Blue Moon Reviews — The Devil’s Trill
The Devil’s Trill By Sooyeon Won NETCOMICS, 248 pp. Rating: 13+ Score: B- The Devil’s Trill collects two supernatural stories by Sooyeon Won, creator of the more well-known manhwa, Let Dai. In the...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Goong: The Royal Palace, Vol. 1
Lately, I’ve fallen in love with manhwa (comics from Korea) in a big way. The latest specimen to please me is Goong: The Royal Palace, originally an ICE Kunion title but now being released by Yen...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — A.I. Revolution, Vol. 1
A.I. Revolution is the story of a high school girl and her male robot companion. Unlike another series with a superficially similar premise, this one’s actually pretty good. A.I. Revolution, Vol. 1 By...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Kaze Hikaru, Vols. 1-2
I was a big fan of Rurouni Kenshin, purchasing every volume of the manga as it was released and watching every episode of the anime, even including the terrible filler ones towards the end. When Kaze...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Black Cat, Vols. 1-2
Black Cat is a series I missed while it was coming out (the twentieth and final volume was released in May) but recommendations by trusted reviewers compelled me to check it out. I’m glad I did, since...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Summer Fun with Shonen Jump
In this column I take a look at four entries from VIZ’s Shonen Jump/Shonen Jump Advanced line-up, with mixed results. On the agenda are Tegami Bachi, Gin Tama, Waqwaq, and Naruto. Tegami Bachi: Letter...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU, Vol. 1
Meet Pelu. This cute and fluffy little guy is actually an alien and he’s come to earth with one goal in mind… makin’ babies. Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU, Vol. 1 By Junko Mizuno Last Gasp, 172 pp. Rating:...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Silent Möbius: Complete Edition, Vol. 1
The influential sci-fi manga Silent Möbius is back in a new edition from UDON Entertainment, featuring “a new UDON translation, the restoration of the traditional right-to-left reading format, as well...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Black Blizzard
You might know the name Yoshihiro Tatsumi from its frequent appearance on lists of Eisner nominees, including this year’s candidates for the Eisner Hall of Fame. He didn’t start out penning...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1
In this low-key, dystopic sci-fi story, a boy named Mitsu takes up his missing father’s occupation as a window washer in the hopes that it will yield answers about his disappearance, or maybe just life...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Afterschool Charisma, Vol. 1
Sigmund Freud. Florence Nightingale. Napoleon Bonaparte. These are not merely the names of eminent historical figures. They are also the names of students at a certain high school. These children are...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Darker Than Black
Based on the anime by the same name, this two-volume series (collected in an omnibus edition) depicts a side mission of the series’ main character, Hei. The characters are pretty interesting and the...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Bakuman, Vol. 1
The creators of the best-selling manga Death Note have reunited for Bakuman, a series about two middle schoolers trying to make it in the manga-publishing world! Bakuman, Vol. 1 Story by Tsugumi Ohba,...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Cross Game, Vol. 1
The back cover really says it best: “Cross Game is a moving drama that is heartfelt and true, yet in the brilliant hands of manga artist Mitsuru Adachi, delightfully flows with a light and amusing...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Two by Natsume Ono
The manga of Natsume Ono, brought to American shores by VIZ Media, has been enjoying critical acclaim over the past year. Danielle Leigh reviewed the first two Ono releases—the stand-alones not simple...
View ArticleBlue Moon Reviews — Bokurano: Ours 1-2
One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave. There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new game piloting a giant robot to defeat enemies. To play the...
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