Diary of a Bookworm

Today's Topic: Art & Story ~ How does affect you ? To those avid Manga readers and Anime watchers, we stumble across a variety of styles in the art we see. We see our stereotypical to our old style of Manga/Anime. We like the stories for the stories, and we like the art for the art. I sound kind of redundant right? It probably doesn't make much sense to you, does it? What I mean by those two statements is that we appreciate those Mangas for its art and story line. Those are essentially what draws people into it. However, we see those stories with just the terrible plot lines with the super amazing art and vis versa, like I had explained  Here (Style ~ Make or Break a Manga/Anime?)  Basically, it is the same principles applied here. However, in this post, I want to focus on the essential question of whether the art and story affect your manga experience. Well, to be honest, it should and  shouldn't affect you. Why you ask? Well, here's my reasons why: ~~ Should Affec...

Meet Maria & Meths Title:  Mephistos [ Here Be Demons series] Artist: Naniiebim  [Deviant Account] Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Supernatural Volumes (Thus far): 3 Buy them  HERE Read Sample  HERE Rating:  Summary:   What do you do when you find yourself living next to an unusual  neighbor ? Review: So, my mind was blown  by this manga. Seriously, Naniiebim is a genius. Collection of Books of Mephistos & Peeks at the contents inside! :D ORDER THOSE MARIA AND METHS PINS NOW!! Basically, this story is about a woman, Maria and a man, Mephistos (Meths)... who happens to have a tail. Their first encounter is struck with a frozen chicken, and both characters are thrust into this unusual relationship between a woman and a demon. After Maria had met Meths, she begins to encounter a strange black shadow that follows her around, not understanding what is going on. The story progresses at a steady pace and keeps the reader wanting more. Na...

Background to Foreground: Japan, Germany, Italy Title:  Axis Powers Hetalia Original Artist:  Hidekaz Himaruya Episodes:  52 Genre: Seinen, Historical, Comedy (This comedy is allegory for racial stereotypes. If you do not  laugh at things like this, then watch Hetalia because it will change your mind. DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING, DIDCHAYA!?) Anime:  With Subtitles  ~  With English Dub (Highly recommend)   Also, currently on Netflix [Epi. 1-24, maybe 26, English dubbed] Rating:  Synopsis:  Think of it like WWII, except every country is a pretty boy instead. A hilariously stereotypical pretty boy. America loves burgers, Russia is into the vodka, and China has pandas and a Wok. It is centered mostly around Italy, who has both a North and South character. The Hetaria portion of the name is probably mocking Italy, as Hetare means 'Useless' Review: OHMYGODINEVERKNEWLEARNINGHISTORYCOULDBETHISMUCHFUN! Holy crap, this show blew my mind. Seriously, it'...

Hello, everyone! This is Alisha here and I know that I have been a rarity here at BNR in the pass two months. I want to extend a huge apology to all of our readers and everyone else in the blog community. It has been hard to get some time to blog and publish reviews and make features I have been wanting to start this year. I kick myself everyday because I am not able to be on here and spend time with you all. Since the time has passed and I can not do much to make up for the time lost. I have told myself that I need to change my schedule and my priorities so I can be on here each week and make sure we are posting what our readers are waiting for. Starting today, each month there will be two interviews and at least one giveaway! Along with those, we will have Sara's Manga Mondays and some features I have been wanting to get started doing. I can not say when mine will start but we will continue to have Sara's Manga Mondays for now. I have just taken to requested reviews and sent ...

The End for Bleach?!!? WARNING: THERE ARE POSSIBLE SPOILERS OF BLEACH BELOW. YEAH, SPOILERS. SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW AND YOU HAVEN'T READ OR WATCHED BLEACH, GO WATCH THE CANON EPISODES AND READ THE MANGA TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT. SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED... SPOILERS BELOW! I wish it was Monday last Wednesday when I saw the news and the new chapter on  Mangahere.com . Seriously, I was in total shock. I'm a huge  Bleach fan. Surprisingly, my totally-closet-nerd brother introduced me to Bleach when he started watching the Anime when it first came out. For me, I decided to read the Manga, considering I had begun to get into Manga then too. I instantly fell in love with nearly all the characters and love the Manga Arcs (the Anime fillers can all burn in a ditch). But speculation has come around to say: Bleach is ending!! Yep, the final  arc has supposedly arrived. However, is it really ending? On most forums I've looked up on, considering I ...

So.. For today's question, which I probably should have addressed way back then, is: Why don't people like Manga? What's wrong with it? I can probably already answer the question for you: Basically, people are so wrapped up in mainstream manga and anime that they can't get it out of their FREAKING mindset that not every single one is like that. This kind of goes back to my Manga style post. Style is so  important in making an impact in our ideal of manga; it's crazy knowing how much it affects our standard. So lemme ask you, what is your  standard of manga/anime? If you like it, why? If you don't, why not? Don't gimme that crud that it's "lazy and they don't have the talent for realistic art, blahblahblah." Don't. Seriously, it's getting old. I hear it enough from people who haven't even seen amazingly well-drawn manga/anime. I hear it enough from the people in my art club. I'm not saying that I am the epitome of perfection ...