Manga Review

Manga Review

Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki

“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.” – Lana Turner.

Wolf Children is the third of Mamoru Hosoda’s feature films (if you ignore ones like One Piece which are based on already…

• 25th March 2014
Manga Review

Vinland Saga Volume 2

‘England at War’ proclaims the blurb beneath a border of Viking runes. ‘The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd’s band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory…

• 21st March 2014
Manga Review

Ranma 1/2: Volume 1-2

“When Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: ‘We’re afraid they’ll kill us.’ When men were asked the same question, they said:…

• 12th March 2014
Manga Review

Wandering Son Volume 6

“Poor Shu. One day you’ll be all hairy and your voice will change.” Maho Nitori to her younger brother Shuichi.

Summer Vacation It’s Summer Vacation for Shuichi ‘Nitorin’ Nitori, the boy who wishes…

• 22nd February 2014
Manga Review

Vinland Saga Volume 1

The historical manga is one genre that is traditionally not well represented in English translation. Sure, there’s plenty of manga set in the past (or in fictional worlds that resemble…

• 6th February 2014
Crimson Spell Volume 1
Manga Review

Crimson Spell Volume 1

Crimson Spell Volume 1

“Of the myriad of monsters I have seen, none have been as beautiful as this one.”

The capital of the Kingdom of Alsvieth is under attack by demons, so young Prince Valdrigr of Alsvieth, desperate…

• 4th January 2014
Manga Review

Wandering Son Volume 5

“Look at her! You’d think it’s the end of the world!”

Shuichi ‘Nitorin’ Nitori (a boy who would rather have been born a girl) and his friend Yoshino Takatsuki (a girl who would rather have been born…

• 13th December 2013
Manga Review

Sickness Unto Death Volume 1

Futaba Kazuma is an 18 year old college student, learning clinical psychology whilst living in a mansion which the neighbours claim is ‘haunted’. Apart from the butler, the only other person …

• 7th November 2013
Manga Review

Love in Hell Volume 1

“I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest, ‘If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?’ ‘No,’ said the priest, ‘not…

• 5th November 2013
Manga Review

Sweet Rein Volume 1

“It’s Christmas in Heaven. The snow falls from the sky. But it’s nice and warm, and everyone looks smart and wears a tie.” – Monty Python

It’s November …

• 3rd November 2013
Manga Review

Tableau Numero 20

“A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.” – Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The yaoi artist known as “est em” has risen through the ranks of her field…

• 1st November 2013
Manga Review

Tropic of the Sea

“There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle.” – G. K. Chesterton.

This manga by the late Satoshi Kon dates…

• 14th October 2013
Manga Review

The Twin Knights

“The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.” – Rebecca West.

One of Osamu Tezuka’s most famous creations is Princess Knight,…

• 23rd August 2013
Manga Review

Hide and Seek Volume 1

“First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.” – Steve Martin.

SuBLime has recently been releasing the work of yaoi mangaka Yaya Sakuragi.…

• 11th August 2013
Manga Review

No. 6 Volume 1

“I am not a number! I am a free man!” – Patrick McGoohan as Number Six in The Prisoner.

The choice of the above quote is rather fitting for this review, and not just because the …

• 27th July 2013
Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: Omnibus

Continuing their wonderful tradition of re-releasing CLAMP’s work in gorgeous omnibus editions; Dark Horse has brought Tokyo Babylon back to the West, a prequel to the infamous X, set nine …

• 26th June 2013