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The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition.

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Need some shojo mystery don't worry this local edgelord gotcha like i got a pokemon from its now godforsakenly cancerous state lol.

naoki urasawa's wonderful documentary program manben shows mangaka at work while they discuss their form and process with urasawa-sensei. this list includes one noteworthy series by each mangaka featured on the show.

an english fansub of the series can be found here (this is NOT urasawa-sensei's official website):

https://www.naokiurasawa.com/

i will do my best to choose series' that can be read in their entirety in english, either officially or via scanlations. information can be found in the descriptions for each entry.

format:
mangaka ([season][episode])
common english title(s)
magazine

Psychological Manga Collection Part (1)

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7732

This is for your friends who only know manga through anime or only relate it to shonen and ecchi, it’s not necessarily directed at a “manga beginner” but at those who want to see the different perspectives the medium can offer. 3 volumes and up, well drawn, easy to follow, interesting visual and narratively.

Some other aspects I considered:
- Cinematic vibes
- Human drama
- Down to earth, realistic characters
- Cross-cultural appeal (e.g pop culture references, foreign settings)
- No out of place fanservice
- No tropes that might break the immersion (e.g. author insertion)

While most Manga only focus on one story, there're still a few out there that explore different types of stories of different characters in different circumstances. Some happy and hopeful, some dark and tragic, some cute and light-hearted, some ridiculous, some bittersweet.

shoujo and josei manga that started publishing in the 1990s

Shojo ＆　josei manga with thin romantic elements or no romantic elements

This may be a good choice for those who don't like the romantic elements of shojo manga…

Same rules like the last three.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24969
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25373
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31761

A selection of BL themed manga with unique perspectives, art styles and dynamics, from high school romances to horror and science fiction.

Now clearly half of these aren't from BL magazines, I picked them based on the following criteria:
- The main character is in love with a man (not necessarily requited or fulfilled)
- The emotional beats are deeply tied to an homoerotic relationship
- The author is already known for writing BL

To put it bluntly, I'm being generous with what I call BL #imsorry. I have my own list to go through so I'll keep adding after careful consideration ^_−☆

The order is from shortest to longest more or less. Enjoy!

part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/43551

I made this list because I'm tired of people generalizing shoujo and saying it's all romance, so here are some shoujo manga from varius genres (horror, psychological, action, drama, etc.) that are violent and dark! Check the trigger warnings for some of these.

Just for a disclaimer: Some of these I am still reading but somehow I have come to love them and think of them often.

I read a lot of shoujo and josei manga/manhwa/manhua so I thought I should make a list like this.

This one consists of traditional manga from the shoujo and josei demographic. Just added some titles that I think deserve more recognition than they already have.