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
SuperTokyoLand Top Shelf Productions, 2015 (English translation) Writer: Benjamin Reiss When bathing in that deepest of self-absorbed writing indulgence, the autobiography, there is a natural tendency for the unsophisticated towards apology, justification, or penitence. SuperTokyoLand is an autobiographical adventure of a French cartoonist’s extended stay in Japan, but has none of these things. As an … Read more