New manga and a slew of reviews

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Manga Recon gets the week off to a good start with Weekly Recon, their list of this week’s new manga plus a handful of short reviews, and TheOtaku posts their list as well. If you’re looking further into the future, Ed takes a look at the latest issue of Diamond Previews.

Two must-reads in the same place: Same Hat! Same Hat!! posts a recap (with pictures!) of the Tezuka panel at San Francisco’s Asian Arts Museum. And then they post a scanlation of yet another seriously surrealistic short comic by Shintaro Kago.

At Okazu, Erica Friedman posts a two-part sneak preview of Yuri Monogatari 5.

The Star of Malaysia has an interesting article about the manga based on the Heian-era novel The Tale of Genji.

Going to Anime Vegas? Yaoi Press will be there, representing themselves and Netcomics.

Reviews: Khursten reviews Ode to Kirihito at Otaku Champloo. At Anime on DVD, Matthew Alexander checks out the adult manga Spirit of Capitalism. Michael Aronson reviews vol. 2 of To Terra, vol. 2 of Togari, and vol. 1 of Kurohime at Manga Life. At the MangaCast, Mangamaniac Julie looks at vol. 5 of Chibi Vampire, and back at the Manga Maniac Cafe, she checks out vol. 8 of Moon Child, vol. 2 of Togari, and vol. 9 of Claymore. At PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog, Erin F posts a flurry of brief reviews. The Star of Malaysia checks out vol. 1 of Go Go Heaven!! Leroy Douresseaux looks at vol. 1 of We Shadows at The Comic Book Bin. Michael Aronson reads vol. 1 of Kurohime, vol. 2 of Togari, and vol. 2 of To Terra at Manga Life. At Prospero’s Manga, Ferdinand takes a look at vol. 1 of Shiki Tsukai and posts an update on vols. 2 and 3 of Kashimashi. Connie checks out vol. 3 of Kashmashi and vol. 9 of Astro Boy at Slightly Biased Manga. Nick enjoys vol. 1 of Hollow Fields at Hobotaku. At Active Anime, Holly Ellingwood reviews Stolen Heart and vol. 4 of Princess Princess. At Manganews, Ishaan checks out vol. 2 of Junk and Kurishojo reads vol. 1 of Can’t Win With You. And at One Potato Two, Satsuma enjoys another Kindaichi light novel, The Cyberlodge Murders (available only in Japanese).

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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