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Reviews and Ratings of the Latest Manga Comics & Graphic Novels

See our reviews and ratings of the latest and greatest manga titles. Check out which shonen, shojo, seinin and josei manga are worth your $9.99 and what's better left on the bookstore shelf for someone else.

10 Suggestions for JManga.com
After reviewing JManga.com's features, pricing and content, I came up with 10 suggestions for ways this online manga website can be easier to use.

JManga.com Report Card – Fall 2011
Read a report card about the pros/cons of JManga.com, a website featuring Japanese manga in English from 39 Japanese publishers. After two months, it’s time to take a closer look at this ambitious website that promotes and sells Japanese manga to fans in North America, and eventually the world.

Weekly Manga Reading List – JManga Edition
Read a short reviews of online manga featured on JManga.com, including To All Corners of the World, Star Protector Dog, A Kiss on Tearful Cheeks, Ekiben Hitoritabi, and Madame Joker.

Tired of Waiting For Love
Former yakuza gangster Kyousuke Sawaragi spent five years in jail on drug-related charges. Now that he's out, he wants to stay out of trouble. But trouble somehow finds him, as he runs into his former cellmate Shuuya.

Weekly Manga Reading List – November 30, 2010
Read mini-reviews of 10 new and recently released manga, including Not Love But Delicious Food, Witch of Artemis, Detroit Metal City and Moyasimon.

Weekly Manga Reading List – November 21, 2010
See mini-reviews of Itsuwaribito, Kizuna, Code: Breaker, Honey Hunt and seven more new and continuing manga series, one-shots and books.

Weekly Manga Reading List – November 14, 2010
See mini-reviews of Kurozakuro, Summoner Girl, Himeyuka & Rozione's Story, Skip Beat, Black Butler and six more new and recent manga releases.

Fall 2009 New Manga Preview

There's lots of great new and noteworthy manga, art books and graphic novels coming out in Fall 2009 -- but which ones are generating the most buzz? Check out my picks for the 40 most intriguing new manga series, one-shots, graphic novels and art books that are coming soon to a comics or book shop near you.

What I Read This Week - October 22, 2010
This week's batch of books run the gamut from slightly creepy shojo stories to a fish-out-of-water story about an English teacher in Japan, a heartwarming sports manga series, a historical biography and a Japan travel book that skips the shrines and gets to the good stuff: where to buy cool toys in Tokyo. Want more "Tweet n' Run" reviews as...

Weekly Manga Reading List - October 29, 2010
The books from this week's stack of manga (and more) include two from the incredible (and incredibly under-appreciated in the U.S.) manga master Takehiko Inoue, a new James Patterson manga series, a 'wild' romance, a brick-sized graphic novel memoir and the latest volume of my favorite sports manga evar. Want more "Tweet n' Run"...

Weekly Manga Reading List – November 7, 2010
This week, I'm moving the date of my weekly mini-manga reviews to Mondays, so there's even more of them than usual this time around. There was quite a mix of stuff in my mailbox and in my stack this week, from cute and funny stories for kids to violent and/or sexy stories geared strictly for grown-ups. There are a few new series and one-shots...

New Manga Announcements from San Diego Comic-Con 2012
San Diego Comic-Con International is one of the biggest comics shows of the year, so little wonder that many North American manga publishers announced several new titles for 2012-2013 at this event. Here's a quick round-up of the new manga you'll be hearing more about in the months to come.

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