The judges have revealed 19 people who are being added to the Will Eisner Comics Awards Hall of Fame in 2024. One of them is Keiji Nakazawa, whose manga Barefoot Gen was inspired by his own life story of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. …Read more »
The manga series Barefoot Gen, based on the life of creator Keiji Nakazawa, is about what a boy and his family experience from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It’s been used as an educational manga and as a warning for the dangers of nuclear bombs. …Read more »
Keiji Nakazawa survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and this experienced forever colored his work. He’s most famous for the manga series Barefoot Gen, a fictionalized story borrowing from what happened to him. And now Last Gasp Publishing has revealed on Twitter that it’s licensed …Read more »
Discotek Media had a small handful of licenses to announce this week, starting with another Yowamushi Pedal anime film. Yowamushi Pedal the Movie will arrive in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack this December. Synopsis: After the Inter High finishes, Sakamichi and the other Sohoku team members …Read more »
Manga: it ain’t just about the laughs. One of the most appealing parts of the medium, as our readers well know, is the wide range of genres it spans, and with it, the wide range of emotions it can evoke. That includes among other things …Read more »
According to producer Northrop Davis, in response to a question by Patrick Macias at the grand opening of New People in San Francisco this past weekend, he has pitched a notable batch of manga properties to studios in Hollywood. These titles are some real whammies: …Read more »
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