Comics books from Japan
I’ve never read Love Hina. I’ve heard good things about it. It’s a harem manga and kami-sama knows how cliched they could be. I might pick it up after reading how it makes otaku swoon. I’m sucker for harem manga (Ichigo 100% is straight up harem), but I hope the guy is no doofus (in Ichigo 100% that guy’s frustrating) so that I’m not yelling at him every few pages.
http://animealmanac.com/2009/02/24/repost-keitaro-urashima-the-everynerd/
Yotsuba! Is coming again! Stop what you’re doing and run, don’t walk, to your nearest manga retailer to pick up Yotsuba!
You know of my love of battleships. And you know I’m in my crazy otaku, anime, manga phase. For the last 3 months, because I’ve throttled back my netflix account, I’ve ben watching the anime Zipang. It posits a modern Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer, DDG-182 Mirai, that travels back in time into the middle of World War II. The crew and her ship find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Midway, they find themselves in the middle of the Battle for Guadalcanal, and they find themselves in the middle of changing the future. Will they be able to get back to their time?
Today’s link takes you to the manga for Zipang in the Weekly Morning magazine. It’s all in Japanese, but there’s some cool stuff there like the pictures of the Mirai. They also have some statistics on the ship itself. I like the fact that they are using the MK41 Vertical Launching System. What a cool show!
A few weeks ago, I had linked to a site about manga trading. I lamented that I would rather get rid of my manga rather than accumulate more. I never did sign up for that service. I still might.
Out in Japan, they have manga rental places. These rental places are a good idea… I would happily rent manga at a place that specializes in manga, because I would get a big selection of the stuff, picking and choosing the ones I want to read and the ones I want to explore. I can try before buying, and I can try all different genres. And it’s better than a bookstore because it does specialize in only manga.
I think in the US they would call this a library.
I really need to get rid of some of my manga even the ones that I liked.
Perhaps, I should use the library more?
The problem with trading manga is that you still have manga at the end of the trade. Then you’ll be wishing to trade it some more. Plus, the shipping costs add to an even less investment.
Why don’t I feel the same way with my comic books? Is it because I know no one wants to read them again or is it because they’re not worth it?
This is a post-it note type of link so that I won't forget about the
links on this page. Note to self: Get rid of some manga.I'm piling them up really quickly, and I'm in desperate need to get rid
of some. It's not that I don't enjoy them, but that there are some that
I don't want to read again. I need to sell these volumes or trade them
for ones I want. Do you need any?http://manga.jadedragononline.com/?p=468
I had joined this site last summer. It’s to catalog all my anime watching, manga reading, and favorite characters from those mediums. I forgot my password and user name. Can you help me remember them?
When I first started reading manga, I stayed on the male side with reading shonen manga. I avoided shojo because the girls with the big eyes just creeped me out. As I read more and more, it became apparent that I had to read some shojo because there’s a lot out there. Also, shonen manga is too much filled with ninjas and pirates, at least the ones that were sold in the US. I needed to see some more school comedy romances. Shojo is filled with these type of stories. I may be turning into a shojo reader. It’s weird where things lead you.
Went to the big Thanksgiving sale at my local comic shop. Picked up both hardcover volumes of Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack at two for the price of one. I don’t know about Tezuka. He’s the godfather of Japanese manga, but his stories, especially the releases from Vertical, are pretty gruesome. The have cute characters, but then they feature gore. It’s like a rated R cartoon with cute Disney characters. Disturbing.
It's only a few more days until the scariest day of the year is here.
No, not November 4th, Election Day, but Halloween. To get you in the
mood, here's a nice summary and recommendation of 13 frightening manga.
Search these out to get your Japanese horror creep on. Or you can do
like me and re-read a good book of ghost stories. Anyway, it's that
time of year to feel a bit vulnerable in your bed at night.http://mechamechamedia.blogspot.com/2008/10/thirteen-horror-manga-for-ha
lloween_25.html
