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Otaku USA: On The Shelf – April 11, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Saturday, April 14, 2012

Magic knights, vampires and supped up samurai – it’s another batch of new manga releases! You can read the list of shipping titles over at Otaku USA’s On The Shelf article for the week.

I purchased quite a stack from the books out this week with a number of series I’m collecting having with new volumes – 20th Century Boys, Cross Game, Replica and a few more must-haves. I’ll be giving my short thoughts on my recent purchases in the soon-to-return Swag Bag column. I hope readers will take the time to let me know what you bought also!

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Categories: Features, News, On The Shelf, Release Lists
Tags: 20th Century Boys, Dark Horse, DMP, Manga, Otaku USA, Seven Seas, UDON, Viz Media, Viz Signature

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – March 14, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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This week’s On The Shelf went up a couple days early but that just means more time to plot and plan your manga buying trip tomorrow! Sailor Moon (Vol.04) is an easy decision for top pick but I can’t ignore all those new boys’ love books either. The full list for this week’s shipping manga is available over at Otaku USA – enjoy!

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Tags: DMP, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Sailor Moon, Seven Seas, Viz Media

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – March 7, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Friday, March 9, 2012

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Yikes, where did the week go?! For that matter where is the year going… can you believe it’s already mid-March? I’m not sure I can. At least there’s always the weekly manga buying trips to keep things evened out – time may be zipping by fast but I never seem to be able to get myself to the store fast enough to sate the need for new books.

This week’s shipping list can be seen in my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA. Highlights include a new shoujo series from Viz Media – The Early and Fairy – and the end of one of my personal favourites, Twin Spica, from Vertical Inc. For the omnibus lovers out there, two shoujo series are also returning in their new, extra value-ridden formats this week – Skip Beat! and Hana Kimi.

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Tags: Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Skip Beat, Vertical Inc, Viz Media

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – February 29, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Thursday, March 1, 2012

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I’m still reeling over the last volume of XXXHolic (not bad… but not good?) so it’ll be nice to read some new books this week and give my brain something else to compute for a while. I’ve been doing some much needed early Spring-pruning of my bookshelves too so what better time to fill them back up again?

With some new BL from Digital Manga, the final volume of No Longer Human from Vertical Inc. and a new volume of Gate 7 from Dark Horse (don’t let me down, CLAMP!), we’ve got plenty to choose from and those are just my personal favourites. The full list of shipping titles is in this week’s On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.

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Tags: CLAMP, Dark Horse, Gate 7, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Vertical Inc

Diamond Manga Previews: February 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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I was a bit late picking up my Previews magazine this month so my apologies to the two of you who were wondering where the heck my second installment of Previews was (I kid! …don’t I?). So here I am taking advantage of that extra day – Happy Leap Day! This month’s previews didn’t have as much manga content as January’s but still lots of fun stuff to look forward to and order in at our local comic stores.

February 2012 Manga Previews Checklist (PDF)

You may continue reading at your own discretion for my thoughts, elaborations, random pictures and the Top 10 Selling Manga of December 2011 and Diamond Comics top selling manga of all 2011!

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – February 22, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Friday, February 24, 2012

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One piece of good news this week – a new volume of XXXHolic! The sad news of the week – it’s the final volume. I’ve been buying the series since high school and it’s one of my favourites, if not my actual favourite, amidst CLAMP’s books over the years. I’ve heard people say the ending isn’t very satisfying but I’m going in with an open mind, and the glee of simply having another chance to drool over the beautiful artwork.

Along with the one series ending, Vertical Inc. has a new series (well, newly continued): GTO The Early Years (Vol.11) and Digital Manga is releasing the fifth deluxe re-issue of the boys’ love series, Kizuna. You can see the complete list of releases this week over at my Otaku USA On The Shelf article.

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Tags: CLAMP, Dark Horse, Del Rey, DMP, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, One Piece, Otaku USA, Vertical Inc, Viz Media, Yen Press

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – February 15, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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Post-Valentine’s Day, aka discount chocolate day! New manga and bags full of chocolate is a winning combination to me. There aren’t a whole lot of new titles this week but still plenty of quality, including a couple omnibus for added value.

The new volume of Viz Media‘s 20th Century Boys and Digital Manga’s Black Sun are my must-haves this week. It’s hard to believe I reviewed Black Sun (Vol. 01) back in December 2008! You can see the full list of this week’s releases over at Otaku USA in my On The Shelf article.

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Tags: 20th Century Boys, 801Media, DMP, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Naoki Urasawa, Otaku USA, Seven Seas, Viz Media, Viz Signature

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – February 9, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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There was no On The Shelf article last Wednesday because of a week without any new manga releases on my schedule list – how depressing was that? Well I guess we’ll accept those mini lulls now and again, especially with big release days like today following it up.

It’s Viz Media‘s big shipment of the month with nineteen new volumes of manga, including the first volume of A Devil and Her Love Song. You can read the full list of titles out this week over at Otaku USA’s On The Shelf article this week. Along with a slew of new volumes of shonen and soujo series, there’s also new volume of the well-loved Finder series from Digital Manga and two new of their Project-H books. Hopefully something for everyone – enjoy!

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Tags: 801Media, A Devil and her Love Song, Bleach, Boys' Love/Yaoi, DMP, Hentai, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Manhwa, Otaku USA, Project-H, Toriko, Vertical Inc, Viz Media

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – January 19, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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New Wednesday! New comics! The shipment’s a bit light this week but three of the four titles are some of my favourite currently running series – Sailor Moon (Vol.03), Arisa (Vol.06) and Afterschool Charisma (Vol.05). Huzzah! You can see the full list of titles and read a bit about the volumes over at my On The Shelf article at Otaku USA.

This week some places also got shipments of Yen Press‘s big batch releases for the month. Diamond Comics is still behind on their shipments from Yen Press but you’ll see their slew of titles on next week’s list including the first volume of their new series, Durarara!. Look forward to it!

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Tags: Bandai, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Sailor Moon, Viz Media

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – January 11, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Friday, January 13, 2012

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Better late then never for me posting about this week’s new manga, right? Otaku USA has my On The Shelf article posted with the list of what new manga made it to bookstore and comic shop shelves this past Wednesday.

The list is short and contains the bittersweet final volume of Kannagi. It’s not the series last volume, just the last we’ll see of it from Bandai Entertainment after last week’s news. That coupled with Media Blasters and now remaining anime companies suing each other, I think the North American anime industry is in desperate need of a hug. Fingers crossed 2012 treats manga companies better. Either way, the best hug you can give either industry is a purchase so get out there and hug, er I mean buy, away!

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Categories: On The Shelf, Release Lists
Tags: Bandai, Manga, Otaku USA, Vertical Inc, Viz Media