Showing posts with label Manga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manga. Show all posts
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Making Friends for Life (... and beyond...)

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Sunday Funnies!

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Saturday, October 1, 2022

The Chilling Artwork of Katsuya Terada

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Japanese artist Katsuya Terada is known for providing character designs for several animated films and series, such as "Blood: The Last...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

More Cosmic Horror from Junji Ito

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Sensor (Viz Media, 2021) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Nine of Ten Stars Wataru is a self-described "no-name reporter" who beco...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

'Lovesickness' is more greatness from Junji Ito

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Love Sickness (2021, Viz Media) Script and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Eight of Ten Stars "Lovesickness" is the latest hardcover collec...
Friday, February 5, 2021

'Remina' delivers horror, but isn't Ito's best

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Remina (2020, Viz Media) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Seven of Ten Stars A rogue planet emerges from a wormhole and the astromoner who d...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

A fun way to learn astronomy basics

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The Manga Guide to the Universe (No Starch Press, 2011) Authors: Kenji Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Kawabata, and Yutaka Hiiragi Rating: Nine of Ten ...
Friday, May 10, 2019

'Dissolving Classroom' delivers large doses of social commentary with the horror

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Dissolving Classroom (2017, Vertical Comics) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Six of Ten Stars Whereever handsome Yuuma and his hideous ...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Complete 'Tomie' in One Big Book

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Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition (2016, Viz Media) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Nine of Ten Stars High school girl Tomie is found dism...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

That time Junji Ito traded horror for cats!

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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (Kodansha Comics, 2015) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Seven of Ten Stars When Junji's fia...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

'Gyo' is nightmarish but not horrific

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Gyo (Viz Media, 2015) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Seven of Ten Stars While vacationing in Okinawa, young couple Tadashi and Kaori a...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Fine romantic comedy presented in comics

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Maison Ikokku, Vols. 1-14 (original Viz English language edition) Story and Art: Rumiko Takahashi Rating: Nine of Ten Stars "Maison Ikk...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Uzumaki: Making spirals objects of horror

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Uzumaki, Vols 1-3 (English Edition Published by Viz, Inc.) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Ten of Ten Stars Horror comics are virtuall...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

'Line' is an interesting thriller marred
by lazy translation

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Line (American edition published by ADV Manga, 2006) Story and Art: Yua Kotegawa Rating: 6/10 Chiko, a typical high school girl, picks up a ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Picture Perfect Wednesday:
Merry Christmas from Kosuke Fujishima

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This drawing originally appeared as a splash page for Japanese writer/artist's classic police comedy comic book "You're Under...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Collections of Rumiko Takahashi short stories both delights and dissapoints

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Japanese writer/artist Rumiko Takahashi has been referred as the 'Queen of Romantic Comedy.' This is a title that works such as ...