June brings a bumper crop of new manga, including new volumes from veteran creators Jiro Taniguchi, Junji Ito, and Kaori Yuki; a new slice-of-life series about girls in a country school; and a bubbly shojo manga with a few surprising twists.
Manga fans love their cute characters, but this summer we’re going to see different sides of them—Hatsune Miku and Link both go dark, while Aho-Girl takes the four-panel cute-girl gag strip to its absurd extreme. If you prefer your manga to stay within its lanes, this month’s offerings also include a new volume of Blue […]
Whatever you say about the balance of 2016, it was a good year for manga. Publishers expanded their lines in all different directions, bringing us new titles from popular creators as well as interesting debuts from newcomers. The category has grown richer than ever before, with more manga for more tastes. Here’s a look at […]
The new year brings some new series—a Sherlock Holmes manga based on the BBC show and a new series from the creator of Future Diary—as well as new editions of two classic manga, Ghost in the Shell and Blade of the Immortal, and some fresh volumes in ongoing series.
Manga fans at New York Comic Con were abuzz with news about a new manga and anime con coming to New York next year, but NYCC held its own last week, with guest appearances by Assassination Classroom creator Yusei Matsui, Spice & Wolf writer Isuna Hasekura, and Dragon Ball Super artist Toyotarou. The publishers also […]