On the heels of the series premiering as an acclaimed anime television series in April 2018, One Peace Books has brought the original Japanese distinctly odd couple style manga to English speaking readers.
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https://www.animenation.net/blog/hooray-for-hinamatsuri/
inamatsuri is a story from Masao Ohtake involving a girl named Hina who came to Earth in an egg-like cocoon, crashing into the home of Yoshifumi Nitta, a member of the Yakuza. To make matters worse, Hina has telekinetic powers that she has to use in order to keep them under control. Life for Nitta just got turned upside down when he takes her into his home but a bond between the two of them begins to form!
Read more at The Outerhaven: Hinamatsuri Vol. 1 Review https://www.theouterhaven.net/?p=137487
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“One Peace Books confirmed with ANN that it plans to release Masao Ohtake's Hinamatsuri and Yuki Fumino's I Hear the Sunspot: Limit manga, as well as Aneko Yusagi's The Reprise of the Spear Hero novels in North America.”
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-10/one-peace-books-licenses-hinamatsuri-i-hear-the-sunspot-limit-manga-reprise-of-the-spear-hero-novels/.130167
Craft Breweries Dominate The Top 50, But Guess Which Giants Rule The Beer Market
Em Sauter, a certified beer judge and the author of Beer is for Everyone! (of Drinking Age), uses the term macro brewery — often defined as a brewery annually producing more than 6 million barrels of beer — for the beer giants.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystoller/2018/03/20/craft-breweries-dominate-the-top-50-but-guess-which-giants-rule-the-beer-market/#cc291ccdcad3
Em Sauter's book Beer Is for Everyone—and the web comic Pints and Panels on which it is based—is a simple concept brilliantly executed. Em is a cartoonist and an Advanced Cicerone®, and she combines her two seemingly disparate passions into a single project: cartoon beer reviews.
The concept could seem like a gimmick if Em didn't pull it off so well. Her simple but effective drawings are disarming and cheerful, immediately removing some of the intimidation factor some might face when reading beer reviews as novices, and the economy of information she provides is helpful without burdening the reader with insider language. As both an Advanced Cicerone and a brewery professional (she works for Two Roads Brewing in her home state of Connecticut), Em knows more about beer than the vast majority of drinkers, but she doesn't feel the need to prove it constantly. She likes beer, she wants everyone to like beer, and her easy-going, humorous style helps readers feel like she'd probably like them too if they ever got the chance to grab a pint together.
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https://www.porchdrinking.com/articles/2018/03/13/book-review-interview-beer-is-for-everyone/
YALSA, part of the American Library Association, voted I Hear the Sunspot onto their 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list!
YALSA mission is to support library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒ especially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling lives.
View the list here: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-great-graphic-novels-teens
YALSA website here: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
All-around beer badass Em Sauter wears many, many hats: author, cartoonist, beer-obsessive, Advanced Cicerone, and Communications Manager for the inimitable Connecticut-based Two Roads Brewing Co. For the last seven years, Sauter's been chronicling her journey through the craft world one skillfully illustrated beer review at a time in her award-winning illustrated blog, Pints and Panels, a project that ultimately led to her brand new book, Beer Is for Everyone! (Of Drinking Age). In a world filled with aspiring beer writers, a published book is no small potatoes. And it's her fresh, funny, and totally original approach to teaching and celebrating the good drink that makes her stand out from the ever-thirsty pack.
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https://thebeernecessities.com/beer-is-for-everyone-of-drinking-age-is-the-boozy-graphic-novel-you-need-right-now/
. . . Sauter uses a two-dimensional version of what I presume is herself to walk readers through a colorful and memorable landscape of everything one should know about beer before attempting to show off at a party.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/taranurin/2017/12/22/best-booze-books-of-2017/#6824000224ec
It seemed like demand in beer books crested about three years ago, but the supply is growing astronomically. Books for newbies dominate the category, and there are already a number out there that serve this need. Despite that, I hope people make some room on their bookshelf for Em Sauter's incredibly engaging and winsome new book.
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https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2017/12/4/book-week-em-sauters-beer-is-for-everyone