Kino’s Journey: © Iruka Shiomiya / Keiichi Sigsawa In a quiet, low-key future, wandering adventurer Kino and her “motorrad” Hermes, a talking motorbike, travel the overgrown landscape and mostly deserted roads, occasionally running into people with whom to connect and philosophize. Their world is lightly …Read more »
The Tale of Genji: © Waki Yamato / Kodansha Ltd. Often called the world’s first novel, the 11th-century romance The Tale of Genji is one of the founding works of Japanese literature. It’s been adapted to manga many times, but The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, first …Read more »
Peach Girl NEXT: © Miwa Ueda / Kodansha Ltd. Miwa Ueda’s Peach Girl, launched in the late 90s and published in English by Tokyopop a few years later, was one of the early shojo manga available in the US about ordinary, nonmagical teenagers and high school …Read more »
A Party of One The trend for so many popular series of the past few years has been to have social underachievers—often stand-ins for the author and/or perceived target audience—suddenly placed into a scenario where they are now innately excellent, who then proceed to exert …Read more »
Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart: © Syundei 2017 Nervous teenager Terumichi is haunted by a recurring dream of being strangled by a handsome older man. At school, he avoids his bullying classmates and sticks to his one close friend, the beautiful, secretive Yamada, but …Read more »
Flash Of The Blade We’re all forced to deal with our own hardships. Some of them are more intense than others, but we all go through difficult times in our lives. In the case of Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo, protagonist Hyakkimaru has been subjected to far more …Read more »
Advanced weaponry and deadly ninja techniques There are few classic anime that I feel are more than deserving of a Blu-ray release. The 1972 TV series, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, is absolutely on that short list. There’s so much going for it and, thanks to a …Read more »
True Confessions! I think it’s safe to say that whoever said that all is fair and love and war clearly never met Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane, respectively the vice president and president of Shuchiin Academy’s student council. Rumors fly by here and there, and …Read more »
Transparent Light Blue: © KIYOKO IWAMI 2018 From the light bondage imagery on the cover to the sweaty “Oohs!” and “Unghs!” on the first page, Transparent Light Blue teases the reader with way more sex than it actually has. (Check that age rating!!) Ricchan, Ichika, and their …Read more »
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord shows what happens when you end up in a world shockingly similar to your favorite video game. Wouldn’t it be great if video game skills were transferable to real life? Unless you’re planning to work in the Mushroom …Read more »
Shifting alliances and sudden betrayals In an empty city, 12 super-powered warriors themed after different animals from the Chinese Zodiac (such as Boar, Monkey, Rat, etc.) gather to compete in a brutal death match tournament. This secret contest is held once every 12 years for …Read more »
The Ideal Sponger Life: © 2017 • Tsunehiko Watanabe • Jyuu Ayakura / Shufunotomo Infos Co., Ltd. © Neko Hinotsuki 2017 Office drone Yamai Zenjiro is summoned to a strange fantasy world by the hot woman from his sex dream. For some readers, the fact …Read more »
Stage Struck! Revue Starlight gives us a surreal backstage view of show business complete with sword duels and talking giraffes When you think of musical theater, you might thinks of shows like Rent, Aladdin, and Wicked. Bright colors, awesome musical numbers, insane wardrobes, and a lot of sparkle: …Read more »
A Certain Scientific Railgun: Astral Buddy: © KAZUMA KAMACHI/YASUHITO NOGI 2017 Don’t get too excited, military science fiction geeks: this manga franchise is no more about rail guns than Bleach is about getting stains out. There is, however, a “certain science” to explaining how the paranormal powers …Read more »
Get into the rhythm! What are two tastes that go unexpectedly well together when it comes to video games? Don’t worry about guessing, because the answer might seem quite outlandish when you think about it: the rhythm-based dungeon crawler Crypt of the Necrodancer and The Legend of Zelda. …Read more »
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