Watch Out for Kaiju No. 8! (An Exercise in Translation)

One good thing about watching manga go live ASAP is how you can examine the translation process up close. Disclaimer: There is no such thing as a "truly correct translation". There is only a "more correct translation" or a "less correct translation", taking into account things like puns, references and the like. Viz is sure...

The Merits of Astra: Lost in Space’s Mystery

Astra is good, y'all. Y'know how I said I wasn't keeping track of where this season was going? I guess the only real way to drive it home was to watch the first and the final episodes back to back, a bit of suffering specifically conferred upon me by the anime club (because somehow, I...

Getting into (Heart) Gear

Is this the Next Big Thing??? Maybe I just exaggerate my feelings when I'm in the middle of consuming a piece of media (anime/manga included, and especially when potential husbandos are involved), but Heart Gear - this new Manga Plus series I found - is really cool. Basically, Heart Gear stars Lu, the only human in...

Jigokuraku and the Power of the Extreme

Jigokuraku – which also might be known as Hell’s Paradise, due to its English subtitle – uses extreme qualities to enhance both the parts of it based in reality and the parts of it rooted in fantasy. A tale about an elixir of life – i.e. a method towards immortality - is basically as old...

Astra: Lost in Space – A Perfect Manga to Lead the Web Revolution!

With more manga going digital legally by the day, maybe someday we won’t have to rely on pirated manga for the latest chapters of everything we want to see in English…? Astra: Lost in Space (in Japan, Kanata no Astra) is a somewhat short series at 49 chapters, but the way it’s structured leads me to believe...