Yearly Archives: 2015

The Best and Worst Manga of 2015

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Katherine Dacey

After a two-year hiatus from blogging, I donned my critic’s cap again in 2015. I’ve enjoyed writing my quasi-weekly column, but composing a year-end list reminded me why I stepped off the reviewing treadmill in 2012: mediocre books! This year … Continue reading →

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Best of 2015—and This Week

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

I rounded up ten of my favorite ongoing series of 2015, including Vinland Saga and Black Butler. [Barnes and Noble Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog] Ash Brown looks at some notable manga of 2015. [Experiments in Manga] The Manga Bookshelf team discusses this … Continue reading →

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SJ to Publish Boruto One-Shot and Series

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

Shonen Jump will publish a Boruto one-shot, by Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, and an ongoing Boruto series by Mikio Ikemoto and Ukyō Kodachi, this spring, simultaneously with the Japanese releases. [Anime News Network] This was an unusually good year for … Continue reading →

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The Manga Revue: Junji Ito’s Cat Diary

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Katherine Dacey

2015 has been a banner year for Junji Ito. In April, VIZ re-issued Gyo, Ito’s ick-tastic classic. Two months later, VIZ introduced readers to Fragments of Horror, the first new Ito title to arrive in the US in a decade. … Continue reading →

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Fruits Basket Is Back!

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

Big news from Yen Press: Fruits Basket is coming back! One of the top selling shoujo manga of all time, Fruits Basket helped create the shoujo manga fanbase in North America, plus it’s a really great series, but it has … Continue reading →

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RIP Shigeru Mizuki

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

We have lost a true manga master: Shigeru Mizuki, author of GeGeGe no Kitaro, NonNonBa, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, and the massive, four-volume Showa, has died at the age of 93. Born in Osaka in 1922, Mizuki was drafted … Continue reading →

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