Uncovering Hidden Gems in the Vast World of Manga
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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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…