Instant Analysis: UQ Holder
What do you mean this is a Negima sequel?
Despite having seen multiple people talking about this series online, I, a person who thinks she read a tiny bit of Negima back...
How Limited Should a Limited Edition Be?
I've already discussed about whether preordering is a good idea or not. While both sides make good points, let's say you are interested in a particular title. You hear about it,...
Should Crunchyroll Consider Doing A Family Plan?
There's a lot of things that are great about the Crunchyroll service...and then there are things they could do that can make it better. Like maybe do family plans. Wait, huh?...
The Space Dandy Re-Watch: Episodes 1 and 2
As with most of Shinichiro Watanabe’s stuff, I down Space Dandy like cola. I would bide my time between episodes during its initial run, eyes attuned to my own internal countdown to...
What Do You Do With All Your Old Anime and Manga?
If you've been an anime or fan for a while now, you've probably accumulated quite a few products. Eventually, though, you might start wanting to thin out your collection. Maybe you...
Instant Analysis: Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru
I am of the opinion that there is more manga licensed and released in the US than many people realize, therefore quite a few titles fly "under the radar" all the...
Hey-la, Hey-la, My Shoujo’s Back
I was wondering recently: where have all the shoujo gone? For a good six months, not a single shoujo or josei title made it on The New York Times' Manga Best...
Punpun Punyama’s Puny Plight: A Goodnight Punpun Discussion
Last month Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun made it's debut as a published, translated title that everybody could buy. Two people, Justin and Manjiorin, ended up reading it. For one person, there's...
Instant Analysis Plus: JUDAS, By Suu Minazuki
Death possesses a boy and makes him look like a girl so Death can get 666 souls. Boy falls for super genius. Super genius is conflicted about her brother/savior's behavior. People...
Kodansha Comics and ComiXology: Are the Simulpubs Worth It?
Kodansha Comics made several announcements this past weekend. Among those was the news that individual chapters of many of their licensed manga series will be made available the same day as...