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 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)”