On Monday, the nominees for the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize were revealed in Asahi Shimbun. Three titles -- The Promised Neverland, Golden Kamuy, and Arpeggio of Blue Steel -- have already arrived in American bookstores, and it's a sure bet that at least two or three of this … [Read more...]
Space Battleship Yamato Cruising Into Stores in 2018
Are you holding onto something? Because I'm about to type a sentence I never thought I'd write: an American publisher has acquired the manga rights to Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato. The story, for the uninitiated, focuses on the crew of the Yamato, a spaceship on an … [Read more...]
After Hours and My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
After Hours and My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness epitomize a small but growing trend in yuri manga licensing: both focus on women in their twenties exploring their sexuality, rather than depicting middle- or high-school aged girls crushing on each other. After Hours is … [Read more...]
