My Top 10 Manga of 2021
While 2021 was a challenging year in many respects, thanks to the ongoing COVID pandemic, it’s hard to claim that it wasn’t a great year for manga in terms of new releases. Sales for manga have increased significantly over the course of the the last couple years, presumably because people have been staying home more…
My Top 10 Most Anticipated Manga of 2022
Happy New Year Everyone! Earlier this week I made a post listing the manga I enjoyed most in 2021. Now it’s time to look ahead and discuss some of the manga releases I’m most looking forward to in 2022. Please note that this list is covering new manga that will be coming out in North…
My Top 10 Most Anticipated Manga of 2021
After looking back over my favourite new manga releases of 2020 last week, it’s time to look ahead to the new year. There’s a lot of exciting new titles that are scheduled to be released in North America during 2021 and I had a hard time narrowing this list down to just 10, but I…
My Top 10 Manga of 2020
2020 is almost over, and what a year it’s been! With all of the stress and uncertainty that this year has brought, I’m more grateful then ever to have this blog and the ability to share my love of manga with all of my readers. Looking back over 2020, there have been some really great…
My Top 10 Most Anticipated Manga of 2020
2019 is almost over and I’m ready for 2020 and for all of the new manga series that will be debuting in the coming year! Last week I took a look back at my top 10 manga of 2019 and I thought that this week I would look ahead to the coming year and discuss…
My Top 10 Manga of 2019
It’s hard to believe that 2019 is almost over; it feels like December has been going by in a blur. And not only are we approaching the end of the year, but also the end of the decade! I’ve been seeing a lot of people putting together lists of their top movies or anime of…
My Top 10 Favourite Manga Series
A couple of days ago, this blog reached it’s one year anniversary and that means it’s celebration time! I wanted to do a special post in order to mark this milestone, so I thought I’d use this opportunity to gush about my all time favourite manga series. Keep in mind, this is a personal top…
My Top 5 Favourite 2 Volume Manga Series
This month marks the Two Year Anniversary of the relaunch of Al’s Manga Blog! I wanted to do a special post to celebrate the occasion, and one of my friends suggested that, since I’ve been blogging about manga for two years, I should talk about my favourite series that are two volumes in length. How…
Manga Series I Wish Would Get an Omnibus Release
Have you ever gotten excited about reading a manga series and then discovered that it’s, like, 50 volumes long or super old and hard to find now? When that happens, I try to cheer myself up by thinking: “Maybe they’ll release an omnibus edition and I can pick it up then.” So, here are a…
5 Underrated/Forgotten Cat Manga
It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada and I’ve been cat-sitting my brother’s two cats while he and his wife are out of town visiting the in-laws. Looking after these two needy fur-babies got me thinking about all of the great cat manga I’ve read over the years and I decided to create a list,…
5 Underrated Shojo Manga Series
Today I wanted to talk about a few shojo manga series that I feel are underrated, or are at least not talked about as much I think they deserve. Here are five series that I think could use a little more love: 5.) Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts I can kind of see…
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