Having just moved to mountainous Yamanashi, plucky high-schooler Nadeshiko is eager to catch some classic views of Mt. Fuji. A late-night hiking encounter gets her interested in camping, so she joins her school’s Outdoor Exploration Club, which has only two other members. (The mountaineering club …Read more »
To Your Eternity is a fascinating manga that defies easy characterization. It opens with an orb – it. It, we are told, is more than an orb, because it can replicate any form. “I decided to cast the orb unto the Earth,” explains an unknown …Read more »
Spoofs of fantasy anime and JRPG tropes are by no means a recent development. Back in the 1990s, the two-part OVA Dragon Half was frequently praised as one of the silliest anime ever, and the longstanding fan rumor to explain why it only lasted two …Read more »
In Japan, the color blue signifies youth, a time of excitement and infinite possibilities. After graduating high school, Iori moves to Izu, on the coast, to go to college for mechanical engineering. “I’ll put all my effort into having the best college life possible!” he …Read more »
When it comes to dating, sometimes it can be hard for singles to find someone with shared interests. That’s especially true for 26-year-old Narumi Momose, who’s been dumped by every boyfriend she’s ever had because she’s an otaku. What’s a girl who loves manga, games, …Read more »
Fullmetal Alchemist is a series nearly every manga and anime fan as seen in at least some form. It’s one of the shows fans tend to watch as a rite of passage. Viz’s new omnibus edition of the manga, Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition, is a …Read more »
In Devil World, every halfway decent devil has a familiar, a helper animal like a bat or a salamander. Every devil, that is, except Patty: her familiar is a human being! Specifically, he’s Norman Volcanello, demon researcher, a hulking man in a well-pressed trenchcoat who …Read more »
Sometimes a title helps sell a story, and by golly this is not Devilman: Book of Magic. Nope, the archaic word choice says this story is aimed at teenage boys who read Alistair Crowley and like Black Sabbath. If that sounds dismissive, it’s not meant …Read more »
your name. is an international phenomenon, joining the ranks of anime films from Spirited Away to Pokemon: The First Movie that managed to break into the American mainstream. The emotional journey of a boy and girl who find themselves switching bodies manages to avoid the …Read more »
Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are Team RWBY: teenage “huntsmen” who use special weapons to kill monsters called Grimm. By day, they train at Beacon Academy, a school for superheroes where the professors say things like, “With power comes responsibility! …Read more »
Gantz is a nihilistic orgy of violence, death and nudity. First published in 2000, the series is shaping up to become enshrined as a classic of horror, sci-fi, and action manga. The story follows the brutal misadventures of self-involved horndog Kei, his nicer friend Kato, …Read more »
On her way to high school, feckless orphan Hinako gets railroaded into attending a boys’ school in male drag. As if that weren’t enough, it’s a school for juvenile delinquents where everyone is in a gang and every school function consists of an all-out student …Read more »
If you had the chance to relive your high school days again, would you take it? What if you were forced to start the entire journey over to smooth over the mistakes you wound up making—just as you were graduating? That’s what happens to high …Read more »
Shiratori wants everything between herself and her best friends Washio and Kotooka to stay the same forever. But nothing stays the same. Since the first day of school, the three friends have been inseparable. But Shiratori harbors a secret crush on Washio. She was happy …Read more »
Kodode is a more or less typical Tokyo schoolgirl, a bright, nerdy slacker trailing a little behind her classmates in maturity. She likes playing video games, fangirling over a Doraemon-like kiddie manga called Isobeyan, hanging out with her ponytailed, poker-faced best friend Ontan, and nurturing …Read more »
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