February is nasty, brutish, and short—in other words, a good month to stay indoors and read manga. This month’s new releases will make the gray days fly by, from the return of Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura, to a spinoff of Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, and a new manga about girls and magical bears. Read on for our […]
The last few years have seen a growing interest in LGBTQ manga in the West, with titles like My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Brother’s Husband connecting with readers and collecting major awards recognition. Yet there’s a particular category of manga with queer-identified characters that is also quietly increasing in prominence: boys love (BL) manga. What […]
Summer is almost here, and this month’s new manga releases offer plenty of escapist reading, from the antics of single girls in the city in Tokyo Tarareba Girls to two very different devil-defying heroines, Satan’s Secretary and Princess Syalis—and the badass Ren, the pink-tinged, gun-toting heroine of the latest Sword Art Online light novel. For those […]
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 […]
