Danielle Leigh
Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #4
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 9:56 AM EST
Matthew E. (who might hate me just a little) wrote, "Well, my favourite comic book is Legion of Super-Heroes. I like stuff that suggests that some intelligence went into its creation. I like baseball. I like Arthuriana. I like stuff that's funny."
Because Matthew gave no indication that he's read any manga at all I decided [...]
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Two November Releases
- by Danielle Leigh
- Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 6:36 AM EST
Today I look at 2 very different manga titles released in November -- Crimson Shell (one-shot by Jun Mochizuki) and Jormungand vol 1 (by Keitaro Takahashi).
Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #3
- by Danielle Leigh
- Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 5:56 PM EST
Today I offer personalized recommendations for Dan Felty who gave me three key words: "Thoughtful. Existential. Humorous."
Am I up to the challenge?
Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #2
- by Danielle Leigh
- Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 2:28 PM EST
Today, I get to recommend some of my favorite shojo titles to JimYung, who wrote that "I enjoy Love.Com and High School Debut. I feel like they're just the right mix of romantic comedy but I'm not looking for something like Love Hina."
Step up for your personalized manga recommendations, JimYung!
Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #1
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 10:29 AM EST
A few things -- no single manga is going to perfectly fit some of the great requests I've received in the last post, but I'm going to do my best to give people a few options that might work for them! Feel free to chime in with your own thoughts if you think I've missed [...]
Manga Before Flowers -- Danielle Will Tell You What To Read!
- by Danielle Leigh
- Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 8:41 AM EST
One of the things I first did when I joined the blog (after introducing myself, of course) was make a three-part post of manga recommendations for adults (assuming, of course, that would be of greatest interest to this crowd). But that was a while ago and I figured since I'm always telling MarkAndrew what to [...]
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Moyasimon vol 1
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 PM EST
Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, by Masayuki Ishikawa, is one of the rare examples in manga of an outlandishly original concept -- boy can see germs with the naked eye -- which is actually executed quite smartly.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Brilliant Blue 2
- by Danielle Leigh
- Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 8:33 PM EST
Today I look at the concluding volume of Saemi Yorita's Brilliant Blue, which cements this title's status as a charming, thoughtful yaoi series.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Hero Tales vol 1
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 5:30 PM EST
Hero Tales may be of special interest to North American manga readers -- it is drawn by Hiromu Arakawa (of Full Metal Alchemist fame) and written by Huang Jin Zhou (who is perhaps not an actual person but a "unit comprised of Hiromu Arakawa, Genco and Studio Flag" according to bakaupdates.com...whatever that means). However, the [...]
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Beast Master vol 1
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 4:14 PM EST
Beast Master, by Kyousuke Motomi, is one of the few contemporary shojo manga titles I know of that was created by a male artist. How does it stack up as a shojo work?
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Boys Love
- by Danielle Leigh
- Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 2:34 PM EST
Kaim Tachibana returns to the basics of the yaoi genre in the appropriately entitled Boys Love. While she doesn't subvert a number of traditional yaoi tropes, she does depict a relationship not bound by some of the usual "rules" of yaoi.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Halloween Extravangza!
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 3:37 PM EST
I discuss three manga volumes with appropriately spooky themes -- you've got your ultimate undead!fighter!, your fanservice-y vampires, and your bishonen zombies (a very *special* kind of undead). So there's a little something for everyone!
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- What a Wonderful World vol 1 and 2
- by Danielle Leigh
- Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 11:05 AM EST
Today I examine Inio Asano's (also the creator of solanin, which was reviewed for this site by the very talented Melinda Beasi here) short story collections, What a Wonderful World. Just released last week by Viz, these works are required reading for those of us who are avidly following the maturing manga market in the [...]
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Nightschool vol 2
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 3:22 PM EST
I continue covering Halloween-y books in my own little unofficial countdown to the best holiday of all. Today I take a quick look at the second volume Svetlana Chmakova's Nightschool.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Vampire Knight vol 8
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 2:55 PM EST
The eighth volume of Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight offers one of those rare moments in shojo / shonen manga, where the original playbook is thrown out entirely, and the title as a whole is entirely the better for it.
