December brings shorter days, endless Christmas songs, and a strong urge to compile best-of-the-year lists. This was a good year for manga, with strong showings by blockbuster ongoing series and the launch of some intriguing new ones. Here’s a look at some of the manga we thought were the cream of the 2018 crop. Best […]
Summer is winding down, but it’s still miserable out here on the East Coast—nasty, sticky, humid heat that makes stepping outdoors feel like wading through a bowl of warm miso soup. It’s too hot to move, too hot to think, too hot to do anything except seek out someplace air conditioned and stay there as […]
Manga often features youthful protagonists in perilous situations, but we don’t always think about just how young the characters bearing all this suffering for our entertainment are. From emotional and physical abuse to the imminent threat of being devoured by something out of a nightmare, here are seven manga that pull no punches with their […]
U.S. manga publishers took on challenging and unusual series in 2017, even as they also played it safe with sequels to some of the top series of previous years. As 2017 heads into the history books, here’s a look at some of our favorite new series and one-shots of the year.
Summer’s here, and the time is right for hiding out and reading manga. Here’s a roundup of the most promising titles coming out this month, including the manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s film your name., a cool historical action story, and a how-to book by the master of the trade, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko […]
