A perfect inversion of Maria+Holic (i.e. a girl in a boys' school rather than a boy in a girls' school), with added conspiracies and shenanigans; extremely silly and very funny indeed....
For this month’s Manga Movable Feast, the reviewers of Manga Village got together to for a roundtable discussion of the featured books Aqua and Aria. Aria, and its prequel Aqua, is a science fantasy about a girl Akari Mizunashi, who goes to Aqua (previously Mars before terraforming) to become a Undine, or gondolier tour guide. It’s slow paced, with each chapter being a slice of life of Akari’s adventures in gondoliering, the c...
Yen Press takes the week with a list of titles that should please everyone, with some action, comedy, drama, moe, and vampires. For a very different kind of vampires, check out Seven Seas new OEL title Vampire Cheerleaders. Or if you’re more into Goddess for your supernatural ladies, Dark Horse has the next volume of Oh My Goddess....
Is it possible to look at a horrible life experience in a completely positive way? Hideo Azumi takes a shot at it, but the result is a varried and oftentimes disturbing autobiography that is mesmerizing. Read my review after the jump!...
Mistress Fortune is a light-hearted shojo one-shot that makes for a quick afternoon read. ...
I know this is late. It’s been a back-breaking week in RL, but I haven’t forgotten! We got seven entrants who all had great things to say. But sadly only one person can win. But take heart! We plan on doing more giveaways in the future, so if you don’t win this time, keep coming back and watching for more! Now, without further ado, the winner of Black Jack volumes 1-3, chosen by random, is…....
Very short list again this week, with Dark Horse continuing the crazy horror title Gantz and Viz bringing out the next volume of the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga adaptation of the anime. Persevere NGE manga fans!...
You’ve been asking for it. You’ve been clamboring for a new translation and unflipped editions of Sailor Moon, and finally all that hard work has paid off. Kodansha has heard you and replied as such:...
Russian student Raskolnikov is so fed up and desperate for cash that he resorts to pawning his possessions to a stingy old woman. When she cheats him out of money again and again, Raskolnikov decides that she doesn’t deserve to live and murders her with an axe. He gets away with the crime, but is so wracked with guilt that his manner and outlook on life change, though he never admits to his guilt even when questioned several t...
It’s nice when publishers start to come back to life. Seven Seas seems to be doing so with their new titles as well as omnibuses of older ones, so readers can catch up. Kodansha continues with their Akira reprint, but I can’t wait for their new titles to start coming out this summer! And it’s time for Viz’s Shonen Sunday and some Signature imprints to round things out....