manga-review | Animangemu

Disclaimer: This article is expressed with full politically neutrality and is simply reporting the ongoing issues in Japan

Kadokawa is one of the most well known Manga publishers in Japan. The publishing giants are known for publishing well known manga and light novel hits like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Konosuba, and recently, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. Kadokawa has also published countless other pieces of media that involves anime and manga.

Lately, the company has been rocked with ownership change. Specifically with Sony, that has left many anime and manga fans including myself on the edge. Especially since Sony has been under hot water lately with some controversial decisions by the higher ups. Ranging from corporate greed, controversial hiring, changes, and the fears of inserting progressively themed concepts that have plagued western entertainment lately. The trend that has many audiences fatigued and tired.

Now, however, it seems like Kadokawa is about to do something even more controversial. This time, it involves their manga. The topic of globalization in Japan has been a very spicy one lately. With numerous intense debates in regard to Japanese identity and its differences with foreign influence. Some believe and want Japan to be Japan and must remain Japanese, while others saying it’s time for Japan to embrace foreign coexistence. This, ironically, relates to what Kadokawa is about to do and how this issue will cause a massive division for manga fans. The question is, should we be worried?

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Ladies and gentlemen, may I present you the largest collection that I own from my otaku hemisphere, and possibly, the largest collection of passion that I have ever owned in my life. The amount of manga + all other book forms that revolve around my passion, has been in a collection constant since 2016. It’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since when I first started collecting manga. Time has gone on, and a lot has changed for me and the industry itself. The sensation and feeling of excitement and happiness, was something that I haven’t felt in ages when I started collecting my first bunch. Who would have ever thought on that day, a simple purchase as a gift from my family two manga books given to me, officially started an empire of reading, collecting, and getting the best out of Japanese comics. As time went on, my section of manga began to evolve. More collecting of specific manga series, box sets, one-shots, light novels and novels entering, reading manhwa and manhua, and establishing another section of entertainment, which are books based on my passions. For me, every time I see my manga collection, I can’t help but smile, knowing that I have come such a LONG way over the past eight years. Of course, I still want to be collecting more and more, and reading all of them. Soon, I will make reviews on manga books, and all sorts of other books. Which ones are my favorite.