In This Corner of the World Is a Powerful Wartime Chronicle Told in Manga
Fumiyo Kouno’s In This Corner of the World is a beautiful manga about a terrible time, a story of ordinary…
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The Best New Manga of December 2017
We’ve almost out of the nosedive of 2017; might as well end things with a stack of good reading. Who…
10 Reasons My Hero Academia Is Your Next Manga Obsession
Tokyo Ghoul is over, and the wait between volumes of Attack on Titan and One-Punch Man has grown longer, but…
The Best New Manga of November 2017
November brings a batch of new manga to enjoy on those long, cold nights of winter—and the return of a…
A Discussion with the Manga-ka Duo Behind The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
At this year’s New York Comic Con, I had the privilege of interviewing A. Honda and S. Nagano, the two-woman…
The Best New Manga of October 2017
Fall is time for homecoming—in manga as well as in life—and we’ve got returning champions of very different stripes on…
Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Discuss Their Monstress Collaboration
We still don’t have a date for the return on Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s marvelous Monstress, one of the…
How Shojo Gets Made: An Interview with Manga Editor Yuki Sukemune
While it is not unusual for Japanese manga magazine editors to come to the U.S. for conventions, the ones who…
The Best New Manga of September 2017
Summer is over—head back to school with three solid high school romances, two shoujo and one yuri. If romance isn’t…
The Best New Manga of August 2017
Tokyo Ghoul comes to an end, Vampire Knight comes back to life, and Attack on Titan keeps on truckin’ in…
One Piece Editor Alexis Kirsch On What It’s Like Working on the Craziest Pirate Adventure Ever
Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates have been searching for the treasure known as the One Piece for…
Spark Joy with a Life-Changing Manga from Marie Kondo
I can’t say that Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up has changed my life, exactly, but I’m looking…
Openly Gay Manga Creator Gengoroh Tagame Talks Breaking Barriers with My Brother’s Husband
Manga creator Gengoroh Tagame says that he created the young adult family drama My Brother’s Husband for the same reason…
The Best New Manga of July 2017
Manga fans love their cute characters, but this summer we’re going to see different sides of them—Hatsune Miku and Link…
7 Spacefaring Manga Any Sci-Fi Fan Will Love
If you don’t read manga, there’s one thing you need to know: it’s not a genre, but a medium. There…
We Have Seen the Future and It Is Awful: Essential Cyberpunk Manga
As global warming and 4Chan have shown us, technology often comes with profound and unwelcome consequences for society. Cyberpunk manga,…
Best New Manga of April 2017
We’re a bit early, but April feels like commencement season, with the end of the yearlong run of Fruits Basket…