Sukeban Deka Manga creator Shinji Wada passed Away

Creator of the manga Miyuki Noma reports that officials Hakusensha and Akita Shoten you notification that Shinji Wada died creator Sukeban Deka. He was 61. WADA is best known for the series of Sukeban Deka manga about a girl in high school that serves as a hunting covert crime. The manga had been inspired by a project of video anime and several popular series and films. His other works include Pygmalio and Crown (with artist than Higuri). She released her most recent manga, Kugutsushi Rhine, mystery Bonita of Akita Shoten magazine in 2006.

Source: Miyuki Noma via Dan Kanemitsu
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Manga creator alignment enumerated x jump magazine

On Thursday, the Japanese Publisher Shueisha confirmed the creators of manga which will contribute to skip X, the new monthly magazine which is launching on June 25. (The magazine of the title "X" is pronounced "kai", the Japanese suffix for something that has been updated or improved). Tomoko Ninomiya will launch a new series of manga in the inaugural of the magazine, after the end of the manga Nodame Cantabile. SHUEISHA will reveal the manga new title and history in the near future.

Other creators will include:

Sources: Comic Natalie, Mantan Web of Mainichi Shimbun
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Comic-Con International to the creator of Host Domo-kun Tsuneo Goda

Comic-Con International announced Tuesday that Tsuneo Goda, internationally known Domo-kun (Dome), the creator of the character of pet will appear in the event of July in San Diego, courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Goda had created to Domo-kun as the mascot of the Japanese public television NHK, and oversaw the shorts of image that the Japanese Studio Eclipse inc. animated.

Created new shorts of Domo's image for the fate of department store chain in the United States in 2008, and were created shorter for the chain store 7 - Eleven in 2009. TOKYOPOP published a graphic novel in English, full-color of the same year.

Other works of goda include the film Komaneko and PLUG, the new world, a project created in conjunction with Nissan Motors.

Comic - International runs from July 21 to July 24 at the San Diego Convention Center. You can find a complete list of guests on its Web site.
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