Jason Brice
Jason Brice is mangalife’s publisher and web monkey – his favourites include Eagle: The Making of an Asian American President, Club 9, What's Michael, and Barefoot Gen.

Kat Collyns
Kat Collyns got into to manga two years ago through anime. Karoi Yuki is one of her favourite manga-ka at the moment; she also loves Angel Sanctuary and Saiyuki, and apart from that most things that are shojo without being too sugary. Although preferably not CLAMP. She’s very interested in older manga (not really that old, just before it ever became popular in the west) and tries to buy anything that comes out by Hagio Moto or Takemiya Keiko.

Michael Deeley
The origins of Michael Deeley are as mysterious as the fog-covered streets of Silent Hill. Disillusioned by the demise of Raijin Comics in 2004, he has resigned himself to the artistic and cultural stagnation that is the American comics industry. He prepares for manga's inevitable domination of graphic culture with 'Lone Wolf & Cub', 'Battle Royale', and 'Samurai Executioner'.

He moves through the night, with the stealth and grace of an SUV. He strikes quickly, leaving nothing but blood and corpses, like a credit card bill.

Kelvin Green
Kelvin Green likes the stuff that's a bit off the "mainstream"; for example, FLCL and Toriyama's failed sideproject Sandland. He’s quite drawn to some "Amerimanga", particularly the work of Adam Warren and Ben Dunn and is very interested in the mechanics of manga; how it's similar and different to Western comics in terms of storytelling, layouts, and so on.

Kevin Hill
Kev Hill started reading manga in the late 80s, with Shirow's first Appleseed book, followed by Outlanders and a few of the early Viz comics (Silent Mobius, Pixy Junket, Striker/Spriggan), and Epic's Akira. The majority of his monthly purchases are Asian (manga, manwha, manwhatever else...), the main series he goes for are ones from Viz.

Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson is mangalife’s editor-in-chief and – perversely – doesn’t really like Akira the manga too much (the first two books are fine, but it drags after that), prefering Akira the anime. It’s Lone Wolf and Cub and Battle Royale that kick-started his interest, which now encompasses a vast range of titles and genres.

Hannah King
Hannah King is mangalife’s art director, and a big fan of the mainstream manga, such as Kenshin, Inu-Yasha, Mermaid Forest, Ranma 1/2, Love Hina, Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Ai Yori Aoshi, Chobits (though, not so much) and the Manga Blast magazine. She’s also a very big fan of yaoi titles…

Lisa Anderson
Lisa Anderson has been interested in manga since the mid 90s. While her favorite titles range from Azumanga Daioh to Lone Wolf and Cub, she will give almost anything a read. Despite exposure to more mainstream titles, she enjoys bringing lesser-known manga to light whenever possible. Along with enjoying manga, she also loves crossing paths with a good comic from almost anywhere else in the world.

Michael Aronson
Manga Life's News Editor won't be satisfied until every major work of Osamu Tezuka is translated into English - although Buddha, Phoenix and Ode to Kirihito are as good a start as any. While not Tezuka-level quality, Michael still can't recommend Akira, Uzumaki, Iron Wok Jan, Battle Angel Alita and Death Note (only volumes 1-7) enough, and feels that people who only read western comics would even dig them. He also spent a year in Korea and yet knows nothing about manhwa - everyone he met there who reads comics prefers manga!

Park Cooper
Park Cooper co-writes the column, "The Park and Barb Show", with his wife Barbara Lien-Cooper at www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com. He also manages the creative studio Wicker Man Studios, is editor on the Panel2Panel comic Gun Street Girl, and is co-writer of HALF DEAD, the graphic novel that was co-published in March 2007 by Dabel Brothers Productions and Marvel Comics. He is also an editor for the comics publishers Silent Devil Productions and Septagon Studios Inc. His favorite manga and anime are, not exactly in this order: GTO, BEBOP, FLCL, FRUITS BASKET, NARUTO, THE DREAMING, ATELIER MARIE, EAGLE, AZUMANGA DAIOH, TRIGUN, MASTER KEATON...

Quita Paul
Quita has been a manga and anime fan ever since she picked up her first copy of GTO. Ever since then she has been a writer for various sites such as Section 31, J-fan, United Federation of Trek and many others. Currently, she is a college student at UW-Waukesha doing a double major in broadcast journalism / photojournalism with a minor in graphic design. On her spare time she enjoys playing music, singing, yoga, paranormal studies, weightlifting, pro wrestling, vampires, gothic fashion, and reading. Some of her favorites manga include GTO, Slayers, Vampire Princess Miyu, Street Fighter, Cowboy Bebop, Ranma 1/2, and Hellsing. She is always willing to try new things, and her growing manga collection varies from romance tiles to action/adventure.
Offical site: http://www.freewebs.com/oraclexena

Tom Rosin
Tom Rosin works for Britain’s best comic shop, Page 45 in Nottingham, and is a huge manga fan, knowing far too many tiny details than is healthy for him. As soon as his PC is sorted, he’ll be cranking out reviews…