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Otaku USA: On The Shelf – August 1, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Saturday, August 4, 2012

Holy mangaful shelves it’s August already… On that stunning note in regards to the passing of time, this week’s On The Shelf article marks it’s first year anniversary! I’ve really enjoyed writing it every week and hope to keep doing so as long as I keep creating my own shopping lists for new printed manga. Which of course we hope will be a long, long time :)

This week there are new books from Dark Horse, Kodansha Comics and Yen Press. My top pick goes to the newest volume of 13th Boy, because magical pretty boy cactus love interest! Yup.

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Tags: Dark Horse, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Yen Press

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – July 18-25, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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The recent lull of Kuriousity updates extended over to my On The Shelf article as well, but worry not curious list-seekers and manga-buyers (because I’m quite sure you were beside yourselves) – this week’s On The Shelf is a double-dose edition collecting what’s new and recent from last week and today!

My does-want-must-haves of this shipping stack include the first volume of Project-H‘s Velvet Kiss, Vertical Inc‘s classy looking one-shot, Sakuran, Viz Media’s new 20th Century Boys and the tenth volume of Black Butler from Yen Press.

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Tags: 20th Century Boys, Black Butler, DMP, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Project-H, Vertical Inc, Viz Media, Viz Signature, Yen Press

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – July 11, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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There is lots of diversity this week as seven publishers all step up to the shipping plate to deliver their goods tomorrow (be here now, Wednesday-goodness!). While there are more volumes I’d put on must-buy lists than books I wouldn’t, exceptionally notables for me include Fantagraphic‘s Wandering Son (Vol.03), SuBLime‘s Awkward Silence and Seven Seas‘ Jack the Ripper: Hell Blade (Vol.01).

You can read the complete list of books shipping this week over at the usual place, Otaku USA’s On The Shelf article by yours truly.

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Tags: Alice in the Country of..., Awkward Silence, Boys' Love/Yaoi, DMP, Fantagraphics, Hinako Takanaga, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Manhwa, Otaku USA, Seven Seas, SuBLime, Viz Media

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – July 4, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Thursday, July 5, 2012

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First let me take a moment to say that Animaritime 2012 went amazingly. Huzzah for local cons! I really had a lot of fun and my panels were a blast as always (I think this year might’ve been the best yet!). A quick hello to readers new and returning who I spoke with at Animaritime – you guys all rock :)

One of few downsides to being buried up to your nose in convention work though is missing the opportunity to go out shopping for the very material you seek to promote. In my case, of course, that’s manga, and this week’s shipping list is a painful reminder how behind I am. Strange Adventures I am coming for you!

Viz Media takes home the manga-cake this week with their long shipping lists. Along with a whole bunch of continuing titles (including another Bakuman and two more of Bleach already!), they’re also debuting a new shoujo – Jiu Jiu. You can read the full list of titles out this week and my thoughts on some of them over at my weekly On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.

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Tags: Bakuman, Bleach, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Vertical Inc, Viz Media

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – June 27th, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

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This week has some very, very, very pretty manga coming out. Yen Press is the big winner this week in that regard for their complete series, omnibus release editions of Alice in the Country of Hearts and the gorgeous one-shot, Olympos.

Other notables of the week include the first volume of Kodansha Comics‘ Attack on Titan and the final volume of Digital Manga‘s Kizuna. You can see the full list of titles shipping out this week at my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.

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Tags: Alice in the Country of..., Attack on Titan, DMP, June, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Vertical Inc, Viz Media, Yen Press

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – June 20, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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Good ‘ol Wednesday, a day of new comics and once it’s over you’ve survived the hub of the work week (if you work the Mon-Fri beat anyway). My manga highlights of the week seemed to err on the dark side but rest assured there are some happy gems in the batch. Of course dark manga doesn’t mean it isn’t still highly entertaining. But enough of my ramblings -you can read the list of manga volumes shipping this week over at Otaku USA’s On The Shelf article.

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Otaku USA: On The Shelf – June 13, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Friday, June 15, 2012

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New manga day! Okay, well, Wednesday was new manga day as far as shipping goes but today was my pay day so it’s like the same thing…?

The notables out this week are the first two printed books released by SuBLime. I still have no idea what trim size or print quality these books will be (I’m looking forward to finding out!) but as SuBLime is a part of Viz Media, I’m confident they’ll look good. The chance to put more Naono Bohra on my bookshelf is a happy day in any case though.

You can read about the titles that shipped this week over at my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.

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Tags: Boys' Love/Yaoi, Kodansha Comics, Manga, Otaku USA, Seven Seas, SuBLime

Otaku USA: On The Shelf – June 6, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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Ouran High School Host Club – that is all.

Okay, not all but it sure is my most anticipated release this week. The last volume was fantastic, though the fact today’s release of Ouran is also the final volume makes this follow-up pretty sad. I shall certainly miss the series quite a bit!

The full list of titles shipping this week – a combo of books from Viz Media and Seven Seas – are listed and briefly chatted about over on my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.

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Otaku USA: On The Shelf – May 30, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Sunday, June 3, 2012

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Last week’s confirmable manga offerings equated to a sad little zero but by May 30th we were back in business with a whole new stack of books! Notably it was Yen Press’s big shipment of the month, which always typically happens in the last week. The full list is available over at my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.

My top pick of the week is the first volume of Puella Magi Madoka Magica from Yen Press. I haven’t seen the anime but I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. We’ll see how the manga works as an introduction!

Also an interesting note re: Otaku USA itself, is the magazine is now offering a digital version for purchase. You can download the Apple-product app for free with each issue costing $5.99/US. As someone who doesn’t really like buying things that take away from much needed manga-room, I’m happy to have the opportunity to buy each issue conveniently stored within my iPad.

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Otaku USA: On The Shelf – May 16, 2012

By Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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Life’s been a bit of a blur since I came back from TCAF, but aside from a horribly messy post-trip bedroom, things are finally smoothing back over. This means – new comics! Before I take my weekly trip down to my favourite comic store, I had to do my usual romp-through of the new books available to buy once I get there.

My most-eager-to-buy books of the week are Sailor Moon (Vol.05) and Tyrant Who Falls In Love (Vol.06). You can see the complete list over at my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA. Buy and enjoy manga lovers!

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