Here are the top ten selling manga in the United States for the week of June 2-8, 2013, according to the New York Times.
1. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Volume 3
2. Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1
3. One Piece Volume 67
4. Pokémon Black and White Volume 10
5. Skip Beat! Volume 31
6. Alice in the Country of Joker: Circus and Liar’s Game Volume 2
7. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum Volume 8
8. Naruto Volume 61
9. Soul Eater Volume 14
10. Sailor Moon Volume 11
Anime News Network is reporting that that the ratings for Adult Swim’s Toonami block for the second week of June were released on June 11, 2013. According to the report, several shows in the Toonami block ranked #1 in the adults 18-24 and 18-34 demographics, in addition to all male demographics, during their respective time slots.
Episodes of the following series ranked at #1 for their respective time slots:
Here are the new manga releases for June 4, 2013. If you see any errors or omissions in this list, please feel free to contact me and let me know.
Alice in the Country of Clover: Ace of Hearts GN
Attack on Titan GN 5
Blood-C GN 2
Dawn of the Arcana GN 10
Demon Love Spell GN 3
A Devil and Her Love Song GN 9
Dragon Ball Omnibus GN 1
Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends GN 3
Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossoms Pink: The Complete Collection GN
Knights of Sidonia GN 3
Lone Wolf 2100 Omnibus GN
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan GN 15
One Piece Omnibus GN 6
One Piece GN 67
Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl Platinum GN 8
Pokémon Black and White GN 10
Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration GN 1
Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura GN 10
Skip Beat! GN 31
Slam Dunk GN 28
Toriko GN 16
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal GN 3
Here are the new anime releases for May 14, 2013. If you see any errors or omissions in this list, please feel free to contact me and let me know.
Colorful
Colorful
Darker Than Black: Season 2 with OVA’s
Digimon Adventure: Volume 3
Fushigi Yugi: Mysterious Play OVA
Gurren Lagann TV Series Box Set [DVD]
Kämpfer für die Liebe OVA
My Bride is a Mermaid: Complete Box Set S.A.V.E. Edition
One Piece: Season Four, Voyage Five
Pokémon Black & White Set 4
Princess and the Pilot [Blu-ray]
Tiger & Bunny Set 2
Tiger & Bunny, Set 2
Article first published as Manga Review: One Piece Volume 11 by Eiichiro Oda on Blogcritics.
One Piece Volume 11 is a manga by Eiichiro Oda, and it was published in North America by Viz Media’s Shonen Jump imprint in 2006. The series is rated “T” for teens; from the 11 volumes that I’ve read of the One Piece manga series, I would agree with this rating.
Monkey D. Luffy is the main character of One Piece, and he dreams of finding the fabled One Piece treasure on the Grand Line. Not only that, but Luffy also wants to become the king of the pirates. Unfortunately during his youth, Luffy ate some devil fruit, which turned his body into rubber and has made it so he is unable to swim. Even with that disadvantage, Luffy still pursues his dream. At this point in the series, Luffy has acquired some crew members: Zolo, Usopp, Nami, and Sanji.
Volume 11 picks right where Volume 10 ended during the battle at Arlong Park. In fact, about half of this volume focuses on the battle at Arlong Park and the aftermath of the battle. The actual battle is really intense, with quite a few panels focusing on action and sound effects and not much on dialogue.
There are a couple of panels in this section that really stood out to me. One is on the top of page 56; this is a close-up on Nami watching the fighting, with her hand up to her mouth and tears coming out of her eye. The other is on the top of page 58, which is a close-up on Luffy looking extremely angry. I thought that Oda did an incredible job of capturing the emotions of these characters in these particular panels.
Another story arc begins in Volume 11, which sees Luffy being branded as a dangerous pirate and having a 30 million berry bounty being placed on his head. For this story arc, Luffy and his crew visit Roguetown, which is where Gold Roger was executed.
While in Roguetown, Zolo meets a swordswoman who bears a striking resemblance to his deceased friend, Kuina. Luffy and the gang also have an encounter with two previous antagonists, and the volume ends in with them in the process of trying to flee from these adversaries, as well as from the group that the woman Zolo met is affiliated with. A couple of other characters that the reader has already met also make a brief appearance in this story arc as well.
The title pages for the chapters in this volume continue the story of Koby and Helmeppo serving in the navy. While this is an OK mini-story, I haven’t enjoyed it quite as much as I did the Buggy the Clown mini-story that had appeared on the title pages in earlier volumes of One Piece.
In this volume, Oda didn’t do any question and answer pages like he had in several of the previous volumes of One Piece. Instead, he includes a cut-away view of the Merry Go, as well as sketches of the various areas of the ship. Personally, I enjoyed these a lot more than I did the question and answer sections. The background information that’s provided for the ship in this volume helps to give me a better feel and understanding for how the Merry Go is designed.
I have to say that I enjoyed reading Volume 11. I was very satisfied with how the Arlong Park story arc resolved, and the Roguetown arc has definitely piqued my interest. I really hope that the Roguetown arc will continue to be an enjoyable read in Volume 12.
I wrote this review after reading a copy of One Piece Volume 11 that my son checked out through the King County Library System.
Naruto Volume 60
Six other manga titles also made the list:
by Naoko Takeuchi (#5)
by Akihisa Ikeda (#10)
by Naoko Takeuchi (#12)
by Matsuri Hino (#13)
by QuinRose and Mamenosuke Fujimaru (#14)
by Eiichiro Oda (#17)BookScan’s rankings include sales from Barnes & Noble and other book chains, independent bookshops, and online purchases; however, sales at comic book stores, Walmart, and some other venues are not included.
Article first published as Manga Review: One Piece Volume 10 by Eiichiro Oda on Blogcritics.
One Piece Volume 10 is a manga by Eiichiro Oda, and it was published in North America by Viz Media’s Shonen Jump imprint in 2006. The series is rated “T” for teens; from the 10 volumes that I’ve read of the One Piece manga series, I would agree with this rating.
Monkey D. Luffy is the main character of One Piece. He’s a young man with a dream of finding the fabled One Piece treasure on the Grand Line; he also wants to become the king of the pirates. However, he ate some devil fruit when he was a boy, which turned his body into rubber. Since he now has a rubber body, he can no longer swim. Luffy has acquired several crew members, as well as a ship to travel on.
Volume 10 picks up exactly where Volume Nine left off. Luffy and the others are at Arlong Park. Luffy, Sanji, Zolo, and Usopp agree to fight “Saw-Tooth Arlong” and his gang in order to help Nami.
Everything that happens in Volume 10 has to do with the battle with Arlong. Even with devoting a whole volume to the battle, it’s not over by the time Volume 10 finishes. In the final scene, Luffy is fighting Arlong, and Luffy’s dialogue in the final panel is, “Hey! I just thought of something fun!” Uh-oh! Coming from Luffy, this dialogue almost feels ominous. It will be interesting to see what Luffy’s idea of “fun” is at the beginning of Volume 11.
Where Volume Nine focused more on drama and Nami’s backstory, Volume 10 is pretty much focused on action. All of the protagonists involved in the battle seem to be getting pushed to their limits, and Oda keeps upping the ante over the course of the battle. If you enjoy the battles and action in One Piece, then you will definitely enjoy Volume 10.
On the title pages for the chapters, Oda appears to have abandoned the Buggy the Clown side story and is now focusing on Koby, the young man Luffy met at the very beginning of hid pirate adventure. Koby is now a chore boy in the navy, and the title pages show what Koby and Helmeppo are doing; unfortunately for Helmeppo, he seems to be having a hard time.
Oda continues to answer questions in the question corner pages. However, I’m starting to suspect that most of the questions being featured at this point weren’t actually sent in by readers. I could be wrong about that, but they feel more like questions Oda came up with so he could give very particular humorous answers. At this point, the question corner pages have become a bit more “hit and miss” for me.
One Piece Volume 10 is a quick read, due in large part to all of the action panels that appear in this volume. If you’re a fan of One Piece, especially of the action and fighting aspects of the series, then you should get a lot of enjoyment out of reading One Piece Volume 10.
I wrote this review after reading a copy of One Piece Volume 10 that my son checked out through the King County Library System.
Here are the top ten selling manga in the United States for the week of March 31-April 6, 2013, according to the New York Times.
1. Sailor Moon Volume 10
2. Bleach Volume 56
3. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Volume 4
4. Blue Exorcist Volume 9
5. Fairy Tail Volume 24
6. A Certain Scientific Railgun Volume 7
7. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Volume 1
8. Dawn of the Arcana Volume 9
9. Blood Lad Volume 2
10. One Piece Volume 66
Here are the top ten selling manga in the United States for the week of March 24-30, 2013, according to the New York Times.
1. Sailor Moon Volume 10
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Volume 1
3. Soul Eater Volume 13
4. Vampire Knight Volume 16
5. Durarara!! Saika Arc Volume 1
6. Rosario+Vampire: Season II Volume 11
7. Blood Lad Volume 2
8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Volume 2
9. Bakuman. Volume 18
10. One Piece Volume 66
Here are the top ten selling manga in the United States for the week of March 17-23, 2013, according to the New York Times.
1. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Volume 2
2. One Piece Volume 66
3. Rosario+Vampire: Season II Volume 11
4. Alice in the Country of Clover: Cheshire Cat Waltz Volume 4
5. Demon Love Spell Volume 2
6. Maximum Ride Volume 6
7. Vampire Knight Volume 16
8. Naruto Volume 60
9. Naruto Volume 59
10. Sailor Moon Volume 9
