Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Jason ThompsonTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayThis companion and handy reference guide to manga features extensive reviews and information on more than 900 different manga series, complete with background and stories, as...
Digging deep into a variety of titles once again, the manga review team has covered a new edition of our Small Bodied MangaReviews. Up on deck this week are looks at Del Rey\'s Basilisk, Seven Sea\'s Boogiepop Doesn\'t Laugh, CMX\'s Land of the Blindfold...
Even though it\'s a holiday here we\'re still kicking through a number of reviews and items today, including our weekly column of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This week is another diverse edition as Ed takes on Berserk from Dark Horse, Patricia with From E...
We\'ve got a few more mangareviews to get out there today and Mike\'s got a set that will help do just this. He\'s got a pair of reviews for a couple of Del Rey releases, such as the January 2005 release of Othello Vol. #2 (of 6) and the March 2005 relea...
Hitting up a number of ongoing series, the manga review team have come together to provide the latest round of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This week, Patricia tackles Dazzle from TOKYOPOP, Robert goes over Galaxy Angel II From Broccoli Books, Greg handles...
How about some mangareviews today? We\'ve got a new batch of Small Bodied MangaReviews up and running today which cover a few different genres and publishers. Check out what our review staff has to say on Berserk from Dark Horse, God Child and Skip Beat...
Taking a break once again from the numerous first volumes that are being released, the manga review team is focusing on continuing series with this weeks edition of Small Bodied MangaReviews. Ed takes a look at Eureka Seven from Bandai Entertainment and ...
We\'ve got a healthy selection of manga series under the microscope today with a new edition of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This week we cover a range of titles such as Berserk, Confidential Confessions: Deai, Hunter x Hunter, Kamui, Skip Beat, Tail of th...
Midweek has arrived once again before we knew it which means its time to hit up the latest round of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This week has Danielle looking at Hunter x Hunter from Viz Media, Ed on the last volume of Jazz from Digital Manga Publishing, ...
Tackling another week of continuing series in the world of manga, our review team has come together for a new installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This weeks titles include Berserk, Claws of Darkness, Death Note (two months early!), Kagetora and Rec...
The middle of the week always gets here before you know it but we\'re happy to have a new column up of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This week has another diverse selection of titles such as Cipher from CMX, Enchanter and Passion from Digital Manga Publishi...
It\'\'s the middle of a new week which means it\'s time to get through a number of mangareviews from ongoing series, or series which are completing. This weeks installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews coveres such diverse titles as Cannon God Exxaxion f...
...nature of mangareviews, occasionally I do mention the content of the book. So, for those who are really sensitive to any comments of any nature, skip down to the section highlighted as Shoujo Survey. For those brave enough to continue, I dare you to...
The diversity in manga continues to grow and this week we\'ve got a look at a number of continuing series that offer something different from each out. In this weeks installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews, our manga reviewers cover such titles as Cain ...
We\'ve got a new column up today of continuing series reviews in Small Bodied MangaReviews, this time covering Death Note, Hinador Girls, Lone Wolf & Cub, Reiko the Zombie Shop, Sword of the Dark Ones and W-Juliet.
We\'re shifting over to a slightly different method for our mangareviews starting today. New series, single volumes, art books and novels will be done as they\'ve always been done as full reviews, but continuing volumes of series will be more content foc...
We\'ve got a selection of new mangareviews to catch up on today from several reviews. First up, Ed\'s cleaning out his review pile a bit with a look at the August 2005 release of Trigun Maximum Vol. #6 (of 11) from Dark Horse. Julie\'s up right behind hi...
The variety column of short form mangareviews returns this week with a new installment. Similar to previous columns, there\'s plenty of diversity to be found as this week runs the gamut from titles such as Absolute Boyfriend, Aishiteruze Baby, DearS, Gre...
It\'s a new week and a new column of Small Bodied mangareviews. Up this week are such diverse titles as Dokebi Bride, Kurogane, Negima, Monster, Samurai Executioner and School Rumble!
Ending the month of November in terms of our Small Bodied MangaReviews, the latest column is up that covers an early look at Claymore and thoughts on Enchanter, Fruits Baskey, Oyayubihime Infinity, Suzuka and Vagabond.
The mid week manga crunch is upon us and there are several series that the manga review team have decided to check out this week in our Small Bodied MangaReviews column. This week they cover Alive, Pastel and Sugar Sugar Rune from Del Rey, Can\'t Win Wit...
Ed Chavez also has a few new mangareviews to get posted this evening. First, he\'s got a look at ADV Manga\'s release of ARIA Vol. #1 and then a look at Viz\'s release of RahXephon Vol. #1.
Helping manga readers to get through the midweek hump, we\'ve got our latest installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews today that includes titles such as Aoi House, Eternal sabbath, Iron Wok Jan, Kamui, NoW and octopus Girl.
GRIMES, IA, July 20, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome writer, interpreter and translator Frederik L. Schodt to episode 45 of ANIME TODAY to discuss his soon-to-be released book, The Astro Boy Ess...
Megan\'s got a few new mangareviews up and ready today, such as the Viz releases of InuYasha (Action Edition) Vol. #03, InuYasha (Action Edition) Vol. #04 and Maison Ikkoku (Editor\'s Choice Edition) Vol. #04 as well as TOKOYPOP\'s Cardcaptor Sakura Vol....
It\'s the end of the month but it\'s also a Wednesday which means it\'s time for a bunch of new mangareviews from continuing series. This edition takes a look at a double dose of Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution from Del Rey as well as Wallflower, Tail o...
We\'ve got a new installment of our Small Bodied MangaReviews up today that take a peek at such releases as Crossroad, Fruits Basket, Her Majesty\'s Dog, Iron Wok Jan and Lament of the Lamb.
We\'ve got a new selection of small bodied mangareviews today in our latest review column, this time for 0/6, Kingdom Hearts, Our Kingdom, Pastel and Tsubasa.
We have a new poll up this morning to gauge interest on the frequency of our Small Bodied Mangareviews. No registration is required to vote on this subject.
Steering clear of first volumes once again today, we\'re dipping into a number of continuing series with the latest set of Small Bodied MangaReviews. In addition to an early look at Death Note, this installment also covers Air Gear, Hunter X Hunter, Iron...
It\'s a full week with a new batch of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This week, Ed, Jarred, Matthew, Patricia and Sakura take a look at a variety of titles such as Fruits Basket, Ghost Hunt, Night of the Beasts, Our Kingdom, Satsuma Gishiden and Tenshi Ja Na...
To help get the manga crowd through the mid week blues, we\'ve got our latest installment of the Small Bodied MangaReviews column up today. This weeks diverse selection includes Flower of Life from Digital Manga Publishing, Kizuna from Be Beautiful, Suga...
A double shot of manga for a late Sunday morning here today. First, Mike Dungan has a look at the latest ADV Manga to hit with this months release of Cromartie Vol. #1 (of 11). Ed Chavez picks up after that with a look at the October 2004 release of Kamun...
I've collected comics in one form or another since 1982. It started with a weekly trip to the local Magic Mart and later moved to a little comic book specialty store called Gulf Coast Comics. I think it's safe to say I have a bit of an affinity for the ...
We\'ve got quite a few manga and novel reviews lined up today for our weekly column of ongoing series in Small Bodied format. Titles this week include Battle Club, Boys Over Flowers, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Hot Gimmick, Jazz, Please Save ...
Mike Dungan\'s on deck this morning with a trio of reviews that covers an entire series. From ADV Manga, check out his reviews of their release of the series To Heart with Volume #1, Volume #2 and Volume #3.
The manga crew has come together once again to take a look at a range of titles this morning. This weeks edition covers such titles as Enchanter, Her Majesty\'s Dog, Junjo Romantica, Kurogane, Le Petite Cossette and Swan.
Helping manga fans to get through their Wednesday with a bunch of short reviews of various ongoing series, the manga review team has their latest installment of the Small Bodied MangaReviews column. This week they\'re covering Eden, Translucent and XS Hy...
The last round of Small Bodied MangaReviews for February is up. This time around, the manga review staff has looked at titles such as High School Girls, Land of the Blindfolded, Negima, Nodame Cantible and Princess Princess.
The first round of Small Bodied MangaReviews has kicked off for September and the variety continues to be there. This week, the manga review team has looked at Black Sun, Silver Moon from Go! Comi, D.Gray-man and Ranma 1/2 from Viz Media, Oh My Goddess f...
We\'ve got about sixty reviews in the queue to post so there\'ll be some doubling up from our reviewers every now and then, like today as we\'ve got another review from Ed, this time covering his thoughts on the February 2005 release of Gals! Vol. #1 (of ...
A couple of new reviews up on deck this morning for your reading pleasure. First, we\'ve got a look at the July 2004 release of Samurai Executioner Vol. #1 from Dark Horse, as looked at by Ed Chavez. On the other side of the fence, Mike Dungan\'s got a lo...
Our weekly installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews is up as our manga reviewers have once again covered such diverse titles as Claws of Darkness, Eureka Seven, Iron Wok Jan, Path of the Assassin, Rahxephon, Swan and Tower of the Future.
Our first new Small Bodied MangaReviews column for 2008 is now up and going as our review team tackles various titles that are ongoing. We\'ve bumped it up a bit for the first one of the year as we look at After School Nightmare and Night of the Beasts f...
A new round of Small Bodied MangaReviews is ready this morning as we cover a new variety of manga series. Titles from the review staff this week include ES - Eternal Sabbath, an early look at Free Collars Kingdom, Kizuna, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch...
While most days we serve up one full manga review, when Wednesday\'s come around we bring out several reviews of ongoing series to help the manga fan through the middle of the week. This week, our Small Bodied MangaReviews column tackles such diverse tit...
We\'re changing things up a bit this week with our Small Bodied MangaReviews column. One of the differences is that we have \"dueling reviews\" of Gunslinger Girl from ADV Manga and we also have a longer look at Hollow Fields from Seven Seas Entertainmen...
It's necessary for yaoi mangareviews to be a little gauche because the genre has to be judged by different standards than the norm. There are only two questions to consider: Is the story original and worth following?
The answer here is often “No....
The new month is here and a new round of Small Bodied MangaReviews are now available to help you through your manga loving week. This time around the review team has a look at titles such as Berserk, Gunsmith Cats: Burst from Dark Horse, Fullmetal Alchem...
Moving through a number of varied continuing series this morning, our manga review team have taken a look at such titles as Crossroad, Junk: Record of the Last Hero, Kitchen Princess, Omukae desu., Princess Princess and Rin! in our latest Small Bodied Man...
The first quarter blues are still on us to some extent but the manga review team is back to check out a number of congoing series this morning in our Small Bodied MangaReviews column. This week they look at Banya the Explosive Deliveryman, Gunsmith Cats ...
Digging into a number of diverse books once again, our Small Bodied MangaReviews column is up. This week is notable as it introduces our latest manga reviewer, Greg Hackmann, who has kicked things off with a look at the second Ghost in the Shell: Stand A...
Our weekly column is back again as the manga review staff hits up a number of titles that are currently moving further and further into their runs, such as From Eroica With Love, Gals, Ghost Hunt, Hikaru no Go, Lone Wolf & Cub and W-Juliet.
Our weekly column of continuing series reviews is back and we\'ve got a number of Small Bodied Reviews for you to check out. Titles this week include Dragon Ball Z, Flame of Recca, Gacha Gacha, Negima, Musashi No. 9, Samurai Executioner and W-Juliet.
The midweek diversity continues with the latest installment of our Small Bodied MangaReviews in which our manga review team looks at various ongoing or ending series. This weeks titles include After School Nightmare from Go! Comi, Disgaea 2 from Broccoli...
The warm weather is starting to hit and soon it\'ll be manga at the beach time. To provide a few more looks at varying ongoing series, the review team has the latest installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews which include titles E\'s, Iron Wok Jan, La Esp...
It\'s not too often that we get a chance to look at a manga series early, especially a first volume, but this morning Megan\'s managed to get an early look at the upcoming release of More Starlight To Your Heart Vol. #1 (of 6) from ADV Manga. In the other...
Wednesday\'s come around faster and faster it seems lately but the manga review team keeps checking out ongoing series to talk about. This weeks installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews covers Air Gear, Dragon Eye and Genshiken from Del Rey, School Zone ...
The Valentine\'s day edition of our Small Bodied MangaReviews are now up and the review staff has covered such titles as Air Gear, Her Majesty\'s Dog, Path of the Assassin, Real / Fake Princess, Train Man and Trigun Maximum. A bit of love for most everyo...
Mike Dungan\'s up with a pair of new reviews today, one a recent release and another that\'s not due out till late January. First, he\'s taken a look at the October 2004 release of Yongri the Invincible Vol. #2 of 4 from CPM Press. Due out in January 2005...
Mike Dungan\'s up with a pair of new reviews today covering some fun releases. First, he\'s got a look at the March 2004 release of PitaTen Vol. #2 (of 8) and then a look at the November 2004 release of Ai Yori Aoshi Vol. #6 (of 14), both from TOKYOPOP.
It\'s the middle of the week once again and the manga review team has come together to look at a number of ongoing series for our Small Bodied MangaReviews column. This week they look at Golgo 13 from Viz Media, Gunsmith Cats, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Se...
The first edition of our Small Bodied MangaReviews for 2007 has gone up and our manga review team has covered such diverse titles as Angel Cup, Freak, Reiko the Zombie Shop, Swan, Tenshi Ja Nai and xxxHolic.
Working through a few different series today that are ongoing, the manga review team has their latest entry in the Small Bodied Manga Review column. This week we\'re covering E\'s from Broccoli Books, Negima from Del Rey, Monster and Nana from Viz Media, ...
We\'ve got our latest installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews up and ready this morning from the manga review team. This week the range of titles covers After School Nightmare and Night of the Beasts from Go! Comi, Crying Freeman, Hanami: International ...
Since we\'ve got a healthy queue of mangareviews, I\'m trying to double up on them again this week, which means we\'ve got a look at the December 2004 release of a title most people have never heard of called Dream Gold ~Knights in the Dark City~ Vol. #1...
We\'ve got a few more mangareviews up today. First, Megan\'s letting the manga release of Chrono Crusade Vol. #1 from ADV Manga get her psyched up for the anime version while Mike checks out TOKYOPOP\'s release of Cyborg 009 Vol. #1.
It\'s another week of Small Bodied MangaReviews where our review team tackles several varied ongoing titles across the spectrum. This week has Ed look at Crying Freeman\'s last volume from Dark Horse, Julie taking an early stab at the last volume of Deat...
A new edition of our weekly Small Bodied MangaReviews is up! This time the manga review staff are covering titles suchc as Basilisk, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, La Esperanca, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, School Rumble and Tsubasa.
Our weekly column of bite sized reviews of ongoing series continues this week as Small Bodied MangaReviews covers such diverse titles as Alice 19th, Genshiken, Her Majesty\'s Dog, Little Butterfly, Madtown Hospital and Densha Otoko.
A new week and a new batch of reviews of various continuing titles appear in our Small Bodied Manga Review column. Titles this week include Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man, Jazz, La Esperanca, Nodame Cantible, RahXephon and Read or Dream.
Catching up on a few different ongoing series, our manga review staff has come together for the latest installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews that covers Berserk, Chikyu Misaki, Eden, Nana and Real/Fake Princess.
Going with different material between the two reviews today, we\'ve got some of the more popular manga titles that complement their anime series nicely. First, Megan\'s got a look at ADV Manga\'s October 2004 release of Chrono Crusade Vol. #2 (of 8). In t...
The last round of Small Bodied MangaReviews for November are up today as our review team takes a look at Ghost Hunt, Sugar Sugar Rune and xxxHolic from Del Rey, Love is Like a Hurricane from 801 Media, Monster from Viz Media as well as Translucent and tw...
...ll Bodied MangaReviews up for your traveling pleasure. This week, we cover run the gamut of titles with looks at Black Sun, Silver Moon from Go! Comi, Blue Eyes from Icarus Publishing, Gunsmith Cats and Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service from Dark Horse...
A double dose of reviews from Mike Dungan are up and ready today with two very different titles. First he has a look at the December 2004 release of Yongbi the Invincible Vol. #3 (of 4) from CPM Press and then he has a look at the November 2004 release of...
We\'ve got a new column up this week with shorter looks at a variety of manga from different genres with Basilisk, Kekkaishi, Musashi #9, Nodame Cantible, Sword of the Dark Ones and Tsubasa.
Working their way through several different series, the latest installment of our Small Bodied MangaReviews column is up and it covers such titles as Emperor\'s Castle, Musashi #9, Oh My Goddess, Rin! and Stray Little Devil.
The diversity of titles continues in our latest installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews which includes titles like DearS, Dragon Head, Four Constables, Hot Gimmick, Our Kingdom, Tsubasa and Versus.
Covering a bunch of very different series, this weeks installment of Small Bodied MangaReviews goes through DearS, Ghost Hunt, Iron Wok Jan, Love Roma, Q-ko Chan and W-Juliet.
Taking a break from the various first volumes we look at, the latest edition of Small Bodied MangaReviews is up. In addition to an early look at a volume of Hunter X Hunter from Viz Media, we\'ve also got thoughts on such titles as Case Closed, Love Roma...
We\'re still in catch-up mode from both the holiday and the convention but we\'ve got up our latest Small Bodied MangaReviews column which covers Battle Vixens, Fruits Basket, Happy Mania and the Land of Silver Rain.
Wednesday is here again and that means a round-up of various ongoing series, some of which may make good beach reading for those so inclined. This weeks edition of Small Bodied MangaReviews includes Hellsing and Path of the Assassin from Dark Horse, Mobi...
Helping you to get over the mid-week blues, we\'ve got a new selection of Small Bodied MangaReviews up. This weeks set of titles includes Banya The Explosive Delivery Man, Crossroad, Hikaru no Go, Hunter X Hunter, Land of the Blindfolded, Satsuma Gishide...
It\'s the middle of the week again which means we\'ve got a new round of Small Bodied MangaReviews ready to cover a range of titles and genres. This week includes such diverse titles as Embracing Love, I\'s, Land of the Blindfolded, Mail, Oh My Goddess a...
We\'ve got a really solid column up this week with our latest in the Small Bodied MangaReviews format. This week, we\'ve got a look at such diverse titles such as Challengers, Chikyu Misaki, Guru Guru Pon-chan, La Esperanca, Negima, Our Kingdom, Passion,...
Working through another set of ongoing titles, the latest entry in our Small Bodied MangaReviews column is now up. This week, the review team looks at Hayate the Combat Butler and Uzumaki from Viz Media, Kitchen Princess, Parasyte, Sugar Sugar Rune and S...
Taking a break from the first volume realm this morning, the latest edition of our Small Bodied MangaReviews are now up. Titles for this week include Crossroad, Crying Freeman, Eden, Enchanter, Hunter X Hunter, and another volume of Vampire Knight that f...
Mike Dungan\'s got a couple of new mangareviews up and ready today. Check out his thoughts on Ai Yori Aoshi Vol. #2 as well as Tokyo Babylon Vol. #1, both from TOKYOPOP.
Josephine\'s checking in today with a shift away from her previous horror oriented mangareviews with a look at the December 2005 release of Pastel Vol. #1 (of 11) from Del Rey.
Jarred\'s ready to kick the week off with new mangareviews and first thing up on his plate is a look at the September 2004 release of Project Arms Vol. #6 (of 22) from Viz Media.
We\'re currently kicking off something of a \"bug hunt\" to clean up the reviews listings and information across our manga and DVD reviews. With so much information in there and so many changes made recently where we added the by series reviews, we want t...
Ed Chavez is up with a double-hit of reviews today and in doing so covers the complete release of a series. Check out his thoughts on the August 2003 release of X-Day Vol. #1 and the October 2003 release of X-Day Vol. #2 from TOKYOPOP.
Mike Dungan\'s doing the double bill today of reviews with two pretty different types of titles. Diversity is good! Don\'t be a genre slut! First up, he\'s got a look at the October 2003 release of Please Save My Earth Vol. #1 (of 21) from Viz, a series t...
The middle of the week has arrived and the weekend is in sight. Before that however our manga review team has put together a new Small Bodied MangaReviews column. This week, they tackle such diverse titles as Fruits Basket from TOKYOPOP, Kagetora from De...
Ed Chavez is up with a double set of reviews today, both of the first volumes and single volume releases at that. First, he\'s got a look at the March 2005 release of Gate Vol. #1 (of 1) from ADV Manga. He\'s also got a look at the Editor\'s Choice releas...
So.... it's been one helluva year hasn't it? When I look back on it, I get kind of nostalgic since my membership on the AoD forums is exactly as old at the manga forum. In some ways though, I'm a lot more shocked when I look back at what's changed in the ...
The variety continues in this week\'s column of Small Bodied MangaReviews that cover ongoing series. Up this week, the range runs from DearS, Il Gato Sul G, La Esperanca, Musashi #9, Tower of the Future and Tsukihime!
Sakura\'s keeping current on this series from Del Rey Manga today by taking a look at the February 2008 release of Tsubasa Vol. #16 by CLAMP in small bodied form.
John is sneaking in a bit of adult love to the mangareviews this week as he looks at the April 2008 release of A Wish of My Sister by Masahiro Itosugi as released by Icarus Publishing.
A couple more new reviews up this morning, rounding out a good week of a variety of mangareviews. First, Ed Chavez has a look at the July 2004 release of Peigenz Vol. #1 of 8 from ComicsOne. On a completely different track, Megan Lavey has sent in her th...
It\'s the middle of the week and just before the San Diego Comic-con is about to start so we\'ve got a solid selection of releases to run through on the manga front. This week\'s edition contains a number of titles, such as Absolute Boyfriend, Fullmetal A...
Doubling up again today, we\'ve first got a review of a series that\'s very underrated - so much so that it\'s been canceled nearly halfway through its release run due to the low sales and previous volumes are disappearing from retailers, likely never to ...
We\'ve got a late night double shot for those of you that are home on a Friday night to check out from Jarred tonight. Bringing this series up to date with reviews, he\'s got a look at Project Arms Vol. #7 (of 22) as well as Project Arms Vol. #8 (of 22) f...
Ever get a feeling of Déjà vu? In this particular case, probably not as you aren't the one writing this article about my adventures at Akon after just finishing two other columns featuring tidbits from Akon. Well, to reassure myself that I am working on...
It\'s Wednesday which means it\'s time for a new round of Small Bodied MangaReviews. This time around we\'ve got a look at such diverse releases as Bring It On, Kamui, Lone Wolf & Cub, Love Roma and W-Juliet!
Kobato to be serialized in North America's top anime magazine
HOUSTON, April 4, 2007 "Newtype USA, the leading anime magazine in North America, is pleased to announce a special agreement with manga powerhouse CLAMP (Chobits, Tsubasa) to exclusively seri...
The integration of AnimeOnDVD into Mania has been progressing rather well this week as a number of items have been tweaked and changed to get things feeling a little smoother. When you reach the Anime/Manga section of Mania, you'll see a number of items a...
Megan\'s up first today with a trio of new mangareviews to check out. First she\'s got a look at the April 2004 release of Treasure Hunter Vol. #1 from CPM Press. On the Viz side of things, she\'s got a double hit look at Alice 19th Vol. #4 from April 20...
We\'ve got some fresh mangareviews up this morning. First, Megan\'s taken a trip down memory lane with a look at TOKYOPOP\'s June 2002 release of Marmalade Boy Vol. #2. Ed Chavez has also kicked in a few new ones such as the July 2004 release of Comic Pa...
We\'ve got another double shot of mangareviews up this morning. First, Mike Dungan\'s checking out the September 2004 release of Descendants of Darkness Vol. #1 from Viz. From their August slate, Ed Chavez has taken a look at their release of Case Closed...
Another of the reviews we meant to have up before heading out to a convention, we\'ve got Ed\'s review of the November 2004 release of Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade Vol. #02 of 2 from TOKYOPOP.
Happy Middle of November. Manga publishers are doling out heavy loads as Christmas creeps closer, including a couple of hardcover collections that will surely please the packrat in your family (or some otherwise familiar hanger-on you are obligated to tre...
Continuing the fun tradition of putting up completely different kinds of mangareviews at the same time, Ed Chavez has a look at Viz\'s April 2004 release of Hot Gimmick Vol. #4 while Megan Lavey examines TOKYOPOP\'s April 2004 release of Digimon Tamers V...
We\'ve got a new column up that covers a variety of series that our reviewers want to talk about, including Ai Yori Aoshi, Firefighter, Initial D, Priest and Tough. Check it out here.
Our last installment of this for 2006 is now up this morning with another interesting variety of titles from all sorts of publishers. Titles this week include Basilisk, Boogiepop Returns, Golgo 13, Hikaru no Go, La Esperanca and W-Juliet!
The first new column of the month has another interesting selection of titles in our Small Bodied review format. This week\'s list includes Berserk, Claymore, DearS, Kagetora and Nana.
Our Small Bodied column is back this week as our reviewers talk about several ongoing series such as Beck, Crying Freeman, Eureka Seven, Testarotho and W-Juliet.
We\'ve got a trio of new mangareviews up this morning from Ed Chavez. First, he\'s got a look at the July 2004 release of Aria Vol. #2 from ADV Manga. From the TOKYOPOP camp, he\'s got a look at the June 2004 release of Deus Vitae Vol. #1 and from the CP...
It\'s a bit of a light week as we\'ve got more first volumes to look at lately than continuing series. This week\'s new installment covers some interesting titles though such as Densha Otoko, Category Freaks, Negima, Pichi Pichi Pitch and the first Twelve...
Mike Dungan\'s got a few new mangareviews up and ready today. First, he\'s got an early look at the 08/24/2004 release of Najica Vol. #1 from ADV Manga. In addition, he\'s also got a look at their May 2004 release of Desert Coral Vol. #1.
Getting a few more new mangareviews up today, Ed Chavez has sent in his thoughts on the ADV Manga release due out later this month called Quantum Mistaken Vol. #1 while Megan Lavey has chimed in with some thoughts on Viz\'s Rurouni Kenshin Vol. #6.
A pair of pretty different mangareviews are up once again today. First, Megan\'s got a look at the September 2004 release of Couple Vol. #2 (of 2) from CPM Press while Ed\'s got a look at the June 2004 release of Full Metal Panic Vol. #5 (of 7) from ADV ...
Continuing something of a Friday flood of reviews today, Jarred\'s got a look into the past with the December 2004 release of Initial D Vol. #15 (of 30) from TOKYOPOP.
As we continue to add in some older reviews that Ed wrote before we had an actual manga review section, today\'s addition is a review of the October 2003 release of First President of Japan Vol. #3 (of 4) from the now defunct Gutsoon!
Plus reviews, Japanese 101, Ketchup Mania, contests & more in episode 61!
GRIMES, IA, February 29, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Stu Levy – the president, C.E.O. and Chief Creativ...
We don\'t have too many reviews up for titles from Studio Ironcat, but Mike Dungan\'s digging into some of the titles he does have from them and today has a look at their June 2003 release of Hanaukyo Maid Team Vol. #1 (of 8).
Continuing to add some of Ed\'s old reviews from the forum into the overall database, we\'ve got his thoughts on the October 2003 release of Trigun Vol. #1 (of 2) from Dark Horse.
Megan\'s back with a pair of new reviews today as we continue to flesh out our growing manga review library. First, she\'s got a look at the September 2003 release of Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders Vol. #01 and then a look at June 2004 release of Remote ...
Megan\'s gotten a few more of her reviews sent in today, so check out her thoughts on TOKYOPOP\'s Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. #2, Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. #3, Crescent Moon Vol. #1, Marmalade Boy Vol. #1 as well as Viz\'s InuYasha (Action Edition) Vol. #05, InuY...
Julie\'s checking in with us this morning on the manga side with the first of several reviews coming in the next week as she\'s got a look at the November 2005 release of Rising Storm from DramaQueen LLC.
New manga reviewer Andrew Kent has got in one of his first reviews this morning as he takes a look at the July 2007 release of You Nitwit! Heroes Are Extinct!! Vol. #1 from Digital Manga Publishing.
With both of the theatrical movies out and numerous reviews being done in all sorts of media, Manga has decided to take issue with Newtype USA\'s review of the movies and has sent them this letter to take them to task over it.
Mike Dungan\'s got a pair of reviews that couldn\'t be more different in their content tonight. First he\'s got a look at the September 2003 release of Erica Sakurazawa\'s Angel\'s Nest. After that, check out his thoughts on the May 2003 release of Del Re...
The first of several new reviews of this series due in the next week or two, Jarred\'s got a look at the April 2005 release of Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol. #8 (of 33) from TOKYOPOP.
While getting his ducks in a row for the DVD reviews, Justin Rich has sent in a look at a manga series with a review of Viz\'s September 2004 release of Beet the Vandel Master Vol. #1 (of 7).
Working through his stack of reviews from a vacation, we\'ve got another look at the TOKYOPOP series released in February 2005 that\'s proving to get better as it goes along with Jarred\'s review of Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol. #11 (of 33).
Mike Dungan has a few new reviews ready to roll this morning. Check out his thoughts on Viz\'s original edition of Ceres, Celestial Legend Vol. #01, Studio Ironcat\'s Futaba-kun Change! Vol. #02, Comic One\'s release of Sarai Vol. #02 and CPM Press\' rele...
Mike Dungan\'s up this week with a trio of reviews from upcoming ADV Manga titles that are due out at the end of October. Check out his thoughts on their release of Daemon Hunters Vol. #1, Dark Water and finally Tactics Vol. #1.
Erin is getting her toes wet in the first volume arena of reviews this week by starting us off with a look at the October 2007 release of Aqua Vol. #1 by Kozue Amano from TOKYOPOP.
We\'ve added a new area under the manga section today where we\'ve polled the staff to get a set of recommendations from them of series that they\'re enjoying and why. This is sort of like the staff recommendations you find in most book or video stores an...
Los Angeles, CA (February 20, 2007) - Hailed by the New York Times as "the American pioneer of manga," TOKYOPOP, the company responsible for igniting the worldwide manga boom, is proud to celebrate its ten-year anniversary in 2007. To kick off the festivi...
Catching up a bit more on the backlog of reviews we\'ve gotten recently for the manga side of things, Megan Lavey is back with a new pair of reviews for Viz titles tonight. First, she checks out the recent release of Rurouni Kenshin Vol. #5 and then takes...
Megan\'s up this morning with the first of a number of new reviews to come in the next week or so, this time with the January 2005 release of Wallflower Vol. #2 (of 10) from Del Rey.
While Ed continues to enjoy his time in Japan right now, we\'ve still got a few more of his reviews in the queue. Up today comes his look at the August 2005 release of Tramps Like Us Vol. #6 (of 13) from TOKYOPOP.
Ed\'s also got a more recent review up today as we continue to work through the backlog of reviews that we have, this time for the March 2005 release of the Volcano High Origin from AW Productions.
Another now defunct series that many hope will be revived, the last of Ed\'s new reviews goes up today with a look at the September 2003 release of Guardian Angel Getten Vol. #1 (of 4) from Gutsoon!
Some series demand reading multiple volumes at once and that sometimes ends up with multiple reviews, hence having another look at a ComicsOne series today by Ed Chavez as he looks at their November 2003 release of Iron Wok Jan Vol. #6 (of 27).
A trio of new reviews are set this morning from the manga side of things. First, Megan\'s up with a look at TOKYOPOP\'s October 2004 release of Legal Drug Vol. #1 (of 3). Mike Dungan\'s got a couple of reviews as well with a look at Golden Cain from the B...
To help break up the run of 18+ reviews, Sakura\'s checking in this morning with a look at the April 2006 release of Magical x Miracle Vol. #1 (of 5) from TOKYOPOP.
We\'ve got another set of reviews of various manga releases from Ed today. First, check out his thoughts on ADV Manga\'s Louie the Rune Soldier Vol. #1 and TOKYOPOP\'s Saiyuki Vol. #2. Ed\'s also got a look at two releases from Studio Ironcat, The Wandere...
Bringing the series up to date with its reviews, Jarred has checked in this morning with a look at the April 2005 release of Bleach Vol. #6 (of 19) from Viz Media.
Jarred\'s doing some minor time travel with his reviews this week as today he steps back to the March 2006 release of Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. #6 (of 11) from Viz Media.
We\'re going to run the gamut of genres across all our reviews today and we\'re kicking it off as Matthew takes a look at the February 2008 release of Dark Metro Vol. #1 (of 3) by Tokyo Calen and Yoshiken from TOKYOPOP today.
We\'ve got a new feature we\'re going to attempt to do weekly where we do bite-sized reviews of various manga series that are further into their runs or books that our reviewers have that they\'ve bought and want to talk about but not necessarily do a ful...
Almost bringing another series up to date with reviews, Mike Dungan checks in this morning with a look at the March 2005 release of Ai Yori Aoshi Vol. #8 (of 15) from TOKYOPOP.
Ed Chavez is catching up on a few outstanding reviews and one of them brings us up to date on this series from ADV Manga with the March 2005 release of Mythical Detective LOKI RAGNAROK Vol. #2 (of 5).
Filling in one of the gaps in the run of reviews, Ed\'s checking in today with a look at the July 2005 release of Berserk Vol. #8 (of 29) from Dark Horse.