God Len lists this week’s new releases at Japanator. (Image is of vol. 1 of Samurai 7, a manga remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, but with cyborgs.)
Deb Aoki has a sneak preview of vol. 2 of Kasumi at About.com.
Kris has some encouraging words about Aurora at Manic About Manga, and she points out that their fate really is in our hands (or our wallets). At the Yaoi Press blog, Yamila Abraham clarifies her explanation of a little returns game that some wholesalers play.
Congratulations to Tangognat on her sixth blogiversary. Sixth!
Reviews: Derik Badman presents part 2 of his analysis of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix at Madinkbeard; Derik is going in depth here, so expect spoilers. At Blogcritics, Bill Sherman reviews Jonathan Clements’ book Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade. Yen Plus Info has a brief look at the April issue of Yen Plus. Chris Mautner takes a look at Shintaro Kago’s ero-guro manga Dance! Kremlin Palace, which is available only in scanlation at the moment.
Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Black God (Comics Village)
Xen on vol. 1 of Croquis Pop (Manga Jouhou)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 4 of Croquis Pop (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Detroit Metal City (ICv2)
Michelle Smith on The Devil’s Trill (Comics Should Be Good)
Kevin Church on Disappearance Diary (BeaucoupKevin(dot)com)
Lori Henderson on vol. 3 of Honey and Clover (Comics Village)
Julie on vol. 2 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Manga Maniac Cafe)
LKK on NG Life (LKK) (Via When Fangirls Attack)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 1 of Nightschool (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Kuriousity)
Otaku Librarian on xxxHolic (The Otaku Librarian)
Erica Friedman on vol. 15 of Yuri Hime (Okazu)
But those cyborgs are real people. They just gave up their bodies…
They must have changed loads in the manga then, since in the anime of 7Samurai there was only the one cyborg, all the others were flesh and blood. Even on the enemies side i don’t think there were that many true cyborgs, most were usually just riding inside machines, and a few had implants.
Been a loooong time since i watched it though. Definatly have to add this on my to buy list as well