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Did you know James Cameron has a favorite manga?  Well now you do, and this is it.

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In a break from tradition, such as it is, I’m not going to talk about three series this week.  Instead, I’m just going to focus on one that’s been nagging at the back of my head for a little while now.  “Oishinbo vol. 1:  Japanese Cuisine,” written by Tetsu Kariay and illustrated by Akira Hanasaki, is one of the newest additions to Viz’s “Signature” manga line, home to excellent series such as “Golgo 13,” “Monster,” “Vagabond,” “Solanin,” and more.  As that small list indicates, the line isn’t hurting for quality and even the series that fall into the “not quite as good” area, including “The Drifting Classroom,” “Tekkonkinkreet,” and “Uzumaki,” still have some redeeming qualities and could at least be categorized as “interesting failures.”  So which one will “Oishinbo” be?  If the first volume is any indication, then it’s going to be the latter rather than the former.

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He’s the creator of “Azumanga Daioh” and “Yotsuba&!,” two series well worth your time.

That said, after we did the podcast, I came home and found some things out.  Corrections/updates to the podcast follow after the break.

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I don’t plan things this way, but the stuff I picked up last week turned out to be three more volumes in series that I’ve been reading for a while.  So while it goes without saying that none of these represent a good jumping on point for their series (well.. “Criminal” is a special case), I’ll at least say that it would be well worth anyone’s time to start reading them from the beginning.  As for these particular volumes…

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“Soon” turned out to be 96 hours later, but here are my thoughts on Garth Ennis’ other classic series.

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