Ultraman is a manga written by Eiichi Shimizu and drawn by Tomohiro Shimoguchi. Published in Monthly Hero’s since the magazine’s inaugural issue in October 2011, it is a manga sequel of the very popular 1966 Ultraman television series. Ultraman has had remarkable longevity, for a concept which started off in what we would now regard … Read more
Everyone’s Getting Married / 突然ですが、明日結婚します Shogakukan/ Petit Magazine (Japanese), Viz Media (English) 2014-2018 Writer: Izumi Miyazono Reaching its zenith in its seventh volume, Japanese romance / josei manga “Everyone’s Getting Married” will conclude on 8 May 2018. Written by Izumi Miyazono, the promotional copy for this manga is the best summary of the plot: Asuka … Read more
Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai Takeshobo, 1991-2018 Writer: Nobuyuki Fukumoto Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai (Japanese: アカギ 〜闇に降り立った天才〜, in English, “Akagi: The Genius Who Descended into Darkness”) ended in February 2018 after a twenty-seven year print run. Set in the shady world of gambling in mahjong parlours, Akagi told the story of a very young … Read more
Fire Punch Chapter 82 Shonen Jump (Japanese), Viz Media (English), 2017 Writer: Tatsuki Fujimoto This dystopian tale has been released this month in English by Viz Media. Viz Media’s promotional copy for the manga, which appears on its website, is brief in the extreme and does no credit to the quality of the conclusion of … Read more