The setup for this comedy is simple: Fuyuki and his sister Natsumi accidentally capture a frog-like alien. He was sent as part of an advance invasion force, but due to his incompetence, he quickly loses his weapon and is abandoned by his planet. The kids want to make friends with the alien, [...]
wanted to jump into this how-to book as soon as I received it. It’s immediately welcoming, with well-laid-out pages, lots of attractive spot color, and an approach that suggests that anyone can draw manga with its help.
Lea Hernandez clearly knows her stuff. She’s created her own manga-influenced graphic novels and worked as [...]
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this romantic comedy, especially coming in a book late. It’s a classic pairing of opposites executed with believable teenage romantic confusion.
Risa’s the tallest girl in the class, and Otani’s the shortest boy. Both have crushes on more typically attractive students, so they try [...]
In Dramacon, Svetlana Chmakova has created an instant classic. Never mind if you don’t like manga, don’t like non-Japanese manga, don’t like Tokyopop… this romantic comedy is witty and amazingly wonderful, hitting all the right notes in a unique setting.
Christie and her boyfriend have created a comic. (She writes, he draws.) To [...]
SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Lina, Gourry, Zelgadiss, and Amelia are chasing Pokota with Lina popping off spells here and there. Pokota loses his pursuers in the bushes of the forest for a moment until Zelgadiss detects him. He uses clumps of his wire-like hair to flush the critter out, only to discover that he has located the [...]
SPOILER Summary: A man gets off a plan and with ease, avoids the rifle bullets shot by Fujiko. She recognizes him as Garb and immediately makes a call to Lupin, who’s driving with Jigen outside of Tokyo. He agrees to meet her but first, he has to lose Zenigata and his cops. Lupin does this [...]
SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The younger brother of the Viper alien that Keroro’s platoon defeated is on Earth for revenge. He kidnaps Keroro from a Java Riser event (disguised as one of the stage villains). He nabs Giroro with a Natsumi look-alike. He takes Tamama with a fake cookie-candy house. Then he snares Kururu with a package [...]
SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: It is a hot day and in the underground Keron HQ, the platoon is listless as Moa arrives with cold beverages from a nearby vending machine. Despite his complaints, Giroro enjoys his beverage. When Keroro pops the top of his soda, he’s sprayed in the face. Giroro points out that this is what [...]
SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Keroro dons his shogun helmet and launches the new plan which involves him acquiring a castle. To this end, he starts building a castle model, which irritates Giroro, who then breaks one of the supporting pillar pieces to show his frustration. Despite this, Keroro quickly finishes the model and then douses it with [...]
SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: After her battle with M-9, the unconscious Lena (aka: Rena) is sent flying through the desert. However, instead of crashing hard into the ground, two giant, golden energy wings emerge from her body, causing her to softly land on her back before the wings vanish. This is all observed by the young male [...]
