If you’ve been a faithful Manga Recon reader, you may be wondering why we haven’t updated the blog recently. That’s because our webmaster Jon Haehnle just finished building us our very own homepage within the PopCultureShock site. You’ll now find us at this address:
http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/
As you’ll see, the site got more than just a facelift. Jon [...]

Anime lovers take note: this week’s column looks at manga versions of “Samurai Champloo” and “Sola” as well as “Aspirin,” “Togari,” and “Very! Very! Sweet.”

A girl-centric installment of Manga Minis featuring reviews of “Cy-Believers,” “Goong,” “Love*Com,” “Rolling” and “Vidia and the Fairy Crown.”

Mini-reviews of the latest volumes of “Forest of Gray City,” “Pumpkin Scissors,” and staff favorite “Kekkaishi.”

Cat-Eyed Boy, Vols. 1-2
By Kazuo Umezu
Published by Viz
Rating: Older Teen (16+)

Kazuo Umezu’s writing defies easy categorization. His horror stories unfold in an almost haphazard fashion, seldom offering Western readers the kind of inevitable showdown between supernatural menace and righteous avenger that’s de rigeur in grindhouse flicks. In a less charitable frame of mind, I [...]

Our new weekly edition of Manga Minis kicks off with reviews of The Antique Gift Shop, Classical Medley, Her Majesty’s Dog, and Hollow Fields.

Is a super-sized helping of Manga Minis an oxymoron? Or is it simply the equivalent of gorging yourself on Frosted Mini Wheats? Either way, this month’s column is jam-packed with reviews from Chloe Ferguson, Isaac Hale, Ken Haley, Michelle Smith, and me. The books run the gamut from shojo—volume eight of La Corda d’Oro (Viz) [...]

Reporters and talk-show hosts love to issue midterm report cards to presidents, congressmen, governors, and mayors, looking at highlights and lowlights of their first months (or years) in office. In a civic-minded spirit, we at PCS decided to issue a midterm report of our own—one that focused on the best manga released in the first [...]

What do Tite Kubo and the Laker Girls have in common (besides a love of outlandish costumes)? Both will be at the Viz Media booth at San Diego Comic-Con to help promote Viz’s hottest shonen franchises. Read on for the full scoop!
San Francisco, CA, July 16, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of [...]

If you’re a faithful Manga Recon reader, you may have noticed that several new reviewers have joined the team. Helping me, Erin, Ken, Chloe, and Isaac sort the manga wheat from the chaff are Phil Guie, Sam Kusek, and Michelle Smith. Here’s what they had to say for themselves:
Phil Guie is a freelance writer who [...]