Chi’s Sweet Home is a real one-of-a-kind manga. It’s not every day you find a manga that can entertain children and adults equally well, without either feeling patronized. It’s adorable—but not in the way that can be annoying—as well as refreshing and sweet. Chi …Read more »
When something bad happens, a person might say, “Well, it’s not the end of the world.” But with the anime X , it is the end of the world. Armageddon. The end of days. X comes to us from a manga written by CLAMP, the …Read more »
When I first beheld the title of this TV series, my heart soared: Finally, an anime version of Benson ! Obviously, that isn't the case, as Black Butler is based on a popular shonen manga rather than a hoary old sitcom starring Robert Gillaume. I also need …Read more »
Milton's magical mystery tour of Japan kicks off properly in the second volume of Felipe Smith's Peepo Choo , and it does so with the shocking screech of harsh reality. Having recently arrived with the hot-tempered, otaku-hating Jody, Milton is more than eager to "communicate" …Read more »
Dr. Black Jack can come off as quite the shrewd son of a gun when it comes to money, and he'll be the first to admit it. As he says in the story "Operation of the Spirit," for instance, "I've even operated on a mummy …Read more »
While Sonic the Hedgehog thrashes about in one of the many foster homes he's been carelessly transferred to over the years, the blue blur's original creator, Yuji Naka, has moved on rather gracefully. His latest creation also happens to involve a cartoon critter, but Ivy …Read more »
It really is about who you know. Through an amazing chain of unlikely events, I got to see the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie, fully subtitled in English, three and half weeks before my plane ticket says I’m flying to Japan for the December 1 …Read more »
The first volume of Dragon Ball Z Kai ended as a cliffhanger, with Goku and Vegeta decking it out. The second volume, which contains thirteen episodes, gets right into the action. Though this is supposed to be Dragon Ball Z without the filler, there’s …Read more »
Xam'd: Lost Memories is a show that's taken a curious route to reach the anime-loving public. It first dropped in June of 2008, as a launch-day exclusive for Sony's new Playstation Network online service. This is interesting not just because it makes Xam'd an early …Read more »
Arisa isn’t as pretty and cutesy as it might appear. I mean, it is pretty and cutesy—look at that art—with lots of big eyes and exaggerated tones. I’m saying the storyline isn’t as pretty and cutesy as one might expect from looking at the illustrations. …Read more »
March Story has a simple title and a cover illustration that looks sweet and flowery, as if it could be aimed at younger readers. Don’t be mistaken. This is a dark, hypnotic and complex manga. In fact, it has gruesome enough images to earn it …Read more »
Some journalists are content sitting behind their computers and working. Not Arakawa. After writing about Hinamizawa—a supposedly cursed Japanese village where the people were all killed one night—he decides to visit the ghost town himself. He’s warned not to, but all he can do is …Read more »
Natsume Ono has developed quite the diverse collection of works for herself thus far. Though not all of them will be everyone's cup of tea, both the subject matters and styles are suitably diverse—from the haphazard linework of the relentlessly depressing not simple to the …Read more »
If you were an anime fan in the mid-nineties, it’s likely you ran across Armitage III . A cyberpunk tale in the vein of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell , Armitage III was once so synonymous with “anime” that it was featured as …Read more »
The gourmet-hunting adventure of Toriko and his ever-endangered companion Komatsu mines deeper into madness in volume two, and the stakes continue to be raised in true shonen fashion. In fact, this volume is loaded with just enough strongman antics and beasts bursting to the brim …Read more »
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