AnimeIowa #3: A Review of the Otaku-no-Yen Manga - Manga ...
Last week in the AnimaIowa series for manga lovers going to anime conventions, the author and artist of Otaku-No-Yen gave BellaOnline.com an interview, a look into the minds of someone who creates manga-style art. This week is a review of that ... [... more]
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AnimeIowa #4: A Review of Flipside - Manga / Comics
The fourth and final article in a series about how a manga lover can find plenty to adore at an anime convention finishes with a review of the manga Flipside by Brion Foulke. This author had the pleasure of meeting Brion Foulke in the Artist's ... [... more]
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Love Monster Review - Manga / Comics
Love Monster is the title of a manga written by Riko Miyagi, and was put into twelve volumes in between 2002 and 2006. While a more mature title, it would be acceptable for those ages of thirteen and older. This shoujo manga is concentrated on ... [... more]
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Love In Manga And Comics - Manga / Comics
Mary Jane plants one on Peter Parker with her famous line of: "Face it Tiger, you hit the jackpot," while Hitomi blushes at her very first kiss with Van. The difference in the portrayal of love and affection in comics and manga are as different [... more]
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Mecha Manga And Clever Design - Manga / Comics
One of the things that has always fascinated me about mech or mecha manga is the clever way that mecha is designed. Whether it is the guymelefs from Escaflowne, which require an energist to work, or the electricity and battery powered behemoths ... [... more]
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The Unsung Heroes of the Genre - Manga / Comics
We see him or her sitting in the corner, waiting for the moment to shine. Usually, this shining moment of humanity is one of utter humiliation, and then we understand that the bespectacled, slightly pudgy, perhaps even balding character is not ... [... more]
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Ceres Celestial Legend - Manga / Comics
This week's review is about Ceres Celestial Legend, a manga series presented in fourteen volumes by author and artist Yuu Watase, the same mind behind the Fushigi Yuugi. Classified as a fantasy shoujo series, Ceres Celestial Legend, also know as ... [... more]
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Sorcerer Hunters - Manga / Comics
Of the many different manga series in the world, one of the most valuable when it comes to entertainment factors as well as art and storyline is the Sorcerer Hunters series. Also known as Bakuretsu Hunters (which happens to be Japanese for ... [... more]
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The First Graphic Novel - Manga / Comics
When Will Eisner went to publishers with a manuscript about a particular fictional Bronx tenement drawn out like a comic book, nobody would touch it. Thirty years and a literary revolution later, it is impossible to imagine a world without "A ... [... more]
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Holiday House, Graphic Novel Style - Manga / Comics
As a fan of Clive Barker, it is not a surprise that I picked up a graphic novel adaptation of Clive Barker's The Thief of Always. This short story originally written as a fable for children with several colorful paintings, but was adapted in 2005 ... [... more]
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Death Note - A Series Review - Manga / Comics
There are a number of manga-based anime out in the world today, mostly because Cartoon Network has been putting them in their nightly line ups. Anyone who has seen this knows that Death Note is a popular title, which has made the manga a popular ... [... more]
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