Hey, gang, we're approaching the midway point for this month's feast! If you have a contribution, please let me know ' I'm happy to add older entries to the archive, and to feature new reviews, essays, and podcasts in one of the daily round-ups. See below for further details about how you can contribute to the VIZ Signature Feast! Now for the links'
Anna compiles an annotated list of all the VIZ Signature titles she's reviewed at Manga Report. Among her favorites is Biomega, 'a title that almost doesn't need a review, because you just need to ask yourself if you are the type of person who would enjoy a manga that has as a character a talking bear with a machine gun. If you don't find bears with machine guns enjoyable, I'm not sure if I can be your friend.'
Over at Comic Attack!, Kristin Bomba shares her thoughts on volume six of Natsume Ono's House of Five Leaves, praising the growth of the series' central character, Masanosuke. 'Ono draws him in such a gentle way, with a beauty and grace in contrast to his clumsy manner and awkward social skills. Plus he's got those big, dark eyes that can look into a person's soul,' she opines. 'Masa has really grown as a character since the first couple of volumes, where he was just a passive observer of events. There is far more to him than first appeared, and he's become just as interesting as everyone around him.'
Closer to home, my Manga Bookshelf Sean Gaffney reviews the latest volume of Dorohedoro, while I post a new edition of The Best Manga You're Not Reading. The subject: Shunju Aono's painfully funny I'll Give It My All' Tomorrow.
And speaking of I'll Give It My All' Tomorrow, Ash Brown is giving away a copy of volume one. To enter, visit Experiments in Manga. The winner will be chosen by random lottery on May 2, 2012.
How to Participate in the MMF
To submit a review, essay, podcast, etc. for inclusion in the archive, please do one of the following:
- Send me an email with a link to your contribution. Please do not spam the MMFeast Google Group with your links.
- Post a link to your contribution on Twitter. Please make sure that you address it to @manga_critic and use the #mmf hashtag.
If you do not have a blog, but wish to contribute, please email me. I would be happy to post your essay here at The Manga Critic.
Older reviews and essays may be submitted for inclusion in the MMF archive, though they will not be featured in the daily link posts. Given how large the VIZ Signature catalog is, please be mindful in choosing older essays and reviews for inclusion in the archive; capsule reviews, press releases, or brief essays should be excluded. If your essay/review/podcast has been featured in one or more previous MMFs, please consider highlighting it at your own site during the MMF week, rather than resubmitting it for this month's archive.
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