Manga
Some days ago I realized that I usually pass by the front of a bar called “Shinchan”, just like the main character of the manga Crayon Shin-chan! I don’t think the name of the bar comes from the manga, as Shinchan is a common nickname for people named Shinnosuke; however it caught my attention. Maybe [...]
In the middle of this photo you can see the magazine Morning Manga with Vagabond on the front cover. Vagabond is a “serious” manga based on the life of Musashi Miyamoto. The funny thing is that it is surrounded by other manga magazines with sexy Japanese idols on the front cover. It is not unusual [...]
Some years ago, I had the chance to read the manga A Distant Neighborhood (遥かな町へ); one of the most famous works of Jiro Taniguchi. It is regarded by readers and critics as an excellent manga aimed for adults. It didn’t disappointed me one bit. It is a manga with very meticulous drawings and a wonderful [...]
The construction of the “Tokyo International Manga Library” has just started in downtown Tokyo. This project of the Meiji University will be completed by 2014, becoming the biggest library in the world exclusively dedicated to host comics (manga). The 5-floor building will host more than two million mangas, anime, games and all kinds of articles [...]
I am happy to find out that two of my favorite mangakas Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura, have been working again together to create Jiya (ジヤ), their new joint work. Jiya will start to be published in the magazine Young Jump from December 10th and when it’s over it will be compiled in two tankobon. [...]
In Japan you can rent manga in some places, for example in some Tsutaya shops. It is interesting the Tsutaya strategy, they showcase manga in shelves looking like DVDs. Look at the pictures, it looks like it is all full of rental DVDs but it is not, it is manga!
One volume, three days (70 yen). [...]
Naoki Urasawa, the author of Pluto and Monster latest manga hit is 20th Century Boys. I liked a lot 20th Century Boys, it is very similar to Monster in structure but even longer. 20th Century Boys is so popular in Japan that they are making a trilogy of movies. The advertising campaign for the [...]
“Roots” it’s a canned coffee brand that has just started an interesting campaign based on Jump manga characters. What it is interesting is that there are many different ads, there are hundreds of combinations where maybe there is the same character but he-she is saying a different thing. If you are patient enough you can [...]
If you like manga then Japan is your paradise, manga is cheap here and there are millions of them. If you buy new manga it costs around 400 and 600 Yen, but if you buy used manga volumes then you only have to pay around 100 Yen (1.1$). Even though manga is still popular, the [...]
“Hadashi no gen”, is a manga from Keiji Nakazawa where he explains how he survived when the Hiroshima atomic bomb exploded near his home. Keiji was six years old when the atomic bomb impacted in Hiroshima killing his father, her mother and her sister, but he miraculously survived. Can you imagine being a kid, see [...]
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