Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Tag: kodansha USA

  • Review: Witch Hat Atelier v.1 by Kamome Shirahama

    Review: Witch Hat Atelier v.1 by Kamome Shirahama

    Comics are magic, aren’t they? That’s less of a question, and more of a realization; Comics have a profound power over those who read them, shaping their mental process, causing delight, and dread, wonder, and horror. I’ve devoted a lot of my life to the magic of comics, and I’m grateful for that. Art-making calls…

  • Review: Saint Young Men #1 by Hikaru Nakamura

    Review: Saint Young Men #1 by Hikaru Nakamura

    It’s not often that I review digital-only comics, but I’ll make a concession for Saint Young Men #1, a long-running slice of life comic from Kodansha Comics. This book is officially available to purchase in English as of yesterday, but has been running in Kodansha’s anthology Morning 2 since 2006. This is the works’ first…

  • Review: Gleipnir vol. 1, by Sun Takeda

    Review: Gleipnir vol. 1, by Sun Takeda

    Let’s be blunt and call it like it is; a lot of the manga published in the United States is really horny. And a lot of comics, especially shonen and seinen manga, are pretty violent. The combination can be particularly egregious at times; such is the case with Gleipnir, a furiously horny comic about a…

  • Quick Picks #6 – Witches, Spirits, and Songs

    Quick Picks #6 – Witches, Spirits, and Songs

    Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. Here’s a selection of manga I’ve been reading recently. Flying Witch #1 – Vertical Inc.’s big Spring debut, this series started its life in the USA with a relatively popular anime adaption. Vertical later picked up the title,…

  • Thoughts On The Nostalgia in Mag Hsu & Nao Emoto’s Forget Me Not

    Kodansha USA has been publishing some titles that seem like a hybrid between shonen and shojo romance; Your Lie in April, which I reviewed last year, is up to seven volumes now, and a new release, Forget Me Not, is now up to its second volume with a third scheduled to be released in July.…

  • Review: Your Lie in April Vol. 1 by Naoshi Arakawa Kodansha USA has licensed a few “off the beaten path” comics in the past 12 months, and next week, one of those titles sees the light of day. Your Lie in April, a title from Monthly Shounen Magazine, is a music-based manga; the category doesn’t…