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I had some misgivings when I first heard about Hitomi Takano's My Boy. Reading descriptions for it, it appeared to go down a route that myself and (hopefully) the majority of people with common sense would frown upon. Thankfully, after
It's a team-up of two of the most famous names in both the anime and manga realm: the iconic Go Nagai (Devilman, Mazinger Z) and the beloved Hideaki Anno (Evangelion, Shin Godzilla). Some may recall that back in 2004, Anno
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Every time a new volume of Flying Witch is released, it feels like you're being welcomed back into the most magical, gentle world imaginable. Chihiro Ishizuka's series has a knack of bringing together a mystical essence with a back country