Short takes for Tuesday

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

God Len lists this week’s new releases at Japanator. (Image is of vol. 1 of Samurai 7, a manga remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, but with cyborgs.)

Deb Aoki has a sneak preview of vol. 2 of Kasumi at About.com.

Kris has some encouraging words about Aurora at Manic About Manga, and she points out that their fate really is in our hands (or our wallets). At the Yaoi Press blog, Yamila Abraham clarifies her explanation of a little returns game that some wholesalers play.

Congratulations to Tangognat on her sixth blogiversary. Sixth!

Reviews: Derik Badman presents part 2 of his analysis of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix at Madinkbeard; Derik is going in depth here, so expect spoilers. At Blogcritics, Bill Sherman reviews Jonathan Clements’ book Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade. Yen Plus Info has a brief look at the April issue of Yen Plus. Chris Mautner takes a look at Shintaro Kago’s ero-guro manga Dance! Kremlin Palace, which is available only in scanlation at the moment.

Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Black God (Comics Village)
Xen on vol. 1 of Croquis Pop (Manga Jouhou)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 4 of Croquis Pop (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Detroit Metal City (ICv2)
Michelle Smith on The Devil’s Trill (Comics Should Be Good)
Kevin Church on Disappearance Diary (BeaucoupKevin(dot)com)
Lori Henderson on vol. 3 of Honey and Clover (Comics Village)
Julie on vol. 2 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Manga Maniac Cafe)
LKK on NG Life (LKK) (Via When Fangirls Attack)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 1 of Nightschool (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Kuriousity)
Otaku Librarian on xxxHolic (The Otaku Librarian)
Erica Friedman on vol. 15 of Yuri Hime (Okazu)

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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3 Responses to Short takes for Tuesday

  1. Jura says:
    March 24, 2009 at 7:20 am

    But those cyborgs are real people. They just gave up their bodies…

  2. Tiamat's Disciple says:
    March 24, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    They must have changed loads in the manga then, since in the anime of 7Samurai there was only the one cyborg, all the others were flesh and blood. Even on the enemies side i don’t think there were that many true cyborgs, most were usually just riding inside machines, and a few had implants.

    Been a loooong time since i watched it though. Definatly have to add this on my to buy list as well

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