(full list and commentary after the break)
Manga (& Manga-ish) Releases for 29 July to 4 August 2007

100% Perfect Girl, vol. 3 — Netcomics — $9.99
Ai-Land Chronicles: the Book of the Second Revolution, vol. 1 (novel) — Tokyopop — $7.99
Air Gear, vol. 5 — Del Rey — $10.95
Alive: The Final Evolution, vol. 1 — Del Rey […]

The Last Uniform, vol. 1
Writer & Artist: Mera Hakamada
Published by: Seven Seas’ new Strawberry imprint.
186 (158 net) pages.
Original Language: Japanese
Orientation: Right to left
Vintage: 2005. US edition June 2007.
Translation: Nancy Barron & Ben Applegate
Adaptation: Shannon Fay & Janet Houck
Retouch and Lettering: Wilbert Lacuna
Cover Design: Nicky Lim
Layout Design: Roland Amago
Layout Manager: Bambi Eloriaga
Editor: Adam Anold
Publisher’s Rating: […]

Consolidated Online Manga Sales Rankings for 27 July
“lies, damn lies, and statistics”
Sources: Amazon — B&N — BAMM — Chapters (CA) — TRSI
Sources checked between 7:45 and 8:00am, 27 July
The arrows at left show movement in the rankings since last week. A ! is a new title — or at least, one not in […]

This slug is here for the folks cruising by on a Tuesday morning who might have only seen Sunday night’s post still up and in the top slot on the main page (but now updated, thank you very much) and who would then shrug and move on without seeing any of the edits or the […]

orig. posted 2:30AM 23 July, edited 12:50AM 24 July to add the August Viz titles. (yes, I said August. it stil annoys me, but I’ve got ‘em nicked now…)
Picks and commentary after the break, and at the end of the list.
Manga (& Manga-ish) Releases for 22 July to 28 July 2007

1 World Manga: Passages, vol. […]

I used to joke with friends in college, “Hell, we’ve done it three times in a row, it must be a tradition.” What was true over that short 7½ year span of life must be even more applicable to the ephemeral internet.
So. The manga sales rankings are a new weekly feature. (I’ll check in […]

Hollow Fields, vol. 1
Writer & Artist: Madeleine Rosca
Published by: Seven Seas
196 (162 net) pages.
Original Language: English
Orientation: Right to Left
Vintage: June 2007.
Toning: Armand Roy Canlas
Lettering: Jon Zamar
Graphic Design: Jon Zamar & Nate Legaspi
Cover Design: Nicky Lim
Assistant Editor: Adam Arnold
Editore: Jason DeAngelis
Publisher’s Rating: All Ages
Rating: 5 out of 5 *
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Premise: Private […]

New Manga. Don’t know how else to introduce it this week. (You might also remember this half-a-post with a few Viz titles that had release dates for this week or next but which have already shipped to stores.)
Manga (& Manga-ish) Releases for 15 July to 21 July 2007

10, 20, and 30: vol. 1 — Netcomics […]

Can we do the same for graphic novels? Sure we can. The spreadsheet is already set up in OpenOffice, just have to find a few new sources and plug and chug and…
Well, let’s do it.
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Consolidated Online Graphic Novel Sales Rankings for 14 July
“lies, damn lies, and statistics”
Sources: Amazon — B&N — Midtown — TFAW
We […]

Time Guardian, vol. 2 (of 2)
Writer: Diamuro Kishi
Artist: Tamao Ichinose
Published by: CMX, an imprint of DC Comics
200 (192 net) pages.
Original Language: Japanese
Orientation: Right to Left
Vintage: 2006. US edition June 2007.
Translation & Adaptation: Sheldon Dzrka
Lettering: Kathryn Renta
Design: Larry Berry
Editor: Jim Chadwick
Publisher’s Rating: E, for Everyone (isn’t that nice?)
Previously reviewed: Volume 1
Rating: 4 […]

I’m still trying to come up with a tag line for this little feature. If you have any ideas (or you’d like to tell me the whole exercise is a waste of time) leave a note in the comments.
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Consolidated Online Manga Sales Rankings for 13 July
“lies, damn lies, and statistics”
Sources: Amazon — B&N — […]

Avalon High: Coronation, vol. 1, The Merlin Prophecy
Writer: Meg Cabot
Artist: Jinky Coronado
Published by: HarperCollins/Tokyopop
128 (101 net) pages.
Original Language: English
Orientation: Left to right
Vintage: July 2007
Associate Editor: Kathy Schilling
Lettering: Lucas Rivera
Cover Design: James Lee
Editor: Julie Taylor
Publisher’s Rating: T, ages 13+
Rating: 2 out of 5
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Premise: High school stereotypes meet mythic archetypes…
Synopsis & Review:
“…and after a head on collision, […]

Yes, I’m reviewing all of them — but not individually. I’ll have one more Basilisk review after this one, for the rest of the series. Here, we’ll compare volume one to the novel and make a few other observations…

Basilisk, vol. 1
Original Story by Futaro Yamada
Artist & Manga Adaptation: Masaki Segawa
Published by: Del Rey
228 […]

Short and Sweet this week.
Manga (& Manga-ish) Releases for 8 July to 14 July 2007

School Rumble, vol. 6 — Del Rey — $10.95
I Hate You More Than Anyone, vol. 1 — CMX — $9.99
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 — CMX — $9.99
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, vol. 9 — Viz — $9.99
Clubbing — Minx — $9.99

Not Manga but […]

(note: the Snob Lit tag is being reserved for non-fiction titles; moving forward, this and all non-comic-but-still-fiction titles will merely be listed as “Reviews”)
The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, a novel.

by Futaro Yamada
Published by: Del Rey
336 (312) pages.
Original Language: Japanese
Vintage: 1958. US edition December 2006.
Translation: Geoff Sant
Cover Illustration: Maskai Segawa
Book Design: Jo Anne Metsch
Publisher’s […]