Arina Tanemura talks about her life as a mangaka, her vacations with her assistants and her dreams. The Chapters are likely 3-6 pages long, sometimes there are over 50 pages (as a Cobalt-special).
A compilation artbook/manga anthology, by Range Murata, with contributions by various artists. The title aims to harness talents from global creative hotbeds like London, Paris and New York and create something more than the average manga artbook through collaborations with American and European creatives. Every issue will reveal the huge variety of talent the Japanese illustration and manga worlds have to offer, giving insight into their work and thought processes through various features.
Based on the life of Naoe Kanetsugu, best friend of Maeda Keiji.
Special doujinshi released in support of victims of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. Contains a "comics side," featuring several short stories from various manga artists (122 pages), and an "illustration side," with full color illustrations (30 pages). As a charity product, all the profit was donated to Japanese Red Cross.
In order to continue his high school education, Asaoka Miki separates from the person who raised him and returns to his parents' home. Since he has always been compared to his talented and social younger twin, Itsuki, he has a deep inferiority complex towards his twin brother. After meeting and falling in love with Takagi Kazuya, someone who is seven years older than him, Miki's world changed completely. Takagi's love and kindness melts Miki's stubborn heart, and not too long after, Miki's blind faith in Takagi intensifies. For Miki, that was his first once-in-a-lifetime love he's ever experienced. However, the person Takagi's after isn't Miki, but the boy who harshly rejected him. With Miki, Itsuki's lookalike and replacement, in his hands, will Takagi suddenly close in on Itsuki again....? A love story between a piece of scum and a brave young man who are a few years apart.
Haunted Junction centers around Saitou High School - a school where both students and spirits roam the halls - and the Student Council that tries to keep things running smoothly for all of them: Haruto Houjou, the studius son of a Christian pastor; Kazumi Ryuudou, the girl-crazy son of a Buddhist monk; and Mutsuki Asahina, the daughter of a Shinto priest with a thing for boys (that are half her age). Although many of the spirits occupying the halls - and depths - of Saitou are good-natured, there are many that aren't. In order to rid the school of its evil spirits and dangerous demons, the Student Council employs the help of seven distinct spirits within the school (each based on common myths and ghost stories in Japanese schools) that can be summoned by the use of seven special badges which Haruto holds. \[Source: www.little-voodoo.net\]
Once there was a military power called "Amamikado" which invaded other countries and expanded its domain. There were two princes in Amamikado. The younger prince was named Oguna. His father, the Emperor of Amamikado, trained him as an assassin. Oguna was hungry for power to help his father. This is a tale of an assassin before he meets Izumo.
The Sengoku era gave birth to many historical legends. One of them is Naoe Kanetsuku, the brilliant military general of the Uesugi family. Together with Maeda Keiji, a legendary warrior on the battlefield, who become lifelong friends with each other, they carve out a piece of history in the most dangerous and volatile time in Japan’s history. The two men recall their beginnings and the journey they took to get to the accomplished position they now sit at.
*“Huh? You’re already 27 years old”.* The Saint Marialite’s engagement with the crown prince was called off because of her age! Due to various circumstances, the level-headed Marialite acknowledges this and returns to her hometown. She encounters a child raised in secret…? What's more, after growing up in a short amount of time, he falls for Marialite, and wants to take her back to his own country! A romantic fantasy story about a level-headed saint who gets dumped for being in her late twenties and ends up living with the demon prince instead! The adored fantasy’s long-awaited serialization!
Two elderly women ponder the future at the funeral of a friend... (Source: Square Enix, translated) *Note: Published in Monthly Big Gangan July 2014 issue.*
In a very common high-rise apartment building, suddenly a mysterious girl appears at someone's balcony! What is she trying to do? Up-and-coming new illustrator Uemura's new serialization! (Source: Manga Pixiv, Translated)
Itoko loses her way in life and also her way while travelling. She finds a building named "Shouuchuu" (Microcosm). Opening the door leads into a private planetarium. A tender tale about humans and the sky, unfolding in the planetarium. (Source: Houbunsha, translated)
