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Favourite quote, “I’m being tricked by a magical raccoon, aren’t I? I know a magical raccoon when I see one…”
When you discover a Tokyopop vampire manga for older teens labeled as comedy/horror, you might expect seductive creepy vampires, but Chibi Vampire turns the normal vampire story on its head. Karin gives people her own blood, [...]

Yen Press has announced some new releases to their collection! Yen Press is a Manga and Graphical Novel publisher that also creates a monthly anthology of their work called Yen Plus. Originally founded in 2006 it continues to grow, offering support to publish original fan created work as well as retail content such as Soul [...]

Orbital Manga, London, will be holding a special triple manga signing with guests promoting the Self Made Manga brand. The special guests are Chie Kutsuwada, Ryuta Osada, Mustashrik Mahbub from the manga visual novels Julius Caesar, As you like it and Othello! Here is the statement from Orbital Manga:
The artists Chie Kutsuwada, Ryuta Osada, Mustashrik [...]

This links in to the previous post here on eMagi about Funimation picking up 32 titles from ADV Films for distribution as licenses change hands. It seems more titles have been dropped with these titles confirmed to bite the dust from ADV Films:
* 5 Centimeters Per Second
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The most famous (or in some cases infamous) Yuri manga Kannazuki No Miko by Kaishaku finally was published this year by Tokyopop in two volumes which are both available now. I call this series famous as if you ask anyone to name a yuri title 9 times out of 10 this is the one they [...]

Staff members from left to right: NeoBlade, TaroTard, Chiisuki and Ovii-sama
We’ve had this feature bubbling along for some time where eMagi staff members gather together and discuss topics to gather opinions and views regarding the world we’re in, anime, manga, videogames and much more.
Today we will roll out the first of many [...]

Manga publisher Tokyopop has announced that it will be decreasing its output of Manga titles in the UK after sluggish sales. This is a direct link from the parent company in the USA as they look to downsize the company to maintain profits. The knock on effect then is that Tokyopop UK will be [...]

Story by - Fuyumi Ono/ Art by - Shiho Inada
Based on the novels by the same name, Ghost Hunt takes us into the world of Mai Taniyama a 15-year old orphaned student, who under special circumstances is allowed to work sometimes during school to pay her tuition fees.
The story really begins when Mai meets Kazuya [...]

My second review from Seven Sea’s Strawberry Line is First Love Sisters Vol 1, written by Mako Komao and art by Mizuo Shinonome.This is very much along the usual yuri vein of within an all girls school an underclassman falls for her Senpai, or is it indeed the other way around in this one? Either [...]

I’ve been waiting with eager anticipation for the publication of Seven Seas Entertainment’s Strawberry line, Myself being a huge fan of Yuri I couldn’t pass up this line as there is a definite lack of Yuri manga translations in comparison to Yaoi. I am hoping this will be the start of a new trend towards [...]