Wanted: Manga Movable Feast-Arrr!
Manga Movable Feast , Reviews , Shojo Beat , Themed Manga / September 19, 2012

Arr, it be that time o’ year again. Aye matey, it be Talk Like o’ Pirate Day! To shiver yer timbers, I be reviewin’ a pirate manga that also be fittin’ in ta da Movable Manga Feast this month. So grab yerself a bottle o’ rum ‘n find out about Wanted Arrrr… In the Mediterranean at the end of the 17th century, former songstress Armeria disguises herself as a boy and boards the ship of the pirate Skulls–the man who kidnapped Luce, her first love. Captain Skulls is arrogant, violent, and a skirt chaser! And unfortunately for Armeria, he discovers she’s a woman… By Matsuri Hino Publisher: Viz Media – Shojo Beat Age Rating: Older Teen Genre: Romance Price: $8.99 Rating: My introduction to Hino’s work was through the serialization of her most current title Vampire Knight in Shojo Beat. I really didn’t care for it, so when this volume came out, I had little interest in it. But, curiosity got the better of me, and I picked it up. I am slightly surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did, but it is about as different from Vampire Knight as night is to day. The thing I…

This Week in Manga 9/12-9/18/09
News / September 19, 2009

Arrrrr.  It be the news. Shelf Porn! Found via Twitter. @MagicalEmi shared a picture of her manga collection.  Now just think this whole thing is squeezed into a two room apartment.  Not two bedroom, two room.  All these bookshelves also explains how she can keep up her website Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page.  I hope she’s got those bookshelves secured to the wall, or isn’t home when the Big One hits.   Thanks for sharing!  I need to take a pic of the shiny new bookcases my husband built for our books and manga.