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Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi Is Already Bringing the Shonen Jump Spirit

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi Is Already Bringing the Shonen Jump Spirit Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi Is Already Bringing the Shonen Jump Spirit

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi Is Already Bringing the Shonen Jump Spirit

Farewell, Dear Anemone… hello, Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi. There’s a trend toward exorcists as of late in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, with last week’s new arrival Yokai Buster Murakami presenting a meek exorcist and his skeptical bestie. This new demon-tamer operates alone, though. And he’s got problems of …Read more  »

INTERVIEW: Graphic Novel Shows How Former Political Prisoner Tsai Kun-lin Helped Shape Taiwan’s Manga Boom

INTERVIEW: Graphic Novel Shows How Former Political Prisoner Tsai Kun-lin Helped Shape Taiwan’s Manga Boom INTERVIEW: Graphic Novel Shows How Former Political Prisoner Tsai Kun-lin Helped Shape Taiwan’s Manga Boom

INTERVIEW: Graphic Novel Shows How Former Political Prisoner Tsai Kun-lin Helped Shape Taiwan’s Manga Boom

Tsai Kun-lin, a Taiwanese manga publisher, helped bring about the country’s manga explosion in the 1960s. Now The Boy from Clearwater, a new graphic novel series from author Yu Pei-yun and illustrator Zhou Jian-xin, shares his incredible true story. Volume two drops on May 7 …Read more  »