Last summer, civil liberties groups Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund helped…
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If in 2007, manga was like a foreign movie star who had arrived on American shores to make it big, the last four…
If you're traveling to Canada, a country whose customs officials are notorious for playing the role of morality…
From earthquakes to slime molds, from zombies to the romance of decay, here are the manga you'll want to read to…
Before Pokémon in Toys-R-Us and Naruto in Wal-Mart, before manga was all about selling stuff to 14-year-olds, there…
Just as Watchmen criticized the morality of superhero comics, manga like Bokurano and Fullmetal Alchemist criticize…
Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos has left its slimy mark on Japanese manga, anime, pinball, and dating sim games. It…
The Japanese catchphrase moe means “budding,” mostly applied to young girls. But it’s also part of Japanese…
Why have so many manga titles - including the ever-popular Dragon Ball - been censored in the United States? The…