Most have started shopping for loved ones and friends.  This week here at Heart of Manga we’ll be sharing what’s on our gift lists for this holiday season.  I’ll be covering anime and manga, but I’m sure there will be some cross-over happening between mine and Adrienne’s list that is coming up soon. There are some buy sites by...

If you are staying in tonight, here are some media you can watch and read to get into a spooky mood! The Ghost And The Lady vol. 1 (hardcover) Summary from Right Stuf: Deep in Scotland Yard in London sits an evidence room, where artifacts of the greatest mysteries in London history are kept. In this “Black Museum” sits two...

It’s not a fluke lately that more and more sports anime are being simulcast, and the manga are also getting licensed.  Although the series are typically run and advertised as shonen, the shoujo audience has become very vested in these series as well. Here’s some reasons that we believe sports anime/manga are so popular with a female audience. There’s...

Welcome to the second installment of Japanese Resources for learning. In the first part, I went over a couple of my favorite mobile and Internet sites. This time, I’m concentrating on mostly books with a few additional sources you can check out (that I’ve not tried). Reading material If you want to read Japanese, I suggest checking out Japanese graded...

There are many learning resources compared to when I first started learning Japanese. Below I’ve listed resources I have used many times over the years. There are other resources out there, but these are the ones I can vouch for and recommend. I will also do one or two other parts featuring additional resources. Let me know if you have...