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Following the run of the Eromanga Sensei anime on Crunchyroll in 2017 and two Blu-ray sets from Aniplex out this May and August, Dark Horse is excited to bring the Eromanga Sensei manga to western audiences this September!
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Review: Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt vol. 5-6
By Dustin Cabeal
Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt vol 5 and 6 are very different from each other. Its one of the many reasons this continues to be one of these best Gundam titles in the franchises long lineage. Here comes the “but,” in an attempt to catch up on my reviews I’m going to have to double up on this series, unfortunately, but I will be breaking them down separately.
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Review: Master Keaton vol. 12
By Dustin Cabeal
Wonderful storytelling like Master Keaton doesn’t exist anymore. Much in the way that writing changed after the TV was invented there will be another large look at how writing changed after the internet was invented. Master Keaton is a look at a bygone era. One in which cellphones and computers weren’t available or used. It’s a wonderful escape from other stories, and I’m sad that this is the last volume for the timeless series.
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Review: Golden Kamuy vol. 3-4
By Dustin Cabeal
As I wrap up my desk reviews, I’ve decided to combo up some volumes of manga I have left so that I can get a fresh start on new reviews. It’s not a preference of mine to review this way, but with the titles I had left, I ended up not feeling as if I would have too much variety in my reviews if I did them volume by volume. That is especially true of Golden Kamuy.
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Review: The Promised Neverland vol. 1-3
By Dustin Cabeal
There are too many things to compliment about The Promised Neverland. It is a story best enjoyed by diving in and reading it and not by getting information from this review. The reason being is that the biggest twist and turn of the story is also the only way to tell people what the story is about. Any misdirection would make a review confusing, and so with that, I implore you, stop reading this review and start reading The Promised Neverland.
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ew Titles Announced By VIZ Media Include A DRAGON BALL Manga Spinoff, DRAGON QUEST ILLUSTRATIONS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, AO HARU RIDE, And More
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announced newly acquired publishing titles during its official panel event held this past weekend at Anime Boston 2018.
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Kodansha Comics debuting 5 new digital manga series in April, starting with Azusa Mase’s high-school romance You Got Me, Sempai! on April 3
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Continuing its aggressive “digital-first” release schedule—debuting at least one new digital manga series every week—Kodansha Comics announced it will kick off 5 new manga series in April, with a decided bent toward high-school-set shoujo manga.
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UDON to launch OTHERWORLDLY IZAKAYA NOBU manga in September 2018
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A Japanese style pub called “Nobu” exists in a back alley of the fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach. When the citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanese cuisine, their troubles simply melt away… With over 900,000 copies already in print in Japan, the OTHERWORLDLY IZAKAYA NOBU manga series hits North American shelves in September 2018 through UDON Entertainment.
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INIO ASANO'S DEAD DEAD DEMON'S DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Manga Series Debuts From VIZ Media
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the release of Inio Asano’s DEAD DEAD DEMON’S DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION on April 17th.
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VIZ Media Launches KENKA BANCHO OTOME: LOVE'S BATTLE ROYALE Manga Series
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, releases the romantic-comedy series KENKA BANCHO OTOME: LOVE'S BATTLE ROYALE on April 3rd.
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Review: Fire Punch vol. 2
By Dustin Cabeal
The first volume of Fire Punch was one of the weirdest, graphic manga I have ever read. Following Agni, a “blessed” person with the ability to regenerate, his sister and town are struck down by a holy crusade and another “blessed” named Doma. Doma’s ability is to set things on fire, and his flame won’t extinguish until it’s out of fuel. This puts Agni in a difficult position as he regenerates quickly. After years and years, he learns how to regenerate in a way that he can function and begins walking to find Doma… to kill him.
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Review: One-Punch Man vol. 13
By Dustin Cabeal
Having already read most of this volume on the Shonen Jump Weekly App, I wasn’t expecting much. At least not in terms of story surprises. There is something to be said about seeing Yusuke Murata’s artwork in print though. It translates to the page better. Thinking back on some of the digital pages, I feel like I was just reading the story and not taking in the artwork like I usually do. When I realized that, it made it worth it to read this volume again as a whole.
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Review: Food Wars! vol. 23
By Dustin Cabeal
Well if this wasn’t the volume, I was fucking waiting for! Since I first started with this series, the biggest question I had has always revolved around Soma’s dad. As more small details emerged, it only made him more and more curious to the reader. With this latest arc, it became clear that whatever Azami was up to involved Joichiro.
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Review: Tokyo Ghoul vol. 14
By Dustin Cabeal
This marks the end of Tokyo Ghoul proper. I will decline reading wiki-pages that would clarify everything going on, but the gist is that after this volume is Tokyo Ghoul: re. Which is sure to confuse anime viewers when the third series by that name starts this month but is not the continuation of root A from what I understand. Pretty much, if you’re a Tokyo Ghoul fan, then who cares? Read it all, watch it all, just fucking enjoy it.
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VIZ Media Welcomes DEADMAN WONDERLAND Creators To Anime Central 2018 Convention
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, proudly announces that it will welcome Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, the creators of the DEADMAN WONDERLAND manga series, as official Guests of Honor for Anime Central 2018. For their first professional appearance in North America, the creators are set to participate in a variety of panel discussions and autograph sessions. Event times and additional information on these sessions will be released soon.
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Dark Horse Reveals New Gantz Spinoff Manga "Gantz G"
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The adult science-fiction/horror manga Gantz concluded its epic run in 2015, and now Dark Horse Manga is excited to reveal Gantz G, a three-volume spinoff series set in the Gantzuniverse. Written by series creator Hiroya Oku (Hen, Zero One) and illustrated by Keita Iizuka (Blue Gralia), Gantz G is all-out action and fierce imagination, not for the kids and definitely not for those of tender sensibilities!
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Review: Ultraman vol. 9
By Dustin Cabeal
The last volume wrapped up a big chunk of the story and began threading the needle for the next big arc. In a way, this volume feels like a brand-new volume. It follows a new character and introduces not one, but two new Ultramen… damn series is going Ultra crazy with the Ultramen if you ask me, but it always works out.
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Review: Astra: Lost in Space vol. 2
By Dustin Cabeal
Typically, in manga, when a group of kids is thrown together, they usually become chums. It takes a volume, but it’s so commonplace that it stands out when that doesn’t happen. Even with some of the groundwork being laid out in the first volume, our group of teens lost in space aren’t the best of friends. There’s some that get alone better than others, and two of them still haven’t integrated into the group at all.
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eigoMANGA Launches ComX VR to iPhone and Android Devices
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eigoMANGA is pleased to announce that the company has released a virtual reality (VR) digital comic book platform for iPhone and Android devices, called ComX VR.
ComX VR is now available worldwide for iPhone and Android devices and is free to download from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Friendship Knows No Borders in Seven Seas’ License of SATOKO AND NADA Manga
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Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of Satoko and Nada by Yupechika, a charming fictional manga about the friendship between a woman from Japan and her roommate: a Muslim woman from Saudi Arabia!
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