Creator Shoujo Kawamori’s original fantasy/sci-fi/giant robot anime series Genesis of Aquarion premiered in 2005, slowly developing into a cult hit. Seven years later the sequel series, Aquarion Evol,
The concluding three books of Takashi Ikeda’s high school lesbian romance drama Whispered Words come together in One Peace Books’ hefty 480-page third omnibus volume. Just as the
One Peace Books’ second omnibus collection of creator Takashi Ikeda’s Whispered Words contains the middle three books of the nine-volume story. In these chapters the two high-school girl
Approaching Takashi Ikeda’s lesbian-tinged romantic comedy manga Whispered Words (Sasameki Koto) is a bit of a challenge because objective review of the series is difficult to separate from
Among the numerous amateur-created Japanese manga published within the 16 original issues of GEN Manga, Azumi Isora’s “Stones of Power” was debatably the most polished and professional. In
Masao Yajima & Boichi’s cataclysmic manga tale of clashing religious beliefs upon the advent of a teen girl’s manifestation of godlike powers comes to a compelling and satisfying,
The penultimate volume of Masao Yajima & Boichi’s epic anarchic fantasy Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation revolves around violent conflict on both interpersonal and global scales. The
The first two volumes of author Masao Yajima & illustrator Boichi’s five-volume manga series Raqiya are brooding, enigmatic suspense with interludes of horror and intense violence, all steeped
One of the highlights of the first ten issues of Gen Manga, published from June 2011 through April 2012, was author Mihara Gunya’s epic fantasy manga Kamen (“Mask”).
Since its inception in 2011, GEN Manga has concentrated on licensing & translating a purposefully diverse array of manga genres and styles from amateur, grassroots Japanese artists. GEN
Occasionally interesting comic stories emerge from creators who aren’t fantastic visual artists but diligently self-produce their comic stories nonetheless. Often times the results of such efforts remain little
Unlike many gekiga manga that focus on topics and themes of autobiography, politics, history, or outre absurdism, author Taguchi Hajime’s independent manga Alive focuses on the melancholy existentialism
Over the course of the few days since the theatrical premiere of Gareth Edwards’ film Godzilla, a lot of the criticism and response to the movie has been
Gen Manga has recently released two exclusive English translated manga short stories, the third chapter of professional mangaka Nagumo’s lighthearted drama “Let’s Eat Ramen,” and “Flavor: Urameshiya” doujinshi
Among the many benefits that come with reading foreign comics is the satisfying advantage of experiencing a different culture’s completely different superstitions and mythologies. Japanese amateur manga artist
