Category: Review

Examining Aquarion Evol Volume 3

Shouji Kawamori’s Sousei no Aquarion franchise has always been typified by its odd hybrid of enigma and humor. The Aquarion Evol manga adaptation’s third volume plys both characteristics
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June Power Up Box Unboxing

Surprise subscription boxes are the best idea for geeks, otaku, and collectors since merchandise itself. Receiving wonderful new collectable toys, treats, and sometimes even collectable treats is supremely
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Aquarion Evol Volume 2 Excels

While creator Shoujo Kawamori’s Aquarion Evol manga continues to exhibit its quirky defining characteristics, it’s with pleasure that I report that the manga’s second volume improves upon all
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It’s Over 9000!

Typical people receive gifts on birthdays and Christmas day. Ambitious collector, however, dream of receiving wondrous boxes of joyful toys every day. Although that dream may still be
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Commendation for Cosplay Basics

Particularly since English-speaking fans began to recognize and adopt Japanese anime culture and since American comic culture permeated mainstream culture roughly in the early 2000s, the Japanese fascination
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Accolade for Aquarion Evol

Creator Shoujo Kawamori’s original fantasy/sci-fi/giant robot anime series Genesis of Aquarion premiered in 2005, slowly developing into a cult hit. Seven years later the sequel series, Aquarion Evol,
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Last Kind Whispered Words

The concluding three books of Takashi Ikeda’s high school lesbian romance drama Whispered Words come together in One Peace Books’ hefty 480-page third omnibus volume. Just as the
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Salute to Stones of Power

Among the numerous amateur-created Japanese manga published within the 16 original issues of GEN Manga, Azumi Isora’s “Stones of Power” was debatably the most polished and professional. In
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Wrapping Up Raqiya

Masao Yajima & Boichi’s cataclysmic manga tale of clashing religious beliefs upon the advent of a teen girl’s manifestation of godlike powers comes to a compelling and satisfying,
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Exploring Raqiya Volume 4

The penultimate volume of Masao Yajima & Boichi’s epic anarchic fantasy Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation revolves around violent conflict on both interpersonal and global scales. The
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