Uncovering Hidden Gems in the Vast World of Manga
Natsumi Ando’s Arisa is a shoujo manga with a unique feel to it. The series seamlessly mixes familiar shoujo conventions with a more plot-driven, mystery/thriller centered style of storytelling. A little more background on the series before we dive in; Arisa had a three year run, spanning from 2009 to 2012 in Japan’s Nakayoshi monthly…
The Wanderer is a shojo manga released in 1996 by Narumi Kakinouchi of Vampire Princess Miyu fame. The series is a part of the Vampire Princess Miyu series, but anyone can read The Wanderer as a stand alone manga series and it will still make perfect sense and be easy to follow, though readers who…
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Prince Freya is a relative newcomer in the world of shojo manga. Since its debut in 2017, the series, serialized in Japan in the magazine LaLa DX, has been collected into nine volumes in its home country. Here in the United States, Viz Media has licensed the series for an English release, and currently has…
Fans of urban fantasy and Robin Hood inspired stories will love the manga series we will be unearthing today. Getbackers takes both of those aforementioned motifs and melds them with the battle shonen genre. The manga has two creators at the helm compared to the usual singular mangaka that handles both story and art; with…
If you have been around the anime and manga community for any amount of time, you have probably heard of shojo manga. This genre of the medium typically stars a female lead and are more character driven. Shojo manga has elements of drama, romance, comedy and sometimes action. The art styles are typically stylized to…
If you are even a passing fan of modern anime and manga, you have more than likely heard people talk about a series called Jujutsu Kaisen. Since its opening chapters in 2018, young rookie mangaka Gege Akutami has taken the world of shonen manga by storm with his breakout series. Since Jujutsu Kaisen’s debut in…
Galaxy Angel was quite the media franchise in the 2000’s. Starting with an anime series that received five seasons, followed by a manga that spawned spin-offs and sequels, novels, a musical and a multiple video games for both the computer and Playstation 2. While here in the United States, we did not receive quite all…
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So far here at the Manga Archaeologist, we have dug up a few old, out of print manga series, as well as taken a look at some more recent, currently running manga. Today we are going to do something a little different, and take a journey to one of the Wonders of the Manga World….
Yona of the Dawn is a currently running shojo manga written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi that is serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Hana to Yume, and has been collected into 38 volumes in its home country. Here in the states, we currently have 36 volumes licensed in English by Viz Media at the…
Hello everyone, welcome to the first Manga Archaeologist entry: Unearthed. This segment of my review space is all about exploring some out-of-print, niche titles that didn’t get the love they deserved during their run, as well as diving into what makes them hidden gems that I think other people should give a chance to. Today…