I would say more than manga history, in Japan's history. When I moved to Japan and discovered Mizuki Shigeru, it was one of those mind exploding moments when I realized there was a single person so incredibly important to the art, history, and culture of the nation... that I had never heard of.

Spirits, paths, and quiet moments of wonder await those willing to wander off the main road. Witness the beauty of Path From Tanuki Temple by Shinkuro Koma #PathFromTanukiTemple buff.ly/hVspgZ6

We are *fully* seated for today’s premiere of the Wash It All Away anime! Who’s watching with us? 🍿

I can’t believe I’m retweeting myself less than a day after I originally posted this: GO READ SHOWA. Facist states will grow as powerful as people let them. They do not care about you, they only care about their own consolidation of power.

no university library should be without them! 😁

Comic and Manga fans in the west tend to revere Tezuka Osamu--and only Tezuka In Japan, they know that the world of manga rests upon two great pillars--Tezuka Osamu and MIzuki Shigeru. They are the foundation. Equal.

An excellent thread on one of the most important works to ever be done in the comic book medium, SHOWA: A HISTORY OF JAPAN. I don't care who you are, you will be a better person for having read this. And a more informed person, which is perhaps the same thing.

To this day there is a road in Papua New Guinea named after Mizuki Shigeru. His friendship with the Tolai people lasted his entire life.

So begins the Shigeru Mizuki Thread! I read through all of Showa before the end of the year but didn’t have time to write up my thoughts… and have been dragging my heels on reading Hitler for obvious reasons lol… 🧵

This week on Manga Tak, I talk to illustrator and designer @getxxlost.bsky.social about the excellent Short Game by Mitsuru Adachi! Published in English by @denpabooks.bsky.social Listen here or wherever pods are cast! mangatakpod.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

Friendship. Rivalry. Growth. #BalletHeroFantasy: Dan's Adventure captures it all. Pre-order this story by Takafumi Adachi here: buff.ly/TP7d85s

Here’s wishing you and yours a happy holidays! 🎁 Fingers crossed you too can snuggle up on a couch with your tipple of choice and enjoy a good book soon! For me, it’ll be Black Night Parade by Hikaru Nakamura this year!

Doing all of this in one big tread isn’t ideal, but I got around to looking at the last short collection from @dandq.bsky.social by Yoshihiro Tatsumi!

Took a little detour on the Tatsumi / Tsuge / Mizuki history trip to read ‘The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud’ and really enjoyed it! Find my thoughts about it in the soon to be unwieldy thread here!

Honestly, I’ve bought a few of the Dark Horse Deluxe Editions, but I have never been so excited for an announcement!!! I can’t wait to get Appleseed unflipped, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect the Companion and the anthology! You can bet ALL of these will be on the pod now hahah!

This week on Manga Tak Plus, I’ve continued Sanda after covering the first volume of Paru Itagaki’s series on the podcast! I’m a little late as @titanmangahq.bsky.social released it already in November, but I’m glad I went back to it!

I've laid up with a cold this week but I want to push this interview I got to do with animation legend Yoshiharu Sato. He shares his experiences with Isao Takahata, Yoshifumi Kondo, Yasuji Mori, and more. Also no way to cut corners here, we did talk about Kondo's death.

Dark Horse just out here, casually teasing Appleseed Deluxe?! Be still my beating heart!!!

Today’s a great day to support your favorite independent anime & manga journalism sites! @yattatachi.com @animefeminist.com @animeherald.com @okazu.yuricon.com All of these sites rely heavily on community funding, so why not help them out! 🧵 (breakdown of each site & donation links)

Have an absolute ton of incredible, historically important manga at my finger tips… I just don’t know where to begin hahahah! Expect some mini reviews of all of this over the coming days! @dandq.bsky.social

Apologies folks - I’ve been neglecting this account a bit recently while I was traveling! But dropped a new review for ‘You Can’t Live All On Your Own’ by @tsunomizoko.bsky.social and published in English by @tokyopop.bsky.social!

On the way back from the London gaming market! Time to read some manga on the train, thanks to @mangatakpod.bsky.social for the recommendation on this one! Listened to the episode yesterday and found it at forbidden planet

Japanese medicine box design has a real blank VHS cassette cover feel to it and I’m honestly here for it…

Them: What’s your favourite SNES RPG? Me:

Ahhhhhhhh! I never get the prize I want in Combini Lotteries! Thank you Halloween Gods!!!

Today’s torture is my wallet it seems…

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc... RIP to the man whose face inspired a generation of Mangaka to create pretty characters with long flowing hair!

XXXHOLiC Rei volume 5 cover art 👑🏰💎 #CLAMP #XXXHOLiC

OH CRAP! So I guess in all that excitement, I forgot about these 3 whole CLAMP series / books! Whoops. I was settling into my flight to listen to some @clampcastpod.bsky.social on Clover and saw I still hadn’t listened to the Wish wrap up and well, here we are….

So I’m just realizing as I finish up Clover that I’ve not done a CLAMP update in forever! While it’s highly likely I’m not going to get to the end of their works by the end of the year, I just wanted to give high level thoughts on both so I can move onto Suki in peace!

I finally got around to reading Bonds by Zenzo, published in English by our friends over at @mangamavericks.bsky.social ! I think it’s fair to say I didn’t just like it, but loooved it!

This week on Manga Tak, I’m joined by Pippa and Georgie to chat the excellent They Were 11! by Moto Hagio (published by @denpabooks.bsky.social ) This groundbreaking sci-fi Shojo is one not to be missed! Get it here or wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

This week on Manga Tak, @toodlebug500.bsky.social and I have been reading the excellent Search and Destroy by Atsushi Kaneko! Published by @fantagraphics.bsky.social in collab with @mangasplaining.bsky.social Listen here or wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

Also as it’s been a busy week, here’s this week’s Manga Tak Plus on ‘Mechanical Buddy Universe’ by Takuji Kato, published by @square-enix-books.com!

This week on Manga Tak, @tsutsudae.bsky.social and I sit down to talk about Josei manga ‘You Can’t Live All on Your Own’ by Mizoko Tsuno published by @tokyopop.bsky.social! Listen here and wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

Today we'd like to share a cool website, Books from Taiwan. It's a government initiative designed to share compelling works in all formats in genres, but of course, we love the comics stuff the best. Primarily for publishers, but anyone can browse: booksfromtaiwan.moc.gov.tw/books.php?ca...

This week on Manga Tak Plus, I took a look at the first volume of Saint Seiya Dark Wing, it’s a spin off of the classic series by Kurumada Masami, written by Kenji Saito and illustrated by Shinshu Ueda! It’s published by @titanmangahq.bsky.social and hit shelves yesterday!

Read a manga that blew me away right after closing my bookshop, & became disillusioned with publishing & creating. @mangatakpod.bsky.social & I explore how this book hits so hard. Creatives who work or want to work in making books should listen. mangatakpod.buzzsprout.com #manga #comics #books

This week on Manga Tak, @jambookshopuk.bsky.social and I talk the excellent Tokyo These Days by Taiyō Matsumoto. Listen to us discuss creativity, burnout and drawing hands here / wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

I'm a guest on a cool podcast that dissects manga. New episode out today. Feel free to embarrass me by listening. Go to @mangatakpod.bsky.social #manga #podcast #mangadrawing #tokyo #japan

this is what i mean for the young’uns. they’d chop one manga volume up into western style floppy comic books, read left to right, images sometimes flipped for western format, you could sometimes find fan letter/fan art submissions near the back too

BONUS EPISODE! This week Georgie and I talked about the excellent Yan Volume 2 by Chang Sheng, published in English by @titanmangahq.bsky.social Listen here or wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

This week for Manga Tak+ I took a look at “Killed Again, Mr. Detective?” by Inaba, based on a LN by teniwoha, and published in English by @yenpress.com

@starfruitbooks.bsky.social has an In Memoriam regarding the passing of Matt Haasch. In it they state that while "all orders and projects will be placed on hold", "the core members of Star Fruit Books are committed to carrying on his dreams and ensuring that the projects he began reach fruition."

Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open. If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.

This week on Manga Tak, we’re talking about Sanda by Paru Itagaki! Join us as we discuss Shonen Santa and how it stacks up-to Beastars! Listen here & where pods are cast: www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis... Thanks to @titanmangahq.bsky.social for the advanced copies!

Nearly choked on my tea at the Ghost in The Shell reference in this week’s Dandadan!

Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

COVER ALERT! 🚨 While Wakana deepens relationships with the locals, she uncovers tidbits about the previous owner of her cleaning service. Her insight may also uncover the landlady's health condition... Wash It All Away, vol. 4 goes on sale in October! sqex.link/zgxb