Tag: manga
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Manga Review: Cat + Gamer
Title: Cat + Gamer (猫暮らしのゲーマーさん, Nekogurashi no Gēmā-san) Mangaka: Wataru Nadatani US Publisher: Dark Horse Status: Ongoing Age Relevance: Elementary & Up How Essential Is It?: Must Have (According to Me) Curricular Connections?: Independent reading. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Video games, cats, female protagonists, humor. Content Warnings: None! Publisher Synopsis: Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds […]
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Manga Review: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Title: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Mangaka: Takashi Shiina, Rumiko Takahashi (Designed by), Katsuyuki Sumisawa (Other adaptation by) US Publisher: VIZ Media Status: Ongoing Age Relevance: Middle, High School How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: InuYasha, feudal Japan, isekai, sequel series, strong female characters, fantasy, action Anime: Crunchyroll Content Warnings: Very mild horror and violence. Publisher Synopsis: […]
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Manga Review: Talk to My Back
Title: Talk to My Back / Shin Kirari Mangaka: Yamada Murasaki US Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Status: Complete Age Relevance: Adult How Essential Is It?: Must Have for Adult Collections Curricular Connections?: Great for discussions of feminist theory and thought. Could be used in high school ELA as a read-alike for literary works on feminist though. Reader’s Advisory Tags: motherhood, feminism, […]
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Purchasing Manga & Light Novels for Elementary School Librarians and Children’s Librarians: Tips, Titles, and a Plea to Publishers
This is by far the topic I receive the most requests to cover, and my previous posting has the highest views. So, I thought it was time to put some of this into writing, put in some updates, and also put in some additional contexts. Tips for Collection Development When it comes to purchasing manga […]
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Manga Publishers: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know (And Probably More Than That)
Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/manga_librarian Like what I do? Consider supporting my school library by purchasing a student request! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YFUM4D17XWD1?ref_=wl_share Resources: VIZ: https://www.viz.com/ https://twitter.com/VIZMedia TOKYOPOP: https://twitter.com/TOKYOPOP Red Bard’s Videos on TOKYOPOP: https://youtu.be/gbKFejwLlUY https://youtu.be/sfvWvKHxUmo Kodansha: https://kodansha.us/ https://twitter.com/KodanshaManga Dark Horse: https://twitter.com/DarkHorseComics Seven Seas Entertainment: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ https://twitter.com/gomanga Drawn & Quarterly: https://drawnandquarterly.com/ https://twitter.com/DandQ Fantagraphics (previously […]
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Book Lists for When Your School Has Anime Planet Blocked
I’ve heard from some of you that Anime Planet, the list aggregator I use for title recommendations, is blocked at your schools! This is frustrating, and I suspect comes from schools using sweeping blocks of words like anime. I have for those of you impacted by this a collection of all of my lists in […]
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Manga and Anime Featuring Food
This is a list of manga which you may want to consider when selecting specifically with food, cooking, and eating in mind. These aren’t formal reviews, but I’ll link to a formal review when and if I do them. This new format is to get you acquainted with multiple titles at once. Food Wars!: Shokugeki […]
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Series Review: Fruits Basket
Title: Fruits Basket フルーツバスケット Mangaka: Natsuki Takaya 高屋 奈月 US Publisher: Formerly TokyoPop, now Yen Press Status: Complete. Level: Middle School, High School How Essential Is It?: Must Have Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: Grief, abuse. Anime: 2001: Funimation, Hulu. 2019: Funimation, Crunchyroll. Content Warnings: Discussions of mental and physical abuse. Fruits Basket, commonly […]
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Manga and Women: Buying Manga for School Libraries in the #MeToo Era
When I talk to other school librarians about manga and anime, many of them voice a similar concern: the manga they see has horrible treatment of women. These are not invalid concerns, especially as school librarians are working to make their collections more inclusive and affirming. And when students are requesting series that depict sexual […]
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