I’m going to be out of town the next few days so I thought I’d post about a book I just finished before heading out. Manga! Manga! by Frederik L. Schodt (and with a foreward by the famous Osamu Tezuka 手塚治虫) was an interesting read. The contents are very dated now, and it wasn’t as fun to read as Mangajin, but I still found it hard to put down.

I’m currently reading Autobiography of a Geisha (along with about ten other things), and it is even more of a page turner.

My kids’ blog is now up here. Hopefully, they will use it so you can read about our adventures through their eyes.

Related posts:

1. book review of Autobiography of a Geisha I went into this book with absolutely no expectations. In fact, I didn’t even seek the book out to read. I just saw it in the library and decided to...
2. Manga reading dude in Inokashira Park While walking through Inokashira Park (井の頭公園) last Saturday we stumbled upon Rikimaru Toho (東方力丸), who I recognized from a piece I saw about him on TV. I asked him if...
3. Last Mangajin post ever I finished reading Mangajin yesterday with the final issue, #70. The last issue was… um… interesting? No, that’s not it. Unethical? Perhaps. In the issues numbered in the sixties the...
4. Managajin (漫画人) for sale I have finished reading the above magazines so now they can be yours. All issues, previously mentioned, of Nihongo Journal (日本語ジャーナル) on this blog have been sold, but as of...
5. アドルフに告ぐ Before this time in Japan I read every issue of Mangajin as well as several of the serialized volumes of Kochi Kame. I thought I’d be enjoying manga by now....

Posted on May 14th, 2008 under Japan • Tags: book review, books, Japan, Japanese Manga, recommendations, reviews. • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback