Matsuri Akino Otaku Week: Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo

Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo (新ペットショップオブホーラズ; Shin (New) Pet Shop of Horrors) picks up a little after the first series with D opening a shop in a Neo Chinatown located in the less-than-reputable Kabukicho area. Sketchy characters, pets that aren’t always what they seem and enough sweets to kill a flock of hummingbirds…the only thing missing is Q-chan. And Leon. But it wouldn’t be a series without someone for D to torment and this time around it’s Woo-Fei Rau, the suspicious, power-hungry manager of the Neo Chinatown building.

Matsuri Akino Otaku Week: Genju no Seiza

Unlike the other series readily available domestically, Genju no Seiza (幻獣の星座; The Mythical Beast’s Constellation) is a a little of a departure for Akino-sensei because it is meant to be a single story with a beginning and end rather than the episodic nature of both Pet Shop and Kamen Tantei.

Matsuri Akino Otaku Week: Kamen Tantei

One of Matsuri Akino’s lesser-known manga in North America, Kamen Tantei (仮面探偵; The Masked Detective) centers around two high school students who are aspiring mystery authors. They enter a story into a publishing company’s contest and are thrilled when they win the grand prize, making their big debut in a mystery magazine. While trying to [...]

Matsuri Akino Otaku Week: Pet Shop of Horrors

Welcome to Matsuri Akino Otaku Week! I’m a huge fan of Akino-sensei’s work, so I’m going to take this opportunity to spend a week discussing her various series that have been licensed and translated. First up is one of my all-time favorite series and the one that got me addicted to Akino, Pet Shop of [...]