Product Description

Here comes the new breed! This is a full-length anthology of best new manga, by the brightest young talents in the field. Bursting with energy and imagination, this collection features the most exciting new work by western manga-ka - Japanese style comics being produced by western artists. Contributors include promising stars like Michiru Morikawa, winner of the Grand Prize of the International Manga and Anime Festival, Selina Dean and Asia Alfasi, as well as established names such as Andi Watson and Craig Conlan. Over 500 pages long, the anthology showcases more than fifteen new stories, complete and unabridged. Many expand on the limited popular conception of 'big-eyed' manga in original and unexpected ways - home-grown stories that speak directly to western audiences. The collection follows the format of the benchmark annual "Mammoth" anthologies of science fiction and horror, and includes a brief introduction to each contributor.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #671711 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 620 pages

Times Literary Supplement
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About the Author
Ilya is a widely respected graphic artist and author known for fostering new talent. He has worked for almost every comics publisher including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Deadline and Tundra, as well as on assignment to Kodansha, Japan's publishing giant, as a manga-ka. His graphic novel The End of the Century Club was voted Best Graphic Novel at the 1997 UK Comic Art Convention. He also runs a cartooning workshop for children in hospital.

Customer Reviews

inspirational
I love this collection. It's huge! and so so varied . So much of the shonen and shojo that's being imported these days is the same, and I can't help wishing there was more of the variety available in japan on offer here. This really reminds me of that variety. It feels like artists taking risks that others just don't. I love Selina Dean's dreamy wordless Astroboy-in-love type 'Snails Don't Have Friends', which just makes me want to get drawing!

Other gems are Andi Watson's 'Princess at Midnight', Morikawa's 'Advent' - which I'd seen before - and Craig Conlan's Fat Panda. The other thing is that all these stories have proper endings. Admittedly there are a few where the ending doesn't quite come off, but they're the exception. It's definitely not a collection of 'sneaks'. Hope there's another one to come next year.

Truly magic.
Variety is the spice of life and this volume has it all. OK, so you probably won't like EVERYTHING in it, but there's something for everyone. The smorgasbord of styles show manga in a new light and it's a great introdction to the japanese art.