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27 April 2011 5 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Return of Ranma

The very first manga I gave away at Experiments in Manga was a volume of Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2. And now, in honor of the Rumiko Takahashi Manga Moveable Feast, I’m giving more Ranma 1/2 away—specifically, first editions of the first two volumes. As always, the giveaway is open worldwide!

Rumiko Takahashi is one of the few mangaka to have almost all of her work translated for English reading audiences with most of it still being in print. Plenty of her manga have also had anime adaptations made. Even if they don’t recognize Takahashi by name, many people are familiar with InuYasha or Ranma 1/2 either through the anime or manga. I was very excited when Takahashi was selected for the Manga Moveable Feast for April 2011. The manga of Ranma 1/2 was my introduction to Takahashi and was one of the first series I fell in love with. Viz Media originally began publishing the series in 1993. In 2003, they began re-releasing the previously published volumes in a second edition. Although the content is the same, I actually tend to prefer the first editions—mostly because they’re bigger. Unfortunately, only the first twenty-one volumes were published in the larger size.

So, you may be wondering, how can you win the first two volumes of Ranma 1/2?

1) In the comments section below, tell me which of Rumiko Takahashi’s works is your favorite. Haven’t read any Takahashi yet or maybe you can’t stand her manga? That’s okay! Just mention that instead.
2) Visit another Rumiko Takahashi Manga Moveable Feast entry and post the link to it in the comments here. The Rumiko Takahashi Manga Moveable Feast’s index or the Takahashi MMF label at Panel Patter are good places to look to find relevant posts.
3) If you’re on Twitter, you can earn a bonus entry by tweeting about the contest. Make sure to include a link to this post and @PhoenixTerran (that’s me).

That’s it! One person may earn up to three entries for this manga giveaway. You have one week to enter for a chance to win. The winner will be randomly selected on May 4, 2011. Good luck!

VERY IMPORTANT: Include some way that I can contact you. This can be an e-mail address, link to your website, Twitter username, or whatever. If I can’t figure out how to get a hold of you and you win, I’ll just draw another name.

Contest winner announced—Manga Giveaway: Return of Ranma Winner

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6 April 2011 4 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Omnivorous Old Boy Winner

And the winner of the Omnivorous Old Boy manga giveaway is…Jason!

Thank you to everyone who visited Experiments in Manga and participated in the contest. Only four people entered this time, which I thought was a little disappointing. Hopefully there will be a bigger turn out next month. Although, a smaller entry pool means there’s better odds for you if you participate. Anyway. As the winner, Jason will be receiving a brand new copy of Old Boy, Volume 1 written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi.

Since there are some great scenes in Old Boy involving food, I asked entrants for some favorite scenes from other manga that also involve food. (See the Omnivorous Old Boy comments for more details.) The manga mentioned included two “food” manga Yakitate!! Japan by Takashi Hashiguchi and Bambino! by Tetsuji Sekiya. Understandably, there are quite a few notable scenes involving food in those two series. There’s a fair amount of food and cooking related manga available, which I think is wonderful. I love food. I love manga. The combination works for me.

There are plenty of scenes in “non-food” manga involving food that are fun and important, too. I offered up Old Boy as one example. I found it interesting that the two “non-food” series mentioned in the comments both happened to have post-apocalyptic, science fiction elements. Yasuhiro Nightow’s Trigun and Trigun Maximum have quite a few moments involving food and drink. Wolfwood and Vash fighting over spaghetti early on in Trigun Maximum amused me greatly. Also mentioned was a delightful scene from Eden: It’s an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo. I don’t remember which volume this is from (I think it’s volume eight), but I do remember the moment:

Eden: It’s an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo
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30 March 2011 4 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Omnivorous Old Boy

We’re nearing the end of March, and that means it’s time for another manga giveaway! So, what do I have for you this month? A brand new copy of Old Boy, Volume 1 written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi from Dark Horse. The contest is open world-wide, but it’s another mature title, so please only enter if you’re over eighteen.

After ten years of solitary confinement for unknown reasons, eating nothing but the same Chinese takeout day after day, one of the first things that Shinichi Gotō does upon his release is go out for sushi. It’s a memorable scene in the manga, and a very memorable scene in Park Chan-wook’s live-action film Oldboy which is based on the series. Old Boy is not a food manga by any means but food is still very important to the story, especially towards the beginning. The Chinese takeout is the only clue Gotō has with which to start piecing together why he was imprisoned and who did it to him. The act of choosing his own meal proves that he really has been given his freedom and that some amount of control over his own life has been returned.

So, you may be wondering, how can you win a copy of Old Boy, Volume 1?

1) In the comments section below, tell me about a favorite scene that involves food from a manga of your choice.
2) Also in the comments—What would be the first thing you would eat after eating the same meal over and over again for ten years?
3) If you’re on Twitter, you can earn a bonus entry by tweeting about the contest. Make sure to include a link to this post and @PhoenixTerran (that’s me).

One person can earn up to three entries for this giveaway. The winner will be randomly selected on April 6, 2011. That gives you one week to enter for a chance to win. Good luck!

VERY IMPORTANT: Include some way that I can contact you. This can be an e-mail address, link to your website, Twitter username, or whatever. If I can’t figure out how to get a hold of you and you win, I’ll just draw another name.

Contest winner announced—Manga Giveaway: Omnivorous Old Boy Winner

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2 March 2011 2 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Have Some Hetalia Winner

And the winner of the Have Some Hetalia manga giveaway is…Venus_Angel9!

As the winner, Venus_Angel9 will be receiving a brand new copy of the second volume of Hidekaz Himaru’s Hetalia: Axis Powers manga from Tokyopop. The contest this month was similar to the January’s Gantz Giveaway, except instead of talking about live-action adaptations of manga, I had people tell me a little about anime adaptations that they love or hate. I’ll include a brief listing here, but be sure to check out the Have Some Hetalia comments for additional information.

Manga with great anime adaptations:
Big Windup! by Asa Higuchi
Death Note written by Tsugumi Ohba, illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
Hetalia: Axis Powers by Hidekaz Himaru
Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi
K-On! by Kakifly
Love★Com by Aya Nakahara
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
Princess Princess by Mikiyo Tsuda
Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi

Manga even better than the anime:
Kekkaishi by Yellow Tanabe
Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda

Manga with anime potential:
Afterschool Charisma by Kumiko Suekane
Arisa by Natsumi Ando
Basara by Yumi Tamura
Faster than a Kiss by Meca Tanaka
Happy Ice Cream by Mika Kawamura
MPD-Psycho written by Eiji Otsuka, illustrated by Shou Tajima
Until Death Do Us Part written by Hiroshi Takashige, illustrated by DOUBLE-S
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma

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23 February 2011 15 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Have Some Hetalia

I’m not entirely sure how it happened, but I ended up with two copies of Hetalia: Axis Powers, Volume 2 by Hidekaz Himaru. So, for my manga giveaway this month, one lucky person will get to take advantage of my blunder! As always, the contest is open world-wide.

There are many, many anime that started out as manga. Sometimes the adaptations are great, sometimes they’re terrible, and sometimes they end up being a side story or something entirely different from the original. When it comes to Hetalia, the anime is a very close adaptation of the original series. Although I enjoy both versions, I tend to prefer the anime slightly more in this case. I don’t know, maybe it’s the great voice actors. Either way, I find both the anime and manga to be ridiculous fun.

So, you may be wondering, how can you win a copy of Hetalia: Axis Powers, Volume 2?

1) In the comments section below, tell me about an anime adaptation of a manga that you love (or hate).
2) Tell me about a manga that you would love (or hate) to see made into an anime.
3) If you’re on Twitter you can earn a bonus entry by tweeting about the contest. Make sure to include a link to this post and @PhoenixTerran (that’s me).

One person can earn up to three entries for this giveaway. You have one week enter the contest. The winner will be randomly selected and announced on March 2, 2011. Good luck!

VERY IMPORTANT: Include some way that I can contact you. This can be an e-mail address, link to your website, Twitter username, or whatever. If I can’t figure out how to get a hold of you and you win, I’ll just draw another name.

Contest winner announced—Manga Giveaway: Have Some Hetalia Winner

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