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Taiyo Matsumoto talks shop with one of his favorite artists, Fumiko Takano
This conversation was published December 2006, when the Tekkon Kinkreet movie came out in theaters and Matsumoto was in the early stages of Takemitsu Zamurai. The artist he’s talking…
A 2016 interview with Tsutomu Nihei
Evening did an interview with Tsutomu Nihei earlier this month because he’s been roped into being the special guest judge for their newcomer awards. It’s a short one,…
Berserk artist Kentaro Miura interview: “I actually don’t think I could let such a long grim story end with a grim ending”
This one’s a Kentaro Miura interview by Yukari Fujimoto, a writer/professor of gender studies and shojo manga. It’s a pretty old conversation — originally published in September 2…
The Togashi crack-up
Yoshihiro Togashi himself was in attendance at the 1994 summer Comiket, not a full month since the last chapter of Yu Yu Hakusho’s lopsided final arc ran in…
A short interview with Hitoshi Iwaaki (Historie, Parasyte)
Here’s a short interview with Parasyte and Historie artist Hitoshi Iwaaki, conducted via fax in 2005, when Historie would still only have been two volumes in. I got…
A tour through Inio Asano’s workspace
From a 2013 article from cakes.mu, a tour through Inio Asano’s workplace. I swear this is the last Asano thing I’ll do for a long time. –So this…
Interview with Yotsuba&! artist Kiyohiko Azuma
Here’s another really good one: from some manga/anime magazine, a 2014 interview with the guy who does Yotsuba&!. He talks about most of the things you probably hope…
Naoki Urasawa and Hisashi Eguchi talk about manga in the 70s and 80s, mostly Otomo
Two artists in conversation today about manga in the 70s and 80s. One is Naoki Urasawa, the big-deal artist who drew Monster and 20th Century Boys and Pluto.…
Three anecdotes about Ashita no Joe
A funeral service was held for Tooru Rikiishi in an auditorium at Shonen Magazine publisher Kodansha’s Tokyo headquarters on March 24, 1970, roughly a month after the character…
Nobuyuki Fukumoto interview (Kaiji, Akagi )
Today, Nobuyuki Fukumoto in conversation with musician and manga fan Kenji Otsuki, in 2009. Otsuki: I read Kaiji in preparation for this interview, although only halfway. It’s a…