History of Manga in North America
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Editor's Blog
Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
It has been a little while. I initially planned on writing about sound effects but changed course after something made…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
This is the continuation of Chapter 7. Lone Wolf and Cub (English Version Released in 1987) was immensely popular…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
As I wrote in Chapter 1, I moved to San Francisco in 1996, around 26 years ago now. I also…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
In Chapter 5, I briefly explained the reason why pre-2000 manga was formatted to be read from left-to-right (Western Style).…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
In Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4, I wrote about North America’s first seinen manga magazine, PULP. In the…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
In Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, I wrote at some length about PULP, North America’s first seinen manga magazine, which…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
PULP, modeled after Japanese seinen manga magazines, launched in the winter of 1997 and was, if I do say so…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
Last time, I described being met with various surprises when I arrived in the United States. To quickly sum up…
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Former Executive VP of VIZ, The Legendary Hyoe’s History of Manga in North America
After working as a so-called manga editor at Shogakukan’s weekly manga magazine, Big Comic Spirits, I transferred to VIZ in…
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