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…
Hey y’all! I’ve got another batch of digital comics for you. Since this list ended up leaning hard on hoopla to the exclusion of Libby and Boundless, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about how hoopla is particularly…
I was very much a reluctant reader in my teens, and to some degree, I still am, at least when it comes to chapter books. While I can certainly enjoy a good prose novel, my main passion has always been…
I’m about to wax poetic about one of my favorite RPG series for 1000+ words, so here’s the short version: this is a fantastic turn-based RPG. Even if that isn’t normally your genre of video game, the combat system is…
DEFINITIONS Mangaka: Japanese term for a cartoonist or comic artist. The term often comes with the implication that the artist is also the writer of the story, in part or in whole. Sensei: Japanese honorific. Used most commonly to refer…
Anime and manga have become massively influential works over the decades. The Wachowskis, Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson, Darren Aronofsky; all directors influenced by anime such as Ghost in the Shell, Akira or the works of Satoshi Kon, just to name…
Anime and manga are far more mainstream in the United States than they used to be, and Akira Toriyama’s work is a huge factor in that. The Dragon Ball franchise is so well known that a showcase of Toriyama-sensei may…