Top Shelf to Publish AX Anthology

The SAME HAT! SAME HAT! blog has announced plans from Top Shelf Productions to publish an English translation of selected material from Seirinkogeisha’s AX underground manga magazine. The ten year old publication serializes esoteric, experimental, and avant garde manga stories from artists including Suehiro Maruo, Shinichi Abe, and Usamaru Furuya.

The 400 page English language AX Alternative Manga anthology will be co-edited by Scottish author living in Japan Sean Michael Wilson and AX editor & co-founder Mitsuhiro Asakawa. A release date for the domestic book has not been determined yet.