Manga has been and continues to be in hot demand, withthe best-selling manga of 2024selling over 6 million copies as of September 2024. However, for manga readers interested in dipping a toe into the world of comics,BOOM! Studiosis the perfect publisher for them.
Founded twenty years ago,BOOM! Studios is a major player in the independent comic scene, with some ofBOOM! Studios' best-selling comicsincluding the likes ofSomething Is Killing the Childrenby James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera,BRZRKRby Matt Kindt, Keanu Reeves, and Ron Garney, andMagicby Jed MacKay and Ig Guara.
BOOM! Studios also has four imprints, including BOOM! Box, which targets a young adult demographic. BOOM! Box also features plenty of comics perfect for anime and manga fans, especially if they are sports anime fans or shojo fans.
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BOOM! Box Delivers on Sports Comics (as Well as LGBTQ+ Representation)
BOOM! Box has thrived in the sports genre.Fenceby C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad is perhaps one of the biggest sports comics from BOOM! Box, and it is often advertised as the perfect comic for fans of the recentlycanceled anime seriesYuri on Ice, a boys-love sports anime that took the anime world by storm when it debuted.Fence, however, is not about figure skating; it is a sports-romance about fencing.
Fenceis not the only sports comic from BOOM! Box, as there are plenty more for anime fans…
Fenceis not the only sports comic from BOOM! Box, as there are plenty more for anime fans, especially thoselooking for more LGBTQ+ representation.The Avant-Guardsby Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes is about a basketball team at an all-woman’s school that is more on the artsy side, but a new transfer student may be the hope this team has been looking for.The Avant-Guardsis perfect for fans of team-focused anime likeFree!,Slam Dunk, andHaikyu!!.
There are even sports comics that lean more in a genre direction. InS.I.R.by Fell Hound, for instance, a woman tries to win a second chance at love through underground motorcycle jousting.I Heart Skull-Crusherby Josie Campbell and Alessia Zonno is essentiallyMad Maxmeets rollerblading. Though it takes place in an apocalyptic world,Skull-Crushermaintains the charm of most sports anime, especially with its manga-inspired art. It also emphasizes the importance of team spirit over hollow victories. These BOOM! Box series are perfect for sports anime fans, but there are plenty of other comics for manga readers, especially shojo fans.
From Magical Girls to Slice-of-Life, BOOM! Delivers Fantastic Shojo-Like Series
Flavor Girls,Heavy Vinyl, andGhosted In L.A.Are Perfect Comics for Shojo Fans
Shojo anime and manga typically targeta teen or young-adult female demographic, which can be applied to many different genres, like the magical girl genre. ForSailor Moonfans, their next magical girl dream team is herein BOOM! Studios’Flavor Girlsby Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky, in which the titular team fights off an alien invasion in a fantastical science-fiction world. For those looking for something a bit more grounded, though, they may prefer BOOM! Box’sHeavy Vinylby Usdin, Irene Flores, and Nina Vakueva, which is about several women who work at a record store and moonlight as a vigilante fight club.
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While there is action and mystery, there are plenty of slice-of-life and romance elements toHeavy Vinyl. Same withGhosted in L.A.by Sina Grace and Siobhan Keenan, a comic about a college-aged woman moving into a home haunted by several ghosts. BOOM! Box has plenty of slice-of-life comics that blend genre and romance, as well as some just straight forward slice-of-life comics that are perfect for any shojo anime and manga fan. Whether a manga fan is looking to American comics for the first time or just wants something outside traditional superhero fare,BOOM! Studioshas them covered.
All mentionedBOOM! Studiostitles are available now in a variety of editions, from single issues to collections.
