The Osamu Tezuka Story is a treasure trove for a number of different reasons. For one, it is an in-depth look at the life of Osamu Tezuka, the nicknamed God of Manga, going from his birth to his death. Because Tezuka was so influential in …Read more »
Awyn Gardner is a gardener. That’s the normal part of his life. But he also pledged himself to a demon, and that’s about where everything went crazy. 7 th Garden conceptualizes its own world: it takes place in the Holy Braith Kingdom in the year …Read more »
Chinatsu is 16, and she has a thing for middle-aged men with mustaches. She’s getting dressed up very nicely one morning so she can go reveal her love to the man who works at the flower store. But as she’s stepping into her skirt, she …Read more »
Fifteen-year-old Asta doesn’t have any luck. In a world where “magic is everything,” he wants to be the Wizard King. The problem? He doesn’t have any magical abilities. He also is in love with a woman in his village and wants to marry her. The …Read more »
It’s the Taisho Era and Sayaka and Narutaki have a forbidden relationship. She’s a nouveau riche heiress and he’s her servant—specifically her chauffeur—who’s been working for her family for years. There’s a five year age difference between them, and Sayaka’s mother died and her father …Read more »
Blanc et Noir: Takeshi Obata Illustrations is a beautiful, limited edition hardcover book of Obata’s art. Only 10,000 copies are being made, and it also comes with several posters (there are more foldout pages in the book that could work as posters, if you’re willing …Read more »
Travel to Mars is an idea that’s spellbinding to writers and artists, and soon we’ll see what travel to the red planet is really like. In the meantime, we have Aldnoah.Zero to give us a new take on what could happen with us living on …Read more »
High schooler Chiyo Sakura is trying to find the words to ask out Umetarou Nozaki. In the end, she blurts out that she’s his fan. Misunderstanding this, he hands her an autograph. What? Confused and flustered, Sakura stutters, “I want to always be with you.” …Read more »
In the 1970s, Frederik L. Schodt was part of a group that wanted to translate manga and showcase it to the world. While manga’s international recognition was still to come, this led to him meeting Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy , Kimba the …Read more »
Ryota Sakamoto is 22, the 10th best in his field, and happily married to a talented and beautiful woman. Ryota Sakamoto is also jobless, plays video games all day, gets in fights with his mom about getting a job, and has nothing in terms of …Read more »
Serinuma Kae doesn’t like stories with a prince and a princess—she likes stories with two princes. The unabashed fujoshi regularly spends her time imagining how she’d pair up boys in her school, even if they’re not gay, and then she’ll squeal about the pairings with …Read more »
Shusei is the most popular boy in school, but Aoi still thinks he’s scum. That’s because he coldly rejected Aoi’s best friend Moe when she tried to ask him out. Aoi is so close to Moe that she lives in an apartment on her own …Read more »
Often when reading a story, one particular element may stick out. Kill la Kill , however, has so much resplendent insanity it’s hard to know where to start. For one, it has a school that’s so strict it casually kills its own students as a …Read more »
There are several unusual things about Maria. For one thing, he’s a priest (he’s also a he) even though he’s still young enough to be in high school. For another, vampires attack him all the time, as if especially drawn to his blood. And then …Read more »
If you think your school is torture, you should check out Honnouji Academy. If you miss practice on the girls’ tennis club, you’ll be purged by being hit with millions of tennis balls, even if your excuse for not showing up was the fact you …Read more »
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