Pr0n manga pub misses solicitations, possibly shuttered!?

First, some bad news… Icarus Publishing’s solicitations for October were mistakenly left out of Adult Previews and the retailer order form (Diamond deals with 5000+ items every month, so it’s not hard to imagine an omission happening once in a while.)  We expect Diamond to resolve this soon and issue product codes.  And once we get those codes, please make your local comic shop aware of the situation.   We’re not dead, still toughing it out.

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Now for the good news.  Fleshbot has a new “Hentai Spotlight” segment, and guess what they picked to review first… Swing Out Sisters by Taro Shinonome!  Check it out!

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The Yomiuri’s Through Otaku Eyes has yet another column on Japanese otaku’s love affair with manga-reading politician Taro Aso, but this is the first I’ve read to consider whether Aso’s nomination to PM would actually have a positive impact on fandom-related issues, in particular anti-porn legislation directed at manga, and the often tumultuous relationship between otaku and mainstream media.  Go read.

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Protoculture Addicts, the print iteration of Anime News Network, is looking for interns to do copy editing: checking for speeling and grammarical errors, the style in which it is written… you know, all those things that we don’t do.

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For the ladies… Web Kare, an online dating sim that lets users hook up with 4 bishounen, has launched in Japan.  The game features fully recorded audio, a conversation “album” to keep track of your progress, plus the usual social netowkring amenities like an oekaki forum.  No word on whether the game features a “big release” for you and your chosen boytoy, as is typical of dating sims.  

Ahh, what is it with women and their creepy obsession with school kids.  I totally don’t get it.  (Spotted on Asiajin)