Manga Village

Recently I ran a comics camp for boys and girls ages nine to twelve. For one week, these kids dove into comics like you wouldn’t believe. They drew and drew and drew, and drew some more. We talked about character, plot, action, but also visual elements like panels, word balloons, speed or emotive lines, and how to draw eyes and mouths to show what your character is thinking. By Shinji Saijyo Publisher: DRMaster Age Rating: 13+ Genre: ...

Recently I ran a comics camp for boys and girls ages nine to twelve. For one week, these kids dove into comics like you wouldn’t believe. They drew and drew and drew, and drew some more. We talked about character, plot, action, but also visual elements like panels, word balloons, speed or emotive lines, and how to draw eyes and mouths to show what your character is thinking. By: Shinji Saijyo Publisher: DR Master Age Rating: 13+ Genre...

Convinced that finding the jewel of the Dragon God will release the Kuroishi family from their curse, Megumi and Suzuka travel to China together.  Will they succeed in their mission and finally break the captive spell? By Matsuri Hino Publisher: Viz Media – Shojo Beat Age Rating: Teen Genre: Comedy/Romance Price: $8.99 In this final volume of Captive Hearts, Megumi and Suzuka go to China to fulfill the Kogami family’s contr...

When the kingdom of Arbansbool is invaded, the prince escapes with a handful of his closest attendants. But these aren’t just any attendants. They’re all maids whose job is to pour tea, not raise an army and help the prince reclaim his throne. Now chief maid Cacao Sardonyx and her five colleagues must take up arms and save a kingdom in this skirt-slashing, tea-spilling epic! Originally reviewed by Dan Polley By RAN Publisher: Del Re...

Short Tempered Melancholic is a series of one-shot shojo stories. Unlike many manga, which span multiple volumes with twisting and turning plot arcs, ever evolving characters and increasingly complex storyline additions, Short Tempered Melancholic is a piece of work that stands on its own – more importantly, it is 4 separate works that all stand on their own. By Arina Tanemura Publisher: Viz Media – Shojo Beat Age Rating: 13+ Ge...

Negima! started as a popular manga by Ken Akamatsu that was then made into a popular anime that has been made back again into a popular manga with the title Negima?! neo. From reading about the breakdown of this new title’s history it sounds a little like a back translation. In the translation business a back translation is sometimes requested by a client and it means that after a translation is done (say Japanese to English) the ...

Sanshiro’s chances of having an adventure are slim to none in his tiny island hometown, until the day a mysterious stranger invites him to play a game… Without warning, Sanshiro is taken to a backwards universe to play BakeGyamon-a game pitting monsters against monsters.  Along the way he meets other players who have a particular reason for being there-to obtain the wish that is granted to the winner.  But how far can Sans...

Students at Imperial Academy are lining up for the “Confess Your Love” rally, during with students announce the name of the person they love to the entire student body in hopes of winning over their beloved’s heart. Maora wants to confess to Maguri, but Maguri already has plans to confess to Shizumasa! By Arina Tanemura Publisher: Viz Media – Shojo Beat Genre: Romance Rating: Teen + Price: $8.99 Unless you’ve got a score c...

I’ve somehow made an amazing new friend. He seems so… mature. And so composed. Could he really use a friend like me? By Yuno Ogami Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Age Rating: M/Mature/18+ Genre: BL/Yaoi Price: $12.95 or FREE at www.emanga.com Half-Japanese businessman Micah Ryu Remmington is notorious for being cold-hearted and ruthless in the pursuit of profit, but while he’s in Japan on business he indulges his s...

Series Description: Four of China’s supremely skilled detectives – Emotionless, Iron Hand, Life Snatcher, and Cold Blooded – loyally serve their Master Zhuge Zhen-Wo, the head bodyguard and advisor for China’s all-powerful Emperor. Entrusted by the Emperor with the power to arrest and execute any corrupt officials or lawless criminals within the Chinese Empire, these Imperial Constables act as protectors, using t...