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Category Archives: comics

End of a Golden Year, Start of a Golden Era

Ciscorn Oji manga
December 21, 2012 Osamu Tezuka anime manga Disney Toei Okami Shonen Ken Moto Abiko Fujiko Fujio Ciscorn Oji Wanwan Chushingura Wolf Boy Ken Native American 2 Comments

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

Sazae-San: Just Another Day

Sazae-san: from dangerous radical feminist TV to family viewing
November 12, 2012 anime Arts cel animation Machiko Hasegawa manga Sazae-san Showa era TV animation yonkoma 4 Comments

Everyday heroes: Tetsuya Chiba and the Destination Tohoku Campaign

Download the PDF to enjoy Chiba's art and yummy pics of Tohoku!
September 21, 2012 Akita International University Anpanman Dr. Darren-Jon Ashmore Great East Japan Earthquake Great Hanshin Earthquake Japan Japan Cartoonists' Association Kazuhiko Kato Kobe Lupin III manga Monkey Punch Takashi Yanase Tetsuya Chiba Tomorrow's Joe tourism 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

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

Tatsumi: An Old New Hope

February 19, 2012 animation Drifting Life Eric Khoo gekiga Japan manga Osamu Tezuka Tatsumi Yoshihiro Tatsumi 5 Comments

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

Anime By Mail

Dragonball © Akira Toryama
December 2, 2011 Astro Boy Dragonball Gamera Godzilla Gojira Hello Kitty Hyotanjima Japan Post Japanese movies K-ON! Norakuro Peter Rabbit philately Snoopy stamp collecting Transformers 1 Comment

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