Juniper Berries, vol. III

Today I finally took the time to finish reading "Mämmilä: Kiinalainen juttu. Sarjakuvia Suomesta" by Tarmo Koivisto (ISBN 978-951-1-22917-9). I am afraid the comic is not available in English except for some short exemplary passages, such as "Room for Youth" (included in "Finnish comics annual. 2012", ISBN 978-952-5724-41-7, a compilation I only know by reputation).

"Mämmilä" (original run from 1976 through 1996, plus one album in 2002 and ...

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Last night I watched "Gelato (Ice Cream)", the sixth episode of the first season of the "Gunslinger Girl" anime. GG is one of the best Japanese animated series I have seen so far: slow-paced when it comes to plot, but amazingly atmosphere-intensive.

On the 29th of December last year, I bought a few used comics albums, including the three volumes of "Le Monde d'Edena" by Moebius that were translated into Finnish as "Moebius: Jean Giraudin kootut fantasiat" ...

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No-life is full of surprises. On Wednesday, I ended up watching "Fratello (Siblings)", the first episode of the first season of "Gunslinger Girl" (2003--04), in good company. The anime did not impress me quite as much as the AMV I presented in my last diary entry ("The Order of Bad End?"), which tells us something about the skills of the music video's maker. Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing more GG, and reading the original comic would be good, too. As depressing ...

Updated 7 May 2011 at 3:06 am by Katajainen

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Good news for fans of Takako Shimura!!

1. While I was busy elsewhere, a new scanlator called Houroumusume took over scanlating "Hōrō Musuko". She (or he; feminine and masculine pronouns are a pain for a Finn to begin with, but make even less sense in this very context) has done chapters 83 and 84, which are currently available on One Manga. I am looking forward to reading them.

2. According to the English-language Wikipedia, "Hōrō ...

Updated 19 Apr 2010 at 11:46 am by Katajainen

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