May’s new series are all out of this world, with lots of fantasy, supernatural, and game-related titles. We have a retro classic—Shotaro Ishinomori’s Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past—plus stories about players trapped inside a game, vampires, supernatural mysteries, the Straw Hat Pirates, and the start of one very real, very heartfelt high […]
New year, new manga. This year looks like it’s going to be a great one for the medium, with some tantalizing new series, extensions of older ones, and a beautiful deluxe edition of a classic. Whether you’re interested in the traditional art of rakugo or cooking dragons for your dinner, there’s something for everyone this […]
No doubt about it, this was a great year for manga, with the return of some classic older series and the debut of some fascinating new ones. While I was thinking about the best new series of 2015, I was looking for stories that push the boundaries of the standard genres—or step outside them altogether. […]