Nasa Yuzaki has advice for new parents: don’t give your baby a name like Nasa. His parents thought they were being cute naming him that, but he spends his life being mocked because his name sounds like the acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. …Read more »
Crime and Punishment is one of Osamu Tezuka’s earlier works, originally published in the early 1950s. It’s Tezuka’s manga adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic of the same name, and a note at the beginning explains that this manga was written for children. Anyone who’s read …Read more »
Mangaka Shigeru Mizuki, who passed away six years ago, was best-known in his lifetime for his yokai manga GeGeGe no Kitaro and his historical manga. So it makes sense he would do a manga adaptation of Tono Monogatari, a Japanese classic from 1910 that records …Read more »
Storm Fairy is a manga collection of three stories by Osamu Tezuka, all originally published throughout the 1950s. It’s one of his lesser-known works, but is important in manga history, and it’s very valuable that it’s been translated. In the titular story, a fairy who …Read more »
Uramichi hosts a TV program for preschoolers. You know the type — manically happy adults teaching life lessons, dressing in silly outfits, singing along with their live studio audience of children. But Uramichi sings songs like “How Come It Only Rains When You Forget Your …Read more »
Ikuma Saeki has known Sumika since childhood and he’s adored her the whole time. Now they’re adults and married, with Ikuma working as an app developer and Sumika working as a high school nurse. Despite their history, despite all the time dating, and despite the …Read more »
Miyano is a pretty high school boy who loves to read BL and who goes to an all-boys school. But he’ll tell you up and down he’s not into BL himself. He just likes to read it. He wouldn’t want to do that in real …Read more »
Emuko is a timid twenty-something who loves shojo manga. Reading all that shojo manga as a girl made her believe that someday her “prince” would arrive for her. But not only does she not have her prince, she’s never even had a boyfriend. She’s a …Read more »
CLAMP has dabbled in a variety of different genres over the years, from romance to magical girl series to gothic horror. Clover, a sci-fi manga that shares some elements with the enduring Chobits, is the closest the team has come to cyberpunk. The elegantly composed …Read more »
Having a child is something fairly common in this world, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy, and that doesn’t mean it always gets talked about authentically. Mangaka Ayami Kazama, who has previously published romance and autobiographical manga, gives a very honest portrayal of her path …Read more »
CLAMP has produced a long list of hit manga, but in the 2000s, one reigned supreme. After winning over younger readers with Cardcaptor Sakura and the magical girl audience with Magic Knight Rayearth, CLAMP took a different approach and went after teenage boys. Enter Chobits. …Read more »
Under the Air is a collection of short works from the prolific Osamu Tezuka, known as the “God of Manga,” originally published in the 1960s and 1970s. In his afterword Tezuka wrote that these short stories were “jumbled together” by the publisher and calls them …Read more »
Say the name “Rumiko Takahashi” and the associations spring up: InuYasha. Ranma 1/2. Urusei Yatsura. The legendary manga-ka has so many credits to her name, it can be overwhelming. But many readers are unfamiliar with another brilliant work in her catalogue, one that doffs the …Read more »
In a fantasy world that feels like an old 16-bit RPG, a handsome young hero inspires a wide-eyed little girl: “When you grow up to be a big, strong warrior, we’ll travel the land together!” She’s so inspired, in fact, that she trains nonstop and …Read more »
Prepare to be swept away again. This spin-off of The Ancient Magus’ Bride could have been another cheap cash grab to exploit the popularity of the original, but Jack Flash creates a unique new setting. The pastoral countryside of England is left behind for the …Read more »
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