Yoshitaka Amano is revered the world over as one of the world’s greatest illustrators, having contributed to properties like Final Fantasy , Vampire Hunter D , Gatchaman , and others. He’s a remarkable artist whose work is immediately recognizable. Yoshitaka Amano: Illustrations is a gorgeous …Read more »
Studious Ruri is running late for her first day at Tennomifune Academy when she comes across the unluckiest girl alive. Bitten by dogs, soaked to the skin because she fell in the river on the way to school, Anne Hanakoizumi doesn’t mind it one bit—in …Read more »
Shirotani’s boss is almost killed by a driver not paying attention to the road, and Shirotani is racked with guilt for not pushing his boss out of the way in time. However, a young man riding a bike does swoop in and save the boss, …Read more »
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 »
Mysterious Girlfriend X is an inexplicably endearing comic. Despite it having debuted in 2006, Riichi Ueshiba's characters have a nostalgic air to them, and while the series is technically proficient, there's a warm, unrefined quality to it that reinforces its '90s aesthetic. It's also a …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 »
© Katsuhisa Kigitsu 2007, 2008 As a horror manga connoisseur, I’ve always stuck to the classics: Junji Ito, Shintaro Kago, and Hideshi Hino. Katsuhisa Kigitsu’s Franken Fran was always one series that called out to me, however, after untranslated images hit the Internet and I …Read more »
I’m not a big fan of love stories, but love is one of the most useful frames for a character study. Through examining the way characters navigate their love life, we gain an understanding of who they are and what they value in life. Forget …Read more »
The blurb on the back of Inio Asano's latest manga calls it "an intense teen romance." The intense part, that's true. And I suppose you could call it a romance—that is, if you could call Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood a romance. Which it's not. And …Read more »
Take Harry Potter in one hand and Naruto in the other, then toss them in a blender on high. That’s Black Clover . One plucky underdog with a hard head goes up against his tsundere, cool-as-a-cucumber frenemy to become the bestest, most badassest dude ever …Read more »
This may be hard to believe, but once upon a time “shojo” wasn’t automatically synonymous with “teen girl romance.” There was variety! You could have mysteries and action/adventure stories with girls as the lead characters, and—get this—some of these stories featured minimal romance, or none …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 »
Hideo Suzuki is 35 and still talks to his imaginary friend. Haunted by hallucinations, he often spends all night in his apartment waiting for the visions to end and for dawn to arrive. By day he works as an assistant to a porno mangaka, responding …Read more »
People have been telling me to watch Nichijou for years. Somehow I’ve never managed to see it, despite my friends’ insistence that the 2011 anime series is “the next Azumanga Daioh .” However, seeing as THAT show came out nearly 15 years ago, I suppose …Read more »
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