Tag: shoujo

Posted in Anime Expo Conventions

Madhouse/Team Chihayafuru Press Conference

Press talked to Madhouse’s Team Chihayafuru (Asaka Morio, Takuya Tsunoki, and Kunihiko Hamada) at Anime Expo 2012 and asked them questions about that show and other Madhouse works. But only we dared to ask about moe. And who’d they rather, Chihaya or Kana. Find out what they said!

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Posted in Anime Reviews

Chihayafuru: The Rules of the Shoujo Game

I’m now caught up on Chihayafuru, which is an interesting experiment in how much an anime can be fixated on a single subject without losing its human focus. Is karuta really a metaphor for everything?

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Posted in Manga Reviews

Kamisama Kiss – Are you sure you want to be kissed?

Kamisama Kiss Story and Art by Julietta Suzuki Published by Viz Media/Shojo Beat. 200 pages. 2010 $9.99 Nanami Momozono is quite alone after her deadbeat…

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Dengeki Daisy: trust and temptation of an unlikely relationship.

Dengeki Daisy Story and Art by Kyousuke Motomi Published by Viz Media. 192 pages. 2010. $9.99 There must be a low tolerance level to reading…

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Happy Cafe: Light hearted story about yet another dense lead

Happy Cafe Story and Art by Kou Matsuzuki Published by Tokyopop. 192 pages. 2009. $10.99 Easily one of the things I notice about this series…

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I.O.N – Nothing scientific here!

Another of Arina Tanemura’s works. This is actually for her first full length manga of short stories. So the art is not as pretty as…

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