Of all the licensing news to emerge from AnimeExpo 2017, none made me happier than Yen Press' announcement that it would be publishing Hiromu Arakawa's Silver Spoon. Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist has been a perennial bestseller for VIZ, but it's not hard to imagine why American … [Read more...]
On the Shojo Beat With Matt Thorn
Good news for manga scholars: Matt Thorn is in the process of rebuilding her site on shojo manga! Among her most recent posts is a fascinating look at Ribbon and Shojo, two of the most popular girls' magazines in mid-century Japan. Thorn's goal in revisiting these issues is to … [Read more...]
Girls’ Last Tour, Vol. 1
Was Tsukumizu an architect in a previous life? That question lingered with me as I read volume one of Girls' Last Tour, a sci-fi manga that unfolds in a not-too-distant future filled with crumbling infrastructure and empty cities. Tsukumizu details the physical environment with … [Read more...]
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1
Food manga comes in two flavors: the tournament series, in which a brash young baker or chef enters cook-offs that stretch his culinary skills to the limit, and the food-is-life series, in which family, friends, or colleagues prepare food together, resolving their differences … [Read more...]
Monthly Hype Magazine Debuts in July
It's been a while since anyone was brave enough to launch a new manga magazine, but NBA forward Johnny O'Bryant III is throwing his hat into the ring with Monthly Hype: The Urban Otaku. This digital initiative features four original English-language series designed to appeal to a … [Read more...]
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