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Review: VIDEO GIRL AI
Let's look back on one of the biggest magical girlfriend series of Shonen Jump's past. Is is still relevant in this new millennium or is it just an outdated artifact of the past?VIDEO GIRL AI (Den'ei...
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Review: METROPOLIS
It's August, so once again we're focusing on old-school manga, spotlighting some of the classic titles of decades past. Today's might be one of the oldest we'll ever cover, a one-volume wonder dating...
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Review: CUTEY HONEY
Seven Seas' recent foray into classic manga has given us delights like Devilman and Claudine, but it was inevitable that one of these golden oldies would be a little more...problematic than the...
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Review: MAICO 2010
As inconsistent as Cutey Honey might have been, later artists would prove that you could take the 'sexy android' concept and make an even bigger mess out of it.MAICO 2010, by Toshimitsu Shimizu. First...
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Review: BLAME!
It's a little late - I'm going to blame this on a holiday meant for rest from labor, but I want to save this last spot for an incredible old-school work like this.BLAME! (Buramu!), by Tsutomu Nihei....
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Review: CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL
With it being September, it's time to take this site back to school with a month of reviews about school-related manga, starting with a very silly and satirical one.CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL (Sakigake!!...
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Review: DRAGONAR ACADEMY
I'm glad that we are well past the 'magic school' trend in manga and anime, the ones about hapless nobodies going to Not-Hogwarts, discovering secret powers and gaining a harem in the process. Today's...
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Review: GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA
Let's wrap things up with a classic that's not about students, but a teacher - possibly the greatest teacher in manga history.GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA (Gureto Ticha Onizuka), by Tohru Fujisawa. First...
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Review: WITCHCRAFT WORKS
Now that it's October, it's time to take a look at some spooky manga. What could truly be more spooky than the topic of today's manga: RELATIONSHIPS!Oh, and witches I guess.WITCHCRAFT WORKS...
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Review: EERIE QUEERIE!
Ghosts are spooky, but badly, mildly offensive localized titles are possibly even more scary.EERIE QUEERIE! (Gosuto!), by Shuri Shiozu. First published in 1999 and first published in North America in...
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Review: NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: LEGEND OF THE PIKO PIKO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
November means mecha manga here at the Manga Test Drive, and that means it's time once more to look at the latest Evangelion gag manga from Dark Horse.NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: LEGEND OF THE PIKO PIKO...
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Review: RAHXEPHON
Of course, after talking about an Eva manga, it's time to talk about the manga adaptation of the last of the red-hot Evangelion wannabes.RAHXEPHON (Razefon), by Takeaki Momose, based on the series by...
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Review: FULL METAL PANIC!
Let's take a look at another notable mecha series from the 2000s that made a much more graceful transition into manga.FULL METAL PANIC! (Furumetaru Panikku!), based on the light novels by Shouji Gatou...
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IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!
Which means it's time again for our annual holiday round-up of reviews, where we review one new manga from today to Christmas, be they naughty, nice, or just somewhere in the middle.That also means...
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Holiday Reviews: SKULL-FACE BOOKSELLER HONDA-SAN
More than ever, the internet is an important place for manga. It's not just where an increasing number of manga get their start (thanks to sites like pixiv), but also where they can take on new life...
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Holiday Review: THE WAY OF THE HOUSE HUSBAND
If we're talking about manga that achieved meme status even before it was licensed, today's selection would be number one with a bullet. Does it live up to the hype?THE WAY OF THE HOUSE HUSBAND...
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Holiday Review: NYANKEES
That being said, nothing is more memetic than cats on the internet, so it's no surprise that early this year we got a manga that combined the eternal appeal of cats with an unexpected angle.NYANKEES,...
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Holiday Review: BAKEMONOGATARI
As far as shonen manga this year, it was mostly dominated by the usual Weekly Shonen Jump suspects, but there were some surprises this year, such as this.BAKEMONOGATARI, based on the light novel by...
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Holiday Review: UZAKI-CHAN WANTS TO HANG OUT!
As far as shonen romance goes, it seems that it is where it always is: torn between sincerity and sexuality, and in this particular version the results are obnoxious.UZAKI-CHAN WANTS TO HANG OUT!...
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Holiday Reviews: KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE
Meanwhile, there was a sweet shonen series about friendship that managed to become of the best-selling manga series of the year.Seriously, look it up on the Bookscan charts. It's doing amazingly for a...
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