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Thursday, 03 July 2008
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Manga Moods by MANGA UNIVERSITY
Hello all, today I will introduce to you Manga Moods!!
(wow, glowing book of cuteness!)
What can I say, this book is KAWAII regardless of its small size. Very detailed and packed with information on various phrases on different moods. Each individual page has its own uniqueness and is organized into two sections:
and the illustration page on the right
Each different illustration shows how each different mood is represented (by manga girls)
just a few more examples of the book's overflowing kawaii illustrationsWho drew these kewt little illustrations you may ask? Saori Takarai is the one to point at! She also illustrated for another book titles Manga Sisters which looks like a must buy to delight yourself with more kawaii~
The book itself is hardcover and has 96 pages (around 80 pages are of the moods + illus.) Manga Moods itself provides a whooping 80 phrases (two for each mood) and 40 faces. It also has a few subsections about the Japanese writing system which gives a somewhat detailed description of Japanese characters and sounds.
However, even with all this cuteness and information in one small book, the price is reasonably low (retail $12.99) at your local bookstore but may be bought for an even cheaper price online if you think thirteen shmackaroos is bad enough for your wallet. Since I, myself, am cheap and would rather pay for shipping than taxes, I decided to stop by Amazon.com to get my books. I ordered mine from bookmavens (an independent books store in amazon) and got it at a cheap price of $5.35!!! (plus shipping of $3.99). However, bookmavens didn't prove to be adept in shipping, but the quality of the books is ok (except for one problem with one book)!looks reasonable..
but this happens when you take a picture at an angle!
but the first book has some problems with the lamination. Im not sure wether or not this was damaged by the factory or bookmavens itself.. but this still makes me a sad bear. So my suggestion is to avoid bookmavens if your going to buy it on Amazon! However, if you don't really care about the shipping speeds, then bookmavens if a fine place to get it cheaply ^^;
Well, that's all for my review of Manga Moods. I would mark this item as a must buy for any otaku's out there! You'll never get tired of looking at these cute faces ^3^
I also forgot to mention that these books tend to glow if you stare at them for ten seconds!! (and yes, thats a picture of Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier x3)Some helpful links if you have any questions about this book~http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/moods/moodsindex.html
Manga Sisters on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Sisters-Saori-Takarai/dp/4921205183
Saturday, 21 June 2008
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Test
...wow, this sucks DX
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Hello hello, this will be my new xanga site, just moved from a much older one (http://www.xanga.com/iGeo). Hope to be making much more updates than the past xp
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