203 – One Shot 14 – Manga Poverty with Deb Aoki
We’re joined by lovely manga journalist Deb Aoki this week to talk about the changes in the Western manga industry, compare them to the problems in Japanese publishing that are addressed in Shuho Sato’s memoir Manga Poverty, and rejoice over the plethora of recent manga licensing news!
Check out Deb’s twitter, professional site and Manga Answerman articles!
Spicy Cafe Girl
A manga about stories revolving around the Thai restaurant Duan in Tokyo. New hire Tetsuya ends up getting wrapped up in some crazy adventures because of the potential shady past of the master.
I’ve talked about Akira Fukaya’s Mitsurin Shounen before. Fukaya likes to create a lot of manga based around South Asian countries and cuisines. The master of the Duan is a reoccurring character in a few other Fukaya titles. I like his art style and loved the fun cast of characters from the little Afghanistan girl to the badass Ellie. I’m sad this is only a single volume release and would have loved to read more stories about them all.
~dakazu