If you haven't visited Book Dragon, a website for "the multi-culti reader," now's a great time to do so. Host Terry Hong just posted a thoughtful, two-part list of her all-time favorite manga, from Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys to Fumi Yoshinaga's What Did You Eat … [Read more...]
Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 1
Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler resists easy labels, combining elements of a tournament manga, high school drama, and instructional comic. The plot focuses on Yumeko Jabami, a wealthy girl who transfers to Hyakkaou Private Academy, one of those only-in-manga institutions where the … [Read more...]
Yen Press to Publish Hiromu Arakawa’s Silver Spoon
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...]
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