The manga launches in January 2022
© Minetarō Mochizuki, Shogakukan
This year’s 18th issue of Shogakukan’s Big Comic Original magazine published the final chapter of Minetarō Mochizuki’s essay manga No Comic, No Life on Tuesday. The manga’s second compiled book volume will be published on December 27.
Big Comic Original describes the manga as the author’s first essay manga. The manga focuses on a “fictional” genius manga author named Mochitarō Minezuki (a play on Mochizuki’s name), who lives in Yokohama with his family: a relative and a young boy.
Mochizuki launched the manga in Big Comic Original in January 2022. Shogakukan published the manga’s first compiled volume on January 30.
Mochizuki paused his and Naoto Yamakawa’s Frederick manga in 2022 due to the COVID-19 epidemic making research difficult. Mochizuki said at the time that he would continue his research once the COVID-19 situation in France became better and would announce the manga’s resumption date later.
Mochizuki and Yamakawa launched the Frederick manga in January 2020. Leo Lionni’s children’s book Frederick about a poet mouse is considered the inspiration for the manga, but the series’ plot focuses on a The boy left Japan and journeyed to Europe. Lionni published the original work in 1968 and it is now considered a classic children’s book. Shuntarō Tanikawa translated the Japanese version of the book in 1969.
Tokyopop published Mochizuki’s Dragon Head manga in North America in 2006-2008. Three famous Japanese directors — George Iida, Katsuhito Ishii and Jōji Matsuoka — adapted Dragon Head, Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl by Mochizuki (Samehada-Otoko to Momojiri-Onna) and the manga Bataashi Kingyo into live-action films close. Mochizuki launched the Chiisakobee manga in 2012 and ended it in 2015.
Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs (Inugashima) manga series was serialized in Kodansha’s Morning magazine from May to July 2018. Dark Horse Comics licensed the manga, and released it in English in September 2018. February 2020.
Source: Big Comic Original issue 18
