Synopsis Despite being a model student, Ayaka Sakurai choked on her high school entrance exams and failed to get into her first choice school. Fearing a repeat when the time comes to apply for college, Ayaka accepts a teacher’s bribe…
The Last Door offers salvation to those with nowhere else to go. Those who have reached their lowest point. If you find the Last Door and pass through it, you will find yourself in a little shop run by none…
The original Sonic the Hedgehog game was released in June of 1991. Since then, Sega has not only continuously released games focused on the Blue Blur, but has also collaborated with comic book publishers and animation studios to bring Sonic…
You probably don’t need me to tell you that Sonic the Hedgehog has a long, long history of appearing in media outside of video games. If you have been or have had a child at any point since 1993, you…
Over the last several years, there have been many remakes, remasters, reimaginings and re-releases of classic video games. There’s a lot to look at under that topic, so today we’re going to narrow things down a bit with a look…
Short version: Akane-banashi (roughly “Akane’s Story”) is a serialized manga series that creatively blends sports manga tropes into a story about rakugo, a Japanese storytelling art that emphasizes the performer’s conversation skills. Excellent art from illustrator Takamasa Moue conveys the…
Komi Can’t Communicate is a manga by Tomohito Oda, which has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 2016. This year, the manga has been collected in over 30 volumes, with millions of copies in circulation across the world. So,…
One of the awesome things about manga is that it offers a wide array of genres. Comedy or drama, juvenile or adult, fiction or nonfiction, manga can tell stories of any genre and garner fame and attention no matter what…
As a highly expressive art form, animation readily reveals the signature of its animator. From Hayao Miyazaki’s depictions of lovingly home-cooked meals in response to wartime and post-war scarcity in Japan to Ralph Bakshi’s heavy use of photographic references for…
Japan has an extensive history of queer art. This is true for the traditional arts wherein, for one example, the famous 17th-century kabuki actor Ayame famously advocated for men who played female roles to live every facet of their lives…