Completely Futile

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003

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Noteworthy posts

• (Numbers in parentheses indicate the date of posting)

• FRUITS BASKET TRANSLATION NOTES
• vol. 1 (2)
• vols. 2-4 (4)
• vol. 5
• vol. 7 (9 and 10)
• vol. 8 (2)
• vol. 9
• vol. 10 (5)
• vol. 11 (31)
• vol. 12 (2)
• vol. 13
• vol. 14
• vol. 15

• MANGA REVIEWS
• Kaneko Atsushi, R (22)
• Hideo Azuma, Hideo Azuma Fairy Tale Collection (7)
• Kiyohiko Azuma, Azumanga Recycle (15)
• Shinta Cho, Doctor Nanjamonja [Nanjamonja hakase] (3)
• Usamaru Furuya, Garden (7)
• Usamaru Furuya, Plastic Girl (9)
• Usamaru Furuya, Suicide Club
• Seiichi Hayashi, Red Colored Elegy (18)
• Araki Hirohiko, Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure (22)
• Ichiha, Pheromomania Syndrome
• Kei Ishizaka, I'm Home (27)
• Risa Itoh, Konnan de ikka
• Yuji Kamosawa, Mr. Xie's Night Walk (9)
• Haruko Kashiwagi, Dog [Inu] (31)
• Kiriko Kubo, Cynical Hysterie Hour (11)
• Kazuhiku Miyaya, Overview (3) (by Chris Vaillancourt)
• Monkey Punch, Isshuku ippan (22)
• Kiriko Nananan, strawberry shortcakes (8)
• Shinji Nagashima, Overview (3) (by Chris Vaillancourt)
• Miho Obana, Partner
• Fumiko Okada, Overview (3) (by Chris Vaillancourt)
• Reiko Saibara, Chikuro Kindergarten (30)
• Momoko Sakura, Chibi Maruko-chan (15)
• Shiriagari Kotobuki, A*su and Dying Essayist [Hinshi no esseisuto] (16)
• Shiriagari Kotobuki, Jacaranda
• Shigeru Sugiura, MANGArt special number Sugiura Shigeru (1)
• Makoto Tateno, CUTExGUY
• Hitoshi Tomizawa, Milk Closet (1)
• Miki Toriyama, Majihen?! (15)
• Shungicu Uchida, Minami's Girlfriend [Minami kun no koibito] (23)
• Shungicu Uchida, Stepping in My Shelter (24)
• V. A., Grimm's Fairy Tales, the Cruellest and Most Beautiful in the World [Sekai-ichi zankoku de utsukushii Gurimu douwa] (4)
• Hiroyuki Yasuda, Chihiro (27)

• GRAVITY'S RAINBOW POSTS
• I (26) II (4) III (6) IV (7) V (17) VI (10) VII (13) VIII (24) IX (7) X (15) XI (17) XII (28) XIII (19)

• OTHER BOOKS
• Thomas Frank, What's the Matter with Kansas? (10)
• Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (10)
• Giorgio Manganelli, All the Errors (12)
• Ryo Mizuno, Pretty Girls 1000 (1)
• Edwin O'Connor, The Last Hurrah (4)

• FILMS
• Special Bulletin (13)
• Stacy (12)

• MISC. POSTS
• Buying Japanese-language manga (15)
• Japanese manga circulation figures, 2003 (12)
• Japanese manga circulation figures, 2004 (15)
• Japanese manga circulation figures, 2005, Part I (20)
• Japanese manga circulation figures, 2005, Part II (30)
• The trouble with the Green Party (1)