Archive for August, 2009
Urasawa and Tezuka: Pluto, vol. 1
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, vol. 1
By Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka
Co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki
Supervised by Macoto Tezka
With the cooperation of Tezuka Productions
Translation by Jared Cook and Frederick L. Schodt
Viz, 2009
Original Japanese edition: Shogakukan, 2004
Paperback $12.99
978-1-4215-1918-0
Pluto takes readers to the future, where a series of murders is putting an unwelcome spotlight on the imperfect coexistence [...]
Avasthi, Swati: Split (2010)
Split
By Swati Avasthi
Young Adult Fiction
Knopf, 2010
Hardcover $16.99
978-0-375-86340-0
When Jace Witherspoon is kicked out of the house by his abusive father, he hits the road and drives until he finds himself on the doorstep of his brother Christian’s apartment. Jace hasn’t seen or heard from Christian in five years, since Christian made his own escape from their [...]
Yoshinaga, Fumi: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, vol. 1
Story and Art by Fumi Yoshinaga
Translation and Adaptation by Akemi Wegmuller
Rated M for Mature
Viz, 2009
(First published in Japan in 2005)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4215-2747-5
List Price: $12.99
Review
In Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Fumi Yoshinaga (Antique Bakery, Flower of Life) takes her readers to an alternate Edo Japan, where a mysterious disease has taken a heavy toll on the male population. [...]
Totsuka and Igarashi: Bamboo Blade, vol. 2
My review of vol. 2 of Bamboo Blade is now up at Manga Life.
CLAMP: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, vol. 22
My review of vol. 22 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is now up at Manga Life. An excerpt:
The last time I reviewed Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle for this site, I noted that CLAMP had just kicked the plot of the series into high gear. Well, after many chapters of high drama, volume 22 finds our protagonists enjoying [...]
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