I actually managed to keep my impulse buying in check in May. For the most part, the manga, comics, anime, and so on that made their way into my possession were the result of preorders in addition to a couple of Kickstarter rewards: the Japanese tabletop role-playing game Tenra Bansho Zero by Junichi Inoue and Osamu Tezuka’s manga Atomcat. Free Comic Book Day was held on May 3. In addition to the usual festivities, my local comic book shop also had a huge sale on out-of-print comics and manga. I ended up picking up the entire series of Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s The Skull Man for super cheap, which made me pretty happy. I also received an unexpected box full of random Kodansha manga in the mail. I either won a giveaway I don’t remember entering, or finally managed to be added to Kodansha’s list of reviewers. However it came about, expect to see some quick takes, giveaways, and in-depth reviews featuring Kodansha manga in the near future. The preorders in May that I was particularly excited for included the first volume in Taiyo Matsumoto’s new manga series Sunny, the fifth omnibus in CLAMP’s epic X, and Takako Shimura’s Wandering Son, Volume 4, which I’ll be reviewing later this month.
Manga!
Atomcat by Osamu Tezuka
Attack on Titan, Volume 5 by Hajime Isayama
Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love, Volume 4 by Yaya Sakuragi
Cage of Eden, Volume 10 by Yoshinobu Yamada
Fairy Tail, Volume 26 by Hiro Mashima
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Volume 4 by Yu Kinutani
Love Full of Scars by Psyche Delico
Mardock Scramble, Volume 7 by Yoshitoki Oima
No. 6, Volume 1 by Hinoki Kino
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Volume 11 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rabbit Man, Tiger Man, Volume 2 by Akira Honma
Sankarea: Undying Love, Volume 1 by Mitsuru Hattori
The Skull Man, Volumes 1-7 by Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Sunny, Volume 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto
Wandering Son, Volume 4 by Takako Shimura
X, Omnibus 5 by CLAMP
Comics!
Arena, Chapter 1 by Himitsu Studio
Coven edited by HamletMachine
Sticky written by Dale Lazarov, illustrated by Steve MacIsaac
We Can Fix It: A Time Travel Memoir by Jess Fink
Light Novels!
Boogiepop and Others by Kouhei Kadono
Novels!
Twinkle Twinkle by Kaori Ekuni
Usurper of the Sun by Housuke Nojiri
Nonfiction!
Yokohama Yankee by Leslie Helm
Games!
Tenra Bansho Zero: Heaven and Earth Edition by Junichi Inoue
Anime!
Boogiepop Phantom: The Complete Collection directed by Takashi Watanabe
Colorful directed by Keiichi Hara
Kids on the Slope directed by Shinichirō Watanabe
Rose of Versailles, Part 1 directed by Tadao Nagahama and Osamu Dezaki
Tiger & Bunny, Volume 2 directed by Keiichi Sato
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