Posted by: Shizuki in COSMODE
Hi blogger Shiz here.
I went to Virgin Megastore in Hollywood yesterday, and found COSMODE USA displayed with tokidoki merchandise.

I didn’t know Virgin had placed an order for the books, but I was a bit excited to see it at the store. tokidoki isn’t cosplay related, but I guess COSMODE USA will appeal to the same crowd? I hope so.
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Hi blogger Shiz here.
I wrote the Yaoi Con report on Industry Babble.
Yaoi Con 2008 Day 1
Yaoi Con 2008 Day 2
I met Pet on Duty manga artist Nase Yamato, but forgot to get autographs for the mailing list give-away… sorry!
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Hi, blogger Shiz here.
Sorry for being AWOL for almost 2 weeks. I was sick all of last week with some weird sinus-related cold-like illness. I’m not 100%, but I crawled into work since there’s a lot of bills to pay.
I need to catch up on the status of our production work. Where are we on everything? I’ll be sorting them all out today and tomorrow… so more posts coming soon!
Oh, I need to announce the winners of the last Broccoli Books fan club mailer, don’t I?
Busy, busy, busy.
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Hello, blogger Shiz here.
Broccoli Books fan club members:
Please answer this month’s question (sent in the Broccoli Books fan club mailing list) by adding a comment in this post.
Two winners will be selected by the Broccoli Books staff for a Di Gi Charat gift set!
Good luck!
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Hi blogger Shiz here.
Graphics assistant Cno updated the top banner of this blog w/ an image of Ky.
He’s preparing tsukimi dango, or dough balls for moon viewing in mid-September. Tsukimi = tsuki (moon) + mi(ru) (viewing) = moon viewing.
Mmmm, dango.
I liked them glazed with sweetened soy sauce.
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Posted by: Shizuki in E'S, Reviews
Hi blogger Shiz here.
ComicMix has been busy with our books.
They reviewed E’S vol 1 in their Sept 5 installment of Manga Friday.
Happy reading!
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Posted by: Shizuki in NUI

Hi blogger Shiz here.
Graphics assistant Cno is working on the extra pages for Nui vol 2, so freelance editor Hope can pick up the packet to start working on the edits.
There’s cute corgi puppies in this volume.
I’m generally a cat person, but lately I’ve been thinking dogs are pretty cute too. I’m not sure if my cat would like a dog living w/ her, though…
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Hi blogger Shiz here.
I missed a review that was sent to us by ComicMix. Whoops.
Comic Mix reviewed Koi Cupid vol 1 in their 8/22/08 issue of Manga Friday.
Happy reading!
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Hi blogger Shiz here.
Freelance editor Dee came by the office to work on the final touches of the My Dearest Devil Princess vol 3.
He selected three passages for the preview section, and we decided to go w/ the first sequence. It features Keita’s classmate Noroi. I’d like to describe him as a very Ranma 1/2-ish character. I think there was a character like him in the series… but I don’t really remember.
The other sequences were Chronos appearing (he’s one of Maki’s summons), and Maki getting drunk after drinking milk and yogurt. The latter (Maki drinking milk) was more ecchi & fan service-y, but I went with the comical Ranma 1/2-ish character. Sorry, guys.
I also went through to edit, and had freelance editor Dee re-write some of the lines.
And then he worked on the translation notes.
Oh, while we were editing, freelance editor Dee pointed out this frame

He first thought the text to the left was a note left there by manga artist Maika Netsu, since the lines of the chain-linked fence is missing. *laugh*
Natsuki is talking about drawing the track field lines… maybe we need to make it more clear.
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