Never Feel Alone with Seven Seas’ Release of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST GIRL Manga

March 15, 2018

Press Release

Seven Seas Entertainment is delighted to announce the license acquisition of Beauty and the Beast Girl by Neji, a one-shot yuri manga about a lonely monster and the girl she loves!

A troubled monster, isolated in the forest, wishes she could live amidst humans despite her frightening appearance. Everything changes when she starts getting a visitor--a blind human girl who’s fascinated with her mysterious forest friend. As the monster and the girl grow attached in their secluded world, their love proves that beauty is more than skin deep.

Seven Seas Delves Into Bittersweet Romance With License of I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS Novel and Manga

March 15, 2018

Press Release

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition—both print and digital—of the novel I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino, as well as the manga adaptation by Yoru Sumino and Izumi Kirihara. This critically acclaimed, emotional story about love in the face of terminal illness has been the inspiration for two films in Japan, with the second film (animated) coming in 2018.

Smooch and Mooch in Another World With Seven Seas’ License of THE IDEAL SPONGER LIFE Manga

March 15, 2018

Press Release

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition—both print and digital—of The Ideal Sponger Life by Tsunehiko Watanabe and Neko Hinotsuki, the manga adaptation of the hit light novel series about being summoned to another world to bed a sexy queen!

Boys’ Love Gets Spooky in Seven Seas’ License of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE ETERNAL HEART Manga

March 15, 2018

Press Release

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition—both print and digital—of the manga Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei, a haunting Boys’ Love (BL) drama by the creator of Go For It, Nakamura!

Breakdown Press Announces "Fukushima Devil Fish"

March 14, 2018

Press Release

More than twenty years before the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in 2011, Katsumata Susumu was using his cartooning skills to alert Japanese to the dangers of nuclear power.

Seven Seas Walks on the Wild Side with OOPS! I MESSED UP AND MADE THE WRONG PERSON INTO A MAGICAL GIRL! Manga

March 14, 2018

Press Release

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition—both print and digital—of Oops! I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! by Souryuu, the hilarious parody about a foul-mouthed delinquent getting magical powers—and the world paying the price!

Review: Prison School vol. 9

March 14, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

This volume of Prison School changed me. I didn’t come out of it the same way I went into it, and for the first time in reading the series, I became nervous about where the story would lead the ending. Mostly due to this being the best volume of the entire series thus far. With practically every volume the bar is raised, but with the ninth, it makes me re-evaluate all of the perfect scores I’ve given this series. Hell, it makes me re-evaluate every score I’ve ever given because has anything been as amazing as this volume? And if and when you read this volume, I want you to come back here and re-read this paragraph because you’ll probably think I’m a goddamn madman for saying that.

Two Women Playtest Love in Seven Seas’ License of NOW LOADING…! Manga

March 12, 2018

Press Release

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the Now Loading...! manga by Mikan Uji, an all-new yuri one-shot about working women falling in love--while making video games!

Review: Gintama

March 9, 2018

By Robert Ramos

I spent countless hours and many days figuring out how to go about reviewing the live-action rendition of my all-time favorite anime. Should I go about it as an ultimate fanboy? Or, maybe, go in as unbiased critic? How I ever should I step into the realm of reviewing after being gone for so long? OH FUCK WHAT DO I DO!? Spoiler: I fanboy the shit out of this review. Sorry. So how did this movie fair out as a live-action flick of a beloved anime/manga? Let’s find out, shall we?

Review: Twin Star Exorcists vol. 11

March 7, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

It seems that the new norm for Twin Star Exorcists will be some great moments and some generic tropes. Which works to an extent. It’s better than another popular manga that seems to have delved into tropes and nothing more. Still, when this series is breaking the mold, it’s at its best.

Review: Food Wars! vol. 22

March 7, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

Hey, remember the Fall Classic? When Soma was up against Subaru? Yeah, this is pretty much the same thing. The entire issue is dedicated to the build-up of the battle between Soma and Akira. Granted, the build-up isn’t much of the story because Yuto Tsukuda really likes spending a lot of time with the cooking and the judges.

Review: My Hero Academia vol. 11

March 7, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

Holy shit this was the volume I was waiting for! After all, this slow building that the story was going through I didn’t expect for All Might and One for All to throw down for real in this volume, but that’s exactly what happened.

“Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Musical - Le Mouvement Final” Debuts in Select US Theaters March 10th

March 2, 2018

Press Release

Sailor Moon fans across the United States will be treated to the manga-based Japanese live stage production in larger than life HD on cinema screens in select markets. Spotlight Cinema Networks’ new Event Cinema division, CineLife Entertainment, announced today that “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Musical -Le Mouvement Final-,” which is being released in association with Tokyo-based Live Viewing Japan, begins screening March 10th, 2018, is the first time that this production will be released in any format in the U.S. Locations are being added and found at www.sailormoonlive.com

Review: Nisekoi: False Love vol. 21-25

March 2, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

When I received the 25th volume of Nisekoi: False Love this week, I instantly noticed that it was thicker than normal volumes. Flipping over to the back cover I read the words “Final Volume” and got excited. My problem with many of the middle volumes that I read of Nisekoi was that it had that stretched out feeling that comes with a lot of manga stories that become successful. Yet, much like the way that Raku and Chitoge’s false love turned to real love, I surprisingly fell in love with this story. Part of me hates admitting that, but I can’t deny that it’s a love story unlike any other I’ve read. In particular, because it’s a harem love story in which the boy makes a choice and picks one of the women interested in him.

Review: Astra: Lost in Space vol. 1

March 2, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

You can always tell a good story when it fills your imagination with ideas. Upon reading Astra: Lost in Space, I wanted to expand the idea, invent new aspects of the story and go on an adventure of my own. That’s probably weird, but that’s how my mind works. It’s not that I didn’t like this story, in fact, just the opposite, it was just a great idea that made me wish I had thought of it first.

Review: Black Clover vol. 10

March 2, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

It’s a complicated feeling every time I read a new volume of Black Clover. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forget that terrible anime adaptation which depicts Asta as a screaming idiot that never stops yelling his shrill, annoying voice. Yet, when I pick up a new volume of the manga, I’m instantly reminded why this is an incredible series that continues to buck the trends of other manga.

Review: Twin Star Exorcists vol. 10

March 2, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

The last few volumes of Twin Star Exorcists weren’t great. They were fairly average, but they seemed to mark a new direction in the story in which the battle would be more drawn out and move away from the fast pace storytelling that I had fallen in love with in the earlier volumes of the series. It made me a bit reluctant to return to the series which is why I’m only now getting around to reviewing the 10th volume.

Review: Food Wars! vol. 21

March 2, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

The amazing thing about the shonen style of storytelling is that something can reach twenty-one volumes and yet the story hasn’t completed a full year. It also makes me wonder how long I’ve been reading Food Wars! for since I started reviewing and reading this series from the start of the trades. Is it any wonder that the dishes have gotten a little boring.

Review: My Hero Academia vol. 10

March 2, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

Unfortunately, My Hero Academia is become a story with cool moments, but not a cool story. At the start, this world felt like a very Japanese take on the modern American superhero stories. It’s quickly changed into a political story, which isn’t bad, but the politics always seem to be set up by attacking children.

Comic Bastards Podcast - 031 →

March 1, 2018

By Dustin Cabeal

Click here to listen!

031 - Well I finally got an episode done! I guess that landmark 30th episode was just too much to top right? Huh? Wasn't it? Fucking whatever. After I rant, I do cover some current news that will probably excite some of you! It's about Vertigo Comics so just put on your jizz shorts and get ready! Now, I know I usually cover comics, but I've been reading nothing but manga this week in an effort to clear off my desk... so I'm only talking about manga. Enjoy!

Manga covered in this episode:

Black Clover vol. 10
Food Wars! vol. 21-22
Twin Star Exorcists vol. 10-11
Astra: Lost in Space vol. 1
Nisekoi: False Love vol. 21-25