Okay, I’m still doing pretty well limiting my monthly acquisitions to preorders and huge sales. There were a few splurges in September, but I kept things under control. Mostly. I found a lot of great out-of-print stuff on ebay this past month (Baoh, Cyborg 009, Fist of the Blue Sky, Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show, etc.), which is where I slipped up a bit. I was probably most excited to find a reasonably priced copy of Maka-Maka, Volume 1 by Kishi Torajiro. It’s adult-oriented yuri and very good (and very hard to find). I also started to fill in a few series that I’m collecting. I completed my set of Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (which, as a heads up, seems to be going out of print) and got a good start on Takehiko Inoue’s Real. I also now have all of the volumes of The Summit of the Gods which are currently available in English. (Expect an in-depth review of the first volume in the near future!) As far as preorders go, I was thrilled to see the final volume of my favorite Natsume Ono series, House of Five Leaves, released.
Manga!
Apocalypse Zero, Volumes 1-6 by Takayuki Yamaguchi
Attack on Titan, Volume 2 by Hajime Isayama
Baoh, Volumes 1-2 by Hirohiko Araki
Barbara by Osamu Tezuka
Cardcaptor Sakura, Omnibus 4 by CLAMP
Cyborg 009, Volumes 1-6 by Shōtarō Ishinomori
Dengeki Daisy, Volumes 5-8 by Kyousuke Motomi
The Drops of God: New World written by Tadashi Agi, illustrated by Shu Okimoto
Fist of the Blue Sky, Volumes 1-4 written by Nobuhiko Horie, illustrated by Tetsuo Hara
Genshiken, Omnibus 2 by Shimoku Kio
House of Five Leaves, Volume 8 by Natsume Ono
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Volumes 14-16 by Hirohiko Araki
Library Wars: Love & War, Volume 8 by Kiiro Yumi
Maka-Maka, Volumes 1 by Kishi Torajiro
Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show by Suehiro Maruo
Paradise Kiss, Part 1 by Ai Yazawa
Pathos, Volume 1-2 by Mika Sadahiro
Real, Volumes 3-10 by Takehiko Inoue
The Summit of the Gods, Volumes 1-2 written by Baku Yumemakura, illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi
Comics!
Incubus, Volumes 1-3 by Yayoi Neko
Makeshift Miracle, Book 1 written by Jim Zub, illustrated by Shun Hong Chan
Zotz: Serpent and Shield, Issue 1 by Daniel Parada
Light Novels!
Book Girl and the Captive Fool by Mizuki Nomura
Love Water by Venio Tachibana
Novels!
The Girl Who Leapt through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Nonfiction!
The Art of Man, Volume 8: Special Edition Japan from Firehouse Publishing
Anime!
Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, Hidehiko Kadota, Kenji Nakamura
Cyborg 009 directed by Jun Kawagoe
King of Thorn directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama
Rideback directed by Atsushi Takahashi
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