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Detroit Metal City, Volume 6 

Author: Kiminori Wakasugi

Publisher: Viz Signature

American release date: September 14, 2010

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/208 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: M/Mature/Explicit Content

Overall Personal Rating: A

If Soichi was scared before, because of the increasing violence of the threats by the unknown Krauser I, he is even more terrified now, after he and the President return to the offices of Black & Death Records to discover them ransacked.  This is it, he thinks, as he runs away from the scrawled graffiti, he’s quitting DMC, finally, the way he’s always planned.  In fact, he’s quitting music entirely!

Detroit Metal City, Volume 8  

Author: Kiminori Wakasugi

Publisher: Viz Signature

American release date: March 8, 2011

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/200 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: M/Mature/Explicit Content

Overall Personal Rating: A

The band thinks that the Boss has been a little tense lately (how can they tell?) and they decide to do something nice for her, to help her to relax. So now DMC and the Boss are on a road trip to Izu, to a bed and breakfast with a hot spring. Um, does anyone see potential for disaster here?

“The Radius”

Detroit Metal City, Volume 9

Author: Kiminori Wakasugi

Publisher:  Viz Media / Viz Signature

American release date: June 14th, 2011

Format/Length: Manga/200 pages

Genre: Comedy

Age Rating: M/Mature/Explicit Content

Overall Personal Rating: C

Negishi is still struggling with his identity and will try almost anything to get away from Lord Krauser. Will he ever be able to learn the real truth about himself and the true talent he has?

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“The Radius”:

Title: Dogs Bullets & Carnage, Volume 6

Author: Shirow Miwa

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: November 8, 2011

Format: Viz Sig

Genre: Mafia, Action, Sci Fi

Publisher Age Rating: M (Contains Graphic Violence and Mature Themes)

Personal Review Grade: B

Similar Series: Black Lagoon, Gungrave, Baccano!

Heine and his companions managed to survive a series of intense explosions.  They still don’t know why someone is attacking both the underground and the surface city.  All they know is that is has something to do with Heine’s forgotten past.

The Radius

Title: Dorohedoro vol. 6

Author/Artist: Q Hayashida

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: April 17, 2012

Format: Manga

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher Age Rating: M for Mature

Overall Personal Rating: B-

“The Radius”

Dorohedoro volume 05

Writer: Q Hayashida

U.S. Publisher: Viz Media / Viz Sig Ikki

U. S. Release Date: Dec. 20th, 2011

Format: Manga / 175 pages

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Supernatural

Age Rating: M for Mature

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Synopsis:

Caiman, a human, is still searching for the sorcerer who stole his face and memories. He made his way into the Sorcerers dimension and is looking for a Sorcerer named Risu. So far, he has only managed to get some really weak leads and has become very hungry. He manages to help out a shop keeper and is offered a job cleaning around the restaurant. This gives him a few allies and plenty of food.

Dragon Head volume 7  

Author: Minetaro Mochizuki

Publisher: Tokyopop

Original Release Date: July 3, 2007

Type: Manga

Rating: OT/16+

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Drifting Classroom, Uzumaki, Metro Survive

It’s the end of the world as we know it – in Japan. Ako and Nimura are racing to get to Teru with the medicine he needs to live, but the town they’re in is full of crazies hell bent on burning the whole thing down – and killing everyone inside.

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“The Radius”

Title:  Dream Eater Merry: The Complete Collection

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Studio:  Sentai Filmworks

Author:  Yoshitaka Ushiki

U.S. Distributor:  Sentai Filmworks

U.S. Release Date:  March 27, 2012

Format: DVD Series; 325 min

Genre:  action, comedy

Publisher Age Rating:  TVPG

Overall Personal Rating: C+

Be careful what you dream.  It might just try to kill you.

 Synopsis

“The Radius”:

Title: Emma: Volume 1

Artist/Author: Kaoru Mori

Publisher: CMX

American release date: September 2006

Format and length: historical romance manga

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T+ (suggestive situations)

Overall Personal Rating: A-

This unique manga series is a historical romance set in the late 1800′s. It deals with the English society of the time and the difficulties of straying outside of one’s social class at a time when the structure was rigidly segregated. Emma is the main character. Although she is a maid, she is of uncommon character. She is hardworking, beautiful, humble and gracious, someone that everyone notices.

Emma: volume 5

Author: Kaoru Mori

Publisher: CMX

American release date: September 12th 2007

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Romance/197 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T+ (suggestive situations)

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar series/titles to check out: Ai Yori Yoshi, Shirley, Bride of the Water God

As the romance between Emma and William grows despite the distance between them, the forces of society start gathering to make sure they are never happy together.

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“The Radius”                                

Title: Enchanter Vol. 1-2

Author: Izumi Kawachi

Distributor: DMP/Emanga

Format: Digital Manga

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Shonen, Sci Fi

Publisher Age Rating: YA (young adults, 16+)

Personal Review Rating: B-

Similar Series: Fullmetal Alchemist, The Qwaser of Stigmata

Haruhiko is an average high school student.  He’s un-motivated to do school work, and he’s got a major crush on the hot chemistry teacher.  Then, one day, everything would change.

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Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project volume 1  

Author: Osamu Takahashi, GAINAX, khara

Publisher: Dark Horse Manga

Original Release Date: July 2009

Format: Manga / Genre: Sci-Fi, Mecha

Age Rating: PG-13

Overall Personal Rating: C+

Similar Titles: Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Clover

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Ever wondered what would happen if Evangelion was more like a romantic comedy? When GAINAX decides to make a manga based on the alternate reality glimpsed in the final episode, it’s possible. But is a world in which Shinji Ikari is in the center of a harem of girls worth pursuing?

The Radius

Title: Eyeshield 21, vol. 34

“The Radius”:

Author: Riichiro Inagaki

Artist: Yusuke Murata

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: January 4, 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Sports, Drama, Comedy

Publisher Age Rating: T+ for older teens

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Synopsis:
Sena Kobayakawa was a weak, bullied Japanese high school student.  Then his life changed when he was “convinced” (coerced?) to join the American football club; it was small, fledgling and in need of players. Yet with friends and teammates like Monta, Kurita and Hiruma, they all grew in skill and confidence, through hard work, excitement and comedy.  Sena becomes a runner, the mysterious “Eyeshield 21″ a nickname the team Captain Hiruma borrowed from a legendary runner.

“The Radius”:

Title: The Dreaming Complete Collection (Vol. 1-3)

Author: Queenie Chan

Distributor: Tokyopop

American Release Date: August 17, 2010

Format: 3-in-1 Graphic Novel

Genre: Gothic, Mystery, Superstitious, Supernatural, Fantasy

Publisher Age Rating: T (Teen, 13+)

Overall Personal Rating: C

Way out in the middle of the Australian Bush, there lies a school, one that has a mysterious history of disappearing students.  Lucky for the students that attend, there hasn’t been any disappearances for a long time.   But, when one of the rules is broken, everything changes.

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“The Radius”:

Title: The Earl & the Fairy Volume 1

Distributor:Viz Media

American release date: March 6, 2012

Story and Art by: Ayuko

Original Concept by: Mizue Tani

Genre, Format and length: Shojo manga, 184 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Mystery and danger seeped into Lydia’s life the minute she met Edgar.

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