| 2:07pm | Spice & Wolf Volume 01 (LN) – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Hasekura Isuna is a new writer on the block, with this series, Spice & Wolf, being his first published work. About the Manga When I originally watched the anime of this I was unimpressed, rather I thought it was crap. I also... |
| 10:27am | Higurashi When They Cry: Curse Killing Arc Vol 01 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka This series is a collaboration between Ryukishi07 who, as well as doing the original game, does the story. And Houjyou Yutori who does the art. Ryukishi07 is the pen name of a member of a doujin group called 07th Expansion. They... |
| 8:29am | Zombie Loan Volume 07 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka The mangaka this time is rather unusual, since Peach-Pit is actually a female duo. Sendo Banri and Ebara Shibuko have had success after success, though they did go through three other group names, before settling for Peach Pit. Every... |
| 10:29am | Nabari no Ou Volume 02 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Kamatani Yuhki has only done two works to date, this Nabari no Ou, and a single volume work titled Liberamente. Nabari no Ou was her debut work, and is still currently running after ten volumes. She maintains a blog, but bear in... |
| 5:51am | Goong: The Royal Palace Vols 6&7 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Not a lot of information on So-Hee Park unfortunately, this seems to be her second work, the first being Real Purple. She’s being working on manhwa since 2000 when she won the Seoul Media’s silver medal for Best New Manhwa Creator.... |
| 3:56am | Soul Eater Volume 01 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Okubo Atsushi is better known for his more recent work, Soul Eater. However he also assisted on the older series, Get Backers. B.Ichi is his first independent work where he did both the art and story. About the Manga While I enjoyed... |
| 4:03am | Why I no longer support Funimation | | | | I started to lose respect for Funimation some months ago when I saw their hatchet job of Heroic Age and Claymore. Though at the time I was hoping it was just a bad team working on the series, and they would go back to the good company they used to be. Sadly this hasn’t happened, in fact they’ve... |
| 2:50am | Hero Tales Volume 01 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for sending a review copy. About the Mangaka This is Hiromu’s third full series to be published. The first being Stray Dog, then her more famous Full Metal Alchemist. As well as manga she has worked on anime, and dojinshi, and has also done cover designs for novels. No info... |
| 7:01am | Sumomomo,Momomo Volume 02 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Sadly not a lot of info on Ohtaka Shinobu, Sumomomo was their first work, and are currently working on a series called Magi-Labyrinth of Magic. About the Manga A rather lacklustre volume that started off dull and went to pure crap.... |
| 7:04am | Cat Paradise Volume 02 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | About the Mangaka Iwahara Yuji is the master mind behind Koudelka, which remains unlicensed , and also for Chikyu Misaki, licensed by CMX. He also helped with character designs in the Darker than Black anime. About the Manga Overall I found this volume a bit lacking, though it did have some fun moments.... |
| 8:19am | Higurashi When the Cry: Cotton Drifting Arc Vol 02 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka This series is a collaboration between Ryukishi07 who, as well as doing the original game, does the story. And Houjyou Yutori who does the art. Ryukishi07 is the pen name of a member of a doujin group called 07th Expansion. They... |
| 7:20am | Nightschool Volume 02 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the mangaka Svetlana Chmakova is best known for her Dramacon (OEL) series published by Tokyopap. Born in Russia then emigrated to Canada, where she graduated from the Sheridan College Classical Animation program, in 2002. She then began to publish... |
| 9:40pm | Crimson Shell Volume 01 (END) – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka This was Mochizuki Jun’s debut series, he later went on to make Pandora Hearts. About the Manga I’m not to keen on this series really. While it was an interesting read, it’s crippled by the insanely fast pace, and the fact... |
| 3:46am | Credit where credit be due!! | | | | Short note, but I just gotta say a huge thanks to Ephidel, who comments on my posts occasionally, and frequently comes to the rescue on info about mangaka. So thanks again Ephidel for all the info you’ve provided!! |
| 2:36am | Cirque du Freak Volume 03 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Huge thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Darren Shan is an Irish author who has written both adult and young adult novels, as well as scripts for both TV and radio. No info on Arai Takahiro drop me a line if you have any. About the Manga I’m really getting into this series,... |
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