Welcome to the second article in our series, where American animation and comics and fans of Japanese anime and manga can connect with each other through pairs of titles that share tone, themes or character types in common. Today’s pairing is about series that have been influenced by classic works of fine arts and literature,…
Well, I’m back, he said. (A shiny dime to the first person to identify that line.) “Manga Friday” has been on hiatus for a while, but it roars back into the arena, all mixed-metaphorical engines racing, with four new books set in that most hallowed of all Japanese story settings: the all-girls high school. Oh,…
Del Rey presented its new manga and manga-related releases at New York Comic Con this weekend. This fall will be the 20th Anniversary of the superstar shojo manga studio CLAMP. To commemorate the occasion, Del Rey will be releasing the xxxHolic Official Guide, featuring everything you need to know about the manga series xxxHolic, of…
Del Rey Manga has announced the acquisition of Hosana Tanaka’s Rappi Rangai, which it will arrive in bookstores under the name Ninja Girls. Produced in Japan by Kodansha, the ongoing series has five volumes to date out in Japan. ICv2 describes it as “A young man in Japan’s distant past has an encounter with…
This week, in a desperate attempt to disguise the fact that he doesn’t have any coherent way to tie the reviewed books together, Andrew Wheeler will adopt a “countdown” format to write about three brand-new Manga volumes. Adding to the difficulty level: he will also write about himself in the third person, for no good…
The School Library Journal named eight graphic novels in its list of 30 adult titles that “will appeal to high school readers and provide a bridge into the vast world of adult publishing.” The selected books had to have been published between September of 2007 and November of 2008, and were chosen by SLJ’s Adult…
Sometimes I even confuse myself, and I think I’ve just done it with that sub-head. These three books are all the fourth volumes of their series, all things I reviewed before, and all from Yen Press (because they and Del Rey are the most consistent at sending me books for review – hint, hint, other…
The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle Written by Jim Butcher; Pencils by Adrian Syaf Del Rey, October 2008, $19.95 Jim Butcher’s [[[Dresden Files]]] series is something of an anomaly in the world of contemporary fantasy – a hugely successful, bestselling series of novels set in the modern world, featuring vampires, werewolves, elves, and other…
Del Rey Manga has partnered with Cartoon Network Enterprises to form a new Manga publishing imprint. The deal will debut original Manga based on two current Cartoon Network series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers and Ben 10 Alien Force (already in comic form via DC Comics). The first titles will feature color stills from Bakugan Battle Brawlers:…
DelRey Books made a splash in 1977 when it published the novelization to s mall little film called Star Wars. Ever since, they have been mining the Lucasfilm Universe with great success, regularly landing on the best seller lists and making stars out of their authors. It’s no surprise then that DelRey and LucasBooks announced…
Del Rey is about the only manga publisher sending me review copies on a regular basis, so they get an extra-large helping of Manga Friday’s love. And this week is no exception; we have no theme, but we do have these three new books from Del Rey… Minima!, Vol. 1 Machiko Sakurai Del Rey Manga,…
Since last week was big swords, I’d hoped to do big guns this week – but I didn’t have enough books to make it work. So, instead, we have two brand-new manga series (first volumes published at the end of November) and two older, pretty well-known series. (“Old” is a relative term here – one…
