Aurora is still holding their fan appreciation sale, and here are links to all of the details.  You can get some awesome books for cheap, cheap, cheap!  I highly recommend Future Lovers and Kiss all the Boys.  You can also preorder May titles!

http://www.deux-press.com/images/booksale/DeuxBooksSale.html

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Title:  Kurohime Vol 5

Author: Masanori ? Ookamigumi ? Katakura

Publisher: Viz

ISBN: 9781421516349

May Contain Spoilers

Why, why, why did I allow myself to get sucked into another series! Argh!  And to make things worse, this volumes ends on a major cliffhanger, too!  Damn you, Kurohime, for being so entertaining, despite your impossibly ( Read more... )

Title:  Negima!? neo Vol 1

Story:  Ken Akamatsu

Art: Takuya Fujima

Publisher: Del Rey

ISBN:  9780345509987

May Contain Spoilers

The introduction to this re-telling of Negima! left me underwhelmed.  I never got into the original series because the fan-service was a big turn-off.  While things were more subdued on that front here, the plot ( Read more... )

120-PAGE PREVIEW OF NARUTO MANGA VOLUME 45 ONLINE FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY ON SHONENJUMP.COM

Leading Monthly Manga Anthology In North America Offers
7 Chapters From NARUTO Volume 45 For Free With Special Password Available Only In May Issue

March 31, 2009 - VIZ Media announced today that SHONEN JUMP magazine has a special treat for readers ( Read more... )

Title:  Future Lovers Vol 2

Author:  Saika Kunieda

Publisher: Deux

ISBN:  9781934496626

May Contain Spoilers

Nobody ever said that love was easy, and Kento and Akira are proof of that.  Total opposites, they have to deal with very different outlooks on life and love.  Kento plays by the rules, always trying to do what’s expected of him and ( Read more... )

Title: Pig Bride Vol 1

Author: KookHwa Huh

Art:  SuJin Kim

Publisher:  Yen Press

ISBN: 9780759529564

May Contain Spoilers

When Si-Joon gets lost in the woods, he’s afraid that he’ll never make it home again.  The eight year old is at summer camp, and all he’s done so far is cause mischief.  He’s found during his wanderings by a strange ( Read more... )

I just posted a review of Hyouta Fujiyama’s Pure Heart Vol 1 over at MangaCast.  Please drop in if time permits.  Please click here for the review.

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Title:  The Prince of Tennis Vol 5

Author: Takeshi Konomi

Publisher: Viz

ISBN:  9781591164395

May Contain Spoilers

It’s the showdown of the century! Or at least the showdown of volume five.  So far every volume of PoT has delivered a tense, exciting match up, and this one is no exception.  Ryoma is up against Shinji, and both of them have ( Read more... )

Title:  Kurohime Vol 4

Author:  Masanori?Ookamigumi?Katakura

Publisher: Viz

ISBN:  9781421515700

May Contain Spoilers

I have to say that I am very surprised by how much I am enjoying this series.  This volume was chockfull of action, comedy, and even some emotional twists and turns.  Things get off to a great start, when Zero and Himeko are ( Read more... )

Now Available for Download for the First Time Ever
San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2009 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the debut of the smash-hit animated feature film BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF A NOBODY along ( Read more... )