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FishLion
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Congrats to all the winners!
I always appreciate award shoes that focus on selections by industry insiders because it makes the focus less on just what the hotness is. I didn't recognize more titles than I knew off hand and that means it actually introduces us to new stuff instead of reminding us we should watch/read the most popular anime around for the hundredth time this year like open voting tends to produce. Thanks for covering this! |
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mdo7
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Same here!!! I'm glad to see some older manga that never had any previous US release has finally got licensed, translated, and released here finally. |
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Fluwm
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I know these awards aren’t really a thing yet (by which I mean not that they don’t exist, obviously, just that they’re not yet super relevant) but I’m really hoping the “best new edition of a classic” category maybe helps encourage some, you know, new editions of classics. I think I’ve spoken with a few people here about certain titles that are really desperate for a new translation (and not just on account of prior editions being incomplete). Something I hope for even more keenly in recent weeks as I’ve immersed myself in the Detective Conan anime.
So, presumably, everyone trundering about here in the comments has read through the article and already read that point, but I am still compelled to repeat it, and reiterate it. I really cannot emphasize enough just how sharply Spacewalking hit me, too. The last time I came across media that hit that close to home, it completely shattered my own understanding of my childhood. I’ve certainly never come across anything even remotely as personally powerful in the medium of manga or anime. I really cannot emphasize enough how much I recommend everyone give it a read. It plays a little into the fantasy of, you know, neurotypicals being chill with neurodivergence, but still comes across as a thoroughly honest examination of the apathy and neglect that conditions neurodivergent people to think of the,selves as broken. And it depicts that kind of nihilistic hopelessness without dwelling on it! It’s ultimately a very optimistic story, and I really love that. It’s the absolute last kind of story I would ever write about my own childhood experience; it’s the absolute first story I wish I I could’ve read and experience during that childhood.. I’m deeply curious about how the story plays out. The first volume could be read as a kind of implicit indictment of the Japanese educational system, for failing to give students the support they need, but at this point it’s not clear just how interested Spacewalking is in exploring those sorts of broader, attendant themes, or if it wants to concern itself solely with the relationship between the two leads. |
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MFrontier
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Congrats to the winners and nice insight into the selection process!
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MangaNeko
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Congrats to all the winners! The Classic manga category was really deep and I am saddened you did not mention Legend of Kami v.1. I really recommend Yoshinaga’s other short story collection, All My Darling Daughters. It has been a favorite since its release in 2010 and I am really happy to add Tamaki & Amane to my library. I think one thing I did not like about the awards was nominations for items that did not have a physical release yet. Sure they were at the printers and maybe review copies had gone out, but 2 or 3 only hit bookshelves in August.
I hope next year’s awards are just as deep. [/i] |
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