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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Mameshiba: On The LOOSE!
Authors: Stories by James Turner/ Art by Jorge Monlongo/ Short stories by Gemma Correll/ Original Charters created by Sukwon Kim/ Original art direction by Shoko Watanabe
Distributor: Viz Media/ VizKids
American Release Date: July 5, 2011
Format: Comic Book (Left to right)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Animal, Kids
Publisher Age Rating: Not Rated
Personal Review Rating: C+
Similar Tittles: Meet Mameshiba
Tags: 2011, adventure, animal, Beans, C+, comedy, Comic Book, Dogs, Gemma Gorrell, James Turner, Jorge Monlongo, July 5, Kids, Mameshiba, Not rated, On the loose!, Review, Shoko Watanabe, Sukwon Kim, Viz Media, VizKids
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
“The Radius”: 
Title: Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 4
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: February 8, 2011
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Series: WaqWaq
Nekota City is known for it “lack of class,” and so the decision was made to create a high-class, corporate mega-complex that should bring in LOTS of money and create LOTS of jobs, however, this project is doing the exact opposite. The “New Urban Center” is ripping apart the delicate balance that keeps the city alive, and is now creating a huge youth revolution.
Tags: 2011, 4, A+, action, Apocolyptic, February 8, Four, Kotaro Isaka, Manga Reviews, Maoh: Juvenile Remix, Megumi Osuga, older teen, shonen, Shonen Sunday, supernatural, T+, Viz Media, Vol, Volume
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 6
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: August 9, 2011
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Grade: B
Similar Series: WaqWaq
Three days until the Grasshopper Action Meeting and Ando is still not ready. He’s got to come up with a fool proof plan, that won’t get him killed. This more difficult then he ever imagined.
Synopsis:
Tags: 2011, 6, 9, action, Apocolyptic, August, Kotaro Isaka, Magumi Osuga, Manga Reviews, Maoh: Juvenile Remix, Media, older teen, Review, shonen, Shonen Sunday, Six, supernatural, T+, Viz, Vol, Volume
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 7
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: October 11, 2011
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Grade: B-
Similar Series: WaqWaq
This is it! It’s the day of the Action Meeting, and Ando is even less prepared then ever.
Synopsis:
Previously in Vol. 6
Volume 7
Tags: 11, 2011, action, Apocolyptic, B+, Kotaro Isaka, Manga Reviews, Maoh: Juvenile Remix, Media, Megumi Osuga, October, older teen, Review, shonen, Shonen Sunday, supernatural, T+, Viz
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
“The Radius”
Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 8
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: Dec. 13th, 2011
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Grade: B
Similar Series: WaqWaq
Synopsis:
Struggling over the death of his brother, Junya takes center stage. He manages to hide some of his feeling long enough to get back into the swing of things when he discovers who may have been the person responsible for his brother Ando’s death. This discovery leads him straight to Shima at Club Duce. Shima thinks that Junya is interested in joining Grasshopper and sets a meeting up with his boss “The Bartender”.
Tags: action, adventure, Drama, Kotaro Isaka, Manga Reviews, Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 8, Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 8 manga review, Megumi Osug, supernatural, Viz Media
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
“The Radius”
Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 9
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: Feb. 7th, 2012
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Grade: B
Similar Series: WaqWaq, Dorohedoro
Synopsis:
The twists just keep on coming. Junya makes a move to avenge his friend Shima and plays right into the hands of Fraulein to exact his revenge. This also draws out what his special power is and how he can use it to help fund his march to revenging his brother. As he moves through the underground, he has attracted the leadership of Fraulein and they are biding their time before they draw him out into the open.
Tags: action, adventure, Drama, Kotaro Isaka, Manga Reviews, Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 9, Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 9 manga review, Megumi Osuga, Viz Media
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 5
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: May 10, 2011
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Grade: A
Similar Series: WaqWaq
Things aren’t just going wrong in Nekota City, they’re completely enveloped into chaos. Ando must make an ultimatum before he’s destroyed, either by the people of Nekota City, or by what could possibly be side effects of his special ability.
Tags: 2011, 5, A+, action, Apocolyptic, Kotaro Isaka, Manga Reviews, Maoh: Juvenile Remix, May 10, Megumi Osuga, older teen, Review, shonen, Shonen Sunday, supernatural, T+, Viz, Viz Media, Vol, Volume
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: March Story, Volume 3
Authors: Story by Hyung Min Kim
Art By Kyung Il Yang
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: October 11, 2011
Format: Manga (Viz Sig)
Genre: Gothic, Action, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural
Publisher Age Rating: M (Mature, Contains Supernatural violence, Nudity, and Adult Themes)
Personal Review Rating: A+
Similar Series: Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Grand Guignol Orchestra, What A Wonderful World, D.Gray-man
Tags: 11, 2011, A+, action, adventure, Drama, Gothic, Hyung Min Kim, Kyung Il Yang, M, Manga Reviews, MARCH STORY, mature, Media, October, Review, supernatural, Viz, Viz Sig
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
“The Radius”:
Title: March Story, Volume 1
Authors: Story by Hyung Min Kim
Art By Kyung Il Yang
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: October 19, 2010
Format: Manga (Viz Sig)
Genre: Gothic, Action, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural
Publisher Age Rating: M (Mature, Contains Supernatural violence, Nudity, and Adult Themes)
Personal Review Rating: A
Similar Series: Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Grand Guignol Orchestra, What A Wonderful World, D.Gray-man, Ghost Hunt
Tags: 1, 2010, A+, action, adventure, Drama, Gothic, Hyung Min Kim, Kyung Il Yang, M, Manga Reviews, MARCH STORY, mature, October 19, Review, supernatural, Viz, Viz Media, Viz Sig, Vol, Volume
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
“The Radius”
Mardock Scramble Volume 1
Written by: Tow Ubukata
Manga by: Yoshitoki Oima
U. S. Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Release Date: August 23rd, 2011
Format: Manga / Paper Back / 200 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi, Murder Mystery, Noir
Age Rating: OT +16
Overall Personal Rating: A
In a world of pain and suffering a young girl is give a second chance to find something she has never known, true bonds with others who just want her help to solve her own death. Will she be willing to accept the new chance at life and try to provide the necessary evidence to convict her killer?
Tags: Kodansha Comics, Mardock Scramble, Tow Ubukata, Yoshitoki Oima
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Meet Mameshiba!
Artist/Author: Gemma Correll/Carrie Shepherd
Distributor: Viz Kids
American release date: July 5 ,2011
Format and length: kid’s book, 96 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: None
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series or titles to check out: Mameshiba on the Loose
In Japanses Mame means “bean” (think edamame) and Shiba means dog. Put the two together and you get a cute, funny looking creature. But wait, there’s more than just one, think of how many types of beans there are. Welcome to the large cast of the Mameshiba family.
Tags: Carrie Shepherd, comedy, Gemma Correll, Kid book, Meet Mameshiba!, Viz Kids
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
“The Radius”:
Title: Millennium Prime Minister, Volumes 1-4
Author: Eiki Eiki
Distributor: Emanga/DMP
Format: Digital Manga
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Political
Publisher Age Rating: YA (Young Adults 16+)
Personal Review Rating: B
It’s the new millennium, and Japan is embracing it. First thing that is done to celebrate the new year is the election of the youngest prime minister ever, 25 year old Kanata Okazaki.
Synopsis
Minori is an average 16 year old high school girl. Okay, I kind of lied. Minori skips out on school days often, so she can play video games. One day, Minori’s slacking off proves to be more life-changing then everyone would think.
This is a preview of
Millennium Prime Minister Vol. 1-4 (Digital Manga) Review
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Read the full post (676 words, 4 images, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)
Tags: 16+, B+, comedy, Digital Manga, DMP, Eiki Eiki, emanga, Millennium Prime Minister, political, romance, vol. 1, Vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, YA
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Saturday, December 4th, 2010
Millennium Snow, Volume 1 
Author: Bisco Hatori
Publisher: Viz Media/Shojo Beat
American release date: April 3, 2007
Format, Genre and length: Manga/Shojo/200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series or titles to check out: Ouran High School Host Club, Vampire’s Portrait, Vampire Knight
From the time that Chiyuki was born, the doctors have been predicting her death, due to her congenital heart condition. She spends a lot of time going in and out of the hospital. Now she is seventeen, and all that she wants, is to live long enough to see the next snow. And then she meets Toya, a young vampire – and life will never be the same again.
Tags: bisco hatori, millennium snow, ouran host club, Review, romance, shojo, shojo beat, Viz Media
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Mistress Fortune
Author: Arina Tanemura
Publisher: Viz Media/Shoujo Beat
American Release Date: February 1st 2011
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shoujo/200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar Titles: Flower In A Storm; Solty Rei; Rin-ne
Kisaki Tachikawa isn’t your average fourteen-year-old: she is a girl with psychic power who works for the PSI, a secret government agency that protects the world from alien threats. Of course, to make things more complicated, she’s in love with her partner Giniro. How can their growing love survive when it seems circumstance is forcing them apart?
Tags: arina tanemura, Manga Reviews, mistress fortune, shoujo, shoujo beat, Viz Media
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
“The Radius”
Title: Monster Hunter Orage Volume 2
Distributor: Kondansha
American Release date: Aug. 23, 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Action, Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: T (For teens)
Overall personal ratting: B+
Similar Series: Beet the Vandal Buster
Tags: action, adventure, comedy, Fantasy, Kondansha, Manga Reviews, Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter Orage, Monster Hunter Orage Volume 2, shonen, supernatural
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
“The Radius”
Monster: volume 11
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: October 16th 2007
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Suspense/216 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teens/T+
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar series/titles to check out: Pluto, Black Jack, Me And The Devil Blues
Chasing the specter of Johan to Prague lands Dr Tenma smack dab into the deeper mystery of the 511 Kinderheim institution and what exactly went on with the children that once lived there, while the city police experience up close the murderously sweet methods of Johan.
Synopsis:
Tags: Manga Reviews, monster, naoki urasawa, suspense, Viz Media
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Title: Moon & Blood Volume 1 
Author: Nao Yazawa
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
American Release Date: May 15, 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Vampire, Shojo, Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
Publisher Age Rating: 13+ (Teen)
Personal Review Rating: C
Similar Series: Karin, Chibi Vampire, Vampire Knight
Making the decision of living a life that’s your choice, or doing what you family wants of you, can be a hard one. No matter what, you can never go back, and Kai thinks that every day.
Synopsis:
Tags: 1, 13+, 15, 2011, C+, comedy, Digital Manga Publishing, DMP, Fantasy, Manga Reviews, May, Moon & Blood, Moon and Blood, one, romance, shojo, teen, vampire, Vol, Volume
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Moon Boy: volume 9
Author: Lee YoungYou
Publisher: Yen Press
American release date: November 16th 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manwha/Fantasy/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series/titles to check out: Time and Again; Natsume Yuujinchou; Kieli
Reviews of previous volumes: Volume seven; volume eight
In the final volume of Moon Boy, the war between the rabbits and foxes of the Earth and the Moon comes to a startling conclusion! When Myung-Ee and Yu-Da regain the memories of their traumatic past lives, will it change the direction of their lives for good? Or will Myung-Ee’s surprise turn to loyalty to Hang-Ah ruin any chance of her saving Yu-Da forever?
Tags: Fantasy, lee young you, manwha, moon boy, yen press
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Moon Boy volume 7 
Author: Lee Young You
Publisher: Yen Press
Original Release Date: Dec. 15, 2009
Format: Manwha / Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Similar Titles: Angel Diary; Pig Bride; President Dad
Rabbits and romance and revolution, oh my! This fantasy-romance series kicks into high gear and gets ready for the big finale, and lead heroine Myung-Ee is finally earning her role as protagonist by growing a spine – but is it too little too late?
Synopsis:
Tags: lee young you, Manga Reviews, manwha, moon boy, yen press
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Moon Boy: volume 8 
Author: Lee YoungYou
Publisher: Yen Press
American release date: August 10th 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manwha/Fantasy/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar series/titles to check out: Angel Diary; Time and Again; Petshop of Horrors
The war against the rabbits and foxes reaches a turning point as unusual alliances are forged between ex-enemies and memories from a certain person’s past may very well turn the tide of battle and change the lives of everyone involved. This time, has Myung-Ee gotten in over her head or can Yu-Da really be saved?
Tags: Fantasy, lee young you, manwha, moon boy, supernatural, yen press
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