Manga Traders

Posted by zraith on 12/18/2009 7:35 pm

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Immortal Rain & K-On!! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Immortal Rain

Series Summary:
Rain Jewlitt, known as the Methuselah, is a spaced-out, immortal, 624-year-old man dressed in priest's clothes. He's got eternal youth and a large price on his head ... put there by those questing after the secret of his immortality.

Machika Balfaltin is a tomboyish, energetic 14-year-old girl who, upon the death of her grandfather, sets out to kill Methuselah, the one bounty her assassin grandfather, Zol the Grim Reaper, couldn't kill. Instead, however, Machika ends up being saved by Rain again and again from other aspiring bounty hunters attacking them both.

Sound like the beginnings of an odd relationship? You won't believe where their journey takes them ...

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K-On!

Series Summary:
The story follows four girls who try to rescue their high school's light music club, even though one of them is a total novice and doesn't know how to play any instrument or read music. 4 girls get together to form a music band in high school to join the almost obsolete Keion Club. With Ritsu on the drums, Mio on the bass, Tsumugi on the keyboard, and Yui on the guitar, they're hoping to revive the Keion Club with their stellar music performances. The only problem being, can the band even play music, when their lead guitarist doesn't even know how to play the guitar!?

Posted by zraith on 12/11/2009 2:29 pm

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Q.E.D. - Shoumei Shuuryou & Detective Conan! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Q.E.D. - Shoumei Shuuryou

Series Summary:
Touma is an MIT graduate who comes back to Japan because he wants to know how it feels to be a high school student. In the other hand, Mizuhara Kana is a strong girl who loves sports. Together, they are a partner of solving cases that happens around them.

Two characters with opposite personality: Sou Touma, a boy genius who graduated from MIT at the age 14 years old, but lacking in empathy and any social activity; Kana Mizuhara, high-spirited girl who incredibly athletic, and very concern (to the point interfering) about others problem.

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Detective Conan

Series Summary:
High school detective Kudo Shinichi is famously known to the people of Japan as "The Modern Sherlock Holmes." Yet things will change as he is drugged by two mysterious men in black and finds himself shrunken to the size of a kid. Hiding his real name, Shinichi now lives with his childhood friend Mouri Ran under the name of Edogawa Conan, hoping to find some clues about the men in black through the clients and cases of Ran's father-- a pathetic second-rate detective who quickly becomes well-known through the help coming secretly from Conan.

Posted by MasaMune on 12/01/2009 6:27 am

As of Jan 01, 2010, the entry period for this contest has closed.
You can see the results here
Thank you to everyone who entered!

Greetings ladies and gentlemen, though perhaps we have crossed paths before.  I come with tidings of great new things beginning at Manga Traders, so rest your clicking finger and bear with me for a spell.

Starting this month, we will be hosting a big, awesome, superlative contest on Manga Traders.  Each month we will announce a theme for you to write/sing/whatever about.  PM your entry to myself, and our panel of expert judges (anonymous, of course, so don't try to curry favor with any particular staffers; it won't do much good) will judge and rank them.  The winner receives a cash prize of $5 USD, and, of course, any one can enter. 

Of course, if your entry doesn't have to do with manga, it isn't likely to do very well...

This month's contest is "manga beginnings".  Whether it's the first manga you ever bought, your first time on MT, the thrill of starting a new manga, the nostalgia of pouring over a favorite manga from the start, write (or sing, or dance, or draw) about anything that "manga beginnings" brings to mind.  We all have something special in mind when it comes to manga beginnings; share yours!

Entries must be submitted by December 31st, and we will announce the winners next month!  Good luck!

Posted by zraith on 11/28/2009 10:05 am

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Akaboshi - Ibun Suikoden & Toaru Kagaku no Railgun! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Akaboshi - Ibun Suikoden

Series Summary:
After the war, which lasted 70 years motivated through greed, the Sung Dynasty took control and managed to unite China as one. Having made alliances with the Northern countries, there were no enemies left that could invade. With such peace in hand, the country has made much progress, but that time has worn out. With no enemies left to fulfill such greed, it was inevitable that it would befall upon the common people.

However, a revolution has begun and the world will once again see change. 108 heroes gather under the Taiten-Gyoudou flag. A group of chivalrous thieves who travel the path to change the heavens. A new take on the Suikoden epic has begun.

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Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

Series Summary:
The story is set in a world where supernatural powers exist through science, and magic exists through religion.

‘University City.' 2.3 million inhabitants.
80% of the students are active in the ‘Brain Development Program' and out of those only 7 are Level 5s.

Meet the civilian protagonist Mikoto and her friend Kuroko, maintainers of peace and order at the University district, as members of the 'Judgment'.

Posted by zraith on 11/20/2009 10:28 pm

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Lost+Brain & Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Lost+Brain

Series Summary:
High school student Hirama Ren hates his life. One day, he shoves aside a group of bullies, who decide to get even with him. They beat up some of his classmates and lay the blame on Hirama. Enraged, Hirama decides to create a world where he lived alone, without anybody getting in his way. The next day, the student council sets up a magic show where the magician uses hypnosis on the audience. Observing his tactics, Hirama finally knows how to achieve the goal he wants...and he will not let anyone stand in his way.

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Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas

Series Summary:
The story is set in 18th century Europe, and will focus on the links between Hades and the Pegasus Saint.

A young man named Tenma, is taken under Libra Dohko's wings in the journey to become one of Athena's Saints.

Driven by a promise made to a friend; Tenma acquires the Bronze Cloth of Pegasus and the duty of protecting Athena in the upcoming battle against Hades and his 108 Spectres.(aka "The Holy War")

Rumors of Hades reappearance guides the Saints back to the town where Tenma grew up. Arriving, Tenma finds his hometown unrecognizable. The smell of death and fear was everywhere, and as if everything wasn't bad enough already, Hades appears before Tenma and refers to him as "my friend".