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Tatsuki Fujimoto Manga Reading Guide!

January 5, 2023 by Gabriel Rodrigues Leave a Comment

If you know at least a little bit about anime, you probably know Chainsaw Man and his creator Tatsuki Fujimoto; after all, everyone is talking about it right now. He has many other works of note, mainly his newest one-shots. If you haven’t read anything by him, I really recommend you start with Goodbye, Eri, or Look Back. You will easily understand his style of art, storytelling, and character creation (not to mention I actually think Look Back is better than Chainsaw Man, sorry).

Fujimoto loves films with all his heart, to the point that he feels more inspired by movies than manga and anime. That makes his stories have a different feeling than many others out there, not to mention that a lot of them revolve around themes related to cinema and the making of films, mainly in Fire Punch and Goodbye, Eri.

Besides his love of films, I’ll constantly talk about his comedy and characters. He can make you cry on one page and then burst out laughing right next through smart paneling and dialogue. It’s incredible. And most of it is thanks to his characters. It’s a weird compliment, but they are all so human; Fujimoto says he tries to think of people he already met or feels like he knows, and it definitely shows. More than the story or the messages, his characters keep drawing my attention to his works.

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Filed Under: Featured, Reading Orders Tagged With: chainsaw man, Manga

Best Manga of the Decade

November 29, 2019 by John Galati 2 Comments

Grading Criteria

This will work a lot like our “Best Comics of the Decade” list, but with a few notable tweaks.

  • IPs must be brand new to the Japanese and/or American manga markets between the years of 2010-19. This means even though One Piece, Mobile Suit Gundam, and Ultraman all have great new books out, they’re disqualified for being continuing series.
  • The list will be split into two categories: Blockbusters, each of which is so successful as to be a nearly mandatory pick, and Personal Selections, which are smaller books that may have slipped under the radar. This way, everyone gets represented.
  • I’m not going to ask Dave to proof against Japanese titles, so we’ll all just have to accept the anglicized versions.

[Read more…] about Best Manga of the Decade

Filed Under: Best of Lists, Featured Tagged With: best of 2010s, Manga

Katsuhiro Otomo — Building a Destroyed Future

July 24, 2019 by John Galati Leave a Comment

In March of 1933, poet Paul Valéry came to the defense of his own work by saying “Aux yeux de ces amateurs d’inquiétude et de perfection, un ouvrage n’est jamais achevé — mot qui pour eux n’a aucun sens — mais abandonné.”

Meaning “In the eyes of those who anxiously seek perfection, a work is never truly completed—a word that for them has no sense—but abandoned.”  The phrase was repeated only months later by a different French publication who distilled it down to only the parts in bold. [Read more…] about Katsuhiro Otomo — Building a Destroyed Future

Filed Under: Comics Guides, Featured Tagged With: Akira, anime, Manga

What the Hell is Anime? Part 3: The Seven Deadly Sins, Death Note, and Product Placement.

May 21, 2019 by John Galati Leave a Comment

(What the Hell is Anime? Is a recurring series which no one has yet put a stop to. It takes a look at the beautiful weirdness of manga, anime, and the surrounding culture and packages it up in what we’re calling “satir-ucation.” Which is all to say that this is both well-meaning and entirely John’s fault.)

Hello students, please come in and take a seat anywhere.

As you can see on the chalkboard this is WtHiA-103 and as ever I, your substitute teacher and literary rapscallion John Galati, will be attempting to learn you about Anime. What it is. Where it comes from. How we can stop it. Open up your books to Chapter 30, “Folklore – All of It, All at Once.” Read aloud at your own pace. [Read more…] about What the Hell is Anime? Part 3: The Seven Deadly Sins, Death Note, and Product Placement.

Filed Under: Columns, Featured Tagged With: anime, death note, Manga

What the Hell is Anime? Part 2: One Punch Man, Fist of the North Star, and The Touch of Death

April 18, 2019 by John Galati Leave a Comment

(What the Hell is Anime? Is a hopefully recurring series where we take a look at the beautiful weirdness of manga, anime, and the surrounding culture and package it up in what we’re calling “satir-ucation.” Which is all to say that this is both well-meaning and entirely John’s fault.)

Hello and welcome back to the show which asks the only question that matters: How many pushups can  you do before you destroy the Earth? [Read more…] about What the Hell is Anime? Part 2: One Punch Man, Fist of the North Star, and The Touch of Death

Filed Under: Columns, Featured Tagged With: Akira, Manga, one punch man

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