The Most Familiar Manga Magazine You’ve Never Read, Hana to Yume
Here on Magazine no Mori, I seek to introduce you to the rich and varied world of manga magazines available in Japan. From kids’ books to the kind of thing you might actually see that mythical...
View ArticleHumming a Love Song with LaLa Dx
So, we’ve talked many times about the vague lines that differentiate shounen/seinen and shoujo/josei. In real life, there is no one age when all boys shift from caring about becoming ninjas to liking...
View ArticleA Bouquet of Manga, Flowers Magazine
Flowers, a Josei manga magazine from Shogakukan, is a veritable showcase of talent. Regardless of which series are running in the magazine at any given time, the list of authors is practically a...
View ArticleCute, But Kind of Awful – Young Gangan Magazine
English-language readers are more familiar with the pages of Young Gangan than they might expect, due to Yen Press’s relationship with Square Enix. Bamboo Blade, Sekirei, Working!! and Saki are other...
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