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Review: Aventura (Vol. 02)

Aventura, volume two, takes off where the first volume left readers: undead creatures have risen up and are attacking the main cast. With Chris already injured and Darwell useless against the skeletal creatures, Lewin steps in to save them. When all things seem lost, Lewin, a boy who had seemed to all as a magic-less individual, is able to summon a fire spirit of tremendous power. Now it’s up to the school faculty, and other higher-ups lurking in the background, to decide the fate of this surprising new pupil.

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Sunday Stuffers

Random things that may be of interest to some people on this slow Sunday:

Dragonballmovieblog.net has posted an image of the first official look at Justin Chatwin in his role as Goku in the upcoming live action adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s Dragonball. Supposedly a scan from the next issue of Shonen Jump in Japan, it’ll no doubt be a picture we’ll be seeing pop up around the internet soon enough.

Having announced their licensing of the Code Geass mangas back when they acquired the anime, Bandai Entertainment has got a bunch of listings for the books up on Amazon.com.  Five books in five months, looks like Code Geass fans will definately be getting their fix in fairly rapid succession. Bandai Entertainment is also going through a big site revamp at this time with a blog to update visitors of their progress, media and general company happenings.

And finally, also over at Amazon.com, Viz sent the site some updated images for future releases (see pictures above), for any who want to see some pics.

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Review: The Sky Over My Spectacles

Azuma has a fetish for people wearing glasses. It’s considered common knowledge in his class how his loves and lays were all with cute girls with spectacles. However, Azuma suddenly finds himself attracted to his fellow male classmate, Sorachi, causing him to wonder if questioning his sexuality is worth his fetish (especially when the object of his attraction seems to hate him). It doesn’t take much imagination to realize where things are going and soon the two are hopelessly in love with each other, cueing all the usual dramatics. This is the title story of the small collection and takes up just over half of the book.

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Review: The Good Witch of the West (Vol. 05)

Firiel Dee continues to struggle with Rune’s sudden disappearance amidst a torrid of controversy over her Uncle’s assassination. Her depression plagues her throughout the day in Rune’s absence as she remains trapped in a political world, so unlike the one she grew up in. However, it all allows her to realize some powerful truths about herself and her love for Rune. When a team of knights, lead by Firiel’s short-lived fiancée, Eusis leave to travel South to deal with an escalating Dragon problem, Firiel leaves at the same time, looking to find Rune in the only direction she knows he’d be.

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Review: Absolute Boyfriend (Vol. 06)

Absolute Boyfriend, volume six, marks the end of this series. With Riiko having chosen Night as her true love, she discovers that Soshi is moving to Spain. Confused and torn, will Riiko and Night get their happily ever after? Remaining review contains minor spoilers.

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GoComi Blogs with Setona Mizushiro, upcoming contest

Go!Comi’s daily blogs from Japan continue: this time they got to sit down with After School Nightmare creator, Setona Mizushiro. Not only do they get to hear about her upcoming series, Black Alice Rose (vampires = intriguing), but also recieved a gift from her that they’ll be using in an upcoming contest.

Go!Comi will be posting details of an After School Nightmare art contest. The prize will be a replica of the key (see picture above)  that students in the series must find in their ‘dreams’. Go!Comi staffers are telling visitors to check the site in the next couple of days for more information.

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Review: Black Cat (Vol. 14)

Starting the book off with a bang, Train must finish his battle against fellow sweeper, River, in exchange for information about finding Creed. Both Train and River are given the information by Glin, an informant with a mysterious history, who plans to form a team of the best sweepers in order to defeat Creed. Eve and Train need to work together to decipher the information and join up with this new group. Meanwhile, Sven continues his training to master his eye’s abilities to glimpse the future so he’ll be of help when the great battle finally comes about.

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GoComi Continues 07-Ghost Promotion on DA

Since yesterday announcing the license of their manga series 07-Ghost, Go!Comi has continued using the art-community DeviantArt to further advertise the series. Up in their DA gallery account today they’ve uploaded the covers of volumes 1-5.

From the artwork alone, I know I’m sold. It’s really attractive and has a compelling sounding plot. I’m amazed it’s the manga-ka’s premiere publication and I can’t wait to get my hands on volume one in January!

Unrelated, but the crafty 801-chan has hinted at some new licenses on their forums over at 801Media. No word yet on what they are but something to look forward to!

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Review: Genju no Seiza (Vol. 06)

Recap of the plot up until now: Fuuto, a Japanese student with a history of transferring schools, found out that he may in fact be, by reincarnation, the true King of a country. With a boy already on the throne, Guardians are sent as assassins to kill the ‘fake’ king in Japan. One after another, they realize that there may be truth behind Fuuto’s lineage (much to his dismay) due to his powerful psychic abilities and particular apathy for others so they stay as his Guardians, protecting Fuuto from those who follow them and the young King’s own inability to control his powers. In the previous volume, Fuuto, his guardians and a friend are all accidentally hurled back in history, trapped between saving lives and altering history.

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Go!Comi licenses 07-Ghost

Go!Comi made an announcement today that they have licensed the series 07-Ghost by Amemiya Yuki. Never thought I’d get a license annoucement through DeviantArt! Fun surprises.

“Set in a gothic fantasy world, 07-GHOST tells the story of Teito, a former slave who is now pursued by the forces of the Barsburg Empire because of his exceptional ability to use a form of magic called Zaiphon. Teito’s discovery of his true nature and his subsequent quest for revenge involve him in the affairs of the Gods themselves, as he finds himself at the center of the conflict between Verloren, the God of Death, and the mysterious “beings of light” sent by Heaven to oppose him: the Seven Ghosts.”

Volume one will be out in January 2009.

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