About the Mangaka

Tanigawa Nagaru is rather unusual as a manga-ka or even as a writer, in that he didn’t train as one. Rather he is a law school graduate of all things >.<. While he is best known for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series, which won him the grand prize at eighth annual Sneaker Awards; he has done several other series.

I couldn’t find anything solid on Tsugano Gaku, other than that he or she also did the art for Girl Who Runs Through Time, which was licensed by CMX.

Ito Noizi took me by surprise, she did the art for the Shakugan no Shana novels, but also works for a H-Game company. She has a personal website, though it’s Japanese only.

About the Manga

What can I say, this was an awesome volume, that had a few surprises in it.

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After reviewing DMP titles for a few months I wanted to take a look at how they handle digital releases. Some good stuff, and some bad stuff, and some weird stuff to come.

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About the Mangaka

Tateno Makoto, also uses the penname Shinjuku Tango, is best known for two titles Yellow and Happy Boys. A number of her titles have been translated into English, including King of Cards, Hate to Love You, Omen, Red Angel, 9th Sleep, Hero Heel, Ka Shin Fu, Steal Moon, and Yellow.

About the Manga

To say I was disappointed with this volume would be an understatement, in truth I had to force myself to finish the volume. It has everything I hate about manga, not just yaoi, in it.

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Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy.

About the Mangaka

Not a lot of info  available on either Totsuka Masahiro or Igarashi Aguri, though Igarashi does have a website though its all in japanese.

About the Manga

This series is a rollercoaster ride, and sadly not in a good way. It goes up to good, then down to horrid.

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About the Mangaka

Yoshinaga Fumi is mainly does shojo and shonen-ai manga, as well as shonen-ai novels. She made her debut in 1999 with a title called “The Moon and the Sandals”, and while several of her works have been licensed her most notable one remains Antique Bakery.

As well as the manga and novels she creates she also frequently self publishes doujinshi, and does a lot of parodies of other works.

About the Manga

I have to admit that this was yet another title that I wasn’t looking forward to reviewing. However in this case it was the anime version that creeped me out so much I wanted nothing to do with the manga.

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