Back in 2011, I reviewed the first volume of Girls Jump magazine. I loved it instantly. It was full of talented female creators, drawing without any apparent limits on story or art.
I loved the variety, the sheer talent and the wtf-ness of so many of…
It wasn’t easy, but I stepped up my reading to get this book done in record time, so I could tell you about it while I was still in a Balsa kind of mood. (The next one is several books down on the pile so don’t expect anything for a while.)
Kam…
Surely, you’ve noticed. Manga artists are no longer holed up in their apartments, appearing in public like groundhogs only for the occasional event.
For one thing, events are becoming more and more common, so even the most reclusive manga artist…
Happy Children’s Day!
Yuri Manga
In a slightly different take on JManga, Michelle and Melinda over at Manga Bookshelf take a look at some of the Yuri titles on their Off the Shelf: BL GL Bookrack column.
From Dan Kanemitsu on Twitter, The Witc…
Many thanks to Mara for pointing out at Sunday’s Live Online Yuri Panel that the Jormungand anime had begun streaming. It’s available for free (supported by commercials) with English subtitles on the Funimation channel.
The Funi channel requires regis…
For anyone curious, here’s the backlog of things that are already out that I’m going to put the top priority on reviewing after I start my post-school year posting.
Blue Friend volume 2 (I previously wrote about Blue Friend here.)
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Yuri Panel
Don’t forget, tomorrow, 5PM Eastern US time, log on to the Yuricon Live Stream Channel for the first ever Live Online Yuri panel! Bring questions, we’ll have time to take one or two questions by chat.
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Yuri Manga
Mahou to Houko to K…
Back in 2006, I reviewed a series called Transistor ni Venus. The series was a romp through the universe with super spy Enus, who was the best kisser in the universe and had the blessing of the Goddess that anyone protected by her would remain unhar…
I know that I just posted that I am not doing any more posts. But the professor for my class on The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book gave us students a fun assignment for our last class- who would we cast to play several of the characters in …
One of the things we don’t quite yet have in Yuri manga is a full blown love-hate rivalry on the field of athletic competition. With Hana to Hoshi /Flower and Star (花と星), we’re a little closer than we were before.
Hanai Sawako was a prodigy in …
