Kore Yamazaki: Manga creator behind The Ancient Magus’ Bride on an idea coming in to being when the time is right

Kore Yamazaki, manga artist and author or mangaka as they are commonly referred to, is proof that living your truth brings success in life with ease, and that an idea always comes in to being when the time’s right. The 29-year-old mangaka, who has been drawing since the age of two and drawing manga since she was seven, is successfully making a living from what … Continue reading Kore Yamazaki: Manga creator behind The Ancient Magus’ Bride on an idea coming in to being when the time is right

Life & Soul MagazineAugust 9, 2019August 9, 2019Leave a comment

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Review: Manga Exhibition at the British Museum, London

Around the world people are familiar with manga as Japanese comics, but manga in its broadest sense runs deeper than that which is where the British Museum’s Manga Exhibition comes in to trace the roots of manga as a form of storytelling, which predates its current graphic form, as well as to introduce visitors to the various forms of manga. The largest exhibition dedicated to … Continue reading Review: Manga Exhibition at the British Museum, London

Life & Soul MagazineJuly 12, 2019July 10, 2019Leave a comment

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Comic book artist Jeffrey Veregge reimagines Marvel characters in Native artistic style

Most are familiar with Marvel characters such as Daredevil, Black Panther, Black Widow, Hulk, Luke Cage, and Misty Knight, and their stand to serve the greater good. Now Native American comic artist Jeffrey Veregge has reimagined the Marvel characters’ fight against evil with a unique tribal take, borrowing phrases from his tribal language, S’Klallam, as well as tribal motifs. In an exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum … Continue reading Comic book artist Jeffrey Veregge reimagines Marvel characters in Native artistic style

Life & Soul MagazineJuly 11, 2019July 10, 20194 Comments

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Comics Spotlight: Witchy

Witchy is a ongoing web-based comic that goes a long way to banishing all stereotypes about witches and the craft. Developed by animation student, Ariel Ries, Witchy centres around the comic’s heroine, Nyneve, living in the kingdom of Hyalin, where the strength of your magic is determined by the length of your hair. Since the kingdom of Hyalin is under a military regime, short haired … Continue reading Comics Spotlight: Witchy

Life & Soul MagazineDecember 3, 2018December 2, 2018Leave a comment

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Studio Ghibli animations to be brought to life at new theme park

The animated world of Hayao Miyazaki is set to become a physical reality with Studio Ghibli’s new theme park, set to open in central Japan in 2022. Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, is renowned for works including Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. He is among the world’s most acclaimed animators, with huge followings in Japan and abroad. Studio Ghibli has released a basic concept for the … Continue reading Studio Ghibli animations to be brought to life at new theme park

Life & Soul MagazineApril 26, 2018April 25, 2018Leave a comment

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Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the themes of the director’s magical anime

Hayao Miyazaki, the much celebrated Japanese animator, may have “officially” retired in 2013, but fans knew he would re-surface at some point, marking his return to the drawing board and big screen with his magical anime. The movie he came out of retirement to make is called Kemushi No Boro (Boro the Caterpillar). Little is known about this short animation, that is expected to premiere at … Continue reading Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the themes of the director’s magical anime

Life & Soul MagazineJanuary 29, 2017February 6, 20171 Comment

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Friday’s Feature: Philosophy in Anime

Thanks for your insight. There’s definitely a lot of powerful messages conveyed through anime 100 Word Anime These days it seems everyone has a personal philosophy (or at lease a fortune cookie slogan that they hold up as one) and anime isn’t any different. There are literally barrels of characters who will throw their own personal view of the world at you (ad nauseam if … Continue reading Friday’s Feature: Philosophy in Anime

Life & Soul MagazineJanuary 18, 2017January 20, 20171 Comment

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Your Name anime sees a city boy and country girl switch bodies

Your Name is an anime movie which tells the story of country girl, Mitsuha and city boy, Taki. Japan is waiting for a comet that passes by once every 1,000 years. Bored of her life in the country, Mitsuha makes a wish upon the passing comet to “be born a gorgeous Tokyo boy in her next life”. It comes about sooner than the next lifetime … Continue reading Your Name anime sees a city boy and country girl switch bodies

Life & Soul MagazineNovember 19, 2016February 10, 2017Leave a comment