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Guest Review: Mermaid Melody

kittyocean: Someone else wrote this review! (guest)
[personal profile] kittyocean
Saturday, October 13th, 2012 01:11 pm
This is our first guest-review. The one who wrote it will remain anonymous, but we shall call her P. for now. P. is 11 years old and lives in the Netherlands. She only recently learned English at school, so yes, the grammar and spelling are not amazing. Please keep that in mind when you're reading this. I hope we will receive more reviews from her, so we can all see her grow.

Title: Mermaid Melody, Pitchi Pitchi Pich (all 7 manga volumes)
Original title: マーメイドメロディーぴちぴちピッチ (Māmeido Merodī Pichi Pichi Pitchi)
Author: Written by Michiko Yokote, Art by Pink Hanamori
Language: English
Reviews for other books in this series (up till now): None
Format: Manga volume
Pages: Depends on the volume and they are not numbered
Publisher: Del Rey
Year published: All English editions were bought right after the release (2006-2007)
ISBN number: Volume 1: 9780345491961 , Volume 2: 9780345491978 , Volume 3: 9780345491985, Volume 4: 9780345491992 , Volume 5: 9780345492005 , Volume 6: 9780345492012 , Volume 7: 9780345492029
Topic of the book: Magical Girl, Shoujo, Mermaids, Idols, Singing
Reason for reading: P. saw the anime and wanted to read the manga, which Kitty Ocean owned. This is the first manga P. read.
Recommended: Yes

Back cover text:

I (Kitty Ocean) won't list all the back cover text, but will summarize the story for you, before we head over to the review. Luchia is a mermaid princess who gave away her magical pearl to save a human boy. However, without her pearl, she can never become a true princess and goes to shore to find that boy and her pearl. Meanwhile, strange things are happening in the seas, as mermaid princesses are captured by an unknown foe...

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Review: How to draw Shojo Manga

kittyocean: I give this book a 2 out of 10! (2)
[personal profile] kittyocean
Thursday, July 19th, 2012 08:42 pm
Title: How to draw Shojo Manga
Original title: How to draw Shojo Manga
Author: Various
Language: English
Series: None
Reviews for other books in this series (up till now): None
Format: Paperback, slightly bigger than manga-pockets
Pages: 166 (excluding advertisements)
Publisher: Tokyopop
Year published: original 2006 (Japanese), my edition 2010
ISBN number: 97811427816658
Topic of the book: How to draw
Reason for reading: I wanted to learn more Shoujo Manga-styles (I spell it Shoujo instead of Shojo; I believe both are correct)
Recommended: No.

Back cover text:

I don't know what's with How to draw books nowadays. The back text is so much! Anyway, this book tells you the book has useful tips to develop your skills and how the tutorials revolve around a fictional character (Ena), who wants to be a Manga-ka (Manga-artist).

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Review: MANGA for the beginner - Chibis

kittyocean: Hello there, I give this book an 8 out of 10! (8)
[personal profile] kittyocean
Thursday, July 12th, 2012 10:44 pm
Title: MANGA for the beginner - Chibis
Original title: MANGA for the beginner - Chibis
Author: Christopher Hart
Language: English (I also owned the Dutch variant, but I donated that one to my sister XP)
Series: MANGA for the beginner
Reviews for other books in this series (up till now): None
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Watson Guptill
Year published: 2010
ISBN number: 9780823014880
Topic of the book: Drawing Chibis
Reason for reading: I wanted to get better at drawing Chibis
Recommended: Yes

Note:

I know quite some people really hate Christopher Hart/ his books. Please, keep an open mind and judge a book by its contents, not by the person who wrote it. My own opinion will be listed in this review as well.

Back cover text:

The back cover text could be considered a novel on its own. Apparently, the big font 'The Ultimate Guide to Creating Chibis' is not enough. I think the backside text is about 200-300 words. That's a lot.

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Manga review: "Ranma 1/2, Vol. 1" by Takahashi Rumiko

moonreviews: Kagome from Inuyasha (kagome-rain)
[personal profile] moonreviews
Thursday, May 31st, 2012 09:53 pm
(I took care to give no obvious spoilers about the story)

Title: Ranma 1/2 #1 (on Librarything)
Original title: らんま1/2
Author: Takahashi Rumiko
Language: English (original = Japanese)
Series: Ranma 1/2 (which is published in 38 volumes in Japanese, 36 volumes in English)
Format: paperback, left-to-right (so, flipped from the original Japanese)
Pages: 300
Publisher: VIZ
Year published: original 1988, my edition 2004
ISBN number: 1569319626
Topic of the book: manga, gender-changing
Reason for reading: I got the first three volumes from a friend and as I reaaaaaally like the Inuyasha series by the same author, I did want to read Ranma as well!
Recommended: Yes!

Back cover text:
A one-two punch of action and comedy by one of Japan's most beloved creators!
Teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome went on a training mission with his father one day... well, actually they'd been training for years, but this day was different. At a legendary training ground in China, the two had a little accident.
A fall into some cursed springs triggered a transformation. Now, every time Ranma is splashed with cold water, he changes into a girl. His father, Genma, when splashed, changes into a panda! Does this complicate their lives? You bet!
Battle of the sexes
Years ago, Genma promised his old friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun's three daughters, and carry on the family's martial arts school. Except that the girl picked to be Ranma's bride doesn't seem to like him, Ranma keeps getting into fights... and did we mention that whole changing into a girl thing?

Comments on the back cover text:
Of course I didn't read the back cover text beforehand :P But I knew that he'd change into a girl when splashed with water, I just didn't know why. But it's told quite early on in the story anyway.

First page:
Mailman: "Mr. Tendo! Your mail!"
Postcard: Hi. Bringing Ranma from China. Saotome.
Mr. Tendo: "R-Ranma? Coming here? Oh, how I've w-w-waited for this day!"

Comments on the first paragraph:
The text on the postcard is also left in Japanese: らんまをつれていく。中国にて。早乙女だよ～ん。
For the rest, Japanese text is mostly edited out of the images.

Review:
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