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 History of Japan could be considered a companion of sorts to his earlier work The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan. While The World […]
License Roundup – Seven Seas
Seven Seas has put out so many press releases lately that I kept waiting for it to stop before I could do a post summing it all up. Luckily, we seem to be in a lull, so let’s see what they have in the way of 2014 manga for us. D-Frag! is a Comic Alive […]
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 aware of the massively popular and influential Gundam franchise for quite some time, my first real introduction to Gundam was through Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s manga series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. […]
New licenses from Seven Seas; Yen Press shutters Yen Plus
Seven Seas has announced a slew of new licenses in the past few weeks: two Haganai spinoffs Haganai: Club Minutes and Haganai: Now with 50% More Fail, both collections of short stories; two new Strike Witches licenses, Strike Witches: 1937 Fuso Sea Incident and Strike Witches: The Sky That Connects Us; and I Am Alice: […]
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 from having to read through three separate reviews I say we keep things simple this week and just give a […]
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 gradually grown closer over the first two volumes of this series, and the relationship continues to develop further in the third volume. Chiwa […]
Harlequin manga special on emanga.com
I don’t usually run press releases, unless I think the press release is INCREDIBLY AWESOME! I am very excited to see new Harlequin manga coming to emanga.com! Come celebrate with us!! It’s a Harlequin Holiday on eManga.com! Gardena, CA. (December 5, 2013) Digital Manga Publishing Inc., one of the industry’s most unconventional and innovative publishers […]
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 hoo! SEAN: If you like all the wacky misunderstandings, school romance, and tsunderes of shoujo manga, but would like it with […]
Manga Giveaway: Fairy Tail Feast Winner
And the winner of the Fairy Tail Feast is…Janaye! As the winner, Janaye will be receiving copies of volumes thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two of Hiro Mashima’s manga series Fairy Tail as well as a copy of the movie Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess. Since Fairy Tail recently reached thirty volumes in English, I asked everyone participating […]
Giveaway Winner!
The winner of my 5 Volume 1 Giveaway is Justin, commenter #4. Congrats! I asked what people would most like to give or get for the holidays and a variety of series were mentioned, just in case you want some additional ideas for manga related gifts: Alice in the Country of Clover Drunken Dream Heart […]
