If you think you're Finder's biggest fan, here is your chance to prove it and win an ADVANCED COPY of volume 1 releasing in September! How do you prove it? You decide! I'm leaving it totally up to you. Write a poem, photograph your collection, do a video of yourself squeeing over its upcoming release… it's up to you! Whatever you choose, do it fast! This contest ends at midnight PST on August 31st, 2010.

Oh, did I mention I have FIVE COPIES to give away AND that this contest is open to ALL countries? No excuses! Now show some love to Digital Manga who has graciously agreed to provide the five advanced copies AND were nice enough to agree to ship them international when I asked. You know me, always looking out for my international readers. :-) Feel free to comment here, thank them on twitter or visit them on their site.

All contest entries must be submitted by midnight PST on 8/31/10 via email to:

info AT theyaoireview DOT com

If you have questions about the contest, please post them below in comments so all can see the answer. Have fun with it and I look forward to what you crazy fans come up with!

~Jennifer LeBlanc

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ANN reported yesterday that there is now a second promo for the new Togainu no Chi boys' love game anime as well as a commercial (links provided in their original post). They also reported that the anime itself will begin airing in October! Here is a post I did previously that has a really hot AMV about the boys' love game if you want to take a look.

~Jennifer LeBlanc

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As a follow-up to my review of Incubus Master and to continue Global Boys' Love Month (which is now Global Boys' Love Summer!) I decided to interview the publisher of Incubus Master, Yaoi Prose. The mastermind behind Yaoi Prose, Yamila Abraham, was gracious enough to answer my questions:


What is Yaoi Prose?
 
Yaoi Prose publishes illustrated erotic eBooks in the male/male romance genre.  We started off with two serialized titles, Incubus Master and Saihoshi: REDEMPTION.  I’m writing Incubus Master and having it illustrated by Italian artist Barbara Apostolico, who produced art as one half of studio Le Peruggine in the past.  It stars Figaru, a prominent character from my Winter Demon graphic novel series.  Saihoshi: REDEMPTION is by the popular studio KOSEN of Spain.  Other eBooks have featured erotic spanking, and have followed up fan-favorite stories in Yaoi Press books.
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From TOKYOPOP's Facebook page:

HETALIA fans: There are two ways to read HETALIA AXIS POWERS right now!

(1) You can buy a digital edition through TOKYOPOP's digital manga store, hosted by our friend at Zinio right here: http://bit.ly/d8iSKG

(2) We have made (*free*) digital editions of HETALIA available to all US public libraries–get your library card (also *free*) & go to your public library's web site. If they don't have a copy, ask them to order it through the "OverDrive Digital Library Reserve" program.

The manga will also be available at bookstores everywhere on Sept 21 — we just couldn't wait that long! Enjoy! Paaaaastaaaaa!

Your thoughts? Are you interested in a digital version or will you wait for the print copy to be released September 21st? Comment below!

~Jennifer LeBlanc

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No, I did not fall off the face of the earth these last two months. What started off as a short hiatus to move into a new apartment turned into a long hiatus to have emergency surgery and buy a new damn computer 'cause my other one died a horrendous death causing me to lose a lot of stuff I didn't want to. (let's not even discuss that external hard-drive that did NOT do its job >_> ) Anywayz, I almost have my new laptop functional enough to get back into updating the site on a regular(ish) basis so let's celebrate with a new banner!

If you remember, we had a banner contest at the beginning of the year and this was our 2nd place winner. It was supposed to go up July 1st but yeah, life happened. Well, it's up now and it will get its time to shine! I've got something REALLY exciting coming up but I'm keeping it hush hush for right now. *cough* Viewfinder related *cough*  Yep, totally hush hush. ;-)

~Jennifer LeBlanc

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Incubus Master ~ Yamila Abraham
Yaoi Prose ~ 8 Part eBook
 
Quick Synopsis:
 
“Jinady was forced to be a sex slave to a tribe of winged incubi for a year when he’s rescued by the regal demon Figaru. Figaru brings Jinady to a settlement of mortals. Jinady learns that Figaru is the king of this settlement, and that he’s been looking for a mate. Figaru’s adoring subjects start to match-make the two. Jinady finds himself falling for the noble demon king. He senses his feelings are being reciprocated. Then Jinady discovers Figaru’s former love interest Rowan is locked in a dark cabin with a magical ‘blood chain’ connecting his throat to a wall. Several demon allies are rallying to help Rowan, including Scor, the demon Figaru almost beat to death. Jinady seeks the truth about what happened between Rowan and Figaru, while trying to resist the strong seductive lure of the demon king.”  ~From the Yaoi Prose website
 
Plot:
 
What can I say? I love this plot. It’s always a good sign when you find yourself eagerly awaiting the next release. At no point in time did I find myself predicting where the story was going or thinking I already knew the ending. There are a lot of original elements to the story and I found it to be very engaging throughout. The synopsis provided for the story doesn’t do the story justice in my opinion. I think Yamila does a good job of ‘going there’ when tough situations arise in the story; not every element is sunshine and unicorns but that’s what makes the story a little deeper than most we get.
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Clearly the recent topic of Digital Manga wanting to hire scanlators has struck a nerve with some and struck up great conversation with others. As a follow up to the discussion, I forwarded a link to the post as well as a link to the thread on the AarinFantasy forum that started the entire thing to Hikaru Sasahara, Digital Manga's President to see if he wished to address any of the concerns or to clarify his project. I'm posting his response, with permission, below:

Hi Jenny,
 
Thanks you for sending us the feedback. Reading some of them, I feel that they are missing an important aspect of this special venture. That is they are not the only people that don’t get paid upfront on this project. Neither the contents providers (publishers in Japan) nor we (Digital Manga) would get paid upfront. This is the venture where all 3 parties involved  share the “risk” and “revenue”  although the level of the share varies meaning it won’t be that translators get the 1/3 of the revenue. That is something I would have to figure out based on a level of the contribution that each party makes to the overall venture.
 
We are not looking for a cheap labor but looking for the people who have  passion to read more manga titles and this venture may be the only way to make that happen.
 
Hikaru
 
Hikaru Sasahara
hikaru@emanga.com
President
 
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Digital Manga, Inc. – http://www.digitalmanga.com
1487 West 178th Street, Suite 300
Gardena, CA 90248

Tel: 310.817.8010 x100
Fax: 310.817.8018

So what do you think? Does this change how you feel about his project or merely add more questions/concerns? He's listening so if you want to be heard, speak up! You've all been doing great so far! Keep the wank to a minimum though. You know who you are. :-)

~Jennifer LeBlanc

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As a continuation of Global Boys' Love Month, I recently interviewed HamletMachine from the webcomic and recently self-published  Starfighter (which I just reviewed). Enjoy!

Since I’m currently featuring “GloBL” artists, can you share with us what country you’re from?
 
-Sure! I'm from the United States. Born and raised in NYC. 
 
Why HamletMachine?

-Years and years ago, a friend of mine told me about a theater production she had seen of Die Hamletmaschine, by Heiner Müller and I think my brain nearly exploded from the pleasure of hearing those words together. I'm a big fan of Shakespeare and robots, so I kept the handle, as it embodies so much of what I love!  
 
Your current project is Starfighter. Are you both the writer and the artist for it?

-Yes. 
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It looks like Ai no Kotodama by Keiko Konno will be getting a second live-action remake. Ai no Kotodama, also known as Words of Devotion was published by June in 2007 and was two volumes. This new live action will be called Ai no Kotodama: Sekai no Hate Made or Words of Devotion: To the End of the World and will focus on two new characters. The director will be Satoshi Kanedo, who is also directing a live-action remake of Hyouta Fijuyama's Pure Heart, also known as Junjo. So much live-action boys' love, so little time!

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I was recently reading through some of the comments over at AarinFantasy in the news posting for the Ai no Kusabi remake and things are looking pretty grim. Per some of the comments, it appears the project ran into financial difficulties, there was a dissolution of the production team in April and the staff blog hasn't been updated since 4-12-10. Also, the running text at the top of the page was updated to remove "Spring 2010" as well as "13 OVA's".  If anyone has any other news or can go to the Ai no Kusabi site or any other site to confirm this information, I'd appreciate it. Feel free to note anything you find in comments below. If I hear anything different, I'll keep you posted.

~Jennifer LeBlanc

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