Category: Review

Densha Otoko is the story of the train otaku who found love with a little help from 2chan. I’ve never seen the live action or any of the 4 (FOUR!!!) manga that were adapted from the novel. First up is the CMX version, entitled “Densha Otoko.”

I remember watching the Alien Nine OVA a couple of years ago. All I remember is that I was totally confused at the end, and I didn’t really like it. Packing a lot of manga into a short OVA is typically a bad idea. The manga can just explain a whole lot more than a two hour animation.

I vaguely remember bits and pieces of the Galaxy Angel anime that I watched way back when. The Angel-tai would always be looking for a different piece of “lost technology” every week. The Galaxy Angel manga actually elaborates on the story by adding a plot! Whoa!

I hadn’t been watching the Death Note anime this season, and since the anime got licensed, I guess I won’t be for a while. I’ll get all of my Death Note action from the manga for now. It’s faster, and farther in the story than the anime anyway… Here’s my review of Death Note Volume 2.

It’s been way too long since I read the first volume of Buddha by Osamu Tezuka. I really liked it, but it sorta fell to the wayside when pitted versus aliens, time travelers and espers… I’ve been feeling pretty thoughtful lately, so I figured I’d take the Buddha Vol. 2 off the shelf and read it already!

I sorta stopped watching the NHK Ni Youkoso anime a while back. I think I should probably start up again, considering the anime is finished… That didn’t keep me from reading the first volume of Welcome To The NHK: the manga! The manga is rated 18+, so it must be more entertaining than the anime, right?

The last volume of Kamui was pretty much one giant flashback. In Kamui volume 5, we finally get to see how Atsuma is doing after being stabbed in the back by Sumire. Plus fights and smooches!

I remember watching The World of Narue the anime back when I knew it as “Narue no Sekai.” It was pretty awesome, and I remember that the OP by CooRie was tight. I just got a chance to check out the manga that was published by CPM to go along with the anime. It’s a good thing I can’t remember much about the anime, or the story might’ve been spoiled…

Popo Can is a lesser known manga from Infinity Studios that was released in July of 2005. I thought the title looked interesting, so decided to take a shot at reading it. I’m really disappointed that this manga hasn’t gotten more recognition!