VIZ Media Manga Reviews and Ratings

Scrappy Rin Okumura and his studious twin brother Yukio both grew up under the care of Father Fujimoto. But upon turning 15, Rin discovers a secret that has been kept from him since birth: he’s the half-human/half-demon son of Satan. After a brush with the demon lord, Rin swears to battle his father by becoming an exorcist.

You wouldn't think it by looking at him, but meek and cowardly Shunpei Closer is the grandson of a powerful sorcerer. Sorcerers from all over the world are out to kill him to gain his grandfather's powers, so Shunpei's has got to man-up and tap into his latent magical abilities to stay alive. He just might with the help of a chainsaw-wielding,...

Hikari Hamura loves to draw, so his classmates have given him the nickname "Picasso." A horrible accident claims the life of his best friend, but Hikari has been given a second chance at life, with a catch: he must help other people with his drawings.

Although she comes from a noble lineage, Shurei Hong's family is near broke. But when she's offered a large amount of money to live in the palace, she jumps at the chance, even though it means being the consort to the Emperor, a young man who is rumored to be more interested in enjoying the company of men than ruling his country.

The students of St. Kleio Academy are blessed, and cursed with very unique lives: they are all clones of famous (and infamous) historical figures. But are they doomed to repeat the lives, mistakes and deaths of their predecessors? And what sinister forces are conspiring to kill all of the St. Kleio clones?

Two boys, both named Arata cross dimensions to change places with each other and inherit each others' problems. Modern teen Arata Hinohara finds himself in a fantasy world where the gods and humans co-exist; a world where his Arata-counterpart has been framed for an assassination attempt.

Sakura is a boy-crazy high school girl who has her eye on Fuji, her quiet but cute classmate. When she finds out that he's actually working at a host club, she's not so sure he's her perfect guy.

14-year old Moritaka loves to draw, but it's not until his classmate Takagi approaches him that he even considers pursuing a career as a manga artist. Together, the two boys begin pursuing their dream of becoming professional comics creators – but are they up to the challenge?

In the year 3005 A.D., a mysterious virus has infected a city's inhabitants, transforming most of them into mutant zombies. Humanity's last hope may depend on Zoichi Kanoe, a lone warrior on a motorcycle and a young girl who is has an unusual reaction to the virus.

Misao has been able to see yokai or demons since she was young. But now that she has turned 16, she's now the object of desire of a bevy of demons who want to marry her or eat her. Her only hope is Kyo, a childhood friend who is also a demon.

When a mild-mannered Japanese salary man gets stuck in the crossfire of two groups of mercenaries in the South East Asian seas. Abandoned by his employers, Rokuro makes a break with his past and is reborn as Rock, a high-stakes courier for hire with the crew of the Black Lagoon.

The crew of the Black Lagoon are hired to retrieve a painting from a sunken Nazi sub, negotiate a weapons sale with some drug-dealing nuns and track down some seriously twisted killer kids.

Zen is an impossibly handsome assassin who has the skill and nerves of steel to kill anyone, anytime. But one thing that eludes Zen is any memories of his past, and a greater sense of purpose for his death-dealing ways.

While on a seaside outing, a group of kids meet a man who asks them if they'd like to play a game, where each will take turns controlling a giant robot to battle space aliens. It all sounds cool, until they realize that this game has very high stakes.

Choko Kuze comes from a once-wealthy family that has fallen upon hard times. At her first office job, she gets assigned to work under Masayuki Domoto, a handsome, but strict and slightly strange supervisor. To her surprise, she finds that Domoto was once her servant when she was a child.

After years of admiring her classmate Kyohei from afar, Miku finally musters up the courage to confess her love. Unfortunately, the object of her affections is funny, cute,and too dense to figure out that she trying to tell him she likes him. It's enough to make a girl downright prickly!

Ruka is spending the summer at the aquarium with her oceanographer dad when she meets two boys who seem to be especially attuned to the mysteries of the sea and its creatures.

Paifu is a vampire / were-koala boy. His friend Jose is a ghost. When their town is stricken with a monster flu epidemic, it's up to these monster kids to get medicine from Witch of Horned Owl Mountain to save the day.

In Death Note Volume 1, high school student Light Yagami finds a supernatural notebook that gives him the power to kill criminals with just the stroke of a pen. Read our review and see why Death Note is one of the most talked-about shonen manga titles in years.

Read a review of the final, climatic volume of Death Note, the supernatural suspense shonen manga title by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata from Shonen Jump Advanced.

Meet Krauser II, the demonic lead singer of Detroit Metal City, an up-and-coming death metal band. Meet Soichiro Negishi, a dweeby aspiring pop singer with a rice bowl haircut. You'd never know it to look at them, but these two polar opposites are the same person. As his two worlds collide, Negishi is often stuck between rock and a hard place.

We’ve seen the pictures and maybe their fossils and bones, but what were dinosaurs really like? They probably weren’t as funny as the T-Rexes, Tricerotops and Pteradons in Dinosaur Hour, but wouldn’t it be cool if they were?

Mihai is a retired hitman who can’t forget the pain of his past. Badou is an "information broker" who has lately has his share of ridiculously bad luck. Naoto is a skilled with a sword, but bears the scars of a twisted childhood. And Heine? Heine is a tormented soul who somehow can’t or won’t die. They’re all "dogs," and these are their stories.

For the inhabitants of The Hole, things are pretty grim. A group of sorcerers regularly visit their gritty city to 'experiment' with transformation spells that leave the human inhabitants of The Hole looking pretty inhuman. But if lizard-headed Caiman and kick-ass short order chef Nikaido ha…

Read a review of Eyeshield 21 Volume 17, the sports shonen manga series by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata from Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media. The Devil Bats have made it to the semi-finals, but can they defeat strategic powerhouse team, the Seibu Wild Gunmen?

Before modern teens Miaka and Yui stepped into the Universe of the Four Gods, there was another girl who became a priestess of this mysterious, magical Chinese kingdom. Her story is told in this prequel to Fushigi Yugi by Yuu Watase. Check out this review by About.com's Anime Guide.

From the creator of Full Moon and Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne comes Gentlemen's Alliance Cross, the latest series by shojo manga artist Arina Tanemura. Read a manga review of Volume 1 from Shojo Beat / VIZ Media, and decide if it's another hit by this shojo manga superstar, or if its muddled plot is just too much of a good thing.

Kohei Nagase is a gifted special effects artist who can create monsters and eye-popping movie illusions with just a flick of his spatula. Movie magic is his specialty, but sometimes his skills allow him to help others in unbelievable ways.

Read a review of Gin Tama Volume 1, a shonen manga sci-fi comedy series by Hideaki Sorachi. A wacky mix of samurai action, irreverent comedy and anything goes sci-fi plot twists, Gin Tama serves up an entertaining story that mercilessly skewers every shonen manga cliché in the book.

First grader Yuki Tachibana says he can see and talk to 'monsters' -- but are these creatures just a figment of a disturbed child's imagination, or is he really the only one who can sense the impending war between two factions of supernatural beings who are haunting his school?

Clover is a young girl bunny who goes to school, makes friends and has adventures in the Crescent Forest. While it's undeniably adorable, Happy Happy Clover is also a lot of fun to read.

Akane is a modern teenage girl who gets transported back in time a thousand years to Heian-era Japan. Once there, she discovers that she's the Dragon Priestess and she's got to find her eight appointed guardian warriors who will help defeat a demon prince.

Sadou Mikuzu is a shy and skittish girl; but then again being able to see ghosts and demons can do that to a teen. When she stumbles into the local haunted house, she meets Seto, a pretty blonde exorcist in a Gothic Lolita black lace dress and Kagari, a vampire / werewolf. Can this supernatural pair help Mizuku fight off the demons that bedevil her?

Read a review of High School Debut Volume 1, a delightful shojo teen romantic comedy by Kazune Kawahara from Shojo Beat Manga / VIZ Media. Haruna is a former tomboy who wants to find a boyfriend in high school. When her own efforts fall flat, she asks one of the hunkiest guys in school to coach her. He agrees, as long as she doesn't fall for him.

Read a review of High School Debut Volume 2, a funny and sweet shojo manga teen romantic comedy by Kazune Kawahara from Shojo Beat Manga / VIZ Media. Haruna falls in love with Fumiya, Yoh's friend, but soon discovers that the game of love has rules that she never expected, and that she's playing against an opponent that she didn't know she had.

In Honey and Clover Volume 1, five students at an art college outside of Tokyo try to make the grade, fall in love and find enough to eat on a starving student budget.

In the second volume of Honey and Clover, the classmates head to a hot springs inn, play a special art school version of Twister and sample Hagu's very strange cooking.

In a Japan not too far removed from reality, the government has instituted a program designed to make its citizens appreciate life to its fullest. How? By randomly selecting citizens to receive an "ikigami" - a death note that informs them that they only have 24 hours left to live.

New girl in town Suguri and her dog Lupin find themselves a new job at a pet store, and learn alot about dogs and life in the process. About.com's Anime Guide reviews Inukaba: Crazy for Dogs from VIZ Media.

As readers browse through the stacks at Kingyo Used Books, they rediscover the stories that touched their hearts in their younger days, and readers of this manga-centric seinen manga series learn more about some of the most beloved and influential manga ever created.

PET is a pint-sized, self-proclaimed "super robot" made from a recycled plastic bottle. His mission? To help 9-year old Noboru Yamada to repay him for recycling. Trouble is, PET's ineptitude and misfiring mecha gadgets creates hilarious headaches galore for poor Noburu.

Risa's the tallest girl in her class. Atsushi's the shortest guy. When this mismatched pair decide to help each other find dates, everyone around them thinks they're already dating. Read a review of Volume 1 of Lovely Complex (Love*Com), a shojo manga series by Aya Nakahara from Shojo Beat / VIZ Media.

Hanayu's family owns a bakery, but she really wants to be a sushi chef. Hayato's family runs a sushi restaurant, but he has a talent for baking pastries. When these aspiring chefs meet, it's supposed to be a surefire recipe for romance, but is it?

In Naruto Volume 16, the battle for Konoha Village comes to an end, as Naruto and Gaara face off. Then a new chapter in the ninja saga begins as Sasuke's murderous older brother Itachi returns to the village. Read a review of this installment of the popular shonen manga series by Masashi Kishimoto from Shonen Jump and VIZ Media.

Natsume has recently moved to the hometown of his grandmother, a woman who had the same supernatural ability Natsume has: to see yokai. Natsume discovers that part of his inheritance from his grandmother is her "Book of Friends," a collection of demon's names that bind them to do his bidding.

Nora is one of the most powerful demons in the Dark Liege's army, but he's also a big pain who can't follow orders. Meanwhile, Kazuma is one of the smartest kids in his class, but he's bored by the banality of school life. When the Dark Liege sends Nora to the human world to learn some manners, guess who she picks as Nora's new master?

Now that Kazuma has gotten used to the idea of having Nora the demon / hellhound around, it's becoming clear that this straight-A student might have bitten off more than he can handle. Controlling Nora's demonic power takes a physical toll on Kazuma, and dealing with Nora's bad attitude is almost as difficult.

Ian is a lost soul, searching for his long-lost sister. Along the way, he meets a novelist who becomes so fascinated by the heartbreak and bad breaks that Ian has endured all these years, he tells Ian that his next book will be about him – but will his book have a happy or tragic ending?

Shiro Yamaoka is a reporter seeking the "ultimate menu" to celebrate his newspaper's anniversary. But in his quest to find the most amazing and most delicious dishes, he often crosses paths (and words) with rich and arrogant gourmet, Yuzan Kaibara, who is also his estranged father.

Based on a classic Astro Boy story "The Greatest Robot on Earth," Pluto is Tezuka's tale as seen through the eyes of a relatively minor character, Gesicht, a German detective who's trying to solve some mysterious murders of robots and humans who have promoted robots' rights.

As the mysterious robot and human murders continue, robot detective Gesicht tries to warn the four remaining super robots who may be the murderer's next target, including robot boy Atom.

Read a review of Ral Ω Grad, a shonen manga series by Tsuneo Takano and Takeshi Obata from Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media. When the Shadow army threatens the kingdom of Sphaelite, Ral and his shadow dragon Grad reveal their unique strength and powers as a unique pairing of human and Shadow.

With Real, Takehiko Inoue takes his obvious passion and knowledge of the sport and focuses on disabled basketball players who must confront their emotional limits and physical mortality on and off the court.

Sakura Mamiya has been able to see ghosts since she was a child, and frankly, they're a pain. But things go from strange to downright bizarre when she meets Rin-Ne, a classmate who's a part-time grim reaper.

21-year old Nicoletta comes to Rome to see her long-estranged mother, who now lives with her new husband, the owner of a popular restaurant. Along the way, she falls for Claudio, a gracious older man who is a waiter at the Ristorante Casetta Dell'Orso.

Tsukune is a mediocre student who failed all his high school entrance exams. When he enters the only school that will accept him, he discovers that he's the only human student in a class full of demons and werewolves, including a cutie-pie vampire who loves him and his "delicious" blood.

Seiho High School is considered an elite school, but tell that to the guys who are stuck in a school far from any females their age. Refreshingly, Izumi Kaneyoshi takes this premise and gives readers a funny and fascinating mix of slice-of-life humor and bittersweet romance.

Red-headed roughneck Hanamichi Sakuragi is strong guy, but he's kind of a loser with the ladies. When cutie Haruko Akagi asks him "Do you like basketball?" he can't help but say yes, even though he knows nothing about the game.

Meiko is a Tokyo twenty-something who feels like life is passing her by. Her office job bores her to tears. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Naruo is coming to the sad realization that his rock star ambitions are a long shot at best. But a fateful event changes this young couple's lives and reawakens their passion to pursue their dreams.

Momoka is born to a martial arts family and knows how to brawl with the best of 'em. But she's still a girly-girl who has a crush on her childhood friend Ryuga, who's also a martial arts expert. When Momoka accidentally gain magical powers from a celestial dragon, she's brave and strong enough to save the day, but she still can't confess her feelings to Ryuga.

Set in Japan's Meiji Era, when the old feudal ways collided with Western culture, Stepping on Roses is basically an old-fashioned, feel-good Cinderella story, complete with a poor but spunky heroine and a rich and arrogant heartthrob who needs a little lesson in love.

Maya Kurinoki pulls off a near impossible feat on her first visit to an ice skating rink: She attempts and lands a double axel. Spotted by a coach, Maya is recruited to pair with Shun, a talented, but moody skater who's also her upperclassman at school.

Read a review of Switch Volume 1 , a shonen manga series by naked ape (Saki Otoh and Nakamura Tomomi) from VIZ Media. Rookie cop Kai Eto has joined the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division and he's immediately thrown into the line of fire as he goes undercover as an assistant to a drug-addicted actor to discover the secret of a new,...

Amberground is a world cloaked in perpetual darkness, where only the very rich get to live in (artificial) sunlight. Giant armored insects make travel between the realms dangerous, so messages must be hand-delivered by couriers called Letter Bees.

In Tekkon Kinkreet, a boldly original and touching graphic novel by Taiyo Matsumoto, two orphans named Black and White battle for their place in a city ruled by gangsters and hoodlums. Read a review of this surreal and memorable seinen graphic novel published by VIZ Media / Shogakukan that inspired the animated film from Sony Pictures.

Featuring full-color illustrations and watercolors sketches, The Art of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind gives anime fans a behind-the-scenes peek at this master storyteller's fantasy epic, and his creative process. Read a review of this anime art book from VIZ Media.

While based on the based on the Nintendo 64 video games of the same name, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time expands upon the basic story of the game and introduces even non-gamers to the universe of Link and friends.

King Akabara is a powerful vampire who has lost his kingdom when his true love, Queen Adelheid went on a rampage and was sealed away in an undisclosed location. After hundreds of years, Akabara is still searching, but he must also contend with half-human, half-vampire hunters who want him and his queen dead.

It's the golden age of gastronomy in a world where the most amazing, delicious and rare delicacies are there for the eating. But many of the tastiest treats are also extremely dangerous to capture and bring to the dinner table. When the stakes are high and the monster steaks are rare, there's only one man with the appetite for danger: Toriko,...

Ordinary high school guy Yamato visits an antique store looking for a gift for a girl. What he finds instead is Ultimo, a mechanical boy who seems to know Yamato from another life.

In Junji Ito's horror manga classic Uzumaki, a small Japanese town descends into madness, one person at a time. While villagers young and old die in different horrific ways, their deaths all have one thing in common: a mysterious obsession with spirals. Read a review of Volume 1 of this horror manga series by Junji Ito from VIZ Signature / VIZ Media.

Yuki Cross goes to a very unusual school. The elite Cross Academy has two groups of students: The human day school students and the night school students who are vampires. Read a review of Volume 1 of Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino from Shojo Beat / VIZ Media.

Through a series of sometimes related short stories, Asano introduces readers to disillusioned rockers, college drop-outs, a guy on the run from the mob, a girl trying to be "king of the school" and much more, as they deal with disappointments and small triumphs of everyday life.

Read a review of House of Five Leaves Volume 1, a seinen manga series by Natsume Ono from VIZ Signature / VIZ Media. Akitsu Masanosuke is an unemployed samurai who's timid to be an effective bodyguard, but too proud to take any work that he considers to be beneath him. But he may regret this decision after he's hired by a band of outlaws.