I have done it! I have finally managed to complete my set of Yasuko Aoike’s From Eroica with Love (well, at least those available of English). And all without having to sell a kidney! Thank goodness for ebay. Other items I was particularly happy about this past month include the releases of NonNonBa by Shigeru Mizuki from Drawn & Quarterly and Haikasoru’s first original anthology The Future is Japanese. I’m also really looking forward to watching the Welcome to the N.H.K. anime, which completes my collection of Welcome to the N.H.K. media. I managed to amass all sorts of fun things in May but still managed to keep things pretty well under control (for me, anyway).
Manga!
The Bible: A Japanese Manga Rendition by Variety Art Works
Blue Exorcist, Volume 1 by Kazue Kato
Brave Story, Volumes 1-5 written by Miyuki Miyabe, illustrated by Yoichiro Ono
Dog X Cat, Volumes 1-2 by Yoshimi Amasaki
Flowers of Evil, Volume 1 by Shuzo Oshimi
From Eroica with Love, Volumes 10-14 by Yasuko Aoike
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Volume 11 by Hirohiko Araki
Jyu-Oh-Sei, Volumes 1-3 by Natsumi Itsuki
The Monkey King, Volumes 1-2 by Katsuya Terada
NonNonBa by Shigeru Mizuki
Only Serious About You, Volume 2 by Kai Asou
Tokyo Zombie by Yusaku Hanakuma
The Tyrant Falls in Love, Volume 6 by Hinako Takanaga
Words of Devotion, Volume 2 by Keiko Konno
Comics!
Brody’s Ghost, Books 2-3 by Mark Crilley
Ichiro by Ryan Inzana
Namesake, Book 1 by Isabelle Melançon and Megan Lavey-Heaton
Sfeer Theory: The Uitspan Era, Catalogue One written by Alex Singer, illustrated by Jayd Aït-Kaci
Teahouse, Chapter 3 by Emirain
Wonton Soup, Volumes 1-2 by James Stokoe
Novels!
Enma the Immortal by Fumi Nakamura
Subduction written by Todd Shimoda, illustrated by L.J.C. Shimoda
Anthologies!
The Future is Japanese edited by Nick Mamatas and Masumi Washington
Anime!
Gin Tama: The Movie directed by Shinji Takamatsu
Monster, Box Set 1 directed by Masayuki Kojima
R.O.D: Read or Die directed by Koji Masunari
Welcome to the N.H.K. directed by Yūsuke Yamamoto
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