Broccoli Books, distributors of the Di Gi Charat, Juvenile Orion, and Galaxy Angel manga series, is holding an illustration/coloring contest for fans of their titles. Check it out here!

1.
よつばと! (volume #4)
Yotsubato!
Publisher: Media Works
Author: あずま きよひこ(Azuma Kiyohiko)

2.
NANA (volume #13)
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 矢沢あい (Yazawa Ai)

3.
僕は妹に恋をする (volume #10)
Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 青木 琴美(Aoki Kotomi)

4.
ジパング (volume #20)
Zipang
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: かわぐち かいじ(Kawaguchi Kaiji)

5.
Rozen Maiden (volume #5)
Publisher: Gentosha
Author: PEACH－PIT

6.
ハチミツとクローバー (volume #8)
Hachimitsu to Clover
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 羽海野 チカ(Umino Chika)

7.
魔法先生ネギま! (volume #11)
Mahou Sensei Negima!
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 赤松 健(Akamatsu Ken)

8.
ソウルイーター (volume #4)
Soul Eater
Publisher: Square Enix
Author: 大久保 篤(Okubo Atsushi)

9.
ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (volume #11)
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: CLAMP)

10.
蜜×蜜ドロップス (volume #4)
Mitsu Mitsu Drops
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 水波 風南(Minami Kanan)

Source: Animania Blog

The following is a list of the manga Viz plans to release in English during the upcoming season:

Golgo 13 Volume 1 - 2006-02-07 (re-release)
Read or Die Volume 1 - 2006-02-07
Absolute Boyfriend Volume 1 - 2006-02-07
Godchild Volume 1 - 2006-03-07
Black Cat Volume 1 - 2006-03-14
Aishiteruze Baby Volume 1 - 2006-04-11
Claymore Volume 1 - 2006-04-11
D.Gray-man Volume 1 - 2006-05-02

Source:
Anime News Network

Ah, I wish I’d known about this before the auction ended!

According to Anime News Network, a piece of original Tsubasa Chronicle art by mangaka group CLAMP sold on Yahoo! Japan for two million yen ($18,000 USD) with proceeds going towards charity Make-A-Wish of Japan. Y!J users (sorry, only those with accounts can access closed auctions) can view the results here.

An image of the artwork is available from the ANN August 27th newspost.

Fox ran this interesting feature on the influence of manga on Western culture, and anime’s foray into the box offices.

Last year’s “Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie” grossed a paltry $28 million and proved to be a huge misfire for fans and critics alike. That failure of something related to so powerful a franchise begs the question: Has manga met its match in the movies?

Seeing how well most anime movies perform at the box offices in Japan, I’ll leave this up to you guys to think about. Naturally, the article wasn’t written by a fan, and thus some of it borders on misinformation (I assume all of you have experienced someone mixing up manga and anime, or even done it yourself)…but largely it is an interesting read.

Enjoy!

1.
魔法先生ネギま! (volume #11)
Mahou Sensei Negima!
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 赤松 健（Akamatsu Ken）

2.
NANA (volume #13)
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 矢沢 あい（Yazawa Ai）

3.
ツバサ Tsubasa―RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (volume #11)
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: CLAMP

4.
エア・ギア (volume #11)
Air Gear
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 大暮 維人(Oh Great)

5.
ハチミツとクローバー (volume #8)
Hachimitsu to Clover
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 羽海野 チカ(Umino Chika)

6.
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO (volume #33)
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 上条 明峰(Kamijou Akimine)

7.
女子大生家庭教師濱中アイ (volume #4)
Joshidaisei Kateikyoushi Hamanaka Ai
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 氏家 ト全(Ujiie Tozen)

8.
あひるの空 (volume #8)
Ahiru no Sora
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 日向 武史(Hinata Takeshi)

9.
妹は思春期 (volume #6)
Imouto wa Shishunki
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 氏家 ト全(Ujiie Tozen)

10.
龍狼伝 (volume #34)
Ryuu-rou Den
Publisher: Kodansha
Author: 山原 義人(Yamahara Yoshihito)

Sources: Animania Blog, Taiyosha

Sony recently announced plans to increase their number of cell phone manga titles to 300 in the next year, making it the top provider of these products. Cell phone manga, viewed through software such as Comic Surfing, allows users to read manga that is stored on their phone, making it very portable and excellently priced. Users can download up to five titles per month for approximately 300 yen.

Full Otakon report to follow, but for now, I’ll supply the new manga info that has been announced from new-to-manga publisher Go Comi and Tokyopop:

Four titles, Her Majesty’s Dog, Cantarella, Crossroad, and Tenshi Ja Nai! are forthcoming from Go Comi.

Tokyopop discussed plans for a comic titled My Cat Loki, written and illustrated by the winner of this year’s Rising Stars of Manga contest. Some words were said about their upcoming line of novels based on anime and manga as well as the new Takuhai magazine.

1.
NANA (volume #13)
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 矢沢あい (Yazawa Ai)

2.
ハヤテのごとく! (volume #3)
Hayate no Gotoku
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 畑 健二郎(Hata Kenjirou)

3.
NARUTO (volume #29)
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 岸本 斉史 (Kishimoto Masashi)

4.
BLEACH (volume #18)
Publisher: Shueisha
Author: 久保 帯人(Kubo Taito)

5.
D-LIVE!! (volume #11)
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 皆川 亮二(Minagawa Ryouji)

6.
EREMENTAR GERAD (volume #9)
Publisher: Mag Garden
Author: 東 まゆみ(Azuma Mayumi)

7.
D・N・ANGEL (volume #11)
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Author: 杉崎 ゆきる(Sugisaki Yukiru)

8.
金色のガッシュ!! (volume #22)
Konjiki no Gash!!
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 雷句 誠(Raiku Makoto)

9.
犬夜叉 41 (volume #41)
Inuyasha
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 高橋 留美子(Takahashi Rumiko)

10.
史上最強の弟子ケンイチ (volume #17)
Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi
Publisher: Shogakukan
Author: 松江名 俊(Matsunae Shun)

Love Manga recently posted a listing of the top 50 manga sales for last month, using data obtained from Comic Book Resources/Diamonds. What’s amusing is all the inaccuracies in the chart, (and for that reason I’m going to link Love Manga’s article), but if you dig past them you’ll get a vague idea of the bestsellers in the West this month….but mostly just amusement. ;)

Hey, I’ve been up for 24 hours getting ready for Otakon, I didn’t have the visual power left to type anything of my own…