Can you have too much of a good thing? Not where manga is concerned: this month’s batch of new releases includes spinoffs, side stories, and new volumes of ongoing series that continue to bring surprises even many volumes in—and, of course, a few new Vol. 1s. Here’s a quick look at some of the new […]
As the year winds down and the holidays approach, November brings a fresh crop of new series, new volumes of ongoing series, and new light novels, covering love, war, adventures, and elves making pizza. Read on for some of our picks from this month’s new releases. What new manga is on your list for November?
Is it shallow to read a manga just for its looks? Manga is a medium with as many art styles as there are artists, and no lack of gorgeous, interesting art in every genre. But even among all this eye candy, every once in awhile you see something that makes you stop and take a […]
As global warming and 4Chan have shown us, technology often comes with profound and unwelcome consequences for society. Cyberpunk manga, like their prose and film counterparts, take us into a future where the lines between human and robot, corporation and government, and the common good and social control are blurred or altogether absent. The heroes […]
Back when manga was still a novelty, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, publishers brought over a lot of different series but tended to treat them all the same. By the turn of the century, the now-familiar “manga-sized” paperback, with a black-and-white interior, had become standard, and almost everything, from the cheesiest shonen battle […]
