Sometimes I read a manga which I’d love to share a thing or two about, but just not enough to fill an entire article. My solution is this: Manga Musings — a consolidation of some of my recent reads into a more casually reflective write-up. Recently I’ve completed Haro Aso’s 18-volume survival thriller Alice inContinueContinue reading “Manga Musings: Alice in Borderland with Malice Aforethought”
Category Archives: Manga
Thunder 3: Aliens, the Multiverse and Hiroya Oku
Thunder 3 burst onto the scene in May 2022 as an exciting mash-up of style, where cartoonish characters find themselves transported into a highly detailed parallel world. The manga has gone from strength to strength, selling upwards of half a million copies, though little remains known about its author Yuki Ikeda, which some commentators suspectContinueContinue reading “Thunder 3: Aliens, the Multiverse and Hiroya Oku”
Manga Hidden Gems: Holiday Yasumi
Advances in digital technology have made manga more assessible than ever, with online platforms able to accommodate a tremendous catalogue of work, which is now largely available to a global audience. With the industry booming, looking for something new to read or a fresh author to discover can be overwhelming in its variety, but theContinueContinue reading “Manga Hidden Gems: Holiday Yasumi”
5 Manga With Unique Art Styles
Pioneered by artists such as Osamu Tezuka and Machiko Hasegawa, modern manga has a history dating back almost eighty years. A recognisable style has formed over the decades, with notable techniques both across and within each demographic, but the medium is never short on creativity, with artists continually experimenting and innovating with distinctive methodology. WithContinueContinue reading “5 Manga With Unique Art Styles”
Manga Review: Sheeply Horned Witch Romi
Sheeply Horned Witch Romi (known in rōmaji as Youkaku no Majoromi) is the newest series by mangaka Abe Youichi, who is known in Japan for his unique art style, characterised by thick, bold lines, and for his fascinating storytelling, where he interweaves supernatural and realistic concepts to create highly eccentric settings and scenarios. It’s theContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Sheeply Horned Witch Romi”
Manga Review: Inuyashiki (Oku Hiroya)
Inuyashiki solidifies my belief that Oku Hiroya is the Roland Emmerich of the manga world. The series is bombastic and action-packed, with many compelling ideas, but like an Emmerich movie, the exciting premise is bogged down by surface-level details, with a plot and characters that could be much more persuasive and captivating than they everContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Inuyashiki (Oku Hiroya)”
Manga Review: Chainsaw Man (Tatsuki Fujimoto)
Chainsaw Man is one of the most beloved new series to have featured in Shueisha’s famous Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, sharing the prestigious 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2021. Written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, with a profusion of influences from Western horror media to the Kizumonogatari anime and Nihei Tsutomu’s esoteric Abara, it isContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Chainsaw Man (Tatsuki Fujimoto)”
Manga Talk: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Part 1 – 3
If you know anything about anime or manga, then you’ve probably heard of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. If not, then perhaps you’ve seen the memes. Either way, it’s a series that carries with it a certain renown. Beginning with Part 1, which began publication in 1987, the manga is now on Part 8, with an animeContinueContinue reading “Manga Talk: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Part 1 – 3”
Manga Review: Monster (Naoki Urasawa)
The story goes that Naoki Urasawa toyed with penning a manga set in the medical field early in his career, but met resistance from his editor. Now, almost two decades since Monster concluded, it’s clear to see it was not only – against his editor’s predictions – a landmark work for Urasawa in terms ofContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Monster (Naoki Urasawa)”
Manga Talk: Bio-Booster Armor Guyver
Guyver is a classic — the manga began early in 1985 and is still published to this day. Written and illustrated by Yoshiki Takaya, it follows a high school student named Fukamachi Sho, who stumbles upon a strange device that envelopes him, and subsequently allows him to transform into the Guyver, which is a sortContinueContinue reading “Manga Talk: Bio-Booster Armor Guyver”
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