"Pyonpyon ninkimono omoshiro meishi collection" (July 1989)
Including a small illustration of Maho shojo chuka na Paipai! by Yazawa Nao of Wedding Peach fame:
Tachiiri Haruko's Pikora Pikora has been released as ebooks!!! The print tankobon go for exorbitant prices on Japanese auction sites, so I've been hoping and hoping that an ebook release would follow the Pank Punk and Ojamakura releases from a few years back. Apparently this was out in November last year but I didn't notice... (At one point I should make a list of Pyonpyon manga and other manga by Pyonpyon artists which are now available as ebooks, because a lot of them are out from obscure publishers and aren't advertized as Pyonpyon series.)
Kono te o hanasanai "kaiun omamori" -- Obana Miho (January 1994)
Neko neko fantasia "tsume-migaki-bo" -- Takada Emi (May 1987)
Neko neko fantasia "space cat brush" -- Takada Emi (October 1988)
Akazukin Chacha "gokigen otefuki" -- Ayahana Min (October 1995)
Marmalade Boy, Hime-chan no ribbon, Tenshi nanka ja nai, Tokimeki Tonight, and Anata to scandal reader giveaways from Ribon Original October 1993
Ikeno Koi, Hiiragi Aoi, and Mizusawa Megumi illustrations cheering on the contestants of Ribon's annual new manga artist contest
MERCH
ART BOOK
LOSING IT
eta: my oshi Mori + George + Aron keychains ;A; did they make this for me? JUST FOR ME???
I don't think I've ever talked about this before, but back in 1989 Ikeno Koi and Hiiragi Aoi (of Whispers of the Heart fame) collaborated on a series of crossover illustrations featuring characters from Tokimeki Tonight and Hoshi no hitomi no silhouette. I adore these, obviously -- they're both amazing shojo artists, and back in 1989 they were the top two artists in Ribon magazine! What a treat. I love all of these, but I particularly love that for some reason, Ikeno and Hiiragi decided that Tokimeki's Sand should hook up with Hoshi no hitomi's Tsukasa, lol. That is the closest to a romantic encounter Sand has ever had in the entirety of Tokimeki's run.
I have to say, I did not enjoy the Around the World in Eighty Days movie as much as I did the novel. The pacing wasn't as pleasing and the cultural stereotypes felt heavier for me.
On the plus side, thanks to a close friend of mine, I was able to locate a confirmatory citation that suggests Around the World in Eighty Days (80日間世界一周) was indeed an influence on Honey Honey's Great Adventure (ハニー・ハニーのすてきな冒険).
I dunno what source Mangapedia is citing, but Yonezawa Yoshihiro's seminal Sengo shojo manga shi (which I just happen to be re-reading now) lists Honey Honey's inspirations to likely be Around the World in Eighty Days, The Great Race (1965), and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963):
gift from @retrosofa !!!!! :')
there was some drama before i could get my hands on this lol but now that i have it everything is forgiven and forgotten lol it's EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED
and look at the fanart and merch he sent me <3 <3 <3
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
after xx years of consuming manga, i've finally figured out what my least favorite type of manga is.
the ones where only people of one gender seem to exist IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
all the students are girls. every single teacher is a woman. all other characters are also female or, if not, never shown as more than a silhouette or as a ghost. as readers we must all buy into this being set in a parallel universe from our own, except it's not sci-fi or fantasy it's just that otaku don't want dudes in their moe or girls in their bl. not even as bit parts.
my reaction to this is a literal 😨
I’m reading a Makimura Satoru manga about a clothing store and it’s like
asshole presented by the narrative as a smart person who only says mean things to their colleagues because they're SERIOUS about their WORK: "you should lose weight if you want to sell clothes, clothes only look good on people BMI 20 or under"
another asshole presented by the narrative as a successful person who just says mean things to their colleague because they're a GENUIUS who's just dropping TRUTH BOMBS: "you're fat and ugly and when you say it's what's on the inside that matters you just don't realize what you look like shows exactly what you are on the inside"
and I'm sitting here like why? why does makimura write shit like this? she writes crap like this all. the. time. and pretends she's just being "real" and this is how people who are "serious about their work" act. uh no, it's not. assholes are assholes and it doesn't matter how good they are at their job, if they don't know how to speak appropriately at work these people should not. have. jobs. what the fuck makes makimura think professional, working adults can and should get away with this sort of crap? is it because she's never had an actual fucking job? (sorry not sorry) how can people read this and think it's inspiring or in any way realistic? how can people read this and then think "yes the protagonist should definitely take this to heart these people know their jobs the protagonist can really learn from them" as Makimura clearly expects her readers to? WHOA
also the answer to that first asshole above whom I quoted almost verbatim is HOW DOES IT FEEL TO ADMIT YOU'RE INCAPABLE OF DOING YOUR ONE (1) JOB OF FINDING CLOTHES THAT SUIT YOUR CUSTOMERS, AND HOW DOES IT FEEL TO ADMIT THAT THE INDUSTRY (fashion) YOU CLAIM TO LOVE ISN'T CAPABLE OF DOING ITS ONE (1) JOB OF MAKING CLOTHING FOR HUMAN BEINGS jesus christ what even is this manga.
SHWD
- 1 volume in English as of 4/18/2023. Ongoing.
- Licensed by Seven Seas
A hardboiled yuri tale about two special agent women fighting supernatural horrors! Special Hazardous Waste Disposal (or SHWD) has a mission to destroy mysterious biological weapons left behind after the last war. Though SHWD mostly hires men, their newest recruit, Koga, a buff female operative, is assigned to Sawada, the only other woman in the Tokyo branch. Before long, Koga finds herself falling for Sawada, whose powerful psyche compliments Koga’s big muscles. Together, the unlikely duo must confront monsters beyond their wildest nightmares. Office romance meets buddy cops meets yuri horror!
Look, I don't want to be mean or try to gatekeep, and I know you're doing this because you believe you're providing a resource for other fans, but when it comes to niche series like this one, the resources you're using here are ones you basically cribbed from other fans who have spent time and effort and money to share these niche, rare items and images in an effort to spread the word about this series. You're taking their effort and repurposing it and pretending you're doing fandom a favor. I don't believe you are. What's wrong with just using images from official releases and ads? Those could, reasonably, be argued to have been made available for fans to use when they review these titles or otherwise talk about them. Just crib the covers or sample images from the publisher's site. Don't be like this.
And I'm not only talking about this series. This is just the one that jumped out at me.