© 2016 Shin Takahashi and TREND-PRO Co, Ltd. The Manga Guide to Regression Analytics is exactly what the title says: it’s a textbook on mathematics that teaches the reader through manga. As much as that sounds like a joke, it actually is successful at its …Read more »
Hideaki Anno: the legendary animator and director of megahits Neon Genesis Evangelion and Shin Godzilla is, ostensibly, living pretty well these days. But that wasn’t always the case. In the wake of Shin Godzilla ’s success, a short autobiographical manga written by Anno in 1984 …Read more »
In the year 2095, magic is just like science. “Magic technicians” are a highly valued national resource of Japan, trained at one of nine accredited magic schools, like the Tokyo high school attended by Miyuki and her brother Tatsuya. (Of course, though it’s the year …Read more »
The first series by manga superteam CLAMP, RG Veda is a sumptuous fantasy loosely based on Vedic (Hindu) mythology. In the first few pages Taishakuten, the thunder god, rebels and deposes the king of the gods. A prophecy tells that a child will be born …Read more »
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Spice and Wolf , and North American publisher Yen Press is getting in on the festivities. This is great news for fans, because one of the celebrations involves bringing original light novel author Isuna Hasekura to New York …Read more »
Ever since his father died, 11-year-old Natsuru lives with his mom, an author. He’s at the age where he loves soccer and doesn’t care about girls, but that’s before he meets Suzumura, tall and boyish and quiet, a girl whose eyes seem to look on …Read more »
© Kenji Tsuruta 2011 / Kodansha Ltd. On one of the countless tiny islands on the edges of Japan, ocean-loving Mikura runs a seaplane freight service with her tough old salt of a grandfather. Then her grandfather dies, leaving her to carry on alone. In …Read more »
Inglorious news, indeed. It’s been reported that actor Christoph Waltz is in early negotiations to co-star in Alita: Battle Angel , the long-gestating live-action version of Battle Angel Alita . Waltz’s mission, should he accept it, would be to play Doctor Dyson Ido, the scientist …Read more »
A lot of people know what it’s like to feel invisible, and they usually don’t like it. Tetsuya Kuroko feels invisible all the time and he’s fine with it—it helps him play a mean game of basketball. The new high school students are signing up …Read more »
Epic fail, man. That is, presumably, what the fans polled for this list thought when they saw their favorite shonen manga transformed into anime that, well, didn’t quite meet their expectations. While, ranking site Goo points out, manga-to-anime adaptations usually have a higher success rate …Read more »
It’s easy to find a romance manga that coddles and flaunts its star couple, but how often do you find one that exploits a seemingly “perfect” couple with deep, dark secrets? Scum’s Wish does just that, with a fervor that’s matched only by titles such …Read more »
Based on a love hotel employee's Twitter account, Hakase and Ueno's Love Concierge manga will soon be getting the live-action treatment. The announcement comes on the wraparound band on the manga's fourth volume, the cover of which has love hotel employee and star Ueno declaring …Read more »
Fullmetal Alchemist author Hiromu Arakawa's Silver Spoon manga has been on a couple extended hiatuses recently. The latest had it going on hiatus back in February after returning from an eight-month hiatus in January, and the series is finally preparing to resume once more. According …Read more »
© Hideaki Yoshikawa 2014 The Other Side of Secret has an interesting question at its heart: “What happens to the kid who stays home in a portal fantasy?” Yuuto's sister vanished through a dimensional gateway years ago and he misses her. Suddenly the portal opens …Read more »
Hachiman Higaya is a misanthrope, a brooding loner who has nothing but contempt for the “normies” and “monkeys” he sees flirting and having fun in the school quad every lunch hour. “Go die in a fire, you normies!” he writes in an essay, prompting the …Read more »
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