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Archive for the 'Manga' Category

Several reasons why I shouldn't be allowed to venture into Kinokuniya…

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

… at least, not with money in my pocket. Originally, I was going in to pick up one volume of Suzuka. As you can see, it didn’t turn out that way…

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Kodomo no Jikan volumes 1 through 3 arrive at the door

Monday, March 26th, 2007

It was a good day for parcels arriving all told. Along with the previously mentioned gaming goodness, volumes one, two and three of Kodomo no Jikan rocked up. A good thing too — I’ve very much been looking forward to reading them in book form, rather than flicking through scans. This series is soon to [...]

Kodomo no Jikan Backgrounds

Monday, March 12th, 2007

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DS goodness plus more

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

First up is a lovely trifecta of Nintendo DS games: New Super Mario Bros, Children of Mana and Yoshi’s Island DS. I wasn’t surprised to discover that all three were fantastic; however I was slightly surprised to find myself spending the majority of my time playing Children of Mana instead of the other two. I’m [...]

Kinokuniya Purchases

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

I went manga hunting at Kinokuniya recently, and couldn’t resist picking up the following:

Suzuka Volume 1, Negima volume 15 (which came with a DVD containing the Summer Special OVA) and NHK Volume 1 along with the December issue of Newtype.

Newtype came with a Haruhi supplement, featuring some lovely artwork — including this poster, which now [...]

NHK ni Youkoso - Manga

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

I’ve posted a couple times regarding the NHK ni Youkoso anime series currently airing in Japan, but neglected to give any mention to the excellent Manga series (both are descended from the light novel). If you get a chance to check it out, I highly recommend it.