Manga Review: Case Closed Volumes 91-94 by Gosho Aoyama Very quick recap: Shin’ichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo in the dub) is a teen genius detective. He crossed paths with the mysterious Black Organization, criminals that gave him an experimental poison. Instead of killing him as intended, it shrunk him to child size, so he must solve… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed Volumes 91-94
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Manga Review: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Edition 5
Manga Review: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Edition 5 story by Eiji Otsuka, art by Hosui Yamazaki Well, it’s been a long time since I looked at this series. Mainly because Dark Horse decided that sales weren’t good enough to economically produce the individual volumes, so they started reprinting Kurosagi in an omnibus edition that… Continue reading Manga Review: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Edition 5
Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected
Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected edited by Prof. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed. Disclaimer: I backed the Kickstarter for this book and got a discounted copy. No other compensation was requested or offered. This is the fourth book in the “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies” series, featuring essays about interesting or unusual films. This volume returns to… Continue reading Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected
Manga Review: Mao Volumes 19 & 20
Manga Review: Mao Volumes 19 & 20 by Rumiko Takahashi Note: SPOILERS for previous volumes. You may want to read my reviews of those if you’re not caught up. Quick recap: Nanoka is a girl from the 21st Century who travels in time to the 1920s, where she helps the onmyoji (wizard/priest/doctor) Mao, who is… Continue reading Manga Review: Mao Volumes 19 & 20
Manga Review: Cat-Eyed Boy The Perfect Edition 2
Manga Review: Cat-Eyed Boy The Perfect Edition 2 by Kazuo Umezz Quick recap: The Cat-Eyed Boy (who has no “real” name) is the child of nekomata cat monsters who for unknown reasons was born looking unusually humanoid. His mother died in childbirth and his father dumped him at a shrine. Fortunately, the baby was taken… Continue reading Manga Review: Cat-Eyed Boy The Perfect Edition 2
Anime Review: Zenshu
Anime Review: Zenshu Natsuko Hirose is an anime director, and something of a young prodigy. She worked her way up from the bottom in record time, and has now been placed in charge of an actual upcoming movie, a romantic comedy entitled First Love. Problem is, Natsuko’s been so focused on becoming an animator since… Continue reading Anime Review: Zenshu
Manga Review: Batman and the Justice League Vol. 3
Manga Review: Batman and the Justice League Vol. 3 by Shiori Teshirogi Quick recap: Rui Aramiya is the heir to a legacy of Shinto shrine priests and priestesses. A year ago, his mother Sayuri was injured in an explosion and went into a coma. Recently, Rui has started expressing strange powers, powers which villains such… Continue reading Manga Review: Batman and the Justice League Vol. 3
Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation
Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation edited by Groff Conklin Mutation and the mutants resulting from it have long been a popular subject of science fiction stories, but really took off as a topic after World War II and the atomic bomb made exposure to radiation much more a public fear. This collection was… Continue reading Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation
Anime Review: God Mazinger
Anime Review: God Mazinger In a time before history as we know it, the ancient kingdom of Mu is under attack by the Dragonian Empire. King Dorado, leader of Dragonia, has slain the previous rulers for refusing to give in to his demands, and the modified dinosaurs he creates using superscience are nearly unstoppable with… Continue reading Anime Review: God Mazinger
Manga Review: Popcorn Romance
Manga Review: Popcorn Romance by Tomoko Taniguchi Ryouta and Zenta Yamazaki were orphaned a few years ago, but have stayed in Tokyo to finish high school and pursue their dream of being professional musicians. However Zenta, always a frail lad, is dying in the big city. He needs fresh air and honest work, so the… Continue reading Manga Review: Popcorn Romance