manga reviews, Japanese literature, and related items of interest
My New and Reviews Last week was the last full week of the year! I'm looking forward to what 2013 might bring. Today ends the Hikaru no Go/Game Manga Manga Moveable Feast. I had two contributions …
Continue Reading about My Week in Manga: December 24-December 30, 2012 →
Author: Yumi Hotta Illustrator: Takeshi Obata U.S. publisher: Viz Media ISBN: 9781591162223 Released: May 2004 Original release: 1998 Awards: Shogakukan Manga Award, Tezuka Osamu Cultural …
Continue Reading about Hikaru no Go, Volume 1: Descent of the Go Master →
My News and Reviews I managed to post the most recent Library Love was last week. Similar in format to my weekly quick takes, I'm trying to feature Library Love posts on a bi-monthly schedule, so …
Continue Reading about My Week in Manga: July 9-July 15, 2012 →
My News and Reviews Last week I managed to post two reviews. The first was for the second issue of the English-language edition of Monkey Business, a literary journal that originally started in …
Continue Reading about My Week in Manga: June 11-June 17, 2012 →
My News and Reviews I had a taiko performance this past weekend which meant I was kept pretty busy all week with extra rehearsals. I didn't get a chance to watch anything since I wasn't at home …
Continue Reading about My Week in Manga: April 30-May 6, 2012 →
Support manga, support your library! Here's what I've been reading: Akira, Volumes 3-6 by Katsuhiro Otomo. These last four books of Akira are significantly different from the anime adaptation. …