The final week of March may not have brought warm weather or flowers to your neck of the woods, but it did yield a few licensing announcements from Seven Seas; an update on the publication status of Okinawa; a preview of the forthcoming Rick and Morty manga; a press release confirming that Ooku: The Inner Chambers is coming to Netflix; and news that Junji Ito’s “Bloodsucking Darkness” is being adapted into a film by Fangoria Studios. The Guardian also ran an interesting piece about France’s long-time love affair with anime and manga. Among the most interesting tidbits I gleaned from the article is that 55% of all comics sold in France in 2021 were Japanese in origin. (Kudos to the Guardian‘s editorial team; the headline is, as the French might say, magnifique.) Also of…
Pick of the Week: Not You, Manga
