Manga Review: Kanakuri Odette – Volume 1
Often when reviewing anime and especially manga, the intended audience for the title is clear as day once you start reading, even if you did not know its origin. Sometimes, like School Rumble (a shonen title), that line can be blurred. Kanakuri Odette is one of those exceptions, but on the other end of the spectrum. Kanakuri Odette is a sci-fi shōjo comedy manga about an high-school aged female android, Odette Yoshizawa, who wants to become as close to human as possible. This includes going so far as to limit her functions to that of a typical human.
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Manga Review: Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee Vol. 1
Tegami Bachi : Letter Bee Vol. One, follows a "Letter Bee" as he does his job delivering his first living package, a human.
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Manga Review: Hayate the Combat Butler – Volume 12
Manga Review: Bleach volume 28: Baron’s Lecture Full-Course
Bleach Vol. 28: Baron's Lecture Full-Course continues the Bleach saga with Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryû Ishida and Chad Sado finishing their first battle in Hueco Mundo ("Hollow World"). Now all they have to do is get to Las Noches ("The Nights").
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Manga Review: Ponyo, Volume One
"She's not just a gold fish, she's Ponyo."
Ponyo Volume One, covers the first quarter of the long awaited movie from Hayao Miyazaki.
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In the dark depth of the ocean, the seeds of new life are being dripped form the bottles of life-giving elixirs. A new Jellyfish is being born from each drop of the elixir. Fujimoto is the man responsible for distributing the elixir, and while he's doing that, his daughter, Burnhilde, is sneaking out of their home (a submarine). Burnhilde hides herself on a jellyfish and drifts up to the surface.
Manga Review: One Piece Volume 1, Romance Dawn
“I’m gonna be the KING of the PIRATES!!!”
Gold Rogers had it all, he had fame, power and money. Before he was executed, these where his final words. “My treasure? Why, it’s right where I left it…It’s yours if you can find it…but you’ll have to search the WHOLE WORLD!”. Now pirates from across the world are searching for the treasure that can make their dreams come true.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Manga Entertainments Creative Team
I recently had the chance to pose some questions to the creative staff at Manga Entertainment. Manga Entertainment is one of the largest translators of anime and manga around the world, oginally founed in London, England and currently headquarted in Los Angeles, California. They are known for translating titles like Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
1. Who founded Manga Entertainment and why?
Manga Review: Oishinbo: Fish, Sushi, and Sashimi
Oishinbo: Fish, Sushi, and Sashimi, Is about Yamaoka Shiro's search for fish recipes for the Ultimate Menu. Yamaoka works for Tozai News, who has decided to celebrate their 100th anniversary by creating the Ultimate Menu, which is to represent Japanese cuisine.
Manga Review: Pokemon Adventure Volume 1
Pokemon Adventures is a story of a boy named Red and his dream to become a pokemon master. Red also wants to catch all of the pokemon, but he’s not alone, his rival is Blue. Blue is the grand son of Professor Oak, one of the greatest pokemon researchers of all time. The challenges in front of Red are hard and Team Rocket will just make them harder. Team Rocket aren’t the only problems, there are run away pokemon, pokemon thefts, pokemon that got fused with humans, pokemon zombis and getting trampled by a Snorlax. With all of those problems Red sure has his work cut out to be a pokemon master.
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