Pick of the Week: Sunny & Other Stories
New manga is plentiful this week, including at least one exciting debut and a slew of old favorites. Choices are tough, but the gang’s picks are clear. What looks good to you this week?
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Off the Shelf: Basara, MMF Edition
MELINDA: It's time once again for the Manga Moveable Feast, this month featuring the works of Yumi Tamura and hosted at Tokyo Jupiter. Though three of her manga have been published in English by Viz … [Read More...]
Yumi Tamura: Two Artbooks
For this month’s MMF, I wanted to review something a little different—two new artbooks by Yumi Tamura. While they’re not available in English, they are fairly easy to find, and Tamura’s … [Read More...]
License This! 7 Seeds by Tamura Yumi
Well, since everyone's talking about Tamura Yumi and I just recently finished reading the newest volume of 7 Seeds, I think I will talk today about how some US company really, really, REALLY needs to … [Read More...]
Fanservice Friday: Draco Malfoy & the Blue King
(Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Yumi Tamura's Basara and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.) Confession time: Some of you may have gleaned this from our fanfiction … [Read More...]
Manga the Week of 5/29
SEAN: The rest of the world is getting Yen next week, so feel free to add their books here. The rest of the pile is fairly muted, though as always, not without interest. Air Gear is one of those … [Read More...]
Weekly Shonen Jump Recap: May 20, 2013
It's actually been a while since the last time we had just a regular issue of Weekly Shonen Jump. As far as I can remember the past few weeks have included a few monthly series here and there. So I … [Read More...]
It Came from the Sinosphere: Khóohái Lúsînliông
PUPPETS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4jEyGVDbI Ever since I started this column, I've hoped to eventually feature a Taiwanese puppet show. Well, the time has come. The Story This … [Read More...]
Cross Manage, Vol. 1
By Kaito. Released in Japan by Shueisha, serialization ongoing in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. Released in North America by Viz Media. Note: this is only available digitally right now. As I … [Read More...]
Neon Genesis Evangelion Omnibus, Vols. 7-9
By Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and GAINAX. Released in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in the magazine Shonen Ace. Released in North America by Viz Media. Well, the party's over. As if it weren't … [Read More...]
Kare First Love Vols 1-6
Kare First Love Volumes 1-3 by Kaho Miyasaka I was excited to see the first volume of Kare First Love pop up on Viz Digital. I thought this would be a good excuse for me to reread the series. I … [Read More...]
