By Tsunehiro Date Nanoka Satsuki is literally Himouto Umaru-chan. In public she presents herself as a beautiful, graceful idol while at home she’s a slovenly…
By Takuma Yokota The elementary school club setting in Shudan! continues to provide interesting deviations from sports manga norms. Mixed-gender sports teams are atypical in itself, yet…
Previous misfires may have been uninspired or poorly constructed, but none have had as awful a message and harmful an ideology underlying it’s narrative.
Pokémon Adventures is perhaps the most famous and by far the best Pokémon manga ever made. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, LumRanmaYasha is once again…
By Yasuo Ohtagaki Gundam’s central theme is that war is bad for everyone. With few exceptions, that message is restated in almost every incarnation of…
By Gosho Aoyama As of this volume Gosho Aoyama’s Case Closed has over sixty volumes out in English, which is impressive considering its niche audience. It’s…
Who’s the greatest teacher in manga? Korosensei? Zetsubou Sensei? The Ultimate Otaku Teacher? Ha! Posers, all of them! They pale in comparison to the original…
By Ryoko Fukuyama It’s tricky to communicate sound in a soundless medium, but that hasn’t stopped many artists from creating comics about bands and singers. To…
By Hidenori Kusaka & Satoshi Yamamoto Pokemon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 is the latest arc from the popular manga series available stateside. Taking…
