With both Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls having come to an end last year, we’ve been feeling some serious Akiko Higashimura loss. (Sure, she is writing the web manga Gisou Furin, but it’s just not the same, man.) So we’re happy to hear that …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of Akiko Higashimura’s Princess Jellyfish is less than a month away, and we’ve now got a look at the entire principal cast in costume. Last week, we saw Koji Seto in costume as Kuranosuke Koibuchi. Now we’ve got the entire group of …Read more »
Akiko Higashimura wrapped up two of her most famous manga, Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls, in 2017, leaving many fans with a Higashimura-sized hole in their hearts. But that hole’s about to get plugged with a new series from the acclaimed manga-ka. The series will …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish, the manga from Akiko Higashimura about a group of otaku women in Tokyo, will be getting a live-action television series adaptation. The series, which goes on-air January 2018, will star Kyoko Yoshine in the main role of Tsukimi Kurashita. It will be directed …Read more »
“I spent all my time wondering ‘what if,’ then one day I woke up and I was 33,” main character Rinko says on the first page of Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Rinko and her close friends Kaori and Koyuki are all 33 and single, with past …Read more »
The Manga Taishō, also known as the Cartoon Grand Prize, is a yearly award given to the author of a relatively new manga (eight volumes or less). The 2016 edition is on its way, and 11 titles have been announced nominees for the prize. The …Read more »
If the past year or so has taught us anything, it’s not to underestimate angry young men on the internet. The latest victim is Princess Jellyfish author Akiko Higashimura, whose new manga, Himozairu , came under fire for being “derogatory” to men. Higashimura decided to …Read more »
Matt Schley
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Amelia Cook
