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Why Creators Root For Akane-banashi
When an artist publicly endorses another artist's work, it can be easy to assume that that recommendation has to be partially motivated by some kind of...
Manga Talk: Akane-Banashi
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Holiday Review #2: AKANE-BANASHI
Of course, Viz's domination of the shonen manga scene via Weekly Shonen Jump continued as always. There's been a handful of promising new ...
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Of course, Viz's domination of the shonen manga scene via Weekly Shonen Jump continued as always. There's been a handful of promising new ...
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Ever since Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu became my top-rated series of all time, I’ve been dying to read some rakugo manga…but I found what I wanted in an…
Embrace Your Size and Akane-banashi
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Manga of the Month: Akane-banashi
Akane-banashi by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue This month’s manga is features the performance art of rakugo. Young Akane pursues her career and plans to avenge her disgraced…
Embrace Your Size and Akane-banashi
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Cool Life Reminders from Akane-banashi
I sometimes struggle with two things - dwelling on the past a bit too much and wondering if I'm cool enough for my friends. After reading the Futatsume Debut…
Akane-Banashi by Suenaga Yuki/Moue Takamasa
I’ve had a penpal in Japan for years. I’m behind at writing to her right now, but in the last few exchanges we discussed what I’d like to…
The Danger of Being Myopic - Akane-banashi
“Unless you want to judge her future without seeing what she’s so passionate about...but that would be myopic, wouldn’t it?” In many anime/manga series featuring a high school setting,…
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[Note: there are many spoilers for the series ahead] Whenever I read romance manga, I always wonder if there are any scenarios where the main couple could have…
The Newtypes Season 2 Finale: Shirobako and Akane-banashi
Welcome to the 33rd episode of The Newtypes podcast, where 3 art dweebs talk about a show about animation and a manga about rakugo. 0:00 Intro & Welcome 0:18 Manifestos…
Akane-Banashi: Writing women protagonists using Battle Shounen tropes
Akane-Banashi, a manga about a young woman coming into prominence in the world of Rakugo, has one of the farthest possible premises from the shounen standard, and yet…
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A Revenge You Can Root For
Every living person invariably lives by moving forward in time while looking back at the past. Every person faces uncertainty and regrets, plagued by the constant question, “What…
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Webtoon creators offer their best advice for new creators starting their own series, with advice from Shen, Brandon Chen, and more.
Root Film
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My love for Akane at Lv999
This is it! The show that is able to beat my dead horse of a blog back to live, even if it’s just for a tiny while. On…
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Gather ‘round for story time from a manga master, with plenty of dancing tanuki, timid oni, dueling mountains, and sly human characters to stretch all the way around…
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Reader’s Corner: Solo Leveling (Vol. 8, Final), Akane-Banashi (Vol. 1), and Zom 100 (Vol. 11)
Solo Leveling comes to an end, Zom 100 falls to a low point, Akane-banashi premieres in print, and much more in this week’s Reader’s Corner! We also review…
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Reader’s Corner: Akane-banashi (Vol. 5), A Condition Called Love (Vol. 7), and Snowball Earth (Vol. 1)
We are now caught up with Akane-banashi! Check out our review of volume five below, along with reviews of a selection of new and recent releases, including the…
Kanda Gokurachō Shokunin Banashi
The first volume of Akihito Sakaue’s manga Kanda Gokurachō Shokunin Banashi, which won the Tezuka Osamu New Creator Prize in 2024, collects five stand-alone short stories about the…
WEBTOON Unveils 2025 “Webcomic Legends” Contest for Aspiring Creators
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Joshikousei Joreishi Akane!
Tonight’s show and tell began in 2022 in a Shueisha magazine, and stars a high school student named Akane who makes a business out of a particular art…
Why “Gap Moe” is the Japanese Term All Manga Creators Need to Know
The term “gap moe” is a hybrid English-Japanese term which uses the English word “gap” (the space between two objects) and the Japanese word “moe” (萌え, pronounced “mo-eh”,…
Why “Gap Moe” is the Japanese Term All Manga Creators Need to Know
The term “gap moe” is a hybrid English-Japanese term which uses the English word “gap” (the space between two objects) and the Japanese word “moe” (萌え, pronounced “mo-eh”,…
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My severe injuries had healed and the sweet taste of blood coated my mouth. I kept walking, my goal vague … trying to dispel the building unease in…
Root Film Nintendo Switch Game Review
Root Film is a murder mystery visual novel developed by Kadokawa games, the folks behind Root Letter and localized by PQube. As the second game in the Kadokawa Mystery Games…
Akane Minagawa – Character Profile
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Akane Minagawa – Character Profile
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MONOCHROME ANIME: AKANE-CHAN
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The post Do anime events have room for creators? – Interview with Koji Takeuchi appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.
High Card #03 — Root of All Evil
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INTERVIEW: Akane Torikai - part 1
Meet the creator of Sensei's Pious Lie, learn more about her early influences, and how feminism and comics intersect in her provocative manga stories
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In the second half of our interview with Akane Torikai, we explore how she faces controversial topics like sexual assault and suicide in her manga series Sensei's Pious…
Jigoku no Girlfriend: Torikai Akane
A whole year since I’ve wandered the narrow aisles of my favourite Tokyo bookstores! Twelve whole months since I’ve picked up a book I’ve never heard of because…
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This week on Anime Pulse Joseph has a new computer and Andrew has a cold, but a simple cold can't stop Joseph's co-host from being on thew show.…
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Sister tortured Daichi long enough. It was time for him to turn the tables and show off his unique brand of pain. Edens Zero S2 - Episode 8
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One of the many cool things about bookstores in Japan is they generally have sample booklets of a few of the manga on display, so you can check…
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A happy new year to you all, in the words of famed J-songstress Matsutoya Yumi. Yes, I have heard this song a number of times in the last…
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My brain has not abandoned you! Nor the books it so valiantly battles! It’s just been too busy battling a whole bunch of other things for the last…
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This is a show with a fairly standard concept, but brought forth in disturbing and dangerous realities. The idea is very simple: what if your artwork came to…
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