Tsuchiya

The Japanese-made rice cooker comes with a steep price tag, nearly $450 U.S. 36,800 yen, but it sells well because "everybody has the mindset that Japanese products are the best quality," Tsuchiya says.

As Japan's economy struggles, China steps up 2011

I have to make an exception for Astral Project (CMX), written by marginal (Garon Tsuchiya, an Eisner winner for Old Boy) and illustrated by Syuji Takeya.

From the stack: Astral Project 4 2009

But whether you agree with Tsuchiya or not, Astral Project is just a joy to read.

02 « September « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

After reading the third volume, I had no idea how Tsuchiya was going to wrap things up with so many narrative elements in play – mysteries, conspiracies, secrets, complex relationships, and so on.

From the stack: Astral Project 4 2009

In the third volume, author marginal (also known as Garon Tsuchiya of Old Boy fame) sustains all of those elements while adding new ones in the form of deeply cynical conspiracy theories and, better still, deeply cynical conspiracies.

08 « July « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

I have to make an exception for Astral Project (CMX), written by marginal (Garon Tsuchiya, an Eisner winner for Old Boy) and illustrated by Syuji Takeya.

02 « September « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

In the third volume, author marginal (also known as Garon Tsuchiya of Old Boy fame) sustains all of those elements while adding new ones in the form of deeply cynical conspiracy theories and, better still, deeply cynical conspiracies.

From the stack: Astral Project vol. 3 2009

But whether you agree with Tsuchiya or not, Astral Project is just a joy to read.

From the stack: Astral Project 4 2009

After reading the third volume, I had no idea how Tsuchiya was going to wrap things up with so many narrative elements in play – mysteries, conspiracies, secrets, complex relationships, and so on.

02 « September « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

"A look at the poster image of Anna Tsuchiya defiantly staring at us in full geisha garb is enough to know that this is the Kamikaze Girls reworking of Memoirs of a Geisha, with a bit of Marie Antoinette thrown in for good measure," writes Tom Mes.

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