Archive for April, 2008
Minekura, Kazuya: Bus Gamer 1999-2001 The Pilot Edition
My review of Bus Gamer is up at Manga Life. An excerpt:
For fans of Minekura’s other series, Saiyuki and Wild Adapter, Bus Gamer offers familiar pleasures. Although the art is not quite as polished as that seen in Wild Adapter and later volumes of Saiyuki, it is still very easy on the eyes. Minekura pays [...]
Sakura 101
For me, learning to interpret a whole new set of cultural references and symbols is one of the pleasures of reading manga and watching anime. And one of the most widely used symbols in manga and anime, especially at this time of year, is sakura, or cherry blossoms.
Sakura is known for its short-lived beauty. As [...]
Umino, Chica: Honey and Clover, vol. 1
My review of vol. 1 of Honey and Clover is up at Manga Life. An excerpt:
Chica Umino’s Honey and Clover follows the lives of five students at a Tokyo art college. Though it is published in the U.S. by Viz under the Shojo Beat imprint and serialized in Shojo Beat magazine, Honey and Clover is [...]
Arakawa, Hiromu: Fullmetal Alchemist, vol. 15
My review of vol. 15 of Fullmetal Alchemist is now up at Manga Life. A teaser:
The fifteenth volume of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist takes readers several years into the past, as Lieutenant Hawkeye tells Ed about the Ishbal campaign. For anyone unfamiliar with the series, Fullmetal Alchemist is the story of two brothers, Edward and [...]
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