Magic Knight Rayearth, Vol. 1
Shonen manga in drag — that’s my quick-and-dirty assessment of CLAMP’s Magic Knight Rayearth, a fantasy-adventure that adheres so closely to the friendship-effort-victory template that…
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The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Samurai Crusader
Whenever I see Ryoichi Ikegami’s name attached to a project, I know two things: first, that the manga will be beautifully illustrated, and second, that…
Monster Hunter Orage, Vol. 1
As a critic, few words fill me with more trepidation than “inspired by the popular video game.” I’ve read my share of video game manga,…
The Betrayal Knows My Name, Vol. 1
For years, Tokyopop specialized in a particular genre — call it “forbidden bromance,” for want of a better term — in which two handsome, impeccably…
Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 3
In his review of TRON: Legacy, critic Andrew O’Hehir made a distinction between movies that are boring because they make the viewer keenly aware of…