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Merry Month of Manga Review: RA*I
It's been too long since we've looked at a manga by Sanami Matoh. Let's fix that, shall we?RA*I, by Sanami Matoh. First published in 1995 and first published in North America in 2006.PLOT:Al Foster...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: KING OF THE LAMP
I know that if I had a wish, then I would have wished that I would have never stumbled upon today's offering, an obscure little title from the Go!Comi library.KING OF THE LAMP (Lamp no Ou-sama), by...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: ALL MY DARLING DAUGHTERS
As much as I appreciate all the great shonen and shoujo Viz has brought us over the years, what I truly appreciate are the times they take a chance on thoughtful stories for older audiences like...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: GIGANTO MAXIA
When Kentaro Miura takes a break from working on Berserk, he can usually be found making other, shorter manga (well...when he's not playing Idolmaster). GIGANTO MAXIA (Gigantomahkia), by Kentaro Miura....
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Merry Month of Manga Review: ALL NIPPON AIR LINE
Comedic BL stories are always in short supply, and that shortage is not helped by books like this one.ALL NIPPON AIR LINE (Rakuen Sanman Feet - All Nippon Air Line), by Kei Azumaya. First published in...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: LOVE FOR DESSERT
In 2008, Aurora Publishing hoped to reach that ever-elusive josei audience with a few anthologies of their own.If this was the best they had to offer, it's little wonder that they failed.LOVE FOR...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: PRESENT FOR ME
This review is not unlike my recent one for Time Killers. It's a collection of early short works from a noted creator, although in this case the creator is noted only by manga reviews willing to plumb...
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Merry Month of Manga: SECRET OF THE PRINCESS
I've covered a bit of BL, so why not go for a change of pace by covering a yuri one-shot? After all, I'm always up for reading more Milk Morinaga manga.SECRET OF THE PRINCESS (Ohime-sama no Himitsu),...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: WILD COM.
It's time to take a look at some old-school supernatural shoujo short stories from the creator of Basara.WILD COM. (Chounouryoko Roudoutai Wild Com), by Yumi Tamura. First published in 1999 and first...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: OVER THE RAINBOW
Remember when Central Park Media released manga?Yeah, I don't either. While they were the first English publisher to put out BL manga, most of their manga output was no-name nonsense like this.OVER...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: THAT WAS GOOD
Oh CJ Michalski. Your manga is always okay at best and you've got a disturbing fondness for shotacon, but I can never fully your work. WHY CAN'T I QUIT YOU?!THAT WAS GOOD (Gochisosama), by CJ...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: DOMINION
Once upon a time, Masamune Shirow could be relied on to churn out all sorts of interesting one-shot sci-fi stories. Most of them have been overshadowed by the massive success of Ghost in the Shell,...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: TABLEAU NUMERO 20
Now it's time to take a look at a brilliant stand-alone work from SuBLime as well as one of my favorite BL mangaka ever.TABLEAU NUMERO 20 (Sakuhin Number 20), by est em. First published in 2009 and...
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Merry Month of Manga Review: DAYS OF COOL IDOLS!
Idols! Lots of weebs love 'em! I...don't really like them.At all.God knows that this manga isn't making much of an argument to convince me otherwise.DAYS OF COOL IDOLS! (Seikou Gakuen Idol-gumi!), by...
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Review: GTO: THE EARLY YEARS
With another summer full of blockbusters upon us, it's time to do what they do best and look at some manga sequels, prequels, and sequels. We'll start with a series that was sold as a prequel to a...
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Review: A CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RAILGUN
You would think that the only thing I would dread more than a manga adaptation of a light novel is a manga adaptation of a light novel spinoff. Yet this one actually turned to be kind of OK for once.I...
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Review: CODE GEASS: NIGHTMARE OF NUNNALLY
During Bandai's short time as a manga publisher, they put out a ridiculous number of Code Geass manga, including many anthologies and AU spinoffs. This one might be the most radical premise of the...
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Review: PET SHOP OF HORRORS: TOKYO
Let's wrap things up with the sequel to one of my favorite horror manga. Will this return to Count D's mysterious shop be just as wonderful as before, or contain horrors beyond imagination?PET SHOP OF...
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Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL - STAND ALONE COMPLEX
As network TV dives deep into reruns and reality shows, it's time for us to look at some TV-to-manga adaptations. That's right, everything you'll see here is:So let's start with one that started as a...
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Review: PRINCESS TUTU
Like last week's review, this is another adaptation of a beloved anime series from the 2000s (although it took a lot longer for this one to earn its acclaim). Unlike that review, this one isn't a...
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