Pick of the Week: Shounen & Seinen
There’s quite a bit to choose from this week in new manga, but the Battle Robot lines up for a combination of new seinen and older shounen—especially favoring omnibus re-releases. What looks good to you this week?
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My Week in Manga: March 3-March 9, 2014
My News and Reviews Last week the Smuggler Giveaway Winner was announced. As usual, I took the opportunity to compile a list. In this case, I pulled together some of the manga licensed in English … [Read More...]
Bookshelf Briefs 3/10/14
This week, Sean and Michelle check out recent releases from Viz Media and Kodansha Comics. Midnight Secretary, Vol. 4 | By Tomu Ohmi | Viz Media - This is a volume of two halves. In the first … [Read More...]
Real, Vol. 2
Creator: Takehiko Inoue U.S. publisher: Viz Media ISBN: 9781421519906 Released: October 2008 Original release: 2002 Awards: Japan Media Arts Award Although I wouldn't necessarily consider … [Read More...]
Insufficient Direction
By Moyoco Anno. Released in Japan as "Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki" by Shodensha, serialized in the magazine Feel Young. Released in North America by Vertical. The North American market has been enjoying … [Read More...]
Toradora, Vol. 6
By Yuyuko Takemiya and Zekkyo. Released in Japan by ASCII Media Works, serialization ongoing in the magazine Dengeki Daioh. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Given how impossible it is for … [Read More...]
Blade of the Immortal, Vol. 28: Raining Chaos
Creator: Hiroaki Samura U.S. publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781616553210 Released: January 2014 Original release: 2011 Awards: Eisner Award, Japan Media Arts Award Raining Chaos is the … [Read More...]
Manga the Week of 3/12
SEAN: There's a lot of new titles here next week, so it's a great one if you want to start off a series. Even if two of those are spinoffs of an already existing series. And one is a re-release … [Read More...]
Phantom Thief Jeanne, Vol 1
Phantom Thief Jeanne Volume 1 by Arina Tanemura Phantom Thief Jeanne is by far my favorite Arina Tanemura series. It is also one of her earlier ones, since it came out in 1998. It might be less … [Read More...]
Weekly Shonen Jump Recap: March 3, 2014
It's so easy to be pessimistic about manga. Except for this week, even working to my full ability I couldn't find any reason to be overly enraged at any of the chapters, so I'm afraid you'd just be … [Read More...]
Blood Lad, Vol. 4
By Yuuki Kodama. Released in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, serialization ongoing in the magazine Young Ace. Released in North America by Yen Press. In the new Blood Lad omnibus, a lot of big things … [Read More...]
