Osamu Tezuka Season at the London Barbican

Retro Anime Interview  Anime has become a global phenomenon over the last decade thanks in part to the internet and the way it has made things increasingly available but many fans consuming the latest titles on Crunchyroll are only watching the latest series airing in Japan and remain unaware of the long history of the … Continued

“I once stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.” – Steven Wright Over recent years a new kind of manga and anime has seen a raise in popularity. Indeed, it has become so prevalent and standardised that I believe that it could be argued … Continued

Digital Manga Publishing’s latest Kickstarter project will be to release Osamu Tezuka’s sci-fi series Wonder 3. It will be released over three volumes, and items being offered for backers include cel art, a poster, and customised journals from Moleskine. The series takes place on an alternative Earth in the 1960s, with the world overrun by … Continued

Digital comic book website ComiXology has now released titles from Dark Horse, including their manga titles. These new digital manga feature works from Osamu Tezuka, Shirow Masamune and CLAMP. Amongst the titles now available to buy and download legally include Appleseed, Astro Boy, Blade of the Immortal, Blood+, Chobits, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Lone Wolf … Continued

Digital Manga Publishing’s latest step in their plan to crowdfund the manga of Osamu Tezuka is to bring out his shojo series Storm Fairy. Seeking a target of $14,200 by 16th July, Storm Fairy is a collection of three tales: the first of which is a fairy story about an Empress who enters a deal … Continued