Summer is nearly gone, kids and college students are going back to school, and Manga Village has more great reviews for you! Btw, how do you like the full color version of the banner? Isn’t it great? Wouldn’t you like something just as great for your blog/website? Then go check out Kuriosity, Lissa Patillo’s blog and help you with her college costs! This week Charles Tan starts us out with his take on Gantz Vol...
Yen Plus Publisher: Yen Press Age Rating: Older Teen Genre: Anthology Price: $8.99 Picking up where I left off last post, the OEL/Korean side starts out with lots of ads, mostly for Yen Press and related, as well as some other company ads. Since this is the side that read like normal for Americans, they probably thought they were best placed here....
Yen Plus Publisher: Yen Press Age Rating: Older Teen Genre: Anthology Price: $8.99 I was excited to hear last year at the Yen Press inaugural panel as SDCC that they would be publishing an anthology. I really like by Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat, as they give me an opportunity to sample lots of different manga at an affordable price. At that panel, Kurt Hassler promised the anthology would be ready by the next SDCC. And, low and beh...
When I was in High School, I wanted to learn Japanese. My Dad thought I was crazy, since he didn’t see any future in knowing the language. Unfortunately for me, my High School and Junior College didn’t offer it as a course. Only the four year college did, and by the time I got there, I was already set in my major and didn’t have time to fit it in. I still feel some twinges of regret not being able to learn the ...
Even though it’s the dog days of August, you won’t find the Manga Village crew laying around like lazy bouts! The week starts off with the final volume of another Viz horror manga, Uzumaki Volume 3 by Charles Tan. I jump back a couple of volumes to review Godchild Volume 6, also from Viz. Dan Polley takes us over to Del Rey for Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution Volume 7. John Thomas finishes the week with another clas...
This past year, anime companies have been claiming that fansubs are killing the anime industry as we know it in the US. The people involved with dubs are especially vocal about this, the producers, directors and actors, since it is their side of production that is most affected. Here’s a thought for these people; instead of crying doom and gloom for the anime industry, why don’t they try an area that fansubs CAN’T ...
Warriors: The Rise of Scourge Written by Erin Hunter and Dan Jolley Art by Bettina Kurkoski Publisher: Tokyopop (Harper Collins) Age Rating: Y (10+) Genre: Fantasy Price: $6.99 Rating: Storyline: Tiny, a small kit with a loving mother and two siblings that dislike him, at one point, visited the forest. He was attacked by the patrol from Thunderclan (Tigerstar attacked him) and Bluefur pulled them away. Tiny went to the city in fear of b...
You know, I am really getting tired of these parents “outraged” by things they find in their kids’ rooms and feel the need to blame someone else for it. The latest is, of course, the man in Oregon who found his 12 year old son had checked out some mature rated manga from a public library. My question about all this, as a parent myself, is this; why is he blaming the library and not his son? In the news report, he s...
The Mysterians Volume 1 Story by Jay Antani, Art by Matt Hentshel Publisher: Tokyopop Age Rating: Older Teen Genre: Sci-Fi Price: $9.99 Rating: My name is Vox. I am the last surviving member of an underground resistance. Our mission: Expose and destroy a vast and sinister plot to take over planet Earth. Aliens have infiltrated the Earth’s entire political, industrial, military and socio-industrial complex. They are determined to e...
Dark Metro Volume 2 Story by Tony Calen; Art by Yoshiken Publisher: Tokyopop Age Rating: Older Teen Genre: Horror Price: $9.99 Rating: Terror awaits the people of Tokyo, with gruesome lessons only the dead can teach. In this second collection of shorts, a waitress at a maid café sparks jealousy. A mother who can’t handle the responsibility of raising her child commits a horrible crime. An ancient sword awakens a psychotic samurai...
Zombie Powder Volume 1 By Tite Kubo Publisher: Viz Media Rating: T+ (Older Teen) RRP: $7.99 Rating: Somewhere in the desert are the 12 Rings of the Dead. Anyone who can find all 12 can have the mysterious Zombie Powder, a substance that can raise the dead or give eternal life. Those who seek the rings are called Powder Hunters. One of these hunters is named Gamma Akutabi, a man with a metal hand, a 6-foot chainsaw and a price on h...
It’s the end of the week (thank goodness) and time to round up the hard work our reviews did. BTW, like the graphic at the top? It was drawn by Lissa Patillo of Kuri-osity, a former reviewer for us, who was so kind as to not only do all the artwork for Manga Village, but has allowed us to keep using it. Thanks Lissa! This week starts off again with Charles Tan looking at a modern classic Rurouni Kenshin VizBIG Volume 2 from ...