Archive for the ‘Manga P-Q’ Category
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
“The Radius”
Title: Naruto
Manga Author: Masashi Kishimoto (Shueisha)
American Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: January 3, 2012
Format: Manga, 10 chapters
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Shonen
Age Ratting: T
Overall personal rating: C+
Similar Series: Bleach, Dragon Ball, Full Metal Alchemist, Hunter x Hunter, Kekkaishi and One Piece
Series with a large cast of characters sometime go and prune a lot of characters at a certain point. Sometimes these characters just fade away, sometimes they move away and often in action series where the creator isn’t afraid to pull punches like Naruto and kill characters, they die. Of course, sometimes, like Naruto, the creator also allows characters to be revived.
Tags: action, adventure, comedy, Manga Reviews, naruto review, shonen, Viz Media
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
“The Radius”:
Title: Panda Man to the Rescue
Artist/Author: Story by Sho Makura, Art by Haruhi Kato
Distributor: Viz Kids
American release date: November 2, 2010
Format and length: Kids reader/manga, 95 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Ages 6 and up
Overall Personal Rating: C
Similar series or titles to check out: Captain Underpants, Taro and the Magic Pencil, Panda Man and the Treasure Hunt
Tags: Children's book, Haruhi Kato, panda man review, PANDA MAN TO THE RESCUE!, Sho Makura, Viz Kids
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Pandora Hearts: Volume One
Author: Jun Mochizuki
Publisher: Yen Press
American release date: December 15th 2009
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Fantasy/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar series/titles to check out: Alice In The Country Of Hearts; Rozen Maiden; D.Gray-Man
For Oz Vessalius, life is about to get much stranger. On his fifteenth birthday, the initial celebration turns into a scene of mass chaos when figures from another world arrive to punish him for his sin, throwing him into the mythical prison of the Abyss. When he meets Alice, a young girl who lives in the Abyss, Oz might be able to escape – or does Alice have a grander scheme in mind for the young man?
Tags: fantasy manga, jun mochizuki, Manga Reviews, Pandora Hearts, yen press
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Pavane For A Dead Girl: Volume one
Author: Koge-Donbo*
Publisher: Tokyopop
American release date: March 8th 2011
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Fantasy/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/16+
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar series/titles to check out: Zombie-Loan; Aion; Moon Boy
Takenomaru Sagami is a young violin prodigy, the “Prince of Harmony” to a very smitten Nanao Kaga, but he is not as perfect as everything thinks he is. He owes his very life to a contract with the mysterious Great Angel who demands Tears of Maria as part of their agreement. When Nanao and Takenomaru meet, will Nanao end up being one of the Maria that Takenomaru needs?
Tags: fantasy manga, koge-donbo*, Manga Reviews, pavane for a dead girl, tokyopop
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
“The Radius”
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Manga Author: Kenji Kuoda (Kodonsha)
Manga Illustrator: Kazuo Maekawa
Original Concept: Shu Takumi (Capcom)
American Publisher: Kodonsha Comics
American Release Date: August 23, 2011
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 3 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Legal, Murder mystery, Shonen
Overall Personal Rating: A
Titles in the Radius: Detective Conan and Hayate the Combat Butler
Tags: Ace Attorney, capcom, comedy, Kodonsha, legal, Manga Reviews, Miles Edgeworth, murder mystery, Phoenix Wright, shonen
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
“The Radius”
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka volume 6
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: Nov 17th, 2009
Format: Manga
Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Rating: T for teen
Overall Personal Grade: B
Similar titles: Astro Boy
Naoki Urasawa takes on the beloved icon Astro Boy in the new 8 volume set Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka. He explores an arch that dealt with Robot programing, why create an ultimate robot, and then limit its abilities with Human limitation and protective limitations or protocols. Pluto is presented as a detective murder mystery and spends the majority of the series following a Europol Detective, Gesicht, who also happen to be considered the most advanced robot alive.
Tags: action, adventure, Fantasy, Manga Reviews, naoki urasawa, Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka volume 6, Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka volume 6 review, sci-fi, Viz Media, Viz Sig
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Saturday, September 18th, 2010
The Radius”
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka volume 7
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: Jan 19th, 2010
Format: Manga
Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Rating: T for teen
Overall Personal Grade: B
Similar titles: Astro Boy
With Gesicht destroyed by Pluto, there is only one of the 7 great robots left. Epsilon is the last remaining great robot, and he is possibly the strongest of them all with his photon energy. The one major fact about Epsilon is that he is a pacifist and has managed to stay out of battles and conflicts. He has focused his life on running an orphanage for children of war, but this may be his one real weakness.
Tags: action, adventure, Drama, naoki urasawa, Pluto volume 7, Pluto volume 7 manga review, Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka volume 7, sci-fi, Viz Media
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Pluto: volume 2 
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: March 17th 2009
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Mystery&Sci-Fi/208 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar series/titles to check out: Monster, Ghost In The Shell, Bokurano
As Detective Gesicht continues to investigate the current string of robot and human murders, the mystery proves to go deeper in places no one ever thought possible, questioning the very limits of what exactly a robot is capable of.
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Tags: Manga Reviews, naoki urasawa, older teen, pluto, sci-fi, Viz Media
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Monday, August 15th, 2011
“The Radius”: 
Title: Pokemon Adventures Vol. 14 : Gold & Sliver
Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: Aug 2 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: A
Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King
The final battle against the mysterious masked man has begun. The masked man is not alone in this battle, he has the help of Neo Team Rocket and the legionary Pokemon Ho-Oh and Lugia. Although the masked man had some impressive forces, the people he is up against are nothing to sneeze at. He faces all 16 of the gym leaders from both the Kanto and Johto region plus the Pokemon league champion, Red. This is sure to be a battle for the ages.
Tags: action, adventure, Fantasy, manga review, Manga Reviews, Pokemon, Pokémon Adventures, Pokemon Adventures Gold & Sliver, Pokemon Adventures Vol. 14 : Gold & Sliver, Review, shonen, Viz, Viz Media
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
“The Radius”:
Title: Pokemon Adventures Vol. 9 : Gold & Sliver
Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: 10/5/2010
Format: Manga
Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: B
Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King
The masked man from the Ilex forest was proving to be much more of a challenge than Gold originally expected. His skills and battle experience was much greater than Golds, but in one last ditch effort, Gold sent his Aipom to try and pull off the man’s mask. Although Aipom did make contact with the mask, it didn’t come off. Gold would have been done for, if it wasn’t for the fact that the masked man didn’t believe that Gold was worth his time.
Tags: action, adventure, comedy, Manga Reviews, Pokemon, Pokémon Adventures, Pokemon Adventures Vol. 9 : Gold & Sliver, shonen, Viz, Viz Media, Vol, Volume
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Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Title: POKÉMON ADVENTURES: DIAMOND AND PEARL/PLATINUM, VOL. 1
Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: March 01, 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: B -
Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King
Synopsis:
This is a whole new world and a whole new adventure, this is the Sinoh region. Two young boys strive to reach their dream of being a comedy duo. These boys are Diamond and Pearl. While they try to achieve their dream, a young girl from a rich family is about to start her Pokemon adventure. These young Pokemon trainers may have different goals in life but their fates are soon going to be entangled.
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Tags: action, adventure, comedy, manga review, Manga Reviews, Pokemon, POKÉMON ADVENTURES: DIAMOND AND PEARL/PLATINUM, Review, Viz, Viz Media, vol. 1
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
“The Radius”:
Title: Pokémon Adventures: Vol. 8 Gold & Sliver
Author: Hidenori Kasaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: 8/3/2010
Format: Manga
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comity, Fantasy
Publisher Age Ratting: A (All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: B+
Similar Series: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Bakugan, Digimon
Tags: action, adventure, Anime Reviews, comedy, Fantasy, Manga Reviews, Nintendo, Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon Adventures: Vol. 8, Pokémon Adventures: Vol. 8 Gold & Sliver, Pokemon Gold & Sliver, Viz, Viz Kids, Vol. 8
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Pokemon Black and white Volume 2
Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: Jul 5, 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: B
Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King
Synopsis:
Black is an up and coming young trainer with plenty of enthusiasm. He dreams of going to the Pokemon league and winning. White is another talented trainer. She runs the BW agency, a talent agency for preforming Pokemon. Two completely different trainers whose lives will soon be entangled in some very big ways.
Tags: action, adventure, Black and white, Fantasy, manga review, Manga Reviews, Pokemon, Pokemon Black and white, Pokemon Black and white Volume 2, Review, shonen, Viz, Viz Media
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Pokemon Black and White Volume 3
Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: Sep 6 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: B
Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King
The battle between Black and N is beginning to heat up. Black is having a great deal of trouble with this battle. While all of this is happening, White is just sitting there, watching. Despite Black’s pleas for help, White refused to join the fight. It’s not because she doesn’t want to, but it’s because she had no idea how to battle. White only wanted her Pokemon to be movie stars, so she never learn how to fight. Black might be in a little trouble.
Tags: action, adventure, comedy, Fantasy, manga review, Manga Reviews, Nintendo, Pokemon, Pokemon Black and white, Pokemon Black and white Volume 3, shonen, Viz, Viz Media
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
“The Radius”
Pokemon The Movie: White Victini and Zekrom
Story and Art by: Momota Inoue
Original Concept by: Satoshi Tajiri
U. S. Distributor: Viz Media / Vizkids
U. S. Release Date: March 6th, 2012
Format: Manga / 192 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Action / Adventure
Age Rating: A for All Ages
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Titles: Anything from the Pokemon franchise
Synopsis:
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Pokemon The Movie: White Victini and Zekrom (manga review)
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Tags: action, adventure, Manga Reviews, Momota Inoue, Pokemon The Movie: White Victini and Zekrom, Pokemon The Movie: White Victini and Zekrom manga review, Satoshi Tajiri, Viz Media
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
“The Radius”:
Title: Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Author: Makoto Mizobuchi
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: 2/5/2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)
Overall personal ratting: B-
Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King, Pokemon Adventures
Tags: action, adventure, Arceus, Fantasy, manga review, Manga Reviews, Pokemon, POKÉMON: ARCEUS AND THE JEWEL OF LIFE, Review, Viz, Viz Kids, Viz Media
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
“The Radius”
Project X: 240Z Challengers (Datsun Fairyland Z)
Author: Akira Yokoyama
Distributor: eManga (Digital Manga)
American Release Date: March 29, 2006
Format: E-Book / 207 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Rating: Not Rated, but for all ages
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar titles: Project X: Seven Eleven and Cup of Noodles.
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Project X: 240Z Challengers (Datsun Fairyland Z) (e-manga)
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Tags: Akira Yokoyama, Digital Manga, emanga, Non-Fiction, Project X: 240Z Challengers (Datsun Fairyland Z)
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Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Title: Project X: Cup Noodle
Manga Author: Tadashi Katoh (NHK)
American Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
American Release Date: July 5, 2006 (Paperback)
Format and length: Manga, 7 chapters
Genres: Dramatization, Educational, Historical
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Titles in the Radius: Other Project X titles
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. While that may be an exaggeration it does have a basis. Manga and graphic novels are usually much shorter page-wise than their literary counterpart of novels and yet, if done properly, can have the same quantity of narrative.
Tags: Digital Manga, educational, emanga, Project X: Cup Noodle review
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
Title: Project X: Seven Eleven
Manga Author: Tadashi Katoh (NHK)
Manga Illustrator: Naomi Kimura
American Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
American Release Date: December 28, 2006 (Paperback)
Format and length: Manga, 6 chapters
Genres: Dramatization, Educational, Historical
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Titles in the Radius: Other Project X titles
America is known as the leader in entrepreneurialism, but it does not hold a monopoly on this phenomena; Japan is right up there with the U.S. The tale of how Japan took an American innovation, the convenience store, and altered it, creating its own innovative strategies, some of which would be adopted, is a testament to this.
Tags: Digital Manga, educational, emanga, historical, Manga Reviews, Project X: Seven Eleven review
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
The Radius
Title: Psyren vol 2.
Author/Artist: Toshiaki Iwashiro
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: Jan 3, 2012
Format: Manga
Genre: Action, Supernatural, Comedy
Publisher Age Rating: T+ for older teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Tags: action, adventure, ageha, comedy, future, manga review, Manga Reviews, PSI, psychic, PSYREN, Psyren 2, supernatural
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