Welcome to another installment of On The Shelf! We've got a count of thirteen books out there for the superstition-inclined—could that have anything to do with the darker themes permeating my top picks this week? Who knows... yet even if the content falls on the …Read more »
Kodansha Comics is giving readers a second shot at another series this week as they serve up their first omnibus volume of Kitchen Princess . Drawn by Natsumi Ando—who recent shoujo readers may recognize from her series, Arisa — Kitchen Princess is about a young …Read more »
Summer convention season is taking off with multiple events this past weekend. Between Fanime and Anime North, it feels like everyone knows someone who's attended an anime con recently! At the time of writing this article, the cons are still ongoing, so I'm not sure …Read more »
Dark Horse provides some eye-candy to start out the week with Bride of the Water God (Vol.11). A pretty cover preludes a dark interior, however. Habaek and Soah are finally reunited, but they've got a lot of things to work through before they can find …Read more »
I'm back from the Toronto Comics Art Festival, which took place this past weekend, and I'm charged for comics! I returned with a stack of manga and an even bigger stack of original works from artists all around the world. It was indeed a great …Read more »
It's a two publisher week with Gen Manga and Viz Media starting off our manga this month. And don't forget, once you've sated your manga desire with this week's releases, this upcoming Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! Viz Media and Yen Press each have …Read more »
The end of the month is usually light on releases so no surprise the list is a bit short this week. Good things come in small packages, though, and boy can they pack a punch. A perfect example is Kodansha's release of Gon (Vol.05) – …Read more »
Oh My Goddess (Vol.41) is the first featured title this week and its synopsis implies it could be the most interesting manga spectacle of the week, as well – Belldandy will be engaging in hand to hand combat! As Keichii and co continue their travels …Read more »
It's been a year's wait but CLAMP fans looking for another Dark Horse double-dip will be pleased to see Magic Knight Rayearth (Vol.02) on store shelves this week. At 640 pages, this is the second and last volume of the collected series returning us to …Read more »
It's the end of another manga era this week with the last of Bandai Entertainment's manga trickling out into the market. Today it's the last volumes of Code Geass: Knight and Code Geass: Queen . With the company no longer producing new content – and …Read more »
Oldies but goodies seems to be the theme of this week. We've got a series long in the waiting for a new volume and several new editions of previously released titles well worth the second chance. Add on top some full-color craziness and some continuing …Read more »
It's that time again – new manga time! The past month has been so full of new manga license announcements that it's almost too easy to let your mind drift to the future and forget the present. Good thing a visit to your book buying …Read more »
The weather's finally warming up around here – spring is in the air! That means it's time to do some spring cleaning and in my home that means going through the manga bookshelves and doing some much needed pruning. Someday I'd love to live somewhere …Read more »
I don't indulge in nearly as much anime as I do in manga, but the Fate/Zero boxset released yesterday sure is tempting... It's a tough decision to make though when one half-series boxset will cost you double the combined total of every book released this …Read more »
This past weekend was North America's only convention dedicated solely to manga, MangaNext. What an amazing sounding convention by concept alone! I heard it went well and looks to have had some fantastic guests. Any of our Otaku USA readers get to attend? It wasn't …Read more »
Lissa Pattillo
