Shopping Guide
All 26 of the current series of the Japanese magazine Comic-Zenon are listed, and will become available in English, based on the readers’ votes. Use of the site is free of charge and requires no registration.
The organizer Coamix is the manga production company behind Comic-Bunch, Raijin Comics and currently, Comic-Zenon, Web Zenyon, Smac! and the Silent Manga Audition®. As well as Japan domestic artists, they now work with artists from around the world.
Initially there are three titles available:
Ikusa no Ko -Legend of Oda Nobunaga - Art by Tetsuo Hara / Story by Seibo Kitahara
A samurai adventure starring Japan’s most popular historical warrior, Oda Nobunaga. Told through the signature art style of Fist of the North Star, “Keiji,” and others.
Nobo and Her? by Molico Ross
Gaining popularity for its “invisible” protagonist whom the creator claims “is a projection of the reader’s ideal girl.” A rom-com manga about a college student and the “invisible” girl living together. The author Molico Ross is an award winner of Silent Manga Audition Japan. This is the debut series of the artist, who’s currently gaining a strong fanbase.
Arte by Kei Ohkubo
Story of a young girl in 16th century Italy, fighting her way to become a craftsman of art, a profession that was predominantly male at the time. The book sold exceedingly well for a work by a young artist, exceeding eight reprints in a year.
There will also be rewards for voters, details of which are to be announced.
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