Manga Guide to Molecular Biology –> PURCHASE FROM Amazon.com Next up on the “Manga Guide” series is the Manga Guide to Molecular Biology. As you might expect, we get a manga story designed to make scary sounding or complex sounding subjects come down to Earth where the reader can be both entertained and educated. It
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 (Jekyll and Hyde #LupinIII)
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 Lupin III Part 2 16 ルパン三世 – 新シリーズ Ep. 16 Lupin Sansei Shin Series Lupin III New Series SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen are in France, where Lupin announces he will steal the Star of Versailles jewel early in the morning. The owner gets worried, but Zenigata assures
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read?
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read? A long time ago, I got asked “What’s a manga that everyone should read?” I’d long planned to make it a one-time post, but never got around to it. However, there’s one obvious choice — Yotsuba&! –> Buy Yotsuba&! from Amazon.com! The Story, in Brief A man named KOIWAI
Serial Experiments Lain Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
Serial Experiments Lain Review シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン Since the Community Anime Reviews site frequently goes down for long periods of time, I’m republishing some of my OG reviews from there. I have corrected obvious spelling errors though. I will add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB note.” 😅 I won’t count these as part of the “Back
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review (Sabertooth #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The members of Gagarock miners’ guild challenge Natsu. They attack, but Natsu doesn’t respond since he doesn’t want to anger Lucy. However, Natsu sneezes, causing a massive explosion, defeating the miners. Elsewhere, Erza and Jellal discover that they can use magic within
Why I “Dropped” Tonikaku Kawaii
Why I “Dropped” Tonikaku Kawaii (Fly Me to the Moon) トニカクカワイイ Hey gang. Recently, someone messaged me to ask why I no longer review the Tonikaku Kawaii manga. It is true that I used to chapter review the series. Indeed, I still do follow the manga series, so I haven’t “dropped” it in the sense
Hayate no Gotoku!! – 24
September 22nd, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy Hayate the Combat Butler “2nd Season” Ep. 24 ハヤテのごとく！！Episode 24 Hayate no Gotoku!! – 24 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Ayumu and Hina go for an evening walk through the sakura trees to watch the falling petals when Ayumu decides that they should go to the Ginnan Shopping District to talk as they have a symbol there for
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – 23
September 21st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Hagane no Renkinjutsushi – Fullmetal Alchemist Ep. 23 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Episode 23 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – 23 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Another grenade going off allows Ling with Lan Fan on his shoulder to escape out the window. Bradley seems impressed with the skill but he and Gluttony are quickly in pursuit. Ling knows that they
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xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 186 Review
September 20th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 186 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: A few years have passed since Watanuki made his choice to wait for Yuuko-san and Doumeki, now a university student, stops by the shop with some groceries that Watanuki requested. After being greeted by Maru and Moro, he stops by to see Watanuki and Mokona, briefly giving Watanuki a
Chiba Drift Racers Arrested After 193rd Race
September 19th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy So while I’m taking a break from playing the old school “Starflight 2” and procrastinating from anime and manga blogging, I read this article from Japan Today about how six people were arrested in the Chiba Prefect for drift racing. No big deal, right? Then I read this. Since January, the group of six has
What? No Negima! Chapter 265 This Week?
September 19th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy This time, the absence of Negima! chapter 265 isn’t due to a break by Akamatsu-sensei but rather that Weekly Shounen Magazine is not being sold this week as last week was a double issue. That being the case, I’ll post some sort of Negima! image. ^_^ I went through my collection to consider what to
Negima! Manga Vol 29 Ch 264 Review
September 18th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 魔法先生 ネギま！Volume 29 Chapter 264 (manga) Mahou Sensei Negima! Manga Chapter 264 Negima! Manga Vol 29 Ch 264 Review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Eva walks with her Chachamaru-type ‘droid (who’s also carrying Chachazero) and complains about the summer heat as well as having to visit Al when she runs into Eishun, who has also been summoned by
Posted in Manga Tags: AKAMATSU Ken, Mahou Sensei Negima, Negima, Negima Volume 29, 魔法先生ネギま 19 Comments »
Kodansha’s Recent Crackdown on Manga Helpers
September 17th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy I’ve had a few people ping me for my thoughts on Kodansha’s cease and desist order against Manga Helpers to remove all of the raw scans of various Kodansha properties, to include Negima! So, I will post my thoughts. How soon we forget. It wasn’t that long ago that certain Japanese fans were scanning entire
