Summary EDITO 4 Mangas Turmoil around Act-age, Dead Company Dear readers, and Adam, the ultimate robot. We were lucky enough to be able to interview Here is already the second edition of Anaïs, bookseller in the “Temple d'Inari '' and Mangactu’s Special Summer edition. We to offer you a visit to this beautiful exhibition. 6 Animes rethought our working methods to propose We also had a lot of pleasure writing the The God of High School, Great Pretender, to you a magazine that’s always more selection for this month. We hope that you Brand New Animal and more! captivating to read, with new fonts and a will like the artworks we introduced in Mangas p.4-5 new working method. We inaugurate a new this selection as much as we liked to write 8 Interview Ultimate robot, ultimate hope. section as well : Mulhouse News, written by the articles! In Addition, as we said in the Anaïs, « Temple d’Inari » manager Noah. We hope with all our heart that you’ll previous editions, we will try at the start of tells us about her exhibition. like this section. For the first, we realized the school year to propose you news with a crazy project, translating the MangActu especially a new team dedicated to the in English! It requires a lot of time but we web-site. We could, during these holidays, 10 Japanese Area are very proud of our work in order to make take a good break to offer you for at least Commemoration of Hiroshima’s 75 years, the MangActu understandable for as many one more year of new MangActu volumes! Black Lives Matter movement. people as possible. Have a good read and welcome back to 11 Figurines We are preparing a lot of nice things for the school everyone! Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Konosuba beginning of the school, we can’t wait to tell Yu-Gi-Oh and Sword Art Online! you more. — Émilien DREY, Romain CUNAT, MangActu's editorial direction. 12 Video Games Video Games p.12-13 Many games based on comics, Ghost of Tsushima Trackmania, SAO new game and more! 14 Editorial’s Selection We chose for you the artwork Miki’s Stories that makes you travelling! Miki Gaishi, here! The vacation is a way to take a 16 Cinema break after working during DC Fandome, Umbrella Academy the whole year. “After effort and The New Mutants comes confort”, as you say. According to our legend, 17 Comics tanukis come from Japan. « Must-have » reprints, We are then going to Mikyo, and new series! capital of the country of the Rising Sun. It’s incredible, I love this journey ! Everything 18 Mulhouse News is wonderful. If you never « Instant Confiné » at the library, went there, I really recommend you to make the trip. SPA’s accusation and climbing walls. I could buy a lot of memories, especially this Mori’s figurine, the biggest tanuki’s idol. Unfortunately, the school will restart for me and for you. I hope 19 Manga Club everything will be okay, and welcome back to The MangActu team, from left to right: Romain B., Théo, Leon, Émilien, Adjo, Isalys’ new artworks! school! See you soon for the next story! Miki Romain C., Hugo, Laureline, Nathan, Noah 2 3 Act-age On the 8th of August 2020, Tatsuya Mutasuki, the scriptwriter of “Act-Age” was arrested MANGAS because of accusations of touching minors. Indeed, on June 18th at 8:00 pm, a man on a bike touched a high-school student. One hour later, he did it again. When the policemen received the complaint, they could identify Tatsuya Matsuki. During his arrest, he admitted the facts. After this story, the Shonen Jump publishing Act-Age Adam, the took the decision to stop the publication and apologized to the victims and to the drawer. ultimate robot As a consequence, the series finished after The first volume of the seinen “Adam, the 12 volumes, with 2 edited by Ki-oon in France, ultimate robot” was published on the 19th of which stopped the publication too. Théo August 2020, drawn and written by Ryoko Azuma. Between a world war, atmospheric pollution and a massive extinction, a new threat is coming on Earth. The “Psyches”, giant flying blue giant creatures, attack humanity from space.There’s On the 18th of August was published the 10th only one hope : Adam, a human robot which has and last volume of “Blue Giant”, edited by a human soul. Émilien Glenat, this series concluded after 2 years of publications. For those who didn’t already know, “Blue Giant” is a manga on jazz, a really rare theme, because jazz isn’t really popular anymore, but also because of the format, which can’t make sound, giving a real challenge to the drawer to give emotions. Challenge that Ishizuka Shinichi passed with success, according to the rikudo success of the series. We follow the story of Dai On the 26th of August was published the 22th Miyamoto, a student in the 12th grade, member volume of “Rikudo”, which is the second to last of a basket-ball club, who, since middle school before the end of the series, because it ends at is also self taught in saxophone. We’ll follow the end of the 23th, already published in Japan. his story, while he tries to fulfill his dream : DEAD COMPANY For those who didn’t already know “Rikudo ‘’, is becoming the best jazzman of the world. Théo The first volume of the seinen “Dead Company” a seinen on boxing, telling the story of Riku, a was published on the 27th of August, written child who is brutalised by his father, a man with and drawn by Tonogai Yoshiki. It’s a survival debt problems. The story begins when yakusas game manga edited by Ki-oon. Ryosuke is the come to Riku’s house to get the debt money, only survivor of a terrible massacre. He can’t but when they open the door, they see Riku, remember why and how he was in this tragedy. hitting the hanged body of his father. Choked Few years later, Ryuosuke gets hired, thanks but intrigued, one of the yakuzas decided to to these traumatic events, by the popular firm teach how to box to Riku. Later, Riku wants to “Dead Company”, known for its survival video live with his mother, but when he goes in the games. Conditions to get hired are very special: apartment, he discovers that she lives with a you must have lived through an unusual event. dealer dealing drugs in exchange for sexual The firm is really happy to have Ryosuke in the acts. Riku, terrified, wanted to make her stop, team and his devotion for the work but in reality, but that irritated the dealer. He didn’t have a the characters in the video games are real choice and killed the man. So, the life of Riku people, made to take part in a real slaughter. begins, full of misfortune. He dedicates his life Émilien to boxing. Théo 4 5 Re:Zero Season 2 So here we are, the long awaited sequel of Re:Zero started airing on this July 8th. We’re ANIMES still following the adventures of Subaru Natsuki, a young student that got warped into a fantastic world, and got the ability to resurrect every The god of time he dies to get back in the past and change the course of time to take care of the woman he high school swore to protect, Emilia. Ryhan “The God of High School” is an anime of action, martial arts, sci-fi and comedy. The story, originally adapting a corean webtoon named “Gat Obeu Hai Seukul” or simply known as GOH, was created by Park Park Yong-Je. The first Brand new animal chapter was published on the 8th april 2011. BNA: Brand New Animal is the newly made The first episode of the anime was directed by anime by Studio Trigger, well known for Kill la Sunghoo Park and produced by Saeho Song and Kill or Darling in the Franxx. We’re settled in a Joseph Chou was released the 6th july 2020. fictitious city named Animacity, where the only Currently, only 13 episodes are available, and authorized residents are half-human, half- the anime is under diffusion. The manhwa tells animal characters, named Beastmen. As you the adventures of the main character, Jin Mo-Ri, can see, it’s indeed a form of social segregation, a 17 martial artist, who wants to take part in a aiming to protect the so-called Beastmen, often world event where the winner can make a wish. persecuted by the “regular” men. We follow Step by step, he will meet some competitors, the adventures of Michiru Kagemori, a Tanuki each of them with a specific motivation. Adjo Beastwoman despite her will. She came to Animacity to escape the Beastmen hunters, but also to find a way to become human again. This anime raises a lot of questions about our present society and the potential cohabitation with other species. However, it does not fail to surprise us and stay a very good anime easily appreciable. Ryhan Great Pretender This anime, whose main theme is the mafia, was directed by Kaburaki Hiro and animated by Wit Uzaki-chan wants Studio. The story is about Masato Edamura, the biggest crook of Japan, who will try to swindle to hang out! a person with his partner, Kudo. Everything Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out! is a slice of life didn’t happen according to the plan, and the anime that tells the story of Sakurai Shinichi, two friends have to work for the person they a common 3rd Year Student that just wants a tried to swindle, Laurent Thierry.