After a year-long wait, Blade of the Immortal returns!

The PCS crew lists the books they’d like to see saved from licensing limbo.

“Everyone take your Kindles and wave them in the air.” Gombos says, “We’re a little backwards in Oregon, riding our carts and horses to work… I still have never seen a Kindle.”

Meet reviewer Ken Haley, an unapologetic fan of manly-man manga.

Blood Plus Vol 4 GN from Dark Horse has been recalled due to a misprint. No info available yet as to when it will be re-issued.

On Wednesday, September 24, Dark Horse began posting a new chapter of Banya the Explosive Delivery Man on its website each week. The first three chapters of this five-volume series are now available, free, on their site. If you’re unfamiliar with this cool Korean import, here’s a brief synopsis, courtesy of editor Philip Simon:
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ICv2 is reporting that a CGI version of Astro Boy will be arriving in 3,000 movie theaters on October 23, 2009. The film will feature some marquee-name voice talent–Nicholas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, and Eugene Levy–as well as state-of-the-art animation from Imagi Studios. (Let’s hope it looks a little better than their debut effort, [...]

Despite the buckets of blood, Gantz doesn’t live up to the hype.

The Manga Recon gang examines the work of Ghost in the Shell creator Shirow Masamune.

Unless you’re a die-hard Kazuo Koike fan, skip this silly, violent manga about slaves on the lam in Edo-era Japan.