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 »
Sometimes you need to take a step back, relax, and read a manga that’s not all about sexy bodies, “pushing the boundaries of the medium,” or ridiculous gags. When normal life is too chaotic already, I like to sit back and read something quiet like …Read more »
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 »
Katsumata Agetarou works hard at his family's tonkatsu shop, but he's not always on top of his game. He gets through the day out of obligation, but he's clearly destined for something beyond the realm of tonkatsu. When Agetarou is the only person able to …Read more »
Attack on what now? It's easy to forget that everyone's still eagerly anticipating more from the Attack on Titan anime adaptation when Wit Studio is busy tiding anime fans over with their latest banger of a production. That's thanks in no small part to the …Read more »
Hibiki can get lost traveling from Point A to Point B along a one-way street … that doesn’t have any intersections. Ruri is cursed with unrequited love … for a mascot featured on ubiquitous construction signs. Botan suffers from bird bone syndrome (osteogenesis imperfecta) to …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 »
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 »
Stories about being sucked into virtual worlds have proliferated since their inception—from the early 1980’s Guardians of the Flame novels about a D&D group transported into the game narrative, to Tron early in the history of the video game, and more recently in franchises like …Read more »
In Daikoku City, augmented reality eyewear (cybernavi), used by everyone from medical professionals to children, has been an integrated aspect of life for over a decade. Years of updates to and reformatting of the virtual world (new space), however, have resulted in omitted areas (old …Read more »
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace is an interesting series. The original production from anime studio Lerche ( Assassination Classroom , Monster Musume ) came about in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of author Edogawa Rampo’s passing in 1965, and its mysteries are all woven from …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish © Akiko Higashimura/Kodansha, Ltd. All rights reserved. They say that your favorite pet shows your self-image: if you think of yourself as a quiet individualist, you’ve probably got a cat; if you’re outgoing and sporty, you might own a dog. Tsukimi loves jellyfish, …Read more »
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