This is a follow-up to http://www.mangaupdates.com/news.html?id=292

The magazine Asuka, monthly shoujo magazine of Kadokawa Shoten, has announced that DN Angel will be back in its next issue (to be released Feb 23). SUGISAKI Yukiru will finally finish the series after taking a break since 2005! All you fans, just a tiny bit of wait and your patience will be rewarded.

Series Ending/Ended:
Emma (March Issue of Comic Beam)
by MORI Kaoru

Karin (March Issue of Dragon AGE)
by KAGESAKI Yuna

Idolmaster Xenoglossia (March Issue of Comp Ace) (1/26)
by KUROSAKI Mairi

Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans (March Issue of Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh) (1/21)

Series Starting:
Unhappy! (Comic Charge) (2/19)
by FUJISAWA Tohru (Great Teacher Onizuka creator)

Kyou mo Ashita mo (Hana to Yume) (2/5)
by Emura (W-Juliet creator)

Source AnimeNewsNetwork

It is a sad day as the group Tenshi-Tachi shuts down. Based on their site, they are not able to continue scanlating manga due to "real life issues". Furthermore, there is a plea for other groups to continue their projects.

We wish you well, Tenshi-Tachi.

Sophrenia writes: *As of the 1st of january , Shoujo Crusade have moved to a new forum at http://shoujo-crusade.com/forum/ and the old forum will not be updated but will still be open for another month. Old users will have to reregister and their post count will be back to zero,

We're sorry about the inconvenience and hope you like the new forum and will support and help it to grow like before.*

Some Recent Interviews:

• Kio Shimoku, mangaka of Genshiken (PWCW)
• Robin Brenner, librarian and recent Eisner Award judge (Bookslut)
• Mike Richardson, Dark Horse CEO (ICv2)
• Aimee Major Steinberger, animator (PWCW)
• Eijiro Shimada, Editor-in-Chief of Kodansha's Morning (Flipped)

Tokyopop to Offer Manga Videos Via V CAST: ICv2 reports that "Verizon announced that the Tokyopop video channel, which offers 15-20 four-to-six minute videos every week, is now available to Verizon's V Cast Video customers."

Takehiko Inoue's "Last Exhibition": A Takehiko Inoue exhibition called "Final Exhibition" will take place at the Ueno Royal Museum from late May to early July. More artworks and promotional material can be found here.

Various 2007 Year-End Reports:

• Icarus Publishing
• Yaoi Press
• PWCW
  and more

Active Anime Top 25: Active Anime asks the fans to vote for their favorite website in its Active Anime Top 25, unfortunately scanlation sites are not allowed 🙁

Many popular series coming to an end...

Series Ending:

Weekly Shounen Sunday No.4-5 (12/26)
Ending:

• "Zatch Bell!" by Makoto Raiku

Comic Blade April issue (2/30)
Ending:

• "Aria" by Kozue Amano

Monthly Comic Blade March issue (1/30)
Ending:

• "Beyond the Beyond" by Yoshitomo Watanabe

Monthly Shounen Gangan
Ending:

• "Papuwa" by Ami Shibata

Young Magazine No.52
Ending:

• "Imouto Wa Shishunki" by Tozen Ujiie

Series Starting:

Monthly Comic Birz March issue (1/30)
Starting:

• "Doro Neko 9" by Saki Okuse

Monthly Shonen Ace March issue (1/26)
Starting:

• "Yume-Watari Pulcinella" by Kendi Oiwa (artist of Welcome to the N.H.K.)

Monthly Shonen Champion February issue (1/18)
Starting:

• "Let's Play More Baseball!" by Iwasawa Masahiro

Young Gangan No.3 (1/18)
Starting:

• "Violinist of Hameln Shchelkunchik" by Michiaki Watanabe

Weekly Shounen Magazine No.6 (1/9)
Starting:

• "Tetsuwan Blake" by Tomohiro Shinohara

Dragon Age February issue
Starting:

• "Cherry X Cherry" by Yoji Sorimura

Thanks go to Sin on our IRC channel for the new poll idea. We had a similar poll on the forum somewhere...but now it's time for us to see what the masses say!

Previous poll:
Question: Did you give/receive manga during this Christmas season?
Yes - votes: 1087 (28.3%)
No - votes: 2748 (71.7%)
There were 3835 total votes.
The poll ended: January 1st 2008

I was expecting "No" to win, but I can't believe over 1000 people either gave/received manga over Christmas! We sure are getting to the community~

From all of the staff at MangaUpdates, we want to wish you a happy new year!

Anonymous writes: *In possibly the quickest conceived and executed merger of all time, we’re excited to announce that Binktopia and MangaShare will be joining forces to provide you with weekly manga scanlations. The new group’s name will remain Binktopia, and all new releases will continue to be done from MangaShare.com

Naruto, Bleach, D.Gray-man, and One Piece will continue to be released on MangaShare, but with Binktopia’s lineup, we’ll see several other series (in no particular order) like Psyren, Fairy Tail, Eyeshield 21, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Gantz, Claymore, Berserk and Gintama.

This deal made a lot of sense for both parties, so it happened.

Original article can be found here*

As Christmas is over (mostly...), let's change the poll again! Simple enough question about your manga experience during Christmas.

As for the previous poll:
Question: ...?
Lust - votes: 5004 (36.2%)
Gluttony - votes: 607 (4.4%)
Envy - votes: 1478 (10.7%)
Sloth - votes: 1440 (10.4%)
Greed - votes: 1542 (11.2%)
Wrath - votes: 1461 (10.6%)
Pride - votes: 2295 (16.6%)
There were 13827 total votes.
The poll ended: December 26th 2007

So Lust won! I guess that explains all the hentai, yuri, yaoi, etc...And for all those who didn't know, the choices are related to the seven deadly sins (and the Homunculus in Full Metal Alchemist)