Manga Review: Ponyo, Volume One
"She's not just a gold fish, she's Ponyo."
Ponyo Volume One, covers the first quarter of the long awaited movie from Hayao Miyazaki.
Highlights
In the dark depth of the ocean, the seeds of new life are being dripped form the bottles of life-giving elixirs. A new Jellyfish is being born from each drop of the elixir. Fujimoto is the man responsible for distributing the elixir, and while he's doing that, his daughter, Burnhilde, is sneaking out of their home (a submarine). Burnhilde hides herself on a jellyfish and drifts up to the surface.
Manga Review: One Piece Volume 1, Romance Dawn
“I’m gonna be the KING of the PIRATES!!!”
Gold Rogers had it all, he had fame, power and money. Before he was executed, these where his final words. “My treasure? Why, it’s right where I left it…It’s yours if you can find it…but you’ll have to search the WHOLE WORLD!”. Now pirates from across the world are searching for the treasure that can make their dreams come true.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Manga Entertainments Creative Team
I recently had the chance to pose some questions to the creative staff at Manga Entertainment. Manga Entertainment is one of the largest translators of anime and manga around the world, oginally founed in London, England and currently headquarted in Los Angeles, California. They are known for translating titles like Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
1. Who founded Manga Entertainment and why?
Manga Review: Oishinbo: Fish, Sushi, and Sashimi
Oishinbo: Fish, Sushi, and Sashimi, Is about Yamaoka Shiro's search for fish recipes for the Ultimate Menu. Yamaoka works for Tozai News, who has decided to celebrate their 100th anniversary by creating the Ultimate Menu, which is to represent Japanese cuisine.
Manga Review: Pokemon Adventure Volume 1
Pokemon Adventures is a story of a boy named Red and his dream to become a pokemon master. Red also wants to catch all of the pokemon, but he’s not alone, his rival is Blue. Blue is the grand son of Professor Oak, one of the greatest pokemon researchers of all time. The challenges in front of Red are hard and Team Rocket will just make them harder. Team Rocket aren’t the only problems, there are run away pokemon, pokemon thefts, pokemon that got fused with humans, pokemon zombis and getting trampled by a Snorlax. With all of those problems Red sure has his work cut out to be a pokemon master.
Highlights
Manga Review: Detroit Metal City, Volume 1
"WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE THERE MAKING CHEESE TARTS"
Manga Review: Kazuo Umezu’s, Cat Eyed Boy
This year Cat Eyed Boy is nominated for an Eisner Award, and I thought we should revisit the classic Manga from 1967. Kazuo Umezu's classic Cat Eyed Boy is a wonderful look back in time to the early days of the Manga/Horror genre. By today's standards this 532 page compilation of stories would be considered naive and almost comical, but at the time it was pushing the boundaries of real gore and the world of the macabre.
Manga Review: Naoki Urasawa’s: Monster, Volume 1
In Monster: Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a Japanese transfers neurosurgeon in a big German hospital. He is young and really good at what he does. The whole staff of the hospital believes he will one day take over the hospital. One day, a famous opera singer came in with a sever head injury and needed immediate surgery. Dr. Tenma was switched from a patient who was a foreigner, that was in an accident, also needing head surgery. Dr. Tenma’s patient survived, but his original patient died. The press was all over the success of the opera singer’s recovery, while the family was upset that the better doctor cared more about the life of a celebrity (which isn’t true, it was the orders of the director).