One thing manga is known for doing particularly well is horror, from creepy creatures to ghost stories to psychological horror that will make the kid next door seem scarier than any werewolf. Here’s a Halloween sampler of horror-themed manga that ranges from the goofy to the ghoulish.
Horror manga sounds like a straightforward concept, but the stories vary widely: in Junji Ito’s Gyo, Uzumaki, and Shiver, bits of everyday life suddenly go haywire in horrific ways; things with teeth haunt the vampire saga Happiness; tension sustains the zombie-survival epic I Am a Hero; and a streak of humor runs through the assistants-to-the-dead series […]
It seems like I woke up one day and all my Facebook friends were playing Neko Atsume, a cat-collecting game so addictive, they were all onto it before it was even available in English. Now that there’s an English-language app, Viz is jumping on the bandwagon with two super-cute Neko Atsume books, which got me […]
It’s the perfect time of year to read something scary, and there are plenty of manga that fill the bill. From freakishly weird terrors to suspenseful monster mayhem, the medium has something to scare just about any reader. Here are five different flavors of Japanese horror manga, just in time for Halloween.
Good news for manga fans, young and old: U.S. publishers have been making the rounds of the spring comics and anime cons unveiling a host of new manga and light novel licenses, many of which have anime tie-ins that are already available in English. Here’s a look at 40 titles we can expect in the […]
