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Manga Giveaway: Gantz Giveaway Winner

And the winner of the Gantz Giveaway is…Ferret205!

As winner the winner, Ferret205 will be receiving a copy of Gantz, Volume 1 by Hiroya Oku. The contest this time around was pretty simple—entrants just had to name a manga that currently has a live-action adaptation and declare a manga they would love or hate to see be made live-action. And because I like making lists, I’ve compiled the titles here. For further information, make sure to check out the Gantz Giveaway comments. Thank you again to everyone who participated!

Manga with a live-action adaptation (for better or for worse):
Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka
Death Note written by Tsugumi Ohba, illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
Lone Wolf and Cub written by Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Goseki Kojima
Love★Com by Aya Nakahara
Nana by Ai Yazawa
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga
Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
Tramps Like Us by Yayoi Ogawa
Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Please make a live-action adaptation of this manga:
Black Butler by Yana Toboso
Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura
Dengeki Daisy by Kyousuke Motomi
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
Hayate the Combat Butler by Kenjiro Hata
Jormungand by Keitarō Takahashi
Monster by Naoki Urasawa
Soul Eater by Atsushi Okubo

Keep your live-action adaptations away from this manga:
Bleach by Tite Kubo
Gravitation by Maki Murakami
Hayate the Combat Butler by Kenjiro Hata
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda

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26 January 2011 10 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Gantz Giveaway

It’s time for another manga giveaway! In honor of the recent premiere of the first of two Gantz live-action films, I am giving away a brand new copy of Hiroya Oku’s Gantz, Volume 1 from Dark Horse. The contest is open world-wide, but Gantz is most definitely a mature title so you must be over the age of eighteen to enter.

I was fortunate enough to be able to see the world premiere of Gantz at one of my local theaters. The manga series (still ongoing) is currently up to thirty volumes in Japan and the fifteenth volume was released in English by Dark Horse earlier this month. That’s a lot of material to fit into two films and obviously since the manga is still being published some things are going to be a bit different. It has its problems, but overall the first film was a fairly decent distillation of the manga; I’m interested in seeing how things are wrapped up in the second film.

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

1) In the comments section below, name a manga with a live-action adaptation (that hasn’t been mentioned yet).
2) Tell me about a manga that you would love (or hate) to see receive a live-action treatment.
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 chosen and announced on February 2, 2011. You’ve only got one week to submit your entries. 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: Gantz Giveaway Winner

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29 December 2010 2 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Strawberry Panic Starter Pack Winner

And the winner of the Strawberry Panic Starter Pack giveaway is…Slyphoria!

As the winner, Slyphoria will be receiving the first volume of the Strawberry Panic manga as well as the first volume of the Strawberry Panic light novels. I would also like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated in this contest.

For the most part, I only read English manga translations although I am working on learning Japanese. Because of this, my knowledge of yuri is fairly limited since not many titles have been licensed in English. From what I can tell, yuri is currently one of the most underrepresented genres in the English language manga market. Fortunately, there has been some increase in available works in the last couple of years or so. (This is my own personal impression, I could be completely mistaken.)

As part of the Strawberry Panic Starter Pack giveaway, I had people tell me a little about the yuri that they’ve read and enjoyed. Many of the titles mentioned in the contest comments (which are worth checking out) are not currently licensed in English. I, for one, would be really interested in seeing many of these officially translated. And I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this. There was also quite a bit of love shown for Miyabi Fujieda’s yuri works, one of which (the first volume of Iono-sama Fanatics) has been published in English.

Thank you again to everyone who entered the contest—I very much enjoyed learning about some of the great yuri that’s out there and hope that more will become available in English.

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22 December 2010 9 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Strawberry Panic Starter Pack

Last month’s manga giveaway featured boys’ love, so I figured it would only be fair that this month girls would get their chance to shine. I have a Strawberry Panic starter pack—brand new copies of the first volume of the manga and the first volume of the light novel series—for one lucky winner. The contest is open world-wide, so if you’re interested in a chance to win some yuri, read on!

I admit it. I’m not actually all that familiar with yuri, although I am actively trying to change that. One of the best resources in English on the subject that I know of is the incomparable Erica Friedman and her blog Okazu (which I highly recommend checking out). Strawberry Panic (written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Namuchi Takumi) is one of the few unquestionably yuri titles licensed and readily available in English. The manga was also included on the list of recommended titles from the Gay for You? Yaoi and Yuri for GBLTQ Readers panel at the 2010 New York Anime Festival/New York Comic Con. (My personal response to the panel can be found here.) Friedman calls Strawberry Panic a “parody of many typical yuri tropes” and even though my experience is limited I tend to agree. I’m not as fond of Strawberry Panic as I am of, say, Hayate X Blade, but I do still appreciate it and the artwork is lovely.

So, you may be wondering, how can you win a Strawberry Panic starter pack?

1) In the comments section below, tell me about a manga that you’ve read that has yuri/girls’ love elements to it, OR if you’ve never read yuri before just mention that.
2) 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 two entries for this giveaway. The winner will be randomly chosen and announced on December 29, 2010. You’ve only got one week to get your entries in, so 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: Strawberry Panic Starter Pack Winner

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1 December 2010 2 Comments

Manga Giveaway: Feast of Firsts Winner

And the winner of the Feast of Firsts manga giveaway is…Katherine Dacey of The Manga Critic!

As the winner, Katherine will be receiving the first volume of Eerie Queerie!, Gravitation, Love Mode, and Shout Out Loud! Oh, and if you haven’t already visited Katherine’s site The Manga Critic, you should really check it out; it’s a great one.

For the Feast of Firsts giveaway, I had people tell me a little about the first manga they read and the first shōnen-ai/boys’ love/yaoi/whatever you want to call it manga that they read. I’ll briefly mention them here because I like making lists, but if you’ve got a moment and are interested you should read the Feast of Firsts comments, too. So, here we go!

First manga:
Emma by Kaoru Mori. I have heard a lot of good things about this manga, and know a lot of people who really enjoy it.

Hellsing by Kohta Hirano. The tenth and last volume of this manga was published by Dark Horse this past May.

Hot Gimmick by Miki Aihara. I haven’t read this one yet although I do have the first omnibus volume. It’s despised by many and a complete guilty pleasure for others.

Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi. I’ve seen a bit of the anime but haven’t had the chance to read the manga. I am a huge fan of Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2, though.

The Wallflower by Tomoko Hayakawa. I keep seeing this manga mentioned, so I guess it’s about time I pick it up. My library has it, so I have no excuse.

First boys’ love manga:
Fumi Yoshinaga is a creator of many excellent manga, several of which feature gay characters or are specifically boys’ love manga.

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Setona Mizushiro. I would really like to see this one available in English and I’m not alone.

Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane is getting a little hard to find, especially the second volume, but rumor has it Media Blasters plans on printing more.

Gorgeous Carat by You Higuri was actually mentioned by two different people. I haven’t read it (yet) but I have read Higuri’s Cantarella.

Room Share by Sakyou Yozakura isn’t currently licensed in English, but Tokyopop’s Blu Manga imprint recently published Yozakura’s Blood Honey.

Tokyo Babylon by Clamp is sitting on my shelf at home; I should probably get around to reading it at some point.

X-Kai- by Asami Tohjoh. I’ll admit, I hadn’t even heard of this manga before this giveaway; I’ll have to check it out.

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