mangacritic.com - 10/23/2009
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My first exposure to Katsuhiro Otomo came in 1990, when a college boyfriend insisted that we attend a screening of AKIRA at an art house in the Village. I wish I could say that it had been a transforming experience, one that had awakened me to the possibilities of animation in general and ...
Venus Capriccio
tangognat.com 5/23/2009 —
Venus Capriccio Volume 1 by Mai Nishikata (amazon)
Jacket Copy: Takami is tall, attractive and funny. Akira’s a quiet, musical prodigy who seems much more effeminate than Takami, even though he’s a guy. Best friends since childhood, ...
Venus Capriccio Book 1
comicsworthreading.com 4/28/2009 — Takami’s something of a tomboy. Although tall and pretty, guys dump her because she’s not traditionally feminine. Her best friend is Akira, a boy two years younger who’s also a gifted pianist. Akira’s music is Takami’s ...
Live-Action 'Akira' Movie Still Alive
comicsalliance.com 9/8/2009 — To say that the "Akira" anime is a classic is perhaps an understatement. For many American viewers, seeing Kaneda scream "TETSUOOOOO" on the (then) Sci-Fi Channel was our first experience of Japanese animation. Before "Ghost in Shell," before almost ... Read more Permalink ...
Gluey Tart: Future Lovers
hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com 9/25/2009 — Future Lovers , Saika Kunieda, 2008, Deux Press Cover: Do not like. Everything else: Love, love, love. I guess I could stop right there and call it a day, but that would be lazy. Even I see that. And despite lazy being my middle name (Kinu L. ...
*Hikaru no Go Books 13-15 — Recommended
comicsworthreading.com 7/2/2009 — It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with this entertaining game competition series . (In part, that’s because of a Diamond hiccup soliciting Book 14, which meant I had 15 but had to wait to get the books in order.) I’m ...
Best Manga of 2008
comics-and-more.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — When I put together my Top 20 Comics of 2008 list this year, I noted that there weren't as many superhero comics or manga as in years past. So, I made a separate list for superheroes , and now another one for manga , because I love manga ! And despite ...
From the stack: Future Lovers
precur.wordpress.com 5/19/2009 — Saika Kunieda’s two-volume Future Lovers (Deux) is an unexpected treat. It’s a title in the yaoi category, which is focused on romantic relationships between men but doesn’t customarily concern itself with nuances of sexual orientation. There are ...
Happiness is a new Yotsuba&!
feedproxy.google.com 9/9/2009 —
Yotsuba&! is basically the best manga.
I mean, there may be better. I’m pretty fond of Akira and Pluto, and Pluto is hands-down the best comic to come out this year, but Yotsuba&! is basically the best. It’s the one that leaves me in the best mood after I finish ...
Paul Pope channels Akira Kurosawa for new poster
robot6.comicbookresources.com 6/10/2009 — Yojimbo by Paul Pope
The pop culture fashion site Nakatomi Inc. has a limited edition T-shirt and poster available from Paul Pope . The poster, above, is called Yojimbo , after the Akira Kurosawa film of the same name .
“The central ...
On Katsuhiro Otomo
4thletter.net 5/28/2009 —
Early this week, Matthew Brady linked to a great lecture on Katsuhiro Otomo by Kentaro Takekuma. Click through, give it a read.
I’m a big Otomo fan, in part because Akira was one of the first anime I ever watched. The anime led me to the manga, which led me to the (awesome) ...
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