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PDI Bookstore Blog: August 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Old Boy Volume 1. By Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. Rarely does a first volume explode out of the gates like. From the opening pages we are sucked into the cool and mysterious story of . what IS his name? Our story opens as Old Boy. And more importantly, why? Any attempt to put down. Old Boy Volume 1. Is very crisp and new. Unlike some manga where every character looks the same, where t...
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PDI Bookstore Blog: September 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Friday, September 29, 2006. Reiko the Zombie Shop: Volume 2. Things take an interesting turn in. Was mostly a series of short stories revolving around the resurrection of recently killed corpses,. Tells one long tale, actually the first half of a single story about the battle between Reiko. And " The Master. An evil summoner who wants to rule the world with an army of zombies. Takes a big turn in. But it isn’t a change for t...
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PDI Bookstore Blog: November 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Wednesday, November 22, 2006. Coffin: The Art of Vampire Hunter D. Before my vacation, I had to let you know about a recent release that will make a great present.for yourself! There are reasons a title can stay on the lips of readers for decades without losing momentum, only to increase its growing legions of fans. In the case of. Labels: Vampire Hunter D. Posted by John T at 3:45 PM. Links to this post. If you have ever be...
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PDI Bookstore Blog: April 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Thursday, April 27, 2006. Non-Slip Stories" and 30-year-old junior-high students. What is "Non-Slip Stories"? Well, it's a butchered English title of "Suberanai Hanashi ( すべらない話. One of the latest projects of Japanese comedy genius Hitoshi Matsumoto. Matsumoto is more commonly known as "Ma-chan", and is one half of the comedy duo Downtown. With partner Masatoshi Hamada. Last night I watched Seijun Suzuki. Not one of the Tais...
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PDI Bookstore Blog: December 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Tuesday, December 26, 2006. Some horror get their scares by making you forget you are reading horror, then sneak up behind you with the big scare. Movies like Ringu and Audition are good examples. A book like. Is another. Other times we are dropped into the horror right from the get-go. For example, Tomie and Ju-on don’t give the viewers much time to get settled before the scares begin. Lord of the Flies. Difficult to put do...
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PDI Bookstore Blog: June 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Friday, June 30, 2006. Volume 3 (subtitled Retribution Pt. 1 ) of this series finds us at the cliffhanger that ended Volume 2, and in retrospect, it was a somewhat odd place for a break in the story. In the end, the first chapter of Volume 3 lands a little flat, mostly due to the goofy nature of the true ident. Ity of Blackmailer Genjiro. Thankfully, it is the shortest section of the book. Whom we will talk more about later).
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PDI Bookstore Blog: July 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Monday, July 31, 2006. We talked earlier about the ". That came out in Japanese movie theaters in June. In a continuing effort to find the coolest and most interesting Japanese media, I have read the first two issues of the Viz English manga,. Simply put, I have never read anything quite like this. The title and covers imply some kind of horror story, but. How could you possibly be caught? Posted by John T at 3:04 PM. Like h...
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PDI Bookstore Blog: October 2006
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English language blog on books, movies, manga and other mass media out of Japan. Monday, October 30, 2006. WHO FIGHTER and Heart of Darkness. First English title,. An exciting and unique story, right up through the final frame. The second complete story is Takizawa’s version of Joseph Conrad’s. And on the writing process in general. One cannot get more than a few frames into. Although almost all the characters are soldiers, and the stories are set during wars, these tales are hard to call simply war stor...
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