Titles: K-ON! and K-ON! 2 Genre: School, Slice of Life, CGDCT Episodes: 13 and 26 Studio: Kyoto Animation Like many high school girls before and after her, Yui doesn’t really know what she wants to do with her life. Heck, she doesn’t even know what she wants to do with her free time right now….
Titles: Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight, Girls’ Musical Revue Starlight Genre: Surrealism, drama, musical, school, CGDCT Episodes: 12 Studio: Kinema Citrus Karen and Hikari are going to be stars. They are going to be Stage Girls that shine brighter than any others. There’s no doubt about it! After all, they did promise! And now, they may have…
Once you decide that fan translations are ok, it’s difficult to stop. Yup, The Solitary Castle in the Mirror is another manga that hasn’t quite been officially licensed yet. It’s actually based on a novel that might have an official translation. I’m afraid I didn’t do my homework there. The original title is Kagami no…
Titles: Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets Genre: Slice of Life, School, Cute Kids doing Cute Things, drama Episodes: 22 Studio: Kyoto Animation The classic literature club is in danger! It hasn’t been attracting new members for a while and if no one signs up this year it might shut down! And since it was Oreki’s sister’s club,…
Ok, so I broke down and started reading a fan-translated version of this manga. In my defence, I guarantee that I will buy a physical copy as soon as it comes out in English. I tried to get volume 1 in Japanese from Amazon Japan but they were sold out. This is one popular manga….
Titles: Ore Monogatari!!, Mon Histoire, My Love Story!! Genre: Romance, school, slice of life, comedy Episodes: 24 Studio: MADHOUSE Takeo Gouda is enjoying his school life. He has lots of friends, and a best friend who is really cool and always looks out for him. His grades aren’t the best but they’re ok, and no…
A few months ago I decided to just buy a bunch of volume 1 manga that I didn’t know anything about and figured if I found something I liked I would continue it. This has backfired horribly. Not only did I like most of the series I started but I absolutely loved receiving a box…
Titles: Number 24, number24 Genre: Sports!, drama, comedy, Episodes: 12 Studio: PRA Natsusa is in the prime of his life. He’s attending a pretty nice catholic university, he’s got a bunch of great friends and most of all, he gets to play on his college league Rugby team. That’s really all that matters. Natsusa absolutely…
Titles: Noein: Toward Another You Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Psychological, school, romance Episodes: 24 Studio: Satelight Haruka is only 12 years old but she has a lot on her plate. She has this boy she likes but he gets mopey all the time and tries to run away from home without her so she has…
Titles: Prince of Stride: Alternative Genre: Sports!, comedy, school Episodes: 12 Studio: MADHOUSE Riku is going to have so much fun in high school. Since he’s always been good at studying, grades shouldn’t be an issue, so he can just enjoy himself. Talk to some pretty girls. Pretty girls like Nana for instance. He can…
Titles: Princess Tutu Genre: Adventure, surreal, magical girl, romance, drama, fairy tale Episodes: 38 Studio: Hal Film Maker The world can be a cold harsh place for a little duck. Danger lurks everywhere. It’s freezing in winter and stifling in summer. You have to stay strong and sharp, if you don,t want to be eaten….
So lately I’ve been ordering a lot of manga. I’m in the mood to discover my next big manga love story. I’ve also not been reading as much webcomics. At least not family-friendly ones. As such, I figured I would switch my webtoon recommendations for manga first impressions until I build up a nice stock…
Titles: BECK Genre: Music, slice of life, school, drama, romance Episodes: 26 Studio: MADHOUSE Yukio is going to start high school soon but he hasn’t really figured anything out yet. He doesn’t know what he wants to do or who he wants to be. He doesn’t have any really close friends and isn’t passionate about…
Titles: Perfect Girl Evolution, The Seven Metamorphoses of Yamato Nadeshiko, The Wallflower Genre: Comedy, romance… kinda… Episodes: 25 Studio: Nippon Animation Nakahara Sunako has endured a terrible tragedy. One that has marked her deeply and completely changed the course of her life. Once, a guy she had a huge crush on called her ugly. And…
Titles: Adachi to Shimamura, AdaShima Genre: Romance, drama, school, slice of life, yuri Episodes: 12 Studio: Tezuka Productions Adachi is at that age. The age where everything is kind of difficult and annoying. It seems like everything bothers her and she doesn’t like anything anymore. Her mom is distant and gets on her nerves. School…