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Kuroda Iou the deadline artist

Kuroda Iou talks about his work in a way that I find a little at odds with what I would expect. On the one hand, he has been…

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The Kuroda Iou “shaking like a puppy” incident of 2003

The received wisdom among many of Kuroda Iou’s fans has been that his output has been slowed because of health issues. In 2008, a couple of posts on…

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About Blue Period’s creator Yamaguchi Tsubasa

Blue Period fans will not be surprised to learn that its creator Yamaguchi Tsubasa went to art school, for both high school (the now-defunct Metropolitan Art High School)…

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Some nuggets from Fujimoto Tatsuki, enthusiast creator

A lot of manga artists say they themselves don’t read much manga, but Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch artist Fujimoto Tatsuki is a manga buff who wears his…

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Bong Joon-ho, manga fan

When Bong Joon-ho talks to interviewers in Japan, he likes to bring up manga. It stands to reason that he would be a fan of the medium: the…

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A little background on Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō

It never really caught on among its (admittedly small) English-speaking cult following, but there is a term used by Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō fans — and even by the…

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The Furuya Minoru reinvention

Some artists are almost predestined to have a career in manga, whereas others seem to just stumble into it. Furuya Minoru originally trained to become a barber after…

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