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Category: Manga

  • Neojaponisme: Root of Otaku

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    What exactly was the importance of Akio Nakamori’s new column that appeared in a little-read weekly soft-core porno comic (MANGA BURIKKO) back in 1983? “Otaku no Kenkyu” marked the first use of a word in a context we now know so well. Matt Alt translates that column for Neojaponisme.

  • Uniqlo Manga T-Shirts

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    Just in time for spring, Uniqlo’s UT line of t-shirts has just launched a new series based on manga titles that appear in Kodansha’s WEEKLY SHONEN MAGAZINE and Shogakukan’s WEEKLY SHONEN SUNDAY. The first few went on sale yesterday, ten in all, and new titles/designs will be released each week. Via Imprint Talk.

  • Manga Museum in Kyoto

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    THE JAPAN TIMES covers the Manga Museum in Kyoto. I agree with Imprint Talk, why isn’t there one in Tokyo?

  • Rikimaru Toho Profiled

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    A Public Space (in their fifth issue, but online here) takes on Rikimaru Toho, the world’s only manga street performer, with a profile that also includes video of Toho in action. The piece is by JAPANAMERICA author Roland Kelts.

  • JaPRESS Interviewed

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    Want to know everything there is to know about Patrick Macias and jaPRESS, the company he co-owns with Izumi Evers? Well then head on over to About.com’s manga corner for this giant interview.

  • 20th Century Boys Live-Action Trilogy

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    Anime News Network has plenty of details on an upcoming live-action adaption of Naoki Urasawa’s terrific 20TH CENTURY BOYS manga. I love this series — I really don’t know if I prefer MONSTER or not — and so I’m personally really excited to see how it’ll come off. It’s planned as a trilogy, with the…

  • Cloverfield Manga

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    CLOVERFIELD, J.J. Abrams’ (as a producer) upcoming monster film, gets a manga prequel by Yoshiki Togawa that leads into the opening of the movie, and that you can read online here (Japanese-only). Via io9.

  • Himitsu to TV in 2008

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    I’d never heard of Reiko Shimizu’s philosophical sci-fi manga series HIMITSU – TOP SECRET (or any of her other works, like MOON CHILD and KAGUYA HIME), but the news that it’s being turned into an anime series for the spring 2007 season sounds good to me, especially after having read this description: The story takes…

  • Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

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    Fumiyo Kouno’s TOWN OF EVENING CALM, COUNTRY OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS has been selected by NEW YORK MAGAZINE as one of the best comics of the year. The manga is produced by jaPRESS, Patrick Macias‘ production company. He also co-edited the book. Update: Even more acclaim for the book.

  • PingMag: Manga Translator

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    PingMag interviews Simona Pini, an Italian who has been translating manga in Italian and English for 15 years, including some very popular series like BLEACH and NANA.