Along with Go Nagai, Tetsuya Saruwatari, and Tohru Fujisawa, there is another manga-ka that I regard as one of my favorites. That man is Tatsuya Egawa. Egawa is responsible for Golden Boy, the story of Kintaro Oe, a 25-year-old Tokyo University dropout who travels across Japan performing different part-time jobs like working in a software company to running a ramen stand. He does this in an effort to learn as much as he can about the world and society. Unfortunately, I’m not going to be talking about Golden Boy. Instead I’m talking about one of Egawa’s other works, Deadman. 

Deadman opens up simple enough. It’s the beginning of the new school year at Reiho Academy and the entire freshmen class is just as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as they can be. Well, all but one–Ryuichi Kurosawa, a tall, dark young man with a mysterious nature around him. It’s revealed right away that Kurosawa has returned to Japan after spending most of his life in London. It takes no time for him to become the center of attention, as everyone crowds around him asking him all sorts of different questions. Read the rest of this entry →

If you’re as much of a filthy otaku as me, then I’m sure you’ve heard of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. Sadamoto was one of the founding members of Gainax, the studio behind Evangelion, Nadia and, Gurren Lagann. On top of working as a character designer and animator, Sadamoto is also an accomplished manga-ka, with such titles as Route 20 and you guessed it–the Evangelion manga. Sadamoto has also worked on  two one-shot compilations with writer, Takaha Mako. Those two one shots are System of Romance and Dirty Work. Since I couldn’t decide on which one to talk about, since they are both equally mesmerizing, I decided to do both of them at once. Read the rest of this entry →

After I made it through 10^th grade American history, I was thoroughly surprised that I didn’t hate white people. The reason for this is due to the large emphasis my teacher placed on areas such as slavery, The Civil Rights Movement, and numerous white power organizations. I use this trip down memory lane as a strange lead in to Shizuya Wazarai’s Blaster Knuckle, the only blaxsploitation manga that I have ever read.

Blaster Knuckle tells the story of the KKK in the year 1888 with one small difference–the KKK is led by DEMONS! The main hero of is Victor Freeman, a baaaaaaaaaaaaad mutha’ who no one understands but his wom…well, actually, no one understands him. A stoic and ruthless man, Victor’s goal is to kill as many KKK demons as he can to avenge the death of his father, whom was lynched and ate. As in many demon-slaying manga, young Victor Freeman is picked up by badass demon hunters who raise him to become not only a kickass heavyweight boxers, but the baddest demon killer this side of the Mississippi. Read the rest of this entry →

I first realized what the term “futanari” meant when I was 11, and sadly, my life has never been the same. For those who don’t know, futanari can mean both the depiction of chicks with dicks in anime and manga, as well as the female individuals in question. As with many sexual taboos such as pedophilia and incest, H-mangakas have little to no qualms about exploring futanari in their works. Now, I want to get it right out there and say that Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa is not a hentai manga, although the mangaka, Toshiki Yui, is responsible for a few H-titles. The main difference being that in this series they don’t show the dick.

Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa, or My Two Wings, starts with Hiromi Ishimaru, your average Japanese high school girl. She enjoys karaoke, ramune, and other stuff—but she’s not important. The one we’re really interested in is Makoto Kashiwagi, Hiromi’s cousin who’s taller, prettier, with a sweet rack and a penis! Wait…? That’s right; our girl Makoto has both sets of reproductive organs. Not only that, but she’s moving in with Hiromi and her mother. Read the rest of this entry →

It’s hard to deny that there’s been a bit of a Twitter boom. Bloggers, celebrities, parents, kids–even fictional characters have and maintain Twitter accounts. It’s such a simple concept: in 140 characters or less you can tell your followers what you’re doing at any given moment. These status updates are called “Tweets,” and they allow your followers to peek through the keyhole of the door to your life. It’s usually meaningless blurbs like, “work is boring” and “some jerk cut me off,” but imagine what would happen if you could read your Tweets before you made them. This is essentially the plot of Sakae Esuno’s manga, Future Diary.

Yukiteru Amano is a social outcast. He spends all of his time updating his cellphone diary. The only friend he has exists in his head. It’s important that you pay very close attention to this next part. His imaginary friend’s name is Deus Ex Machina and he’s the King of Time and Space! When Deus is introduced, Yuki asks him what he’s up to. He responds, “I’m adjusting the law of cause and effect right now.” By the way, this is only the first ten pages. It gets much, much better dumber better. Read the rest of this entry →

Subscribe | Email | Twitter | Forum