Kamen Rider art by Shotaro Ishinomori
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Hello everyone,
we are a scanlation group of classic shoujo enthusiats and we want to post updates here of our projects.
Some of you maybe remember the Rose Garden main site here on tumblr, sadly that one exists no more, but our group is still active.
We also have an discord server, so if you are interested on helping us with our projects, you are very welcome to join: https://discord.gg/wByzNR9pAT
Here is also our project site on MangaDex, where we post our projects: https://mangadex.org/group/da13a6a9-28f1-4e80-9ad5-74f239859632/the-rose-garden?tab=titles
These are our current projects:
Swan by Kyoko Ariyoshi, newest chapter: 55
The Allegory of Nijinsky (Nijinsky Guuwa) by Kyoko Ariyoshi, newest chapter: 1.4
Divine Love, Earthly Passion (Tenjou no Ai Chijou no Koi) by Tomoko Katou, newest chapter: 4
From Eroica with Love Tributes, newest chapter: 23
The Hotel on the Dangerous Hill (Abunazaka Hotel) by Moto Hagio, newest chapter: 1
Marie-Antoinette. La jeunesse d'une reine. by Fuyumi Soryo, newest chapter: 1
Legend of Hikari (Hikari no Densetsu) by Izumi Aso, newest chapter: 1
And we are also working on some more ;)
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One of my most precious possessions from when I was a very small child is a Vietnamese translation of Pygmalio by Shinji Wada with this story in it. The issue I have is worn to pieces. Maybe I’ll find it and post it. The chapter was about a magical boar and a huntress who befriends him, but for some reason his snowy handmaidens freeze the huntress in a block of ice. It’s printed in this very interesting way where it’s double-sided. If you read from the back, it’s an issue of Touch by Mitsuru Adachi, and if you read from the front, it’s this story. I did this manga page redraw from that chapter.
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Some sad news to share, friends - Leiji Matsumoto, the iconic creator of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Starblazers), Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and many more, has passed away at the age of 85. A manga artist since the 50s who originally got his start in shoujo manga, Matsumoto’s works were a cornerstone of early anime fandom. American sci-fi fans of the 70s may not have known the terms “anime”, “manga”, or “cosplay”, but they knew and loved Matsumoto’s work, which was many fan’s first exposure to anime back in the day. One of the first recorded “cosplay” gatherings in the US was of fans dressed as mostly Leiji Matsumoto characters!
In other parts of the world, they also fell in love with Matsumoto’s work: as in France, where Harlock was known as Albator, and won the hearts of many fans. So much so that Matsumoto won many prestigious awards there, and would eventually be knighted in 2012 by the French government. French electronic duo Daft Punk was highly influenced by his work, and in 2001 collaborated with Matsumoto to release anime music videos (and eventually a feature-length film version called Interstella 555).
Modern anime & manga owe much to his work, as he was THE pioneer of space opera and what he liked to call “boy’s romance” stories--”romance” in the literarily sense--full of angst, heroism, and fighting for independence while celebrating nature, brotherhood, and friendship. He helped many people learn to never give up on themselves and their dreams, no matter how fantastical they may seem.
May his spirit travel on, in a new adventure in the endless sea of stars.
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My Fave Is Problematic: Stop!! Hibari-Kun!
Content Warning: racism/racial caricatures (including example screenshot), sexual harassment, transphobia, sexualization of minors
Stop!! Hibari-Kun!’s titular character is, for me, one of the best representations of a trans woman in media—made all the more shocking by the fact that it was made in the 1980s, a time when the concept of trans women was even more deeply misunderstood than it is now.
However, with that decade came many problematic aspects, such as casual transphobia, racism, and uncomfortable sexuality. The dichotomy of Hibari as both a progressive trans narrative and an ignorant product of its time showcases Japan’s complicated relationship with trans women and other marginalized groups. As a non-binary person myself, I certainly found a lot of fun and gender envy from Stop!! Hibari-kun. I discovered it two years ago, coincidentally around the time I was coming to terms with my own identity. The confidence with which she displays her femininity is something I’ve always admired. This ironically makes it all the harder to recommend, because Stop!! Hibari-kun also has aspects that I was incredibly uncomfortable with despite its great qualities.
Read it at Anime Feminist!
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