Another shonen manga has been deemed worthy to become an anime—but this one’s different from the rest. During its Emerald City Comic-Con panel, Viz Media announced an adaptation of Tsuyoshi Takaki’s 2016 shonen Black Torch from 100studio and director Kei Umabiki (Quality Assurance in Another World). The series stars Jiro Azuma, a teen ninja that […]
The Anime Industry Needs to Stop Trying to Make Rurouni Kenshin a Thing Again
Warning: The following story discusses criminal acts around the abuse of children that some readers may find distressing. As with Hollywood and video games, the anime industry is often guilty of carting out some of its older hit-making stories and remaking them for a new audience with mixed results. We’ve seen this time and time […]
Why Harassment Comes with the Territory of Translating Popular Manga
While lettering often goes unnoticed by the general manga-reading audience, translations for series—especially popular shonen manga—are heavily scrutinized. And with good reason: how else will one know a spiky-haired protagonist’s convictions, a joke’s punchline, or the mechanics of a complex power system if the words are as opaque as apple cider? In step with io9’s […]