Starting with Yoshiyuki Nishi’s Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation and ending with Masami Tsuda’s Castle of Dreams, Jason Thompson (with the help of some of his friends) posted three hundred sixty-five manga reviews over the course of one year on Suvudu. The 365 Days of Manga project was a continuation of Thompson’s Manga: The Complete Guide, published by Del Rey in 2007, and allowed him a space to review manga that wasn’t able to be included in the book.
In conjunction with the reviews, Thompson ran a manga giveaway which I posted about earlier in 365 Days of Manga Loot. As excited as I was to win—I’m not about to pass up free manga—the real reason I was interested in the 365 Days of Manga project was for the reviews. I read every single one of them, some multiple times, and I keep referring back to them again and again. Just like Manga: The Complete Guide, I find 365 Days of Manga to be an incredibly useful resource. The reviews are short and sweet, give a basic plot summary, some brief commentary, and a star rating (the maximum being four stars).
Finding the individual entries can be a little tricky, particularly the earlier posts, but the 365 Days of Manga Archive is a good place to start. A few of the links are broken or incorrect, but the list does provide titles which can be searched on the Suvudu site. All of the posts can be found using the 365 Days of Manga tag or by searching the site for “365 Days of Manga”, but this can be rather awkward for browsing purposes.
365 Days of Manga tends to focus on manga that has become available in English within the last few years. With a wide variety of genres covered, including adult manga, 365 Days of Manga allowed me to discover a ton of manga that I wasn’t previously aware of. My reading pile and wishlist grew substantially over the course of the review series and I ended up trying things that I otherwise might not have thought to pick up.
So, I would like to offer Jason a big thank you and congratulations on the completion of the 365 Days of Manga project. It was greatly appreciated and I look forward to following the Jason Thompson’s House of 1000 Manga column which offers even more in-depth analysis and reviews of manga over on Anime News Network.
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