Manga Blogging

This week’s Manga Moveable Feast focuses on Natsume Ono. I’m not totally sure if I’m going to be able to participate in the MMF, because I’m not going to be able to get my hands on her new book Tesoro, and I’ve already read and reviewed a good chunk of Ono’s manga that has...

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We’re ending the Manga Moveable Feast for Karakuri Odette with a bunch of links! I recorded a Manga Out Loud Podcast with Ed and Johanna, take a listen. Over at Panel Patter, a look at volume one and how Odette isn’t the stereotypical teen girl robot we’ve come to expect from manga. Reverse Thieves...

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Today’s links provide a varied look at Karakuri Odette: At Experiments In Manga, muse about Odette and Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. A license request for one of Julietta Suzuki’s other series, Akuma To Dolce A look at the most human elements of the android girl on Okazu. And a quick reminder that I’m...

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Today we have a bit of a change of pace from the usual reviews, there are two commentary pieces on the series served up for your reading pleasure instead. Manga Bookshelf’s Off The Shelf features a conversation between Michelle and Melinda about the series. As I’ve mentioned before one of things I’ve enjoyed about...

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Just like yesterday, today we have reviews of the first and fifth volumes. Here’s a look at volume 1 at Experiments in Manga, from a fan of androids in science fiction, “Odette’s eyes and subdued facial expressions visually set her apart from her classmates, but the effect is marvelously subtle. Suzuki also is able...

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Today’s reviews come from one person who is encountering the series for the first time and from someone who has been reading it all along. Manga Xanadu takes a look at the first volume, concluding “Karakuri Odette has all the makings of a great series. It has a lead character that you quickly care...

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This Monday, you can get a snapshot of all currently published volumes of Karikuri Odette through two different reviews. Manga Curmudgeon looks at volumes 1-3, noting: It begins with Odette, a highly lifelike robot, telling her creator that she’d like to go to school like humans do. There isn’t anything mawkish or aspirational about...

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I’m looking forward to this week’s Manga Moveable Feast on Karakuri Odette. Even though the Manga Moveable Feast has been around for some time, this is the first title I’ve felt like putting forward for hosting. One of the reasons why I like this manga so much is it takes a premise that might...

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One of my favorite places to shop for steeply discounted manga is BookCloseOuts.com. For a long time they have mainly stocked older Tokyopop titles, but they’ve recently beefed up their selection of manhwa and manga. There are many Yen Press titles stocked. One of my favorites is Goong, but you can often find many...

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Here’s the stack of manga that has made its way into my house recently, a combination of my usual monthly DCBS order, early holiday presents and some review copies: I’m always excited to see a volume of Vagabond I haven’t read yet. I had no idea that the 4th volume of 12 Kingdoms was...

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