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[Review] Ichi-F: A Worker’s Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Kazuto Tatsuta is a middle-aged man from Tokyo who became determined to work cleaning up the infamous Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after it was severely damaged in the March 2011 tsunami. Ichi-F describes his everyday life in Fukushima, from the mundanity of apartment hunting …Read more »

[Review] Sailor Moon S Part 1 Sets the Stage Nicely

April 5, 2017

Danica Davidson

With Sailor Moon S , it’s a new season and a new story arc in the beloved anime series. While Usagi is still whining about how badly she’s doing in school, Rei is having apocalyptic visions of the future. Who is their newest enemy? Again …Read more »

[Review] My Hero Academia Season 1

April 2, 2017

Joseph Luster

Izuku Midoriya might be the most relatable shonen hero out there. After all, as much as we love characters like Luffy and Naruto, not many of us can relate to the desire to be the king of the pirates or the endless, fiery ambition to …Read more »

[Review] Devil’s Line

April 1, 2017

Jason Bradley Thompson

Meek college student Tsukasa has never met a vampire (or devil, as they’re also called) until gaunt, handsome Anzai saves her from a vampire attack. Anzai is a half-vampire, part of a special police division that tracks down violent vampires and brings them into custody—a …Read more »

[Review] Ocean Waves

April 1, 2017

Paul Thomas Chapman

In 1993, Studio Ghibli teamed up with Nippon Television in a project designed to give younger animators a platform with which to express themselves artistically. The result was Ocean Waves (known in Japan as Umi ga Kikoeru , or “I Can Hear the Sea”), an …Read more »

[Review] your name. Anime Film is a Real Crowd-Pleaser

March 30, 2017

Joseph Luster

At this point you've probably heard a lot about your name. ( Kimi no Na wa. ), the latest anime film from director Makoto Shinkai ( 5 Centimeters per Second , The Garden of Words ). I won't spend too much time breaking down …Read more »

Returning to the Hunt with Hunter x Hunter Volume 33

March 29, 2017

Austin Price

Though the Chimera Ant and Chairman Election arc did plenty to develop the world of Hunter x Hunter, both saw Yoshihiro Togashi sidelining the series’ early focus on high adventure and universe-building to better focus on certain questions of identity, motivation and morality—which he had …Read more »

[Review] The Case Study of Vanitas

March 26, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

Jun Mochizuki, best known as the creator of Pandora Hearts , specializes in gothic fantasy with an elegant Victorian veneer. Her newest series, The Case Study of Vanitas , adds two closely related tropes: steampunk and vampires. In an alternate 19th-century Paris with flying cities …Read more »

[Review] Ajin: Demi-Human

March 26, 2017

Joseph Luster

What if you were just going about your day-to-day business, only to suddenly find out you're not human? Not only that, but you're a dangerous, immortal non-human, which means the government suddenly wants you in a lab with a barrel to your temple. That's what …Read more »

[Review] Dragons Rioting

March 25, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

As a child, Rintaro was diagnosed with a rare and implausible medical condition, “Hentai Syndrome,” which means becoming sexually aroused can kill him. (“When all his blood rushes to his groin, it will put a sudden and momentous strain on his heart.”) After years of …Read more »

[Review] The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages

March 22, 2017

Evan Minto

If you’ve ever read a Legend of Zelda manga, chances are it was by Akira Himekawa. The duo, comprised of two anonymous female manga artists, has penned nearly every Japanese comic version of the hit video game series since Ocarina of Time in 1998, playing …Read more »

[Review] Anonymous Noise

March 19, 2017

Amelia Cook

When they were small children, neighbors Nino Arisugawa and Momo Sakaki would sing together from their bedroom windows to drown out the sound of Nino’s parents fighting. They were close friends until fourth grade, when Momo’s family suddenly left town and he left Nino a …Read more »

[Review] Revolutionary Girl Utena

March 18, 2017

Amelia Cook

Rebellious Utena Tenjou’s world is turned upside down when her interior decorator aunt decides they will move to Amsterdam. Utena has received a letter every year from Mr. Licky Lick, the childhood hero she hopes to reunite with someday, but her friend Kaido tries to …Read more »

[Review] Girls und Panzer der Film

March 15, 2017

Paul Thomas Chapman

It takes a special breed of villainous bureaucrat to renege on a promise to a group of high school girls after they've just won the athletic championship that was supposed to save their school from closing down, but that's exactly the premise that puts the …Read more »

[Review] Clockwork Planet

March 15, 2017

Robert McCarthy

Clockwork Planet lists “manga by” and “character design by” and it feels like a manga weirdly shaped by opposing forces. The story takes place on a literal clockwork planet, made of springs and gears after Earth is destroyed. That’s at least two big science fictional …Read more »