukuro West Gate Park)

In this week's PW Comics Week, PublishersWeekly interviews Tokyopop's CEO Stuart Levy.

ICv2 takes a look at Tokyopop's new website and the exclusive manga it offers. There is also a 2-part interview with TP's Mike Kiley about the Website exclusives:

Tokyopop's Mike Kiley on Web Exclusives, Part 1
Tokyopop's Mike Kiley on Web Exclusives, Part 2

Love Manga also has some views on the article.

Source: MangaBlog

Papo de Budega interviews Brazilian Animax Channel's Marketing Manager Stefania Granito. In the interview, Stefania talks about the anniversary of the Animax, as well as other informations regarding Latin America.

Tokyopop interviews Koge Dobo, creator of Di Gi Charat, Pita-Ten and Kamichama Karin. The interview takes a look at Koge Dobo's style, career as an artist, as well as her dreams and hobbies.

The group behind the anime convention AnimeNEXT is planning to start a new convention devoted towards manga called MangaNEXT. Isaac of ComiPress takes a look at this new development by talking with Convention Chairman David Christopher Asher (Former Vice Chairman of Otakon 1994, Convention Chairman of Otakon 1995 & 1996) and Staff Liaison Eugene Cheng (Former Co-Convention Chairman for AnimeNEXT 2002-2004).

Read More »

PWCW interviews yaoi mangaka Makoto Tateno, author of Yellow.

Tokyopop's columnist, Chris Arrant, interviews Takeshi Miyazawa, who is planning to move to Japan and try his hand at becoming a successful manga-ka.

Source: MangaBlog

From Papo de Budega comes an interview with VIZ Media Vice President International Carol Roeder. Carol Roeder talks about titles that will appear soon in Latin America, along other informations.

The Forbidden Planet blog has put up an interview with Stephen Robson of Fanfare/ Ponent Mon and Nadia Katz-Wise of Typocrat, both manga publishers in the U.K.