Well, I got my tax return in March. Most of it went into savings, but part of it went towards buying more manga than I really had intended…
If you haven’t heard already, Vertical announced that most of Black Jack will be going out of print. Some of the volumes are already hard to find/absurdly expensive on the used market. So if you’re interested in collecting the series, you might want to start looking sooner rather than later. In addition to filling out my Black Jack collection, I also picked up the final part in Vertical’s release of Ai Yazawa’s Paradise Kiss, which is fantastic. Vertical also released the first volume of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin in March. It’s a gorgeous high-quality hardcover. Personally, I’m not all that interested in Gundam; I picked it up because I love Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s manga. I’ll be posting a review of the volume in the near future because it’s great. You don’t have to be a fan of Gundam to appreciate it, either.
Other preorders I was excited about in March: my copy of Hiroaki Samura’s short manga collection Emerald and Other Stories showed up as did my copy of Yoshitaka Amano’s illustrated novel/artbook Deva Zan. Technically, these were released in February and January, respectively. I’m not sure why I got mine late, but I’m glad that they finally arrived. And lastly, Toh Enjoe’s Self-Reference Engine was released. The back cover says that it’s neither a novel or a short story collection. But whatever it is, it’s very good. You can expect to see a review of this one soon, too.
Manga!
20th Century Boys, Volume 20 by Naoki Urasawa
Black Jack, Volumes 6, 8-12, 15 by Osamu Tezuka
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 26: Blizzard by Hiroaki Samura
Constellations in My Palm written by Chisako Sakuragi, illustrated by Yukine Honami
Dorohedoro, Volume 8 by Q Hayashida
Emerald and Other Stories by Hiroaki Samura
Evanescent Passion by Kirikaze
Eyeshield 21, Volumes 18-19 written by Riichiro Inagaki, illustrated by Yusuke Murata
Genshiken: Second Season, Volume 2 by Shimoku Kio
The Girl with a Thousand Curses by Togashi
I Shall Never Return, Volumes 1-5 Kazuna Uchida
I’ve Moved Next Door to You by Fuuri Misasagi
Library Wars: Love & War, Volume 9 by by Kiiro Yumi
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Volume 1: Activation by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Otomen, Volume 11 by Aya Kanno
Paradise Kiss, Part 3 by Ai Yazawa
Read Me! by Hinemosunotari
Same-Cell Organism by Sumomo Yumeka
Vagabond, Omnibus 4 by Takehiko Inoue
The Voices of a Distant Star written by Makoto Shinkai, illustrated by Mizu Sahara
White Guardian by Duo Brand
Manhwa!
Click, Volumes 1-6, 8 by Youngran Lee
Comics!
Daemonium, Volume 1 by Kôsen
Good Sports written by Dale Lazarov, illustrated by Alessio Slonimsky
Manly written by Dale Lazarov, illustrated by Amy Colburn
Nightlife written by Dale Lazarov, illustrated by Bastian Jonsson
Novels!
Deva Zan by Yoshitaka Amano
Self-Reference Engine by Toh Enjoe
Collections!
Monkey Business, Volume 3 edited by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen
We, the Children of Cats by Tomoyuki Hoshino
Anime!
Paradise Kiss directed by Osamu Kobayashi
Penguindrum, Collection 2 directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 directed by Masaki Tachibana
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