A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of January 16th 2008:

• ComicList: ComicList for 01/16/2008
• MangaCast: New Manga List ~ Jan 16, 2008
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 1/16/08
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 1/16/2008

Papo de Budega reports that JBC Publishing has licensed and will release Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter X Hunter in the Brazilian manga market sometime in the near future. JBC was also the Brazilian publisher of another title by Togashi: Yu Yu Hakusho.

San Jose, CA – January, 2007 – Your number one source of Hong Kong comics in the U.S.A is at again! DrMaster Publications and DGN Productions have just announced that they will publish the 3-volume continuation of The Four Constables, The Four Constables: Secret of the Delirium Dagger!

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In "Seven Seas Moves Into Children's Books," ICv2 talks with Seven Seas' Jason Deangelis about the company's plan to add more manga-inspired illustrated juvenile fiction to its lineup:

"My passion was original manga properties," [Deangelis] said, "but they're difficult to get off the ground. In order to make a viable business, we needed to move more into licensing."

A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of January 9th 2008:

• ComicList: ComicList for 01/09/2008
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Jan 9, 2008
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 1/9/2008

Diverse New Titles To Kick Off The New Year

San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the launch of six highly anticipated new manga comic series for the First Quarter of 2008.

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A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of January 4th 2008:

• ComicList: ComicList for 01/04/2008
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Jan 4, 2008
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 1/4/2007

Broccoli Books has announced on its fan club mailing list that it will be releasing sola, written by Naoki Hisaya (Kanon), drawn by Chako Abeno with original character design by Naru Nanao (D.C. ~Da Capo~, ef - a tale of memories), in 2008 summer.

Source: ANN

From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for January 2008, which provides information on new U.S. releases for March/April 2008.

A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of December 28th 2007:

• ComicList: ComicList for 12/28/2007
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Dec 26, 2007
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 12/28/2007