The Eastern Edge

Switch magazine's 25th anniversary special edition features Takehiko Inoue and a look back at his Vagabond "Last Manga exhibition." The feature is aptly titled "Takehiko Inoue: drawing the future of manga" because how many artists have turned ga… more »

Ever wonder if manga creators really research their work? Takehiko Inoue talks the talk in Vagabond, and walks the walk in some Aikido classes! more »

Here's part three of my translation of a discussion between Takehiko Inoue & Eiichiro Oda. more »

Part 2 of my transaltion of a conversation between Takehiko Inoue & Eiichiro Oda... more »

Takehiko Inoue and Eiichiro Oda are both still young, but have sold enough comics to more than cover the population of Japan twice over.Although both are originally from Kumamoto, this is the first time these two giants of the Japanese comic book world have met. Well, at least the first meeting they both remember anyway. more »

Industry talk is getting depressing so I'm going to get back to working on translations of creator interviews and other comics and animation related articles. more »

Takehiko Inoue doesn't whore his characters out to anyone who will pay like many other comic creators in Japan do. Especially with Vagabond, he has taken a very conservative approach to marketing, something I really respect him for. Nothing would ruin Vagabond more than a cheap anime-style cartoon or a Kojiro mobile phone strap. Having said that, while Inoue has done a great job maintaining his integrity and that of his work, it doesn't mean there's nothing out there! more »

It's coming out May 27th. more »

These are from last week's e more »

Despite Takehiko Inoue suggesting a little over a year ago that he couldn't see the story in it's current state ending up anywhere near Kyushu, he opened 2010 with a colour section in Weekly Morning of none other than Funajima. [pic]"Funa" (mean… more »

Vagabond 32 come out today with another outstanding cover.The subtle difference in Musashi's expression on this cover compared to previous ones almost tells the story of his character development by itself. more »

This came out yesterday and I just got my copy today.And, oh yes, it shall be blogged! Can't blog it until I've read it, though.I'll be back in a day or two with some Takehiko Inoue and Vagabond goodness. more »

I don't know how I missed this, but a comment on yesterdays post about the weeklies pointed it out (thank you!)From Takehiko Inoue's website, December 3rd, 2009: This wraps up Vol. 32 which goes on sale 1/15. Unfortunately, there were a couple… more »

Last Thursday saw the last chapter of Vagabond for this year in Weekly Morning magazine.It also had my personal manga moment of the year. I use the word 'manga' instead of comic here to preserve the alliteration in the title, because it sounds better… more »

While doing a little house cleaning and tiding up, I came across an old copy of Switch magazine from December 2006 I had lying around with a feature on Takehiko Inoue and Vagabond. While the interview portion of the feature is a little dated now, art is… more »