I did a little better in February keeping my purchases in check than I did in January, but not by much. Hopefully I will continue to improve my self-control when it comes to buying manga. Once again, I’m blaming Right Stuf and Akadot for having some great sales, but really it’s my own fault. Eros Comix also had nice sale for Valentine’s Day, so I picked up a few hentai titles from its Mangerotica line. As for out-of-print goodies, I enjoyed Saki Hiwatari’s Please Save My Earth so much that I made a point to track down a copy of the anime adaptation as well as a complete set of Tower of the Future, the only other Hiwatari manga that has been released in English. I was excited when my copy of Sweet Blue Flowers shipped and arrived early (technically, its official release is next week). The anime is base on a manga series by Takako Shimura (the creator of Wandering Son), so I’m really looking forward to watching it. Unfortunately, my DVD player recently stopped working. I could watch it on my laptop, but this is a series that I think many of the other people in my household would enjoy watching with me.
Manga!
20th Century Boys, Volumes 17-19 by Naoki Urasawa
Attack on Titan, Volume 3 by Hajime Isayama
Awkward Silence, Volume 3 by Hinako Takanaga
Bad Teacher’s Equation, Volumes 2-5 by Kazuma Kodaka
Beast & Feast by Norikazu Akira
Black Jack, Volume 16 by Osamu Tezuka
Blue Exorcist, Volumes 2-8 by Kazue Kato
Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love, Volume 3 by Yaya Sakuragi
Border, Volumes 1-3 by Kazuma Kodaka
Countdown: Sex Bombs by Hiroyuki Utatane
Eyeshield 21, Volumes 15-17 written by Riichiro Inagaki, illustrated by Yusuke Murata
Flowers of Evil, Volume 4 by Shuzo Oshima
Knights of Sidonia, Volume 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
Limit, Volume 3 by Keiko Suenobu
Otomen, Volumes 12-14 by Aya Kanno
Pink Sniper by Kengo Yonekura
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Volumes 9-10 by Koji Kumeta
A Strange Kind of Woman, Volume 1 by Inu
Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White by Taiyo Matsumoto
Tower of the Future, Volumes 1-11 by Saki Hiwatari
Comics!
The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
Artifice written by Alex Woolfson, illustrated by Winona Nelson
Heavy Liquid by Paul Pope
Novels!
Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Akinari Ueda
Anime!
New Fist of the North Star directed by Takashi Watanabe
Please Save My Earth directed by Kazuo Yamazaki
Tiger & Bunny, Volume 1 directed by Keiichi Sato
Sweet Blue Flowers directed by Ken’ichi Kasai
Aw man, I totally forgot the Sweet Blue Flowers anime got licensed. I need to buy this immediately.
Have you seen the Tekkon Kinkreet movie? How does the manga compare? I usually love Matsumoto, but it just looks so great in color, so I’ve been a bit wary…
I was very happy that Sweet Blue Flowers was licensed. I’m really hoping that the Wandering Son anime will be licensed, too.
I actually haven’t seen the Tekkon Kinkreet movie yet, but I definitely plan to!