Short Takes: Levius/est, No Guns Life, and Ryuko
This month’s Short Takes column looks at three series: Levius/est, a sequel to Haruhisa Nakata’s steampunk spectacular Levius; No Guns Life,…
Manga
Cats of the Louvre
Weird. Uncanny. Melancholy. Beautiful. Those were just a few of the adjectives I jotted down while reading Taiyo Matsumoto’s Cats of…
The Drifting Classroom Signature Edition, Vol. 1
In a 2009 interview with Tokyo Scum Brigade, Kazuo Umezu acknowledged that his debt to Osamu Tezuka went beyond storyboarding…
Short Takes: Museum and Phantom Tales of the Night
I have a confession: I am a complete chicken when it comes to horror movies. I watched Alien through my fingers and…
Shojo & Tell: Moto Hagio Edition
To celebrate the release of Moto Hagio’s The Poe Clan, Shojo & Tell host Ashley MacDonald invited me to join her…