I just got this in my email today. I’ve been buying stuff from Deepdiscout.com ever since they were Deepdiscountdvd.com. But they’ve expanded, starting last year to include books, cds, games and even cell phones! But it’s mostly dvds I buy, with the occasional manga when the price is right. Starting today, until 8/17/08 (Sunday, 11:59PM CST), they are having a 5-for-4 sale on select (very select) Tokyopop titles....
Dark Metro Volume 1 Story by Tokyo Calen; Art by Yoshiken Publisher: Tokyopop Age Rating: Older Teen Genre: Horror Price: $9.99 Rating: What lies below Tokyo’s subway system is more frightening than you could have ever imagined…in its subways there exists a boundary between this world and the next–the land of the dead, and the mysterious young man Seiya is its guide. In this collection of bone-chilling shorts, follow t...
We’ve made a few changes at Manga Village. First and foremost, it that you can now enjoy manga and comics reviews M-F! You will find a new review every day. And don’t just check the manga. John’s been busy with some comics reviews. So check them out while they’re hot! This weeks starts out with Charles Tan finishing the horror title Gyo Volume 2 from Viz. I bring some rockin’ Pirate action with ...
AS I promised, here are a few reviews of some Tokyopop titles. There won’t be too many more though, as they keep canceling my favorite titles. I’m down at least three titles so far, and the bad news just keeps coming… Oh well, I’ll just have to enjoy what I’ve for as long as it lasts....
I have no doubt about that now, after going through the Previews for July. I’ve been able to keep my ordering down, and mostly reasonable by counting on my “must have” series’ not coming up in the same month. Until this month. And it’s all Viz’s fault....
The Japanese are at it again… Digital manga via Nintendo devices is in the news again. This time though, it’s from the people that it matters most; the manga publishers. From a news article from Manga Jouhou, the four largest manga publishers Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha, and Shogakukan have formed a joint venture with a software house that will bring digital manga to the Wii console. The venture is called Librica an...
I’ve added a new page to help parents (or anyone else interested) in finding all ages manga from all the manga publishers available. Publishers don’t make it very obvious which of their books are for everyone. Sometimes I had to dig two or three pages deep to find it. So, I decided to make this page so that there’s all in one place. Keep checking the page, as I will update it as I find more new manga. I’l...
The Palette of 12 Secret Colors By Nari Kusakawa Publisher: CMX Age Rating: E Genre: Fantasy/slice of life Price: $9.99 Rating: On the island of Opal live the world’s most colorful birds. The birds have attracted a school for aspiring “Palettes” – wizards who have the ability to borrow color from one object and paint its qualities on to another. Young Cello has the potential to be a great Palette, but she jus...
It’s a double dose of Manga Village reviews this week, since i was so busy with SDCC (and recovering from) that I forgot to post them last week! SDCC was fun, except for the crowds, which don’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. Some things are still worth fighting the crowds for though. On to reviews! Dan Polley gets things started with Kasumi Volume 1 from Del Rey. John Thomas has some Me and the Devil Blues...
The Viz Media panel was the only manga related panel I chose to go for a few reasons. One, we were short on time since we were commuting, Thursday only had two that held any relation to manga, and none of industry, and I wasn’t impressed with the Shonen Jump Panel last year. It was all cheer leading, and no real news. And they tricked me this year! Last year the Viz industry panel was on Thursday, thus one of the impetus t...
Well, we got through another day, filled with even more people and more lines. Yesterday, we had to spend an hour in line and just barely got to see the Dexter panel. Today, it took 30-45 minutes on the shuttle to get to the convention center. We got there at 10:15, and was 30 minutes early to see the Stargate panels. We were able to get in only because they were the first panels of the day, and we still were in the back. We wai...
Well, we survived the first day of the Con. It was crowded, as I predicted, and it’s only the first day! Moving through the Exhibit Hall was difficult at times and nearly all the panels had a minimum 1 hour wait, and you still weren’t guaranteed to get in. We ended up missing the Doctor Who/Torchwood panel, so instead we spent most of the day in the Exhibit Hall. We took lots of pictures, and I’ll be posting so...