Hey, look! An actual list this week! Seven Seas has some more omnibuses, so now is the time to check out these older titles at a great price. Vertical hits fans with some series WTF with their newest title, and Viz makes it rain Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat titles, including the final volume of Hikaru no Go, and the first of their 3-in-1 titles with Kekkaishi and Naruto. The List: SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT Blood Alone Omnibus Volume 1 TP, $15.99 **Weekly Pick** Gunslinger Girl Omnibus Volume 2 TP (Of 2), $15.99 **Weekly Pick** VERTICAL 7 Billion Needles Volume 4 GN, $10.95 **Weekly Pick** Lychee Light Club Volume 1 GN, $16.95 **Weekly Pick** VIZ MEDIA AI ORE Volume 1 Love Me GN, $12.99 Bakuman Volume 4 TP, $9.99 Black Bird Volume 8 GN, $9.99 Death Note Black Edition Volume 4 TP, $14.99 Genkaku Picasso Volume 3 GN, $9.99 **Weekly Pick** Gin Tama Volume 22 TP, $9.99 Haruka Beyond The Stream Of Time Volume 12 GN, $9.99 Hikaru no Go Volume 23 TP, $9.99 Kekkaishi 3-In-1 Edition Volume 1 GN, $14.99 Kimi ni Todoke From Me To You Volume 8 GN, $9.99 **Weekly Pick** Naruto 3-In-1 Edition Volume 1 GN,…
It’s…not much of a list again, so while we present this week’s releases, our picks are in honor of the Manga Movable Feast this week, which is all about Rumiko Takahashi’s works. Enjoy as our reviews pick their all-time favorite Takahashi title.
It’s a good, hefty list this week. Bandai shows up with the next volume of their Code Geass: Knights series. DMP has some non-yaoi for people to check out, including the latest Itazura Na Kiss, and Udon has the next volume of Silent Mobius. And then there’s the list of Signature books from Viz and a slue of titles from Yen. It looks like the pocket-book is going to take a beating.
It’s another exciting week in manga, and not always in a god way. Let’s start off with the good stuff though. Drawn and Quarterly finally releases Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, a title they announced at SDCC last year. It’s a semi-autobiographical account of the last days of WWII by Shigeru Mizuki, the creator of Gegege Kintaro. In a more cheerful light, Viz Media releases it’s Shonen Sunday titles, as well as the annual appearance of Excel Saga, a title that’s been coming out since 2003. And on to the sad news. This may be one of the last times that Tokyopop will show up on the list, as they have announced they will be closing their publishing division at the end of May. Some titles will be fortunate enough to end instead of just being cut off by this, including Future Diary, NG Life and Shinobi Life. Get those Tokyopop titles while you still can! The List: DRAWN AND QUARTERLY Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths GN, $24.95 **Weekly PIck** TOKYOPOP Future Diary Volume 10 GN (Of 10), $10.99 Gakuen Alice Volume 16 GN (Of 21), $10.99 Karakuri Odette Volume 6 GN (Of 6), $12.99 **Weekly PIck** Neko Ramen Volume…
As you can see from the list this week (below) there isn’t much to choose from, being a 5th Wednesday in the month. So, instead, we are going to make picks of our favorite manga that makes us laugh. It’s time to smile!
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.
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!
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.
It’s Viz’s week for their Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat releases. There are a couple of new titles in the mix, including Oresama Teacher, which is by the same creator as the infamously bad Magic Touch. There’s also a new Pokemon series starting, featuring Platinum with help from Diamond and Pearl. DMP has a new novel for fujoshi, and Vertical has a certain cute kitten prowling around with a volume.
Yen Press takes the spotlight this week with the majority of releases, including Yen Plus launch titles Higurashi: When They Cry, Sumomomo Momomo, and Soul Eater. Digital Manga keeps their fujoshi fans happy with more BL releases, while Viz brings out the second of its Death Note omnibuses.