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Title: Oh My Goddess! (Aa! Megami-Sama) Genre: Romance, Fantasy Publisher: Kodansha (JP), Dark Horse (U.S) Artist: Kousuke Fujishima Serialized in: Afternoon Translated by: Dana Lewis, Alan Gleason, Toren Smith Original Release Date: August 11, 2015 In reading Oh My Goddess!, this work that had its anime air on the International Channel when I was 10-13 ... Read more

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Title: Inari Konkon Genre: Slice of Life, Magical Girl, Romance Publisher: Kodokawa Shoten (JP, US) Artist/Writer: Morohe Yoshida Translation: Andrew Gibler & Jenn Forsyth Serialized in: Young Ace Review copy provided by the publisher. I was a big fan of the Inari Kon Kon anime in 2014 and I always hoped that the manga would be licensed as well since ... Read more

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Title: Sweetness and Lightning (Amaama to Inazuma) Genre: Slice of Life, Food Publisher: Kodansha (JP), Crunchyroll (US) Artist/Writer: Gido Amagakure Serialized in: good! Afternoon Original Release Date: July 15, 2015 Crunchyroll is on a roll lately with their manga releases; this series came out in the same wave that gave us The Morose Mononokean (Kiri Wazawa) and Princess Jellyfish (Akiko Higashimura) so ... Read more

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Title: Gyo (2-in-1 Deluxe Edition) Genre: Horror Publisher: Shogakukan (JP), Viz Media (US) Artist/Writer: Junji Ito Serialized in: Big Comic Spirits Original Release Date: April 21, 2015 While most reviewers this week are eagerly digging into Junji Ito’s newly licensed anthology work Fragments of Horror, I’m going back to a shiny hardcover re-release of one ... Read more

Title: Maria The Virgin Witch (Junketsu no Maria) Genre: Fantasy, Religion Publisher: Kodansha (JP), Kodansha USA (US) Artist: Masayuki Ishikawa Serialized in: Good! Afternoon Translation: Stephen Paul Original Release Date: February 24, 2015 There’s not a ton of manga released in the US that talk about religion, or if they do, it scrapes the surface ... Read more

Title: My Neighbor Seki (Tonari no Seki-Kun) Genre: Comedy Publisher: Media Factory (JP), Vertical Inc (US) Artist: Takuma Morishige Serialized in: Comic Flapper Translation: Yoshito Hinton Original Release Date: January 13, 2015 It’s a great pleasure to jump back into the world that Seki himself created. I watched the anime last year, and it made ... Read more

Title: Henshin Genre: Surreal, Drama Publisher: Shogakukan (JP), Image Comics (US) Story/Artist: Ken Niimura Serialized in: Web Ikipara Comic Translation: Ivy Yukiko Ishihara Oldford Original Release Date: January 27, 2015 In the back of Henshin, it says the story has “a unique vision of Japanese life.” Scratch the unique part and put in weird because ... Read more

Title: Spirit Circle Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Publisher: Shonen Gahosha (JP), Viz Media (US) Story/Artist: Satoshi Mizukami Serialized in: Young King Comics (33 out of 33 chapters reviewed) Fuuta Okeya lives a normal life and has gotten to his second year of middle school without incident, although he can see some spirits including the one following his new classmate, ... Read more

Title: Seraphim 266613336 Wings Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tokuma Shoten Publishing (JP), Dark Horse (US) Story/Artist: Mamoru Oshii and Satoshi Kon Serialized in: Animage May 1994 through November 1995 Translation: Zack Davisson Original Release Date: February 25, 2015 Review copy provided by Dark Horse While no anime director names are truly well-known in the US, with ... Read more

Title: Phantom Street (Mugengai) Genre: Romance Publisher: Enix (JP), Manga Reborn (JP) Story/Artist: Yusuke Mizusawa Reviewed: 4 chapters out of 35 translated Original English Release Date: January 22, 2015 Manga Reborn is literally the hub of titles translated from the 90’s. At least, ones you might have never heard about. Have you ever heard about ... Read more

Title: Hoshi no Samidare: The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Publisher: Shonen Gahosha (JP), Crunchyroll (US) Story/Artist: Satoshi Mizukami Serialized in: Young King Ours Reviewed: Volume 1 & 2 of 12 Review copy provided by Crunchyroll. The Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer holds a dubious honor in the US manga publishing world for being licensed ... Read more

Title: Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou Genre: Slice of Life Publisher: Shonen Gahosha (JP), Crunchyroll (US) Story/Artist: Ruri Miyahara Serialized in: Young King Ours Reviewed: Volume 1 of 6 Review copy provided by Crunchyroll. As I mentioned last time, there are many different kinds of slice of life manga out there. Some rely on character growth to move the story along and ... Read more

Title: Cronos Haze Genre: Action Publisher: Futabasha (JP), Crunchyroll (US) Story/Artist: Takano Masayuki Serialized in: Manga Action Reviewed: 7 out of 11 chapters Review copy provided by Crunchyroll. Readers could be forgiven for looking at this series, which involves fights using sentient “jackets” and the original publication date, and thinking “is this a Kill la Kill rip-off?” Since this series is ... Read more

Title: D-Frag! Genre: Comedy Publisher: Media Factory (JP), Seven Seas (US) Artist: Tomoya Haruno Serialized in: Monthly Comic Alive Translation: Adrienne Beck Original Release Date: August 5, 2014 I follow a very simple rule when it comes to reading comedy manga: if I’m laughing because it’s legitimately funny instead of laughing while making up scenarios ... Read more