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Category Archives: books

First Translated Manga?

The dated title page proves it: manga, published in France, in French, in 1970.
December 1, 2012 Budo Europe Magazine comics France Frederik L. Schodt Japan manga Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics Mike Friedrich Richard J. Arndt Star*Reach 5 Comments

Ishinomori Mangattan Museum re-opens after 2011 tsunami

Spiffy new merchandise for sale ©Ishimori Pro
November 16, 2012 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami anime Cyborg 009 Honshu Inc. Japan Kamen Rider manga Masked Rider Mighty Morphin' Power rangers Osamu Tezuka Sea Jetter Shotaro Ishinomori Leave a Comment

Rose of Versailles anime in English at last

September 13, 2012 anime Barbara DMP Frederik L. Schodt Kickstarter manga Osamu Tezuka Riyoko Ikeda Rose of Versailles The Right Stuf International Triton of the Sea Unico Vertical 3 Comments

Anime Gets Everywhere: Hayao Miyazaki and Modern Romantic Fiction

UK edition
September 11, 2012 anime Hayao Miyazaki Jojo Moyes Me Before You New Zealand novel romantic fiction Spirited Away Studio Ghibli Trash City Utopia Leave a Comment

Teaching Japan to Paint the Western Way: Charles Wirgman and the yoga movement

Yoshimatsu, Jiro Okabe, 1898
August 24, 2012 1867 Paris World Exposition Anna Schoyer Charles Wirgman Goseda Yoshimatsu Japan Japanese art Kano Tomonobu Kawabata Gyokusho Kobayashi Kiyochika nihonga Shimo'oka Renzo Takahashi Yuichi Theodore Blake Wirgman Yamamoto Hosui 1 Comment

Editing Japan for Foreign Consumption: Charles Wirgman

Sketchbook cover
August 17, 2012 Asia Charles Wirgman Felice Beato history Japan Japan Punch Japonisme photography 1 Comment

Five Reasons Why I Love Legend of Galactic Heroes

Takarazuka LGH
August 7, 2012 anime George Lucas Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel Legend of Galactic Heroes Les Heros de la Galaxie manga Noboru Ishiguro OAV pulp fiction science fiction SF space opera Yoshiki Tanaka Leave a Comment

Tezuka’s Barbara In English – Help To Make It Happen

Barbara: volume 1 of the Delcourt edition
January 14, 2012 Barbara Delcourt Digital Manga Japan Kickstarter London Muses Osamu Tezuka Tezuka 2 Comments

Tezuka Day

Logo from the #TezukaDay Facebook page
December 17, 2011 Astro Boy Expo 70 Ippei Okamoto Isao Tomita Japan Kenji Yanobe Osamu Tezuka Royal College of Surgeons of England Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Suntory Whisky Museum Taro Okamoto Tezuka Day Tezuka Production World War II 2 Comments

Manga in Translation: Missing Masterpieces

Cover for Frederik L Schodt's translation © Riyoko Ikeda, Sanyusha
November 19, 2011 Akimi Yoshida Banana Fish Frederik L. Schodt Kickstarter Makoto Kobayashi manga Osamu Tezuka out of print manga Riyoko Ikeda Rose of Versailles translated manga What's Michael? 14 Comments

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