Comments for MangaBlog http://mangablog.net an ongoing conversation about manga Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Tell JManga: It’s time to go global! by Estara http://mangablog.net/2012/02/22/tell-jmanga-its-time-to-go-global/#comment-35861 Estara Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:05:01 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12413#comment-35861 Well, I would tell J-Manga that, if I had Facebook or Twitter, but I don't. Might have been nice to simply have a poll somewhere. Well, I would tell J-Manga that, if I had Facebook or Twitter, but I don’t. Might have been nice to simply have a poll somewhere.

]]> Comment on Special undead edition: New Kurosagi and Twilight on the way by Sweetpea http://mangablog.net/2012/02/21/special-undead-edition-new-kurosagi-and-twilight-on-the-way/#comment-35860 Sweetpea Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:47:26 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12408#comment-35860 YESYESYES omg Dark Horse pushed back the release of Kurosagi back so long I thought it would be just plain cancelled! I am SO EXCITED! ^.^ I'm such a huge fan. I can't wait. YESYESYES omg Dark Horse pushed back the release of Kurosagi back so long I thought it would be just plain cancelled! I am SO EXCITED! ^.^ I’m such a huge fan. I can’t wait.

]]> Comment on Kimagure Orange Road coming to Facebook by Jason Green http://mangablog.net/2012/02/20/kimagure-orange-road-coming-to-facebook/#comment-35859 Jason Green Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:21:58 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12396#comment-35859 Sweet Jesus, that KOR licensing is great news. KOR is the only title I've ever been tempted enough to read any scanlations of, but my moral code got the better of me after a few chapters. I can't wait to be able to read an officially licensed version. Sweet Jesus, that KOR licensing is great news. KOR is the only title I’ve ever been tempted enough to read any scanlations of, but my moral code got the better of me after a few chapters. I can’t wait to be able to read an officially licensed version.

]]> Comment on Digital brass want your license suggestions! by COM801 http://mangablog.net/2012/02/17/digital-brass-want-your-license-suggestions/#comment-35857 COM801 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:54:27 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12386#comment-35857 I second the request for Miyamoto Kano titles and Cornered Mouse...by Mizushiro Setona (this is exquisite!). But I would also like to see: {Aniya Yuiji} Comedy Evolves by Love {Fujiyama Hyouta} Hitomi no Ounowa {Fukai Youki} Yubisaki de Ai o Katare {Hidaka Shoko} Hana wa Saku ka {Jaryuu Dokuro} Endless World {Motoni Modoru} Tanbishugi {Takao Hiroi & Kamuro Akira} Ikenai Otoko {Aida Saki & Takashina Yuu} Deadlock (Novel) {Suzuki Ami & Itsuki Kaname} Mede Shireru Yoru no Junjou (and the novel series) {Takaguchi Satosumi} Nanahikari {Natsume Isaku} Doushiyoumo nai Keredo Finish the series: {Sugano Akira & Etsumi Ninomiya} Mainichi Seiten {Hidaka Shoko} Signal + After a Storm (Not Enough Time) {Yamagata Satomi} Three Quarters (Emotion Circuit + Fake Fur) Relicensed: {Enjin Yaminaru & Eda Yuuri} I Can't Even Breathe Without You {Enjin Yaminaru} Voice or Noise Anything by: Yoneda Kou Ima Ichiko Kusama Sake SHOOWA Yamada Yugi Suzuki Tsuta Monden Akiko Please... I second the request for Miyamoto Kano titles and Cornered Mouse…by Mizushiro Setona (this is exquisite!).

But I would also like to see:
{Aniya Yuiji} Comedy Evolves by Love
{Fujiyama Hyouta} Hitomi no Ounowa
{Fukai Youki} Yubisaki de Ai o Katare
{Hidaka Shoko} Hana wa Saku ka
{Jaryuu Dokuro} Endless World
{Motoni Modoru} Tanbishugi
{Takao Hiroi & Kamuro Akira} Ikenai Otoko
{Aida Saki & Takashina Yuu} Deadlock (Novel)
{Suzuki Ami & Itsuki Kaname} Mede Shireru Yoru no Junjou (and the novel series)
{Takaguchi Satosumi} Nanahikari
{Natsume Isaku} Doushiyoumo nai Keredo

Finish the series:
{Sugano Akira & Etsumi Ninomiya} Mainichi Seiten
{Hidaka Shoko} Signal + After a Storm (Not Enough Time)
{Yamagata Satomi} Three Quarters (Emotion Circuit + Fake Fur)

Relicensed:
{Enjin Yaminaru & Eda Yuuri} I Can’t Even Breathe Without You
{Enjin Yaminaru} Voice or Noise

Anything by:
Yoneda Kou
Ima Ichiko
Kusama Sake
SHOOWA
Yamada Yugi
Suzuki Tsuta
Monden Akiko

Please…

]]> Comment on Digital brass want your license suggestions! by 2old4yaoi http://mangablog.net/2012/02/17/digital-brass-want-your-license-suggestions/#comment-35856 2old4yaoi Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:19:29 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12386#comment-35856 I am still not understanding why these titles are not licensed in English yet?! They will be highly profitable I assure you: Sakura Gari by Watese Yuu Cornered Mouse & The Carp Jumped by Setona Mizushiro Usotsuki wa Shinshi no Hajimari by Matsuo Maatta Amayakana Toge by Miyamoto Kano Lighter reads: Maruya Kae's "Taiyou no Kikoushi" Masara Minase's "Toiki Yori mo Yasashii" Tarakai Saki's "Katsubou no Manazashi" ITSUKI Kaname's "Mede Shireru Yoru no Junjou" Katsuai Monster by NARAZAKI Souta Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Love Stage & Back Stage I am still not understanding why these titles are not licensed in English yet?! They will be highly profitable I assure you:
Sakura Gari by Watese Yuu
Cornered Mouse & The Carp Jumped by Setona Mizushiro
Usotsuki wa Shinshi no Hajimari by Matsuo Maatta
Amayakana Toge by Miyamoto Kano

Lighter reads:
Maruya Kae’s “Taiyou no Kikoushi”
Masara Minase’s “Toiki Yori mo Yasashii”
Tarakai Saki’s “Katsubou no Manazashi”
ITSUKI Kaname’s “Mede Shireru Yoru no Junjou”
Katsuai Monster by NARAZAKI Souta
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
Love Stage & Back Stage

]]> Comment on Digital brass want your license suggestions! by rin sparrow http://mangablog.net/2012/02/17/digital-brass-want-your-license-suggestions/#comment-35854 rin sparrow Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:28:56 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12386#comment-35854 Would love for more usual, less cliched yaoi titles to be translated: anything by Nakamura Asumiko (especially Doukyuusei) , Miyamoto Kano, or Nitta Youka (especially Haru o Daiteita). Also, Tango no Otoko by Okadaya Tetuzoh, and there's a ton of people waiting for Crimson Spell and Voice Or Noise to be continued. I'd order - even pre-order - any of these. The majority of yaoi titles out there are fluff and absolutely no substance, which just devalues the genre for new perspective readers. There's good stuff out there, if only people would actually put it on the shelf. Would love for more usual, less cliched yaoi titles to be translated: anything by Nakamura Asumiko (especially Doukyuusei) , Miyamoto Kano, or Nitta Youka (especially Haru o Daiteita). Also, Tango no Otoko by Okadaya Tetuzoh, and there’s a ton of people waiting for Crimson Spell and Voice Or Noise to be continued. I’d order – even pre-order – any of these. The majority of yaoi titles out there are fluff and absolutely no substance, which just devalues the genre for new perspective readers. There’s good stuff out there, if only people would actually put it on the shelf.

]]> Comment on New manga, iPad vs. Nook, Soul Eater NOT to run same day as Japan by Ben Applegate http://mangablog.net/2012/02/09/new-manga-ipad-vs-nook-soul-eater-not-to-run-same-day-as-japan/#comment-35844 Ben Applegate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:24:16 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12322#comment-35844 Did anyone else read that headline as "Soul Eater" NOT to Run Same Day instead of "Soul Eater NOT" to Run Same Day? Did anyone else read that headline as “Soul Eater” NOT to Run Same Day instead of “Soul Eater NOT” to Run Same Day?

]]> Comment on Big sale at B&N; new manga at JManga by Erica Friedman http://mangablog.net/2012/02/08/big-sale-at-bn-new-manga-at-jmanga/#comment-35840 Erica Friedman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:49:59 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12295#comment-35840 Unita Yumi is one of the most prolific, tireless manga artists in the business today. I often wonder when she sleeps. I know of three currently running series by her and I can only imagine that she's got more I don't know about! There really needs to be a special award for her. Unita Yumi is one of the most prolific, tireless manga artists in the business today. I often wonder when she sleeps. I know of three currently running series by her and I can only imagine that she’s got more I don’t know about!

There really needs to be a special award for her.

]]> Comment on Big sale at B&N; new manga at JManga by ZepysGirl http://mangablog.net/2012/02/08/big-sale-at-bn-new-manga-at-jmanga/#comment-35839 ZepysGirl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:46:08 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12295#comment-35839 ...also, sorry for ranting on your blog. -_- This is just the fourth or so place I've seen mention this, and it's really starting to get to me. …also, sorry for ranting on your blog. -_- This is just the fourth or so place I’ve seen mention this, and it’s really starting to get to me.

]]> Comment on Big sale at B&N; new manga at JManga by ZepysGirl http://mangablog.net/2012/02/08/big-sale-at-bn-new-manga-at-jmanga/#comment-35838 ZepysGirl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:56 +0000 http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/?p=12295#comment-35838 Hi. I just felt like I had to say something, since I keep seeing the B&N 3-for-2 Sale! news getting spread all over. Hastings is a bookstore. They sell new & used books. Their website, GoHastings.com, normally has *really* good prices on used manga--- and they normally offer coupons that make it even cheaper! Like, right now, the code ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH nets you an extra 30% off the already discounted prices! For example, I just got the Vampire Knight Fanbook used for $2.78, tax included w/ free shipping. I have ordered (probably literally) hundreds of used books from them, and I can attest to their quality. Most of them look Like New. And if for some reason you're unhappy, returning the item is ridiculously easy. They have very nice & helpful customer service. My main point, though, is that their normal price for most NEW Viz stuff is $6.61. Which means what? That they're actually 5 cents cheaper than the B&N sale (which averages to $6.66 a book) , even BEFORE you calculate the shipping you'd have to pay at B&N. Books get free shipping on GoHastings.com! Their standard discount on Kodansha books is $7.41, 8 cents more than the 3-for-2 deal would make it, but still. That's the everyday price, and as I said, there's no free shipping quota you have to reach with GoHastings.com I just. I'm a collector, and I hate to see people rushing up for a "limited time only, great deal" that really... isn't all that? (and honestly, guys, 30% off isn't that spectacular. You should shop during a publisher sale at Right Stuf (+ Got Anime? discount) or wait until Midtown Comics has a 40% off Manga sale. Then you get the good discounts!) Hi. I just felt like I had to say something, since I keep seeing the B&N 3-for-2 Sale! news getting spread all over.

Hastings is a bookstore. They sell new & used books. Their website, GoHastings.com, normally has *really* good prices on used manga— and they normally offer coupons that make it even cheaper! Like, right now, the code ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH nets you an extra 30% off the already discounted prices! For example, I just got the Vampire Knight Fanbook used for $2.78, tax included w/ free shipping. I have ordered (probably literally) hundreds of used books from them, and I can attest to their quality. Most of them look Like New. And if for some reason you’re unhappy, returning the item is ridiculously easy. They have very nice & helpful customer service.

My main point, though, is that their normal price for most NEW Viz stuff is $6.61. Which means what? That they’re actually 5 cents cheaper than the B&N sale (which averages to $6.66 a book) , even BEFORE you calculate the shipping you’d have to pay at B&N. Books get free shipping on GoHastings.com! Their standard discount on Kodansha books is $7.41, 8 cents more than the 3-for-2 deal would make it, but still. That’s the everyday price, and as I said, there’s no free shipping quota you have to reach with GoHastings.com

I just. I’m a collector, and I hate to see people rushing up for a “limited time only, great deal” that really… isn’t all that?

(and honestly, guys, 30% off isn’t that spectacular. You should shop during a publisher sale at Right Stuf (+ Got Anime? discount) or wait until Midtown Comics has a 40% off Manga sale. Then you get the good discounts!)

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