Manga Village

Every week, the Manga Villagers will go through the new releases for the week and pick out the titles they are most looking forward to reading. Whether it’s buying or just window shopping, check out what we’re looking at every week!

Every week, the Manga Villagers will go through the new releases for the week and pick out the titles they are most looking forward to reading. Whether it’s buying or just window shopping, check out what we’re looking at every week! Alex: This is a huge week for Viz – they’ve released a ton of good manga, including the 20th volume of Kaze Hikaru, a series that is woefully unappreciated. They’ve also got the 13th volume of Bakuman out this week, and now that they have gone day and date with their digital offerings, I’ll be grabbing my volume on the Viz Manga store. Not to be left out Kodansha is releasing the 6th volume of Sailor Moon to comic stores this week, and Vertical is releasing the second volume of Flowers of Evil. All in all, a great week for manga! Lori: Kodansha has already got me with Fairy Tail and Deltora Quest, but Viz is neck and neck with the latest Bakuman and the penultimate volume of La Corda d’ Oro. Yes, it is a guilty pleasure. Kamisama Kiss is another title I want to take a closer look at. With an anime slated for the fall, it…

Every week, the Manga Villagers will go through the new releases for the week and pick out the titles they are most looking forward to reading. Whether it’s buying or just window shopping, check out what we’re looking at every week!

It’s a new month with a whole new slew of manga to check out! Kodansha makes another strong showing with several volume 1s including the all ages title Animal Land, and the sci-fi title Mardock Scramble. Vertical releases their requisite zombie title Velveteen and Mandala, and Viz releases their monthly wave of shonen and shojo titles including Black Bird, One Piece, Naruto, and the next Pokemon: Black and White.