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Category: Manga

  • An Interview with Jiro Taniguchi

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    If you can read French, there’s a lengthy interview with mangaka Jiro Taniguchi here. I’m not sure if his work is available in English, but I’ve read some of it in French (the powerful LE JOURNAL DE MON PERE, pictured above), and it’s made me a fan. Link via The Comics Reporter.

  • Ruling Against Obscene Manga

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    From Manga News Service: In a landmark ruling in the Japanese court system, the first judgment stemming from obscenity charges has come down against a manga. The key figure in the case is Motonori Kishi (54) who first started his publishing company Shobunkan in 1968. He was arrested pending the release of his manga Honey…

  • Manga News Service

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    The Manga News Service has just launched. Looks like it’ll be a nice news source for all things manga. I like that they’re keeping it very simple on their site (text-only), but where’s the RSS feed? Link via Warren Ellis.

  • Naoki Urasawa Interview

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    I make no secret of being a huge fan of mangaka Naoki Urasawa — the currently airing animated MONSTER is my favorite series on TV, and his 20TH CENTURY BOYS is my favorite manga (I can’t believe they haven’t animated that one yet). The site Comic Book Galaxy has posted a long article on him,…

  • Poguri: The Hole Digging Octopus

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    For all you Poguri fans out there (I know you are a legion), here’s the latest strip from TOKYO WALKER. The text in the first box basically says something like: “At the end of the year, the hole-digging (or opening) octopus goes to various places to dig holes.” Remember to read from right to left.…

  • Poguri

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    I love POGURI, a one-page strip by Nakagawa Isami that appears in every issue of TOKYO WALKER. Remember to read from right to left.

  • Kiiiiiii Rock Komaba!

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    This afternoon, after catching a Resfest program in Harajuku, I was off to the Tokyo University Komaba campus to watch a performance by Kiiiiiii — who I’ve been meaning to see for what seems like ages now. Oh man, what a show! I’ve rarely seen that much energy on a stage. The whole Kiiiiiii thing…

  • Psionic Distortion

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    The JAPAN TIMES takes a look at the “Psionic Distortion” exhibition that’s taking place at SuperDeluxe. It covers underground manga, with works from artists that were associated with the old GARO magazine (the image above is by Kago Shintaro). When Missouri-born artist and curator Tim Evans first flipped through the dog-eared pages of an old…