Katherine DaceyKate Dacey was the Senior Manga Editor at PopCultureShock through December, 2008. She no longer writes for the site, but can still be found at Good Comics for Kids and as an occasional contributor to Precocious Curmudgeon. She counts Phoenix, The Red Star, and Tokyo Bablyon among her all-time favorite comics. archive Like Yen, Tokyopop handled its biggest announcement in a press release, rather than an industry panel. As numerous sites have reported, Tokyopop will be getting into the graphic novel business, publishing full-color comics from around the world. Read on for the full scoop, as well as a quick run-down of upcoming Tokyopop releases. The big story this week: edu-manga. Korean company YKids released six new titles on Wednesday, all designed to trick reluctant readers into learning a little more about history and literature. (I’d say that YKids “carpet bombs,” “blitzes,” or “storms” the manga aisle, but two of the twentieth century’s most notable pacifists are profiled in this [...] Yes, there will be blood… in the latest installment of The Otaku Bookshelf, that is. This month, Ken and I take a look at two of the most popular anime-manga-novel franchises on the market right now: Blood+ and Trinity Blood. And in keeping with our vampire theme, books are rated on the following scale of [...] Last week’s shipping list looked like a well-stocked buffet, with something for every taste, from the waistline-conscious to the unapologetic meat-eater. This week’s, however, inspires as much excitement as a high school cafeteria’s salad bar with its limited offerings: a few debut volumes—Element Line, Gosick, Hellgate London (Tokyopop), and Yumekui Kenbun Nightmare Inspector (Viz)—the latest [...] The close of another quarter means that it’s time for a quasi-statistical, link-tastic look at the last three months of reviews. REVIEWS BY THE NUMBERS Total number of manga reviewed: 66 Total number of manhwa reviewed: 5 Total number of OEL titles reviewed: 4 Total number of books/light novels reviewed: 5 Total number of first [...] The sheer quantity and variety of titles shipping this Wednesday list makes it nearly impossible to single out one or two as must-reads; there’s truly something for every taste, from Shakespearean manga to mermaid man-love. (The latter would be Selfish Mr. Mermaid, a DMP series that just begs to be read, if only for the [...] 
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