Pick of the Week: Men, Magi, & Mecha
It’s a relatively subdued week in new manga, but the Battle Robot has no trouble picking out a few highly-anticipated gems. What looks good to you this week?
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Finding Manga: Library Love
Support manga, support your library! I recently came to the decision to retire my bimonthly Library Love feature. With the slogan "Support manga, support your library!," Library Love was a way for … [Read More...]
Bookshelf Briefs 12/9/13
This week, Sean, Anna, & Michelle look at recent releases from Seven Seas and Viz Media. Alice Love Fables: Toy Box | By QuinRose and Mamenosuke Fujimaru | Seven Seas - This is pretty much what … [Read More...]
My Week in Manga: December 2-December 8, 2013
My News and Reviews I posted two reviews here at Experiments in Manga last week. The honor of the first in-depth manga review for December goes to Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's Mobile Suit Gundam: The … [Read More...]
One Piece, Vol. 69
By Eiichiro Oda. Released in Japan by Shueisha, serialization ongoing in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. Released in North America by Viz. The majority of this volume of One Piece is composed of … [Read More...]
The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan
Author: Ivan Morris Publisher: Kurodahan Press ISBN: 9784902075502 Released: September 2013 Original release: 1975 In some ways, Ivan Morris' The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the … [Read More...]
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Vol. 3: Ramba Ral
Creator: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Original story: Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate U.S. publisher: Vertical ISBN: 9781935654971 Released: September 2013 Original release: 2007 Although I have been … [Read More...]
Weekly Shonen Jump Recap: November 11-25, 2013
It's another one of those weeks, where I must apologize for galavanting about being a responsible adult and not making time to write about manga. For this I sincerely apologize. And to save you all … [Read More...]
Happy Marriage, Vol. 3 & Demon Love Spell, Vol. 5
Happy Marriage Volume 3 I continue to enjoy Maki Enjoji's series about an office lady who abruptly finds herself married to a seemingly cold and domineering company president. Chiwa and Hokuto have … [Read More...]
Manga the Week of 12/11
SEAN: A fairly quiet Week 2 for this last month of 2013, with just a few tasty morsels of manga to take in while you drink eggnog. MICHELLE: Mmm, eggnog. MELINDA: Gimme. ANNA: Woo … [Read More...]
Soul Eater, Vol. 17
By Atsushi Ohkubo. Released in Japan by Square Enix, serialization ongoing in the magazine Shonen Gangan. Released in North America by Yen Press. One of the most enjoyable things about Soul Eater … [Read More...]
