Manga Review

The final arc of the Sailor Moon manga (Stars) starts in Book 11 with Usagi having a tearful farewell with Mamoru, who’s off to study abroad. Just as Mamoru gives Usagi a ring, strongly signalling…

“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,…

“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.…

“Once you’re dead, you’re made for life.” – Jimi Hendrix.

There is a theory called “Meme theory”, which states that ideas have a life of their own,…

“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 …

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 …

Upon unwrapping my review copy of this book, I was reminded of two shocking facts: One: I’ve been a comics fan all my life – I have bookshelves HEAVING with the things – but very little…

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” – Oscar Wilde.

Due to these being larger collections of the original series, this Vertical…

The latest CLAMP series to be re-released in omnibus edition is Angelic Layer, a prequel to Chobits, where Misaki Suzuhara has just moved into Tokyo City to live with her aunt, Shouko. Upon arrival…

“Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.” – Bruce Graham.

Astro Boy is widely regarded as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest,…

With the whole Sailor Senshi team reunited once more, it’s time to finally take on the Dead Moon Circus. However with Usagi and Mamoru made ill by the Dead Moon’s power, the world of Elysion in danger…

“With the white unicorn across her shoulder, makes you think that she might have been someone who’s older.” – ‘White Unicorn’, Wolfmother

Digital Manga Publishing…

Egoistic Blue © 2012 Mio Tennohji/Libre Publishing Co., Ltd.

“The best way of reproducing the ancient Greek temperament would be to cross the Scots with the Chinese.” – Hugh MacDiarmid…

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.” – Joseph Joubert.

In this ninth volume of the manga adaptation of Hiro Arikawa’s light novels,…

“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner

While the second volume for this shojo manga was a bit quiet, the third…