The Manga Moveable Feast this month focuses on the Viz Signature Imprint and is hosted at Manga Critic. I hope to be able to participate with some new reviews, but I thought I’d do a mini-round up of reviews for Viz Signature titles I’ve done in the past and list some of my favorites....
Apparently this is the first year a bunch of manga blogs have been in the Aniblog Tourney. Not being a participant before, I wasn’t sure what to expect but apparently there are already scandalous accusations of vote fixing! Here’s my bracket, and welcome to anyone who is checking out my blog for the first...
Head on over to Manga Bookshelf for a post on the drama City Hunter! This drama has everything! Evil spies, daddy issues, romance, and covert pants.
I talk about the excellent kdrama You’re Beautiful with some of my twitter buddies in a new feature over at Manga Bookshelf. Check it out!
This week’s Manga Moveable Feast focuses on Natsume Ono. I’m not totally sure if I’m going to be able to participate in the MMF, because I’m not going to be able to get my hands on her new book Tesoro, and I’ve already read and reviewed a good chunk of Ono’s manga that has...
One thing that I’ve always found a little odd the few times I’ve run across it is the occasional reference in manga and anime to the Jewish folk song “Dona Dona.” It generally is used as a shorthand way of referencing certain doom or despair for a particular character. I guess it is because...
We’re ending the Manga Moveable Feast for Karakuri Odette with a bunch of links! I recorded a Manga Out Loud Podcast with Ed and Johanna, take a listen. Over at Panel Patter, a look at volume one and how Odette isn’t the stereotypical teen girl robot we’ve come to expect from manga. Reverse Thieves...
Today’s links provide a varied look at Karakuri Odette: At Experiments In Manga, muse about Odette and Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. A license request for one of Julietta Suzuki’s other series, Akuma To Dolce A look at the most human elements of the android girl on Okazu. And a quick reminder that I’m...
Today we have a bit of a change of pace from the usual reviews, there are two commentary pieces on the series served up for your reading pleasure instead. Manga Bookshelf’s Off The Shelf features a conversation between Michelle and Melinda about the series. As I’ve mentioned before one of things I’ve enjoyed about...
Just like yesterday, today we have reviews of the first and fifth volumes. Here’s a look at volume 1 at Experiments in Manga, from a fan of androids in science fiction, “Odette’s eyes and subdued facial expressions visually set her apart from her classmates, but the effect is marvelously subtle. Suzuki also is able...
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