According to Earthtimes, The Bangkok International Book Fair 2007 ordered the removal of adult manga on sale at this year's event after pornographic contents were revealed by Thailand's minister of social development:

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According to Icarus Blog, as of March 31st, Brenner Printing Company will no longer accept adult publications, which includes adult manga as well as some yaoi titles:

The true extent of Brenner's decision (just what is allowed and what is not) is unclear, but in the worst-case scenario, this effectively narrows down available printers for explicit ero and yaoi publishers to ones based in Canada, and more specifically, Lebonfon Printing.

Source: Icarus Blog

San Diego, California, Friday, March 30, 2007. Peach Princess, a leading publisher of Japanese PC dating-sim games in English, announced that its latest title, Yume Miru Kusuri :: A Drug That Makes You Dream has gone "Golden Master." An interactive dating simulation game for Windows, intended for adults aged 18 and older, this is the latest in the company's popular lineup of anime-style interactive games for the English-speaking market. The game is published by JAST USA under its Peach Princess label.

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HERNDON, VA - March 21, 2007 - DLSite.com today announced the release of a fully localized, English version of full 3D combat action game "Street Fucker".

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A new magazine titled Comic MoeMax will be launched by Moeru Publishing on April 24th. The new magazine is aimed at adults, and will be every month for 540 yen.

HERNDON, VA - March 12, 2007 - DLSite.com today announced the release of a fully localized, English version of popular interactive full 3D Japanese game, "Please! Shooting Star!".

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Adult TV star Ai Iijima (34), author and star of the hentai manga Time Traveler Ai, has announced on her TBS "Sunday Japon" program her plan to retirement from the show business.

Popular bishoujo and galgame artist Takashi Iwasaki (28) passed away (NSWF) on February 21st due to a stroke. Takashi is known for his artworks in 18+ games from Purple Software such as Aruto.

Icarus Blog looks at the March adult manga releases, based on the March Previews released by Diamond.

Gengoroh Tagame is a manga artist who specializes in BDSM and erotic manga. His works include G-men, Gunji, SM-Z, and more, most of which contain graphical violence and sex scenes. Recently one of Gengoroh Tagame's manga, Arena, was reviewed by the French newspaper Lib??ration. In his blog, Tagame writes about his surprise when he found out Lib??ration included with the review uncensored illustrations from his manga, most of which would have never made it to print media in Japan.

*Note links in this article may contain explicit materials that are NSFW, you have been warned.

Review and Illustrations Appear in French Newspaper Lib??ration

A few days ago, I received an English email that read:

"I'm the writer of a French newspaper called Lib??ration. I'm planning to write a review of your manga "Arena," which will include some of your illustrations. Could you send some of the high-resolution images on your website to me?"

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