Manga Movable Feast Archive

Every month, the manga blogging community holds a week-long virtual book club in which we discuss a particular series or one-shot. Each day, the host shares links to new blog entries focusing on that work, while building an archive for the entire week’s discussion. At the end of the week, the group then selects a new host and a new “menu” for the following month. Our “feast” has two goals. The first is to promote intelligent, in-depth analysis of manga we love (or, in some cases, hate). Previous contributions have run the gamut from straightforward reviews to an interview with Sexy Voice and Robo editor Eric Searleman, a guided tour through Kaoru Mori’s “Emmaverse,” and an essay contrasting Urushibara’s Mushishi with Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The second goal is to foster a sense of community among avid manga readers. Everyone is invited to take part in the MMF, regardless of whether you’ve participated before. For more information, or to join our mailing list, visit our Google Groups page.

The May 2010 Manga Movable Feast focused on Keiko Takemiya’s science fiction series To Terra, published in North America by Vertical, Inc. Below is the complete list of essays, reviews, podcasts, etc. that resulted from our weeklong discussion of To Terra.

MAY MANGA MOVABLE FEAST LINKS

Series Overview

• Earthbound, Jason Yadao (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 5/23/10)
• An Introduction to Keiko Takemiya’s To Terra, Kate Dacey (The Manga Critic, 5/23/10)
• Manga Movable Feast: To Terra…, Phillip (Eeeper’s Choice Podcast, 5/31/10)
• Read To Terra Samples Online, Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading, 5/26/10)

Reviews of To Terra…

• Manga Mondays: To Terra… Series Review, Eric Rupe (The Weekly Crisis, 5/24/10)
• Manga Movable Feast: To Terra…, Garrett Albright (Yen Plus Info, 5/25/10)
• MMF: To Terra, Evan Krell (Insert Disc, 5/29/10)
• Re-reading To Terra, Anna (Tangognat, 5/26/10)
• To Terra…, Linda (animemiz’s scribblings, 5/29/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 1, Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading, 5/25/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 1, Scott Frye (Cafe Afternoon, 5/30/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 1, Sean Gaffney (A Case Suitable for Treatment, 5/25/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 1, Rob McMonigal (Panel Patter, 5/25/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 1, Michelle Smith (Soliloquy in Blue, 5/30/10)
• To Terra, Vols. 1-2, Melinda Beasi (Manga Bookshelf, 5/27/10)
• To Terra, Vols. 1-3, Jason Green (PLAYBACK:lst, 6/11/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 2, Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading, 5/26/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 2, Rob McMonigal (Panel Patter, 5/26/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 3, Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading, 5/28/10)
• To Terra, Vol. 3, Rob McMonigal (Panel Patter, 5/27/10)

Reviews of Related Sci-Fi Manga

• A, A’ and They Were Eleven, Kate Dacey (The Manga Critic, 5/31/10)
• Andromeda Stories, Vols. 1-3, Kate Dacey (The Manga Critic, 5/26/10)
• Everyone’s Headed To Terra (Review of Andromeda Stories), David Welsh (The Manga Curmudgeon, 5/24/10)
• Saturn Apartments Book 1 — Recommended, Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading, 5/28/10)
• Twin Spica Book 1 — Recommended, Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading, 5/25/10)

Thematic Essays, Roundtable Discussions, and Podcasts

• From Blackbirds to Battleships: A Comparative Look at X-Men and To Terra, Sam Kusek (The Manga Critic, 5/27/10)
• Keith Anyan, The Tin Man of To Terra…, Hisuo and Narutaki (Reverse Thieves, 5/28/10)
• License Request Day: Song of the Wind and the Trees, David Welsh (The Manga Curmudgeon, 5/28/10)
• Manga Movable Feast: Utopian World of To Terra, Sadie Mattox (Extremely Graphic, 5/27/10)
• May Manga Movable Feast: To Terra, Johanna Draper Carlson, Ed Chavez, Kate Dacey, Ed Sizemore, and David Welsh (Manga Out Loud, 5/29/10)
• May MMF: To Terra, A Space Holocaust, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber (All About Manga, 5/24/10)
• MMF: Roundtable on To Terra, Anna, Johanna Draper Carlson, Kate Dacey, Rob McMonigal, and David Welsh (The Manga Critic, 5/31/10)
• Spaceshippers, David Welsh (The Manga Curmudgeon, 5/26/10)
• To Terra… Against Hubris, Ed Sizemore (Comics Worth Reading, 5/27/10)
• Towards the Other: To Terra…, SDS (Oguie Maniax, 5/26/10)

THE COMPLETE MANGA MOVABLE FEAST ARCHIVE

August 2010: Yotsuba&! (Hosted by Robin Brenner, Good Comics for Kids)
July 2010: Paradise Kiss (Hosted by Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)
June 2010: The Color Trilogy (Hosted by Melinda Beasi, Manga Bookshelf)
May 2010: To Terra (Hosted by Kate Dacey, The Manga Critic; see above for complete archive)
April 2010: Mushishi (Hosted by Ed Sizemore, Comics Worth Reading)
March 2010: Emma (Hosted by Matt Blind, Rocket Bomber)
February 2010: Sexy Voice and Robo (Hosted by David Welsh, The Manga Curmudgeon)