On Tuesday, Anime NYC and the Japan Society announced the nominees for the 2025 American Manga Awards. Thirty-five series and individuals were nominated in categories that ran the gamut from Best New Manga to Best Publication Design. Three titles—Ashita No Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow, The Legend of Kamui, and Search and Destroy—were nominated in multiple categories including Best Continuing Series, Best New Edition of Classic Manga, and Best Lettering. While the winners will be determined by popular vote, voting eligibility is limited to “professionals working in an editorial capacity as employees or freelancers with English language manga publishers.” Click here for more information.
NEWS AND VIEWS
If you’re still reading One Piece on MangaPark, now is a great time to explore this handy list of websites where you can access manga legally. “Whether you prefer reading on your phone or computer, in English, French, Thai, or another language, or prefer free access, subscriptions, virtual currency systems, or just buying digital volumes outright, this guide covers it all,” compiler Matias De la Piedra notes. “Hopefully, you’ll find a platform that truly fits your reading style.” [The Beat]
If you’re feeling nostalgic for the aughts, I have good news for you: Yen Press and Kodansha will be releasing CLAMP Official Art Books this fall. [The Outerhaven]
Manga Mavericks just added three more titles to its summer 2025 line-up: Now No One Lurks Beneath the Snow, The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire, and Senpai no Kohai. [The Outerhaven]
Brigid Alverson files a report on the latest developments in the Diamond Comic Distributors saga. [The Comics Journal]
David and Jordan take Donten Prism Solar Car for a test drive. [Shonen Flop]
The Manga Machinations crew debate the merits of Mujina Into the Deep, Welcome Back Alice, and Vampeerz. [Manga Machinations]
Naoki Urasawa dropped by Chiba Tetsuya‘s studio for a lengthy conversation with the creator of Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow. In Japanese with English subtitles. [NHK]
Ayumi Naraoka and Jon Holt translate a passage from Shimizu Isao’s Hokusai Manga: The Origin of Manga. In their preface, Naraoka and Holt note “the essay helps provide more information about how Hokusai developed his signature and bestselling picture-book series, copies of which made it to Europe in the early half of the 19th century and would go on to influence Western painters, such as Van Gogh, Manet, and Monet.” [The Comics Journal]
REVIEWS
The latest Reader’s Corner offers a smorgasbord of short reviews… Ashley Hawkins posts a glowing assessment of The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All… and Erica Friedman describes S.I.R. as “a fast-paced, electric comic that seamlessly integrates a bunch of things lesbians love: Utena, absurd dueling hierarchies, motorcycles and a heroine named Sir Athene.”
New and Noteworthy
- COSMOS, Vol. 1 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- The Demon Prince of Momochi House: Succession, Vol. 1 (Kara Dennison, Otaku USA)
- Desperate March for Love (darkstorm, Anime UK News)
- From Memen to Mori (Danny Lee, Asian Movie Pulse)
- Horimiyia, Vol. 17 (Mark Thomas, The Fandom Post)
- I Cross Dressed for the IRL Meet-Up, Vol. 1 (Reuben Baron, Yatta-Tachi)
- Isaak, Vol. 1 (soy, Behind the Manga)
- King the Land, Vol. 1 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- My Adorable Betrothed (Kristina Elyse Butke, The Beat)
- My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending, Vol. 1 (WinterVenom, Behind the Manga)
- On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance, Vol. 1 (WinterVenom, Behind the Manga)
- Outsiders, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, ANN)
Continuing, Complete, and OOP Series
- Alice in Borderland, Vol. 3 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Dead Rock, Vol. 2 (Ian Wolf, Anime UK News)
- Fool Night, Vols. 2-3 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- I’m Here, Beside You, Vol. 2 (Sarah, Anime UK News)
- In the Name of the Mermaid Princess, Vol. 4 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Medalist, Vol. 8 (Sarah, Anime UK News)
- My Happy Marriage, Vol. 5 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Pretty Boy Detective Club, Vol. 1 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Rainbow Days, Vol. 16 (Josh Piedra, The Outrerhaven)
- Rainbows After Storms, Vol. 4 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Record of Ragnarok, Vol. 14 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- Rent-a-Girlfriend, Vols. 25-26 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- Rooster Fighter, Vol. 7 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 12 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Vols. 3-4 (luce, Okazu)
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