Anime "First Love Limited" is Romantic Comedy Anime of the Mizuki Kawashita original. The Manga version is serialization さ r ていた in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from October, 2007 to May, 2008. As for the book, four volumes are published. From April, 2009 to June, it was broadcasted as TV Anime. It becomes the work of the omnibus form that the story concerning the first love of eight girls is mainly developed of a junior high school, the high school.
Again, I am failing at keeping up with this blog. I love reading and reviewing manga, but lately I just haven't had time to keep up with my series, nonetheless start new ones to tell everyone about. I've been living my own shoujo drama lately, so I just wasn't too keen on reading about one! :) Not sure how I feel about everything, however, I'm here this week to review one of my guilty pleasures: Minami Kanan. At first I thought about reviewing Minami Kanan's 'Honey X Honey Drops', but I felt it was too popular, considering all of Kanan's work is basically the same story plot... You read one, you've read them all - but, it never stops you from reading them anyway. ;) So, I decided to go with her second most popular series, which I adore almost more than her other series because it at least tries to have a strong female lead.
'Ren-ai Shijo Shugi' is a series by the much loved Minami Kanan. Her work is best known for being some of the best smut manga. Now, usually I'm not proud of the fact that I read a lot of smut manga, but I feel that even the best manga readers have set their eyes on Kanan and loved her. :) Anyway, this story is slightly unique because of the female lead, Seri, and her desire to be strong and independent, though this ultimately fails once she meets Tamaki. Both Tamaki and Seri are skilled in karate, which is a running theme for the series since the two were childhood friends, turned lovers. However, the conflict in this story begins with Sari and Tamaki's relationship, which seems to bring about the most unappealing and forceful rivals that continually try to break apart Sari and Tamaki. Sari often finds herself stuck in a lot of very edgy sexual situations, disregarding her karate training completely...
This series is definitely not what I consider classy or top notch manga. In fact when people who haven't read any manga thing of manga, this is the sort of smutty and weak-plotted type they think of. However, Minami Kanan remains one of my favorite mangakas, simply for her bold style and intense artwork. The lack of character building is pretty relevant, but the fact that the series is able to capture the reader in spite of this is really quite amazing. If you're interested in a gripping and smut filled manga series, I highly recommend this series.
The work that Anime "Baccano!" made light Novell of the Ryohgo Narita original Anime. The Manga version was published serially in "Dengeki Comic Gao!" (MediaWorks) until February, 2008 from December, 2006. As for the book, two volumes are published. It was broadcasted as TV Anime from July, 2007 to December. Alchemists tried the summons of the devil for agelessness and deathlessness in marine ship Advenna Avis 300 years ago. The summons succeeded, and the devil gave alchemists the liquor which became the agelessness and deathlessness and taught a manufacturing process of the liquor in Maiza Avaro of the master of summons. However, at night of the next day, one alchemist began to defeat a friend, and alchemists who became they agelessness and deathlessness were scattered in the world to escape from the evil power. And high jinks (Baccano!) around immortal liquor begins in 1930 in U.S.A. of Prohibition.
After a one year break, author Yoshihiro Togashi will resume his manga, according to an announcement in the 30th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, more details will be provided later!
This is the story of Victoria, a high school girl that loves history and arts. On a museum visit organized by her institution, she finds a mysterious ring with the initials A.M.I and picks it up to give it to the Missing Items Section.
When she meets a boy who is in charge of that department, the boy is suspicious of her motives and she wonders why. While she waits for him, she randomly tries the ring (who hasn't done that XD?) but gets stuck (call it Murphy's Law).
The situation complicates when a troll appears and wants to kill them. But with the power of the ring,Victoria transforms into a Sorceress and with her magic stick, she battles the monster and incinerates him. The boy is struck as Victoria reverses to normal and faints.
One thing I will always find interesting with webcomics artists is that their capacity to mix Western and manga style is enhanced, if we compare it to traditionally established artists that work for a company. Maybe it's that they have more creative freedom because they're doing it themselves? Or because they have a bigger view?
In this case, Bwillett's comic wasn't afraid to use the 4-square style of panels with her own manga style and storytelling. The plot develops in a smooth, simple and harmonious way that looks to engage readers. It doesn't use absurd plot devices nor it just throws something out of the blue for the sake of doing so. The characters and situations flow naturally and doesn't disrupt the storyline at all.
The story is a great read and there's a established continuity with 15 chapters that are updating constantly as we speak, something that most webcomics or webmanga artists sadly lack in terms of consistence
Anime "Honey and Clover" is romantic comedy Anime of the Chica Umino original. The Manga version was published serially in "CUTiEcomic", "Young YOU", "Chorus" (Shueisha) until July, 2006 from June, 2000. As for the book, ten volumes are published. It was broadcasted as TV Anime from July, 2006 to September and, from April, 2005 to September, cooked it. It was become a documentary film in July, 2006 and, from January, 2008 to March, was broadcasted as a photograph taken on a spot drama. Yuta Takemoto enjoyed a college life among Shinobu Morita and Takumi Mayama and others of the senior in the co-workers of the apartment beautiful major life every day. One day Takemoto are introduced Hagumi Hanamoto of the relative of Hanamoto from Syuji Hanamoto of the teacher of the university. Shyness is intense, and the number of persons was little Hagumi, too, but Takemoto falls in love with the loveliness at first sight while I do not know it myself. And Morita of a senior known as an eccentric likes Hagumi again. Hagumi and Morita are attracted and notice the thing each other. However, the love of two people was something like ties of the soul between the geniuses whom I could not understand to an ordinary man unlike it which was usual. Hagumi and Morita of the relations that are slightly mysterious to call it "love." To see a state of such Hagumi and Morita, Takemoto which cannot be in the world that two people share tastes sense of estrangement. On the other hand, Mayama loved manager, Rika Harada of the building design office of the part-time job. However, Rika which protects alone the office where it did not finish losing a husband in an accident pretends not to notice it on purpose while noticing thought of Mayama and is going to put Mayama and distance. It was Ayumi Yamada with love as Mayama to have been hurt in a figure of such Mayama most. Mayama knowing the thought of Yamada conveys that it is not met the thought in Yamada, but Mayama cannot finish completely pushing touching Uamada. Even if Yamada understands that Mayama is less likely to turn around, time passes without being able to cut off the thought. I spend it in this way before the together same time in seasons drifting at a quick pace while everybody holds each love feeling in a chest each other. However, the passage of time lets each be gradually aware of the true feeling that I repressed and finds out own way by confronting it in it …
The North American anime distributor Media Blasters announced on Tuesday that it acquired the Bakuman. television anime series. Media Blasters' AnimeWorks label will start releasing the anime on DVD this November with the first seven episodes and an English dub.
The original manga that inspired the anime was written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata — the co-creators of Death Note. The story involves Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, who is persuaded to work towards becoming a manga creator with the encouragement of two classmates. In the anime version, Moritaka is voiced by Atsushi Abe, whose other recent roles include the protagonist Akiyuki in Xam'd: Lost Memories.
Source: ANN
Finally!! This gives it more mainstream exposure!!
Hoy inauguro una nueva sección de noticias. Será como una biblioteca online con los titulares de las novedades y noticias del mundo otaku más relevantes que se pueden encontrar diseminadas por la red, para aquellos que quieran estar al día. Por supuesto no puedo abarcar todas las novedades así que si alguien quiere compartir alguna que se sienta libre de comentármelo para poder hacer esta sección más completa. Muchas gracias y espero que la disfrutéis.
-NUEVA SERIE DE BLOOD: se titulará BLOOD C y tendrá guión y diseño de personajes de CLAMP. [LEER MÁS]
-SE REVELA EL TRAILER DE LA NUEVA PELÍCULA DE FULL METAL ALCHEMIST: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi. [LEER MÁS]
Anime "Bastard‼" is dark fantasy Anime of the kazushi Hagiwara original. "Weekly Shonen Jump" extends to the Manga version from 1988 It is published serially in "Ultra Jump" (Shueisha). As for the book, 26 volumes are published. It was released as OVA in 1992. The civilization collapsed by "destruction God Anthrasax" and a hand of "the evil deity group" produced by the power "science" of the person once. A few people who survived this disaster "holocaust" had power of new civilization, "magic" in its hand and invited blood and meat and the times of with steel and the magical power. Then it is 400 years. A magician of the exploding flame which led army corps of king Four Devas and the darkness to subordinates with great power, and set conquest war in the continent "Dark Schneider" ((devil chastity soldier war) that and Prince Tatsu Lars Ulu where it was with a legendary "dragon soldier" after handle much golem, and cross D.S.) as follows for a long time, and competed with large country and five heroes attacks each other, and is destroyed.) But at this chance D.S. transmigrates on the body of the baby with a secret art of the transmigration secretly. However, it is sealed and will live life that is unrelated to the fight as Rushe, Renren with daughter Yoko of Jio before awaking by one of five heroes Jio Noto sote.
You know, there was always this question in the back of my mind over if ultimately manga and anime have taken over Western comics.
Nothing further from reality as Western comics still have the largest demand in the world and Manga style comics are a genre/niche that is growing as we speak, but it's still far from being mainstream.
The day we see a manga published in the United States by either DC or Marvel, that'd be the day we can say that manga is mainstream.
That being said, what is Marvel's interest in making X-Men, Blade and Iron Man anime series?
The answer can be in the fact that Marvel is looking to get the younger audiences or younger generations that are wayyy more interested in manga/anime than they ever will in Western comics.
Or they just want to experiment what could be the result of a crossover between these two radically different styles and approaches for diverse audiences.
Or even a simple wish to join creative forces for the sake of going beyond, such as Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei in their series Karakuridoji Ultimo, which is serialized in Jump SQ magazine and is being sold as a graphic novel on Amazon.
Western comics are all about realism and being anatomically correct as possible, yet at the same time with a certain degree of styling of forms and figures, but manga is expressionistic and relies more in characters, but that doesn't mean that the story can't be equally complex. You can say that manga is realistic in its own way because of the expression it conveys in each panel.
Right now, a crossover of these two styles of visual storytelling (and cultural approaches to life, actually) have either proved to be succesful or simply a failure, as in the case of the Wolverine anime, so it is still an ambigous land.
And DC is doing nothing?
DC is just not being as vocal, but series like 'Young Justice' and 'Teen Titans' show a certain shift towards anime style, without necessarilly abandoning the traditional animation style of 'Superman: TAS', or 'Justice League Unlimited'. They want to cater to younger audiences without compromising too much of themselves.
And don't forget about the 'Batman: Gotham Knight' animated shorts, that was already a mild insinuation towards anime style in 2005, with studios Madhouse, Studio 4 °C and Production IG working with David Goyer, Brian Azzarello and Greg Rucka.
As for the upcoming comics relaunch on September and the new character design? It may be only me but I'm already seeing mecha influences in Superman's new suit.
Who's not to say that with the upcoming Superman movie in 2012, directed by Zack Snyder, and assessed by the Nolans, we may get anime shorts of Superman?
This fantasy magical series about a bunch of students that are always at the bottom of their class will premiere on Tv Tokyo, and is the continuation of the first season which was streamed by Funimation.
Toei Animation reported earlier this month that its operating income from overseas copyright licensing is increasing 66% or about 500 million yen (about US$6 million) during the fiscal year ending in March of 2012, compared to the previous year. In particular, sales of character goods are growing in China and Europe.
Sales in licensing are projected to rise 66% to the range of 1 billion yen (US$12 million) in the current fiscal year. Sales of Saint Seiya T-shirts are launching in China in collaboration with a local company, and these sales are expected to lift Toei's income from licensing. Similarly, One Piece, Precure, and other franchises are being merchandised as items such as toys and stationery in Europe.
President Hiroshi Takahashi added that the domestic licensing business is off to a good start this fiscal year, but the business is still feeling the unavoidable impact of the previous year's downturn.
Source: Nikkei, ANN
I think this has mostly to do with the success of the Lost Canvas series, how it's raising the awareness of the Saint Seiya franchise, as for One Piece, I think that speaks for itself with its millions of fans around the world that buy and collect the merchandise.
ARGUMENTO: la vida de Kazuaki es monótona y aburrida, transcurre de la oficina a casa y de casa a la oficina. Hasta que un día a la salida del trabajo es testigo de algo que no debería haber visto y avergonzado sale corriendo. Al día siguiente el hombre del día anterior lo encuentra y ¡le confiesa que se ha enamorado a primera vista de él!
OPINIÓN PERSONAL: un manga bastante entretenido y dulce que relata una historia de amor natural y realista, sin muchas complicaciones y muy fácil de leer.
Anime "Basquash!" is SF sports Anime of the Satelight production. The Manga version was published serially in "Shōnen Ace" (Kadokawa Shoten) from January, 2009 to September. As for the book, two volumes are published. I ground it and, as for the stand, am dashed a planet. In this world where the creation myth that the world was created by basketball was believed, a large-sized person type machine named "the Bigfoot" played an active part, and sports named "Bigfoot basketball (BFB)" which I drove Bigfoot for competitions, and performed basketball gathered ardent popularity. Dan of the boy who lived in the city rolling town in Earth Dash held thought depressed for the slow-witted, boring basketball that Bigfoot performed triggered by the accident that took the future as the basketball player away from a younger sister to dote on. Because Dan has it triggered by having borrowed new Bigfoot from a childhood friend to spoil Bigfoot basketball; literal for an official game; storm it, and commit all kinds of the vandalism to a weapon with a ball. However, I bring about the sports that are different from the conventional Bigfoot basketball that this game becomes the legend against an intention of Dan, and will be called "Basquash!" later. I go to surface of the moon city, Mooneyes where, therefore, the medicine advanced to and get an aim to treat the foot of the younger sister there, and, as for Dan who came to attract attention as a valid legend from all around, it plays an active part in the sports as a player of Basquash! with a friend and the rival whom it got newly to be successful.
"Absolute Boyfriend" , un popular manga de Yuu Watase, ya fue adaptado a dorama en japón y podemos verlo con el título "Zettai Kareshi". Ahora Taiwan ha decidido no quedarse atrás y presentar su propia adaptación que se titulará "Jue Dui Darling".
La historia sigue las vivencias de Izawa Riko, una estudiantes de 16 años sin suerte en el amor. Pero su vida cambia inesperadamente cuando recibe un peculiar regalo de un desconocido en agradecimiento por su ayuda: la dirección de una extraña web donde se pueden crear novios-androides al gusto. Obviamente ella no cree que pueda ser cierto, pero aún así decide probar y crear a su chico ideal. ¡Cuál no es su sorpresa cuando al día siguiente le entregan una caja y dentro está el hombre de sus sueños! Para complicar las cosas su vecino y amigo de la infancia se mete de por medio. ¿Qué pasará ahora?
Una trama entretenida con tintes de comedia, drama y tragedia. (SPOILER: yo que leí el manga no es una historia que quiera volver a ver y no porque no me gustara sino porque el final se me hizo demasiado triste. Ahora habría que ver que clase de final tiene esta versión).
Desde luego la versión taiwanesa contará con buenos actores que sin duda nos anima a verla:
-Koo Hye Sun será la protagonista. Esta chica ya nos convenció a todos con su actuación en "Boys over Flowers" y sin duda promete. Personalmente me alegra que sea ella.
-Jiro Wang (cantante de Farenheit) será el "novio perfecto" del que nos enamoraremos. Como curiosidad decir que este papel era originalmente de su ex-compañero de banda Wu Chun, pero tras abandonar el proyecto para dedicar más tiempo a su familia el papel pasó a Jiro. A mí ambos chicos me gustan. así que no tengo quejas. A Jiro Wang podíamos verlo en dramas tan conocidos como "It started with a kiss" y su secuela "They kiss again" y también en "Hana Kimi" entre otros.
-Xie Kun Da (cantante de ENERGY) completa el trío, imagino que encarnando al vecino-amigo que pondrá las cosas difíciles al adorable androide del amor.
Bueno, ¿qué os parece? ¿Con ganas de verlo? Desde luego el reparto es bueno, ahora solo queda esperar. ¿No están adorables en las fotos?
Anime "Fighting Spirit" is sports Anime about the boxing of the George Morikawa original. The Manga version is published serially in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) from February, 1990. As for the book, 95 volumes are published. From October, 2000 to March, 2002, it was broadcasted as TV Anime from January, 2009 to June. It was shown as Anime for theater in June, 2003 and September. The high school student who son of fishing boat shop "Makunouchi", Ippo Makunouchi are bumbling, and is tender. I help mother bringing up one step since I was small and help a fishing boat shop with one woman. Spring of the eleventh grader. Got entangled in a usual bully trio, and I was hit, and the one step was considered to be it bumpily. Prize fighter Mamoru Takamura where I happened to pass by by chance breaks in there and, as a result, saves Ippo. The place where mind Ippo which lost noticed "Kamogawa boxing gym." It was Jim full of the vigor in many trainees. I say, Takamura "returns to Ippo where I noticed quickly if I notice". Anything watches Ippo where I am going to return to in low spirits in shamefulness not to be possible with being hit and Takamura pictures a portrait of bully, Umezawa and puts it on the sand back and gives Ippo an order when I swat it. I fly in hard が of Takamura in Ippo which can give only a petty punch, and trainees of the gym which watched a punch of Ippo which received advice of how to beat drink breath. On the other hand, Ippo to see the video which borrowed from Takamura in Takamura "want to become a boxer" … I tell, I want to become strong. In Ippo going ahead through to the way of the boxing that is not easy at all, Takamura starts the homework that there is.
ARGUMENTO: Una nueva estudiante ha llegado a clase, se llama Kawai Maria y es una preciosidad. Pero la mala reputación la precede. Habiendo sido expulsada del prestigioso colegio St Katria solo para chicas por haber golpeado a un profesor y con una personalidad muy difícil con la que lidiar, Maria pronto es abandonada por la clase e incluso maltratada. Y es que Maria solo sabe decir la verdad con una seriedad apabullante, es como un espejo que refleja todo aquello lo que no queremos ver de nosotros mismos. Eso, su belleza y su buen porte hace que los demás sientan envidia de ella o la malentiendan, dando pie al vacío y al maltrato escolar. Todos dicen que Maria es un demonio e incluso ella misma lo cree. Sin embargo, no se rinde en su camino en busca de la redención. ¿Si cree podrá ser salvada? Para su sorpresa contará con la ayuda inesperada de dos compañeros: Kanda Yuusuke, un chico que se esfuerza a diario por ser encantador y popular, y Meguro Shin, a quien nada parece importarle pero tiene un lado inesperadamente dulce. ¿Podrá Kawai Maria ser salvada de si misma? ¿O será el mundo el que se salve gracias a su sinceridad?
OPINIÓN PERSONAL: inesperado, original y muy entretenido. Este manga realmente me ha dejado una buena sensación. Tenemos los elementos propios del shojo como un instituto, una chica nueva, unas compañeras envidiosas y dos chicos que son polos opuestos para el indispensable trío amoroso... y ahí es donde acaban las similitudes. ¡Por qué este manga es muy original! Sin duda, la personalidad de la protagonista es lo que nos asombra y nos conmueve, una chica muy intuitiva que solo sabe ser sincera, con una profunda herida emocional, que siempre se reprocha todo a si misma, que es sorprendentemente dulce a pesar de las apariencias y que aunque siempre que intenta cambiar termina en desastre, decide creer y seguir adelante. ¿Serán recompensados algún día sus esfuerzos? Sin duda, lo mejor de esta historia es el elemento psicológico, la forma en que Maria saca a la luz la verdadera personalidad de la gente, ese lado feo que todos tenemos y ninguno queremos ver. También me ha gustado bastante el estilo de dibujo y la forma de narrar la historia, el modo en que Maria es comparada siempre con un demonio (aunque en mi opinión es más como un ángel) y la narración en primera persona de los personajes secundarios que nos amplia la perspectiva tanto de si mismos como de sus pensamientos hacia la protagonista. En definitiva, un shojo que verdaderamente merece la pena leer.
After a one year break, author Yoshihiro Togashi will resume his manga, according to an announcement in the 30th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, more details will be provided later!
And don't forget about the 'Batman: Gotham Knight' animated shorts, that was already a mild insinuation towards anime style in 2005, with studios Madhouse, Studio 4 °C and Production IG working with David Goyer, Brian Azzarello and Greg Rucka.
Toei Animation reported earlier this month that its operating income from overseas copyright licensing is increasing 66% or about 500 million yen (about US$6 million) during the fiscal year ending in March of 2012, compared to the previous year. In particular, sales of character goods are growing in China and Europe.
