Morgan Pielli | May 25, 2011
By Shannon H Manga a bit more feminine in nature seems to be the theme for this week, and whether it’s the crazy high school sci-fi hijinks of Haruhi-chan, the butt-kicking martial arts mayhem of Sumomomo Momomo, or the folklore-filled wisdom of Spice and Wolf, there are new volumes to satisfy the part of you [...]
Category: Comics, Manga, Shannon Hochman, Yen Press |
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Tags: feminine, frilly, My Girlfriend's A Geek, Ranma 1/2, Sumomomo Momomo
jeff | April 20, 2011
By Shannon H. Despite all the great titles coming out this week, Black Butler Volume 5 and 20th Century Boys Volume 14 among them, there is only one thing to talk about at the moment, and that’s Katsuhiro Otomo’s infamous Akira. At long last, after almost ten years, all six volumes of the most epic [...]
Category: Comics, Dark Horse, Manga, Shannon Hochman, Viz Media, Yen Press |
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Tags: 20th century boys, akira, Black Butler, KANEDA, Katsuhiro Otomo, Tetsuo
Morgan Pielli | March 23, 2011
By Shannon H Fanboys, rejoice! This week is so crazy chock-full of moe, the cute might actually kill you. So just make sure you take the proper precautions before you start reading. You have been warned. I believe I have already written an in-depth expose about why The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is the best [...]
Category: Manga, Shannon Hochman, Yen Press |
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Tags: bamboo blade, bunny drop, K-On!, Nabari no Ou, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
lindsay | February 8, 2011
Any Joe Schmoe on the street could tell you without question that Harry Potter is a publishing phenomenon, but if you asked him about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, he’d look at you like you were a crazy person. While Pottermania is perhaps a whole other monster, it’s still no small feat that the Haruhi [...]
Category: Anime, Contributors, Manga, Reviews, Shannon Hochman, Welcome To Shibuya-cho, Yen Press |
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Tags: Haruhi Suzumiya, Sci-fi Manga, SOS Brigade
lindsay | January 26, 2011
By Mat K. The long drought is over. And hopefully the beginning of February will prove as fruitful in manga releases as the end of January, but we have quite a few bits of awesome in this week regardless. After the last 3 weeks of single digit releases, this time we’ve got a couple dozen [...]
Category: Contributors, Manga, Mat. K, Tokyopop, Welcome To Shibuya-cho, Yen Press |
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Tags: battle royale, Black Butler, High School of the Dead, Lives
lindsay | December 15, 2010
By Mat K. There are quite a few sensual books coming out, from the final volume of Sundome, to the sexy vampires of Dance In The Vampire Bund, to a fair amount of yaoi, which is always sexy to some degree. So let us back up for a second to Sundome by Kazuto Okada, the [...]
Category: Contributors, Manga, Mat. K, Viz Media, Welcome To Shibuya-cho, Yen Press |
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Tags: dance in the vampire bund, Fumi Yoshinaga, Itsuwaribito, Not Love Delicious Foods, Sundome, yaoi, yotsuba & !, Yuuki Iinuma
lindsay | December 8, 2010
by Shannon Hochman Imagine for a second that your entire family was murdered and you were presented with a chance to seek revenge. Would you do it no matter what the cost? Would you pay with your soul? Ciel Phantomhive did, and for the price, he’s gotten top-notch service. Mysteriously reappearing after the fire that [...]
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Tags: Black Butler