By Moto Hagio | Published by Fantagraphics It's 2052 and Tokio Watarai, a dream pilot, is coming home to Japan for the first time in three years. Although his ex-wife and son are in Japan, he's actually returning for a job involving a girl who's been sleeping for seven years since being found with her parents' hearts in her stomach. Her name is Aoba, and when Tokio enters … [Read more...] about Otherworld Barbara, Vols. 1-2
Moto Hagio
A, A’ by Moto Hagio: B+
Back in the late ’90s, Viz dabbled in this weird thing called “shojo manga” and released a few one-shot volumes. A, A’ (A, A Prime), a collection of science fiction stories, was among these, and (lamentably) represents the largest chunk of material from Moto Hagio available in this country. Hagio, along with many other women who were pioneers of shojo manga, was born in 1949. … [Read more...] about A, A’ by Moto Hagio: B+
Four Shōjo Stories by Keiko Nishi, Moto Hagio, and Shio Sato: B+
From the back cover: An unprecedented collection of stories by the greatest shōjo manga (girls' comics) artists of our time! In shōjo manga, a uniquely literary genre of Japanese comics, the relationships between characters are as meticulously crafted as the story's action. Shōjo artists are renowned for their visual innovations, as well. Experimenting with page layouts, … [Read more...] about Four Shōjo Stories by Keiko Nishi, Moto Hagio, and Shio Sato: B+