lambchopsil edit: And just to introduce him, Gum is our new "News Administrator" and will be adding a lot more interesting tidbits of info from the Japanese world of manga~

Shueisha has updated the manga lineup of its upcoming shounen magazine Jump Square, the current lineup is as follows:

From Monthly Shonen Jump

• Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
• Gag Manga Biyori by Kousuke Masuda
• Rosario + Vampire by Akihisa Ikeda
• Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) by Hiroyuki Asada

From JUMP the REVOLUTION

• Embalming - The Another Tale of Frankenstein by Nobuhiro Watsuki

New Manga

• 3-Z Class's Ginpachi-sensei by Hideaki Sorachi & Oosaki Tomohito
• DRAGONAUT -THE RESONANCE- by Satoshi Kinoshita
• Kure-nai by Katayama Kentaro & Yamamoto Yamato
• Luck Stealer by Hajime Kazu
• Paraman no Jounetsu teki na Hibi by Fujiko Fujio (A)
• Sekai no Choushin de Taiyou ni Hoeru by Ponse Maeda
• Tales of Innocence by Hiroyuki Kaidou
• TISTA by Tatsuya Endou
• Tsumikabatsu by Mikami Honemaru

Unamed manga & one-shots

• A new manga by Masanori Katakura
• A one-shot by Yoko Kamio (Hana Yori Dango)
• A one-shot by Masanori Morita & Takeshi Obata

wellzy4eva writes: *Manga Licenced distributer Viz has officially announced they are picking up the pace with distribution of Naruto manga in America.

commencing from September 4th, volumes 16-18 of Naruto will be released, with a following three new mangas released each month for four months.

With Naruto now up to Volume 39 in Japan, and the next volume pending soon, this is a chance for Americans (Other nations to follow) to boost their collections.

Source: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/08/31/224458.php*

We apologize to Comi Press for not giving credit to them for this news: View at this link:
http://comipress.com/news/2007/08/31/2574

wellzy4eva writes: *Japanese doujinshi shop Toranoana has launched a new webzine called Comic Holic (ComiHoli). Manga from this web manga magazine will be published in tankoubon form by Fox Shuppan under the Fox Comics imprint.

http://www.toranoana.jp/webcomic/holic/*

We apologize to Comi Press for not giving credit to them for this news: View at this link:
http://comipress.com/news/2007/08/30/2564

wellzy4eva writes: *An announcement was made in the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump (No. 40) that Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter will resume serialization in Shonen Jump No. 45 (on sale October 6th).

Hunter x Hunter went on hiatus in early 2006. In early July, fans petitioned for the return of HxH through a special service website called Letters to the Chairman. In early August, a source from 2ch leaked the news that HxH will be returning "sometime in October."

Also announced in Jump 40 is that volume 24 of Hunter x Hunter will be released on 10/4.*

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Additions will still require approval because wee don't wish to see any inappropriate language and images. Gotta worry bout the liluns. We'll try to check frequently. At least at first. Please be patient and we'll get to it as soon as time allows. Enjoy.

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Well at least we know who our population consists of now 🙂

Question: Time for some demographics: Are you male or female?
Choices:
Male - votes: 8093 (55.7%)
Female - votes: 6442 (44.3%)
There were 14535 total votes.
The poll ended: August 31st 2007

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Just a heads up:

Heidi-Scans and CGE-HQ are merging in a new group called HAO: Heidi's Amry of Outlaws.

The previous poll's results are below. .... It's not exactly the best result in the world... but hey... As for the new poll, it's something we probably all have wondered!

Question: How much manga do you have on your hard drive right now?
Choices:
None - votes: 436 (4.9%)
< 100 megs - votes: 548 (6.1%)
100-500 megs - votes: 529 (5.9%)
500-1000 megs - votes: 509 (5.7%)
1-5 gigs - votes: 2001 (22.4%)
5-15 gigs - votes: 1925 (21.5%)

15 gigs - votes: 2996 (33.5%)
There were 8944 total votes.
The poll ended: August 7th 2007