Fans of the UK manga movement will be pleased to hear that <strong>Sonia Leong</strong>'s global manga adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (<strong>"Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet</strong>") <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-18/witchblade-manga-nominated-for-harvey-award">has been nominated</a> for a 2008 Harvey Award in the Best American Edition of Foreign Material category. The nominations and winners are selected by US comic book professionals and amongst others, the novel will be up against Japanese manga Witchblade Takeru.
It's worth noting that these nominations haven't exactly been greeted with much (if any) enthusiasm by the manga community itself, <a href="http://manga.about.com/b/2008/06/21/say-what-harvey-awards-nominate-witchblade-manga.htm">with</a> <a href="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/20/can-the-harveys-be-saved/">many</a> <a href="http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/pardon-my-dwelling/">noted</a> <a href="http://tcj.com/journalista/?p=624">critics</a> <a href="http://www.mangablog.net/?p=1620">slamming</a> the selections as "disappointing" and "incredibly mediocre".
It's worth noting that these nominations haven't exactly been greeted with much (if any) enthusiasm by the manga community itself, <a href="http://manga.about.com/b/2008/06/21/say-what-harvey-awards-nominate-witchblade-manga.htm">with</a> <a href="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/20/can-the-harveys-be-saved/">many</a> <a href="http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/pardon-my-dwelling/">noted</a> <a href="http://tcj.com/journalista/?p=624">critics</a> <a href="http://www.mangablog.net/?p=1620">slamming</a> the selections as "disappointing" and "incredibly mediocre".
