I rounded up ten of my favorite ongoing series of 2015, including Vinland Saga and Black Butler. [Barnes and Noble Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog]
Ash Brown looks at some notable manga of 2015. [Experiments in Manga]
The Manga Bookshelf team discusses this week’s new releases. [Manga Bookshelf]
Laura has some shoujo manga recommendations in different genres. [Heart of Manga]
Who better qualified to create a shoujo manga than a teenage girl? Ran Tokiwa, the winner of the Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Grand Prize, is just 14; her series, Idol Kyūkō (“Idol Bustle”), runs in Ciao magazine. Her work won praise from Afterschool Nightmare creator Setona Mizushiro, one of the judges in the competition, who said, “She draws cute illustrations and makes characters’ personalities easy to understand. I look forward to her future growth.” [Anime News Network]
Reviews
A Library Girl on vols. 1-7 of Alice in the Country of Joker – Circus and Liar’s Game and vols. 1-3 of Alice in the Country of Joker: The Nightmare Trilogy (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 17 of Attack on Titan (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 7 of A Bride’s Story (Comics Worth Reading)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 12 of Deadman Wonderland (WatchPlayRead)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 3 of Emma (Comics Worth Reading)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 9 of Food Wars (WatchPlayRead)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Idol Dreams (Comics Worth Reading)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Kiss Him, Not Me (Comics Worth Reading)
Johanna Draper Carlson on The Manga Guide to Physiology (Comics Worth Reading)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Master Keaton (Comics Worth Reading)
A Library Girl on vol. 1 of Milkyway Hitchhiking (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
A Library Girl on vol. 1 of One-Punch Man (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Helen on vol. 1 of Planetes (Organization Anti-Social Geniuses)
LB Bryant on vol. 1 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie—Rebellion (ICv2)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of School-Live! (Comics Worth Reading)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 7 of Seraph of the End (WatchPlayRead)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vols. 3 and 4 of So Cute It Hurts!! (Comics Worth Reading)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 8 of Sunshine Sketch (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Yowamushi Pedal (Comics Worth Reading)