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Wandering Cat’s Cage Is a Dystopian Manga Worth Reading
Akane Torikai’s dystopian shojo manga *Wandering Cat’s Cage* is now available in bookstores, with a preview released alongside its publication. The book is the latest title from Takumigraphics, Fantagraphics’ manga imprint, and is presented as a work that brings together shojo and dystopian fiction.
Fantagraphics is publishing the manga in collaboration with MSX: Mangasplaining Extra. The publisher’s associate publisher described Torikai’s artwork and voice as advancing both genres, drawing on traditions associated with Moto Hagio and Katsuhiro Otomo; the imprint launched earlier this year with *Lovers of the Empire*.
In short
- *Wandering Cat’s Cage* is out in bookstores.
- Akane Torikai’s manga blends shojo and dystopian fiction.
- It is the latest release from Takumigraphics.
Explained simply
Shojo manga is a category of Japanese comics traditionally aimed at girls and young women, though readers of any age or gender may enjoy it. Dystopian fiction imagines societies shaped by severe controls or hardship, often using an invented setting to explore social questions.
Akane Torikai is the manga’s creator. The book is being published by Fantagraphics, an American comics publisher, through Takumigraphics, its manga imprint, in collaboration with MSX: Mangasplaining Extra. The imprint’s focus on manga brings Japanese comics to English-language readers.