Sometimes a story is all about what isn’t said. Creating a dialogue-free manga is a unique challenge, and that’s exactly what Ken Wakai has done with the Joshi Kausei series. Now that very series is coming to TV in the form of an anime adaptation, …Read more »
Most voracious manga readers have their own must-adapt list of series that haven’t been treated to an anime yet. Japanese website goo ranking decided to poll its readers to see which manga made the cut on the Top 10 Manga They’d Like to See Animated …Read more »
Here in Japan, the era of buying adult magazines in convenience stores seems to be coming to an end. 7-Eleven, one of the largest convenience stores chains in the country, began pulling adult-oriented magazines from its racks January 21. By August, the new policy is …Read more »
Another year, another Manga Taisho. This award, one of the most prestigious out there, is for up-and-coming manga titles with eight or fewer collected volumes. Each year, folks employed at bookstores around Japan get together (in spirit, at least) to select the nominees. This year, …Read more »
There’s a bit of Japanese slang called “kimokawa,” which combines gross (“kimoi”) with cute (“kawaii”), and we think it definitely applies to this new Yu Yu Hakusho plush toy. Created in the shape of Hiei when he was a kimokawa baby, the plushy is available …Read more »
Rumiko Takahashi, the manga creator behind works like Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, Inu Yasha and many more, is up for the Angoulême Grand Prix, a prestigious French comics award. The award is presented yearly at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in Angoulême, France, which takes …Read more »
Setta Kobayashi, the artist and writer for Black Clover spinoff Asta-kun Mahotei e no Michi, took to Twitter this week to reflect on the feedback (or lack thereof) received by manga artists. In the posts, Kobayashi noted that unlike many other creatives, like musicians, manga-ka …Read more »
If I were to tell you that the ending of the One Piece manga is on the not-so-distant horizon, would you actually believe me? Series creator Eiichiro Oda has mentioned progress many times in the past, and he did so again in a recent appearance …Read more »
If you’ve been reading OUSA long enough, you know we’re pretty skeptical about the quality of live-action adaptations. There are some manga and anime, though, that lend themselves better to these kinds of films than others—and the zombie genre has produced some good results in …Read more »
Angelinos have all the luck. Seriously, with all the great Japan-related content it gets, Los Angeles may the best place in the world to live if you’re a Japanophile (er, except Japan, that is). The latest get for LA is This is MANGA – The …Read more »
Tokyo is known for its variety of theme hotels, from hostels that reuse the pieces of an old sleeper train to ultra-kawaii Airbnbs run by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s talent agency to rooms occupied by the Big G. The latest addition to the scene is the …Read more »
Last May, Golosseum manga author Yasushi Baba launched a new manga called The Ride-On King, which centers on Aleksandr Pruchinov, who rules as the president for life of the violent country of Prugia. Aleksandr—who looks an awful lot like he’s modeled directly off Vladimir Putin’s …Read more »
Tokyo Ghoul creator Sui Ishida is teasing something from an upcoming project, and what it will ultimately be is anyone’s guess. For now we have a new character design to go on, which Ishida revealed in the form of a New Year’s greeting. The character …Read more »
To say that Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia manga is successful is an understatement, and the series’ accomplishments have been outlined further in NPD BookScan’s latest Top 20 adult graphic novels list. The December rankings have My Hero Academia at #1… as well as 3, …Read more »
When you’re responsible for a manga called Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san, AKA Teasing Master Takagi-san, your audience comes to expect some teasing of your own. That’s exactly what manga author Soichiro Yamamoto delivered in a recent tweet, which points readers toward an upcoming issue of …Read more »
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