From Publishers Weekly's Kai-Ming Cha comes a report on this year's Comic Con. According to the article, CMX has licensed Yoshito Usui's Crayon Shin-chan:

DC's CMX manga line has licensed the Crayon Shin-chan manga. Created by mangaka Yoshito Usui, Crayon Shin-chan is also an anime adaptation that currently broadcasts on Adult Swim. (Funimation announced the anime license at last year's Comicon.)

Many new titles were announced by several publishers at Comic Con 2007:

Yen Press

• Sundome (sex comedy) by Kazuto Okata
• Kieli
• Kaze no Hana by Mizta Ushio

According to Kurt Hassler, Yen Press will not censor any of their titles.

Seven Seas

• Hayate Cross Blade (yuri) by Shizuru Hayashiya
• Akatsuki-iro no Senpuku Majo (yuri) by Mera Hakamada
• Girls Love (yuri light novel)
• Girls Revolution (yuri light novel)

Also, according to this, Seven Seas' new yaoi line will be called "Bee Line."

CMX

• LEADER'S HIGH by Shindo Arashi

Broccoli Books

• Nui! by Natsumi Mukai

Last but not least, Check here and here for a big list of mostly non-Japanese titles from Tokyopop.

Some new announcements from manga publishers at Comic-Con International 2007:

• Viz Media announced "Viz Big," a new line of manga that will pack 3 volumes worth of existing Viz titles into on single volume priced $17.99, complete with new covers and colored illustrations.
• New manga licenses from Viz:
  - Vampire Juujikai (Fallen Vampire) by Kimura Yuri
  - Monkey High! by Akira Shouko
  - Death Note: Another Note (Novel) by Ishin Nishio (to be translated by Andrew Cunningham)
• CMX presented its new title Zombie Fairy by Torii Daisuke, a result from their partnership with Flex Comix.
• Tokyopop showed off a list of OEL titles that will be available on cell phones during their GoComics panel.
• Udon Entertainment has announced its schedule at Comic Con.

For more news and reports available from the San Diego Comic-Con 2007 News Round Up.

According to Publishers Weekly (via MangaCast), at Otakon DramaQueen announced its plans to start a new action imprint, with the Korean manhwa Spam Mail Hunter being the first title to be released under the new imprint this coming September.

Also confirmed are two new licenses from Media Blasters:

• Mousou Shoujo Otaku-kei
• Family

According J-Box News, Nana by Ai Yazawa will be released in Brazil this coming September. The license was confirmed by JBC Publising at the Anime Friends convention. Conrad Publishing made an attempt at acquiring the title earlier this year, but lost the license to JBC.

Source: Papo de Budega

Icarus Publishing has posted hints to 7 of its new acquisitions. In response, MangaCast lists 6 of the mentioned Icarus titles as well as two others:

• Shi Tagariya by Kagura Yutakamaru
• EroNee by Hodomi Karyu
• Yorozu Tatarareya by Togashi
• Honeybee Whispers by Uma Shika
• Imoto Natsu by Tuna Empire
• Joukou Serenade by Matsuzawa Kei
• Extract by Shimao Kazu
• Schoolgirl Mania by Fuji Katsupico

MangaCast has a list of all the recent BL licenses from June and 801 Media, based on this post from Tokudane.

Popular series becomes one of the first Original English Language manga licensed for the Japanese market

(Ann Arbor, MI: June 10, 2007) - FredArt Studios and Dark Horse Comics announced today that Kodansha will publish a Japanese language edition of Megatokyo Volume 1 under the Kodansha Box imprint. It will contain the same material as the English language Dark Horse edition with additional notes and commentary for Japanese readers. It is the first Original English Language manga title to be licensed by Kodansha for the Japanese market.

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ANN reports that Del Rey has announced at their AnimeNEXT panel two new acquisitions:

• Yozakura Quartet by Yasuda Suzuhito
• Minima! by Machiko Sakurai

Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas is the newest manga to be published in Brazil by JBC Publishing. The first volume of the manga was released on the first day of AnimeCon, one
of the biggest conventions in Brazil.

The move was a great surprise for Brazilian Saint Seiya fans, because no one expected this manga so soon. Lost Canvas is drawn by by Shiori Teshirogi and written by Masami Kurumada, and was created to celebrate the original series' 20th anniversary.

Source: Anime Pro (Via Shoujo Cafe)

Reference: Papo de Budega