School Rumble Manga Volume 12 Review スクールランブル –> Not available for purchase from RAKUTEN.COM (formerly BUY.COM) –> Not available for purchase from BARNES & NOBLE –> Not available for purchase from RIGHTSTUF! Summary/Synopsis: At Tenma’s birthday party, she’s declared queen and gets to command her friends to do one thing each, including making Eri eat
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
Back to the Vaults: “Negima! Magister Negi Magi” Manga Review
Back to the Vaults: Negima! Magister Negi Magi Review 魔法先生 ネギま！ Mahou Sensei Negima! As a fan of AKAMATSU Ken-sensei’s Love Hina manga, it was only natural that I would then gravitate to his Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga series. Admittedly, the first two volumes of the manga are fluff, but by volume 3, things
Shōgun — Why You Should Watch This 1980 Mini-series
May 26th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy Shōgun — Why You Should Watch This 1980 Mini-series –> Purchase the Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon.com Shogun Mini-series Review (DVD) I was 10-years old when this mini-series was released in the U.S. As such, I would not have been allowed to watch this back then. Naturally, now that I’m into things Japanese, I had
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“Ah! My Goddess” Manga Wins Award
May 25th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy “Ah! My Goddess” Manga Wins Award CuSO4 informs us that “AMS [sic] was selected as the winner in the General Department of the 33rd Annual Kodansha Manga Award. A bronze trophy plus one million yen will be presented to Fujishima-sensei on 6/22 at Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, Tokyo.” Other winners include Meitantei Yumemizu Kiyoshirou Jiken
Natsu no Arashi! – 07
May 25th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 夏のあらし！ Episode 07 (Summer Storm) Natsu no Arashi! – 07 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Hajime and Arashi play baseball with Arashi using a hishaku (柄杓) as a bat. Unfortunately her hit is too good as it not only breaks the hishaku, but also knocks the rooster off the weather vane. They are examining the rooster when Jun
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Even MORE Negima! Chapter 252 SPOILER Images
May 23rd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Even MORE Negima! Chapter 252 SPOILER Images Man, the Japanese are posting like crazy today. I NEED SLEEP! *lol* The first batch of spoiler images are –> HERE! The second batch of spoiler images are –> HERE!
More Negima! Chapter 252 SPOILER Images
May 23rd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Here is the 2nd batch of images from Negima! chapter 252 (the first batch is –> HERE if you missed it and the 3rd batch is –> HERE.). Is that Chachazero I see? ^_^ Who’s got the biggest sword? Pactio and a new artifact card? LIKE, WHOA! And here’s an omake image. There were a
Negima! Chapter 252 SPOILER Images
May 23rd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima! 252 SPOILER Images 魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 252 (Images) Here’s what I know many of you have been waiting for — the original-sized, sneak-peek images for Mahou Sensei Negima! 252 as brought to you buy anonymous Japanese fans (click pic to make bigger, y’all). LIKE, WHOA! Update: 2nd batch of spoiler images are –> HERE! Update:
Hayate no Gotoku!! – 07
May 23rd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Hayate the Combat Butler “2nd Season” Ep. 07 ハヤテのごとく！！Episode 07 Hayate no Gotoku!! – 07 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Nagi finds herself alone in the mansion and having to make tea by herself while Maria is in disguise at the school to check on Hayate, who hasn’t caught on that this is Maria. However, when the elevator
