- Comedy and Horror Manga by Kei Kusunoki By:-Dani Brown
Kei Kusunoki is a pen name of Japanese mangaka Mayumi Ohashi well known for horror and comedy mangas. She writes manga both for women (shoujo) and men (seinen, shounen) and has released 30+ works lately. Her most famous mangas are Girls Saurus, Girls Saurus DX, 100 Ways of an Exorcist, Bitter Virgin.
- Kyousuke Motomi's Stories and Her Characters By:-Pamela Twain
Kyousuke Motomi is a special shoujo mangaka. His works feature a realistic approach and character detailization. Full of humor and romance, they are basically written in the school life genre. Readers know him for Beast Master, Penguin Prince and Dengeki Daisy.
- Tsukasa Hojo and His Detective Stories By:-Dani Brown
Tsukasa Hojo is an author of many comedy mangas with adventurous or detective plots. His best known series are Cat's Eye, City Hunter and Angel Heart. They proceeded into anime series, short and full-length movies not limited to anime.
- Arina Tanemura's Fantasy and Other Manga By:-Pamela Twain
The mangaka Arina Tanemura has attracted a lot of followers with her works like I.O.N, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Searching for the Full Moon, especially enjoyed by girls. Much was translated, some screened as anime in short movies or TV series..
- What Manga Boys Read By:-Dani Brown
Given men's quite universal taste, guys prefer some genres in comics (manga) like seinen, shonen, ecchi and hentai. Any of them can contain some comedy, drama, fantasy, mysticism and others.
- We are Mint and Wataru Yoshizumi's Other Mangas By:-Pamela Twain
The popular mangaka Wataru Yoshizumi appeals to her young and slightly older women readers for over a dozen works published for the last 15 years. Her most mangas are written in shoujo and josei underlying animated series, movies and PC games.
- Johji Manabe and His Mangas By:-Dani Brown
Johji Manabe is an adventure manga author. His works organically combine fantasy and sci-fi, humor, romance and ecchi. Caravan Kidd, Outlanders, Capricorns, Drakuun - Dragon Princess Warrior and his other mangas feature fascinating narration, vivid and memorable characters.
- Nana and Ai Yazawa's Other Mangas By:-Pamela Twain
Ai Yazawa is a well-known shoujo (girl manga) author stressing her characters' clothes. But it's not the only reason for her fan love. Readers know well her works like I'm Not an Angel, Neighborhood Story, Paradise Kiss and Nana. The latter deserved the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2003.
- Women Manga Genre Summary By:-Pamela Twain
Illustrated short stories for women fall under basic genres like shoujo, magical girl, josei, yaoi, yuri. Each targets its own audience with short story relating to one of them and usually containing other genre elements like fantasy, historical, etc
- BOMC2 Book Club Review By:-Franjo Tarandek
BOMC2 is a novel, subscription-based book service, established on a concept which eliminates two main drawbacks of traditional book clubs: featured selections and high shipping charges. Its low flat-rate price policy coupled with free shipping on each and every item might just change the way you shop for books.
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