bozou writes: *[sitelink=publishers.html?id=113]MediaWorks[/sitelink]' Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine has published the ending of TSUNASHIMA Shirou's Jinki - Shinsetsu robot manga series in its December issue, which went on sale on Monday. Tunasima published the original Jinki manga in [sitelink=publishers.html?id=55]Enix[/sitelink]'s Monthly Gangan Wing from 2000 to 2001. He then renamed his manga Jinki: Extend during a move to [sitelink=publishers.html?id=107]Mag Garden[/sitelink]'s Monthly Comic Blade magazine from 2002 to 2006. Jinki moved again to MediaWorks' magazine this year, after Tunasima pulled the manga from Mag Garden over creative differences in 2007.

Shinya Inase's manga adaptation of YONETANI Yoshitomo's Hoshi no Umi no Amuri science fiction video anime series has also ended in Comic Dengeki Daioh's December issue.

Source: Muhyojo

Taken from: AnimeNewsNetwork*

bozou writes: *This year's 48th issue of [sitelink=publishers.html?id=100]Kodansha[/sitelink]'s Young Magazine has announced on Monday that CHIBA Tetsuya, the acclaimed artist of the Ashita no Joe boxing manga, will create a 90-page manga called Tomogaki. The new manga will mark the 50th anniversary of Chiba's major professional debut and the 40 anniversary of Ashita no Joe's manga launch. It will be split into two parts in Young Magazine.

Source: Muhyojo

Taken from: AnimeNewsNetwork*

Earlier this year (March to be precise), Tokyopop Germany sent out a list of
230 manga titles (both licensed and unlicensed titles) to manga scanlators
and download sites, and requested the listed titled be removed.

Fast forward to October, Kuriousity
has revisited the list of manga and concluded that out of the 230 titles,
27 titles have not been officially licensed yet.

Check here for the full list, and
here for the list of 27
titles not yet licensed.

Source: Kuriousity

Well, during the initial suggestion of this poll, several other people really liked it, so why not put it up here? This was originally suggested by our member pearlized. At what lengths would you go to read your manga? Well, this poll is only about sleeping, but...(I don't wanna hear that you would murder a bookstore clerk to read manga)

You can discuss this poll on our forums here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=8455

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your gender?
Choices:
Male - votes: 6778 (48.9%)
Female - votes: 7080 (51.1%)
There were 13858 total votes.
The poll ended: October 25th 2008

When we did this poll last year, we got about 1000 more votes, but that poll lasted almost a whole month, as opposed to a single week here. And as all of you can see, the girls dominate.

bozou writes: *The editor-in-chief's official blog for [sitelink=publishers.html?id=100]Kodansha[/sitelink]'s upcoming good! Afternoon magazine announced on Friday that Oh! My Goddess creator FUJISHIMA Kosuke will launch his Paradise Residence manga series in the magazine's inaugural issue on November 7. The blog notes that this title will be Fujishima's first new manga series since Oh! My Goddess (Aa! Megami-sama).

The magazine's first issue will boast 20 titles in all, including some from other prominent authors. ISHIKAWA Masayuki will writing Junketsu no Maria. TAKAHASHI Tsutomu will restart his most popular creation, the Ice Blade (Jiraishin) detective action manga, under the title Jiraishin Diablo. Blade of the Immortal's SAMURA Hiroaki will launch Halcyon Lunch, a story about a man who loses everything and then meets a girl who will eat anything.

Artist Mimori (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Yoigoshihen) will adapt Hinowa Kōzuki's long running Jigoku Dōrei-Kai Tsūshin novel series. The supernatural fantasy novels have already been adapted as an anime video and a live-action film. KIMURA Kon (Karan (KIMURA Kon), Koube Zaijuu) will relaunch his Kyo Musume (Giant Girl) comedy manga about a giant female yakitori shop owner's everyday life. Cromartie High School's NONAKA Eiji will debut his new Akai Sora Shiroi Umi (Red Sky, White Sea) horror manga anthology. YOSHIDA Motoi, the artist best known for the taboo romance story Koi Kaze, will launch Natsu no Zenjitsu (The Day Before Summer).

Taken from: AnimeNewsNetwork*

bozou writes: *The New York Times' Dining and Wine section features an article on Kami no Shizuku (The Drops of God), a manga which highlights different wines of the world. The main character of the manga, Shizuku Kanzaki, faces a challenge from his late wine critic father. To gain access to his inheritance, he must identify the 12 extremely unusual wines named in his father's will.

The article interviews Kami no Shizuku's creators, the brother-and-sister team of Shin and Yuko Kibayashi who write under the pseudonym AGI Tadashi. They are wine lovers themselves with a 3,000-bottle collection, but have no formal training. Instead, they strive to describe fine wine in words that would make sense to average readers. Some of the attributes they have attached to particular wines have included "the voice of Queens' lead vocalist," "reminiscent of a marsh north of Tokyo," and "a woman…with black hair."

The Times piece also notes that the manga has had a significant effect on wine sales in Japan as well as in South Korea, where vintages mentioned in the manga's pages have sold out almost immediately. This trend was noted last year by the wine industry's website, and reported by Great Britain's Telegraph newspaper in September.

Taken from: AnimeNewsNetwork*

bozou writes: *The November issue (released on October 9) of [sitelink=publishers.html?id=94]Kadokawa Shoten[/sitelink]'s Monthly Dragon Age magazine announced that AMAGI Shusake's Chrome Shelled Regios (Light Novel) will spawn its fourth manga series in the next issue on November 8. FUTABA Masumi's Koukaku no Regios no 4-Koma: Feri no Uta (Chrome Shelled Regios Four-Panel: Feri's Song) will be a four-panel gag comic that focuses on the popular character Feri Rosu. The light novels will also be animated for television broadcast next January.

Source: Chuosha

Taken from AnimeNewsNetwork*

Well, once I looked at the results of the previous poll, this question came up in my mind (along with the help of member Zekky). Please answer truthfully.

There isn't much to discuss about this one, so no official forum topic to chat

Note: We did this poll a little over a year ago, and males had won that time...

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite Demographic?
Choices:
Hentai - votes: 1807 (12.1%)
Josei - votes: 616 (4.1%)
Lolicon - votes: 746 (5%)
Seinen - votes: 2364 (15.8%)
Shotacon - votes: 185 (1.2%)
Shoujo - votes: 2684 (18%)
Shoujo Ai - votes: 282 (1.9%)
Shounen - votes: 1921 (12.9%)
Shounen Ai - votes: 516 (3.5%)
Yaoi - votes: 3069 (20.6%)
Yuri - votes: 742 (5%)
There were 14932 total votes.
The poll ended: October 18th 2008

Today is a sad day to die when yaoi wins...(Sorry, but I'm a guy myself, and yaoi = no way). Shoujo came in behind yaoi by about 400 votes, while seinen trailed behind shoujo by about 300...As you can see, the top 2 are mostly targeted toward girls...
Interestingly enough, hentai got a pretty nice percentage.

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Last time was genre, this time is demographic. 'Nough said. It'll either be shounen or yaoi that wins...

Discuss on the forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=8228

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite Genre?
Choices:
Action - votes: 576 (4.8%)
Adventure - votes: 395 (3.3%)
Comedy - votes: 1345 (11.3%)
Drama - votes: 213 (1.8%)
Ecchi - votes: 1222 (10.3%)
Fantasy - votes: 586 (4.9%)
Gender Bender - votes: 881 (7.4%)
Harem - votes: 452 (3.8%)
Historical - votes: 121 (1%)
Horror - votes: 161 (1.4%)
Martial Arts - votes: 444 (3.7%)
Mecha - votes: 82 (0.7%)
Mystery - votes: 130 (1.1%)
Psychological - votes: 412 (3.5%)
Romance - votes: 2611 (21.9%)
School Life - votes: 317 (2.7%)
Sci-Fi - votes: 123 (1%)
Slice of Life - votes: 441 (3.7%)
Smut - votes: 750 (6.3%)
Sports - votes: 120 (1%)
Supernatural - votes: 372 (3.1%)
Tragedy - votes: 143 (1.2%)
There were 11897 total votes.
The poll ended: October 11th 2008

And romance wins! Followed by comedy...and then ecchi?...