In our review of the first volume of Limit —an unconventional shoujo manga by Keiko Suenobu—we decided to kick it off by keeping the cat in the bag as much as possible. Well, if you're still reading then hopefully you're well aware of Limit 's …Read more »
Fans of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind take heed: a new and beautiful deluxe box set of the manga has been released. The seven-volume manga has been put into two large hardcover books that fit together in a brightly colored slipcase. Both volumes …Read more »
Joey Jones is a good kid. He goes to school, holds a job, and is a loyal friend. That doesn't change the fact that he still feels powerless. He wants to be a hero—he wants to help people where he can—but he lacks the power. …Read more »
Digital Manga Publishing stepped out of the mainstream by licensing Barbara (and funding it on Kickstarter), because while it’s from Osamu Tezuka, it’s a strange, unconventional title. But readers ought to be very grateful, since Barbara is a fascinating, thought-provoking read, and has never been …Read more »
Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan ( Shingeki no Kyojin ) is a curious beast, and not just because it's a manga series populated with curious beasts. It originally started serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in 2009, and it's a series that truly leans on …Read more »
The Durarara!! manga starts out in a very scatterbrained way, jumping us around from different characters and scenes, which at first is jarring and confusing. However, by the end of the volume it’s smoothing itself out and getting more interesting, so you can see why …Read more »
Shonen Jump Alpha , Viz Media's digital home for everyone's weekly Shonen Jump manga fix, is continuing to add incentives for new readers to hop aboard. Previously you kind of had to be knee-deep in long-running series like Naruto , One Piece , Bleach , …Read more »
Let's go ahead and get the obvious out of the way: Sakuran is a completely gorgeous manga from beginning to end. The art of Moyoco Anno— Sugar Sugar Rune , Happy Mania , wife of director Hideaki Anno ( Evangelion )—has its own flow and …Read more »
The cruelty continues in volume two of The Flowers of Evil , by Shuzo Oshimi ( Drifting Net Cafe ). Pure, unadulterated elation mixes potently with a maddening telltale heart as Kasuga embarks on a dream date with his school crush, Saeki. Despite all the …Read more »
Oddly enough, the third volume of Toru Fujisawa's GTO: 14 Days in Shonan turned out to be a perfect Father's Day read, because it kicks off with the resolution of the storyline that finds former troublemaker Miki Katsuragi reconnecting with her dad. Everything's rosy at …Read more »
Beyond the specifics, The Flowers of Evil will probably contain at least some aspects of life to which most can relate. Takao Kasuga is a middle-schooler who isn't quite like his peers. He keeps to himself, finding joys in leisure-time entertainment others around him would …Read more »
Maria Kawai, the lead character of A Devil and Her Love Song , remains an enigma for the first volume. She’s been expelled from her previous school — for beating someone up, apparently — and at her new high school, she’s quickly the victim of …Read more »
With the second collection of GTO: 14 Days in Shonan upon us, we're out of the setup stage and ready for a full volume of Shonan antics. It's not all Onizuka running around beating up punks with a horse mask on his head, however. Things …Read more »
There are numerous anime/manga series that are hugely popular in Europe, but not particularly well known in North America. Amongst the series that earn more appreciation across the pond is Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure . Much of Europe loves Araki’s magnum opus, and Araki …Read more »
The 12th and final volume of Kou Yaginuma's Twin Spica manga is upon us at last, and it's a bittersweet farewell to a series that hopefully hasn't fallen under the radar for too many. It's a rare treat to follow a story from beginning to …Read more »
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