Today I look at Crown a shojo manga featuring INCEST! INTRIGUE! INCEST! CUDDLY ASSASSINS! ....did I mention incest enough? Probably. Go here to read all about it.
okay, so at some point I must have been insane because I promised swanjun a column about yaoi manga over at Comics Should Be Good. And I realized I didn't know what she or non-yaoi fans might want to know.
It's very pretty, quite beautiful even, and though the story isn't particularly deep as some have claimed, I still think it was worth 63 minutes of my life if only to remind me what decent animation actually looks like. (It is too easy to forget when you are watching things like Kyo Kara Maoh!, xxxholic, Code Geass, and well. Pretty much most
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Today I look at a title I've been eagerly anticipating for quite a while, Del Rey's Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, vol 1 by Koji Kumeta. Drop by here to check it out!
Next week I'm speaking to kids in grades 7-12 about manga at the public library. The idea behind my talk is to get kids exposed to manga 101 (Bleach, Death Note, Fruits Basket) and also try to sneak in a few surprises for those that might be more familiar with the medium
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Today I write (a spoiler free) good-bye to two manga series which have finished their run in the U.S. -- After School Nightmare and Her Majesty's Dog. Come join me here.