Graphic Novels and Age Ranges
How to incorporate your anime collection into your holiday decor
A true encounter with bookstore guy

I wanted an excuse to play around with the new Google Co-op service, so I started an anime and manga blog search. I think I’ve set things up so anyone can volunteer to add content, so if you know of some sites I didn’t include, feel free to add them!

One of my librarian colleagues just tipped me off to this documentary from American Radioworks about the pop cultural power of Japan. You can download it here. Reporters visit stores in Japan, go to an anime convention, talk about youth culture, and comment on the economics of manga and anime. You can listen to a [...]

Rebecca writes:
Another comics-related question! This time, it’s about anime movies! My library is seriously lacking any besides Yu-Gi-Oh!, and last week I went on a binge and bought a couple of volumes of Full Metal Alchemist and Samurai Seven - what else could I add to our collection?
I think Full Metal Alchemist and [...]

The Journalista guide to manga scanlations is now illustrated
Irresponsible Pictures looks at Fall anime
Children’s lit bloggers seem to be so organized, and they keep coming up with new projects like blog awards for children’s books.

This week’s Flipped column is dedicated to Bleach, one of my favorite shonen manga.
Chicken Spaghetti pointed out this nice Pirate bibliography for kids.
In keeping with other manga companies targeting younger readers, Seven Seas is starting a “light novel” line.
Here’s the official web site for the anime version of Death Note.

Afro Samurai Trailer {via}
Pata presents a guide to summer anime
Yet Another Comics blog is giving away 100 comics! All you need to do is submit an entry of a comic that you consider to be an “undiscovered gem”. There are already some recommendations up.
Looking at Liblogs, the great middle - an interesting follow-up study listing [...]

Princess Tutu is a yummy ballet flavoured fairy tale goulash. It is also one of the weirdest anime I’ve watched since Revolutionary Girl Utena. Both series share an element of metafiction, a preoccupation with princes, and they pile on the symbolism.
Princess Tutu begins with the story of a girl named Duck who attends ballet [...]

Adult Swim is going to start showing the Bleach anime this fall.
Part 1 of Polite Dissent’s medical annotations for the manga Monster.

I’m sort of bummed that the All Ages Blog doesn’t seem to be updating anymore, because when it was active it did a good job of rounding up news about all ages comics.
Tegan points to the news that Castle Waiting is indeed coming back from Fantagraphics, more info at Studio Olio.
Review of all-ages comic [...]