Unique Manga Cover Spotlight

Some years ago, I was reading manga and gave some serious thought to the book covers–on what made a manga volume’s design stand out? The colors or lack of? The posing and placement of the characters and so on and so on. I was already halfway with reading what was currently Akiko Higashimura’s latest series to be published with an English translation, Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey . I remembered I tweeted about how much I loved what was happening with the manga covers and how they just made the series, an autobiographical look back at the mangaka’s youth, just visually refreshing and striking enough to standout even before opening up a single volume. Little did I know that some years later after just a few rereads, I would come back to write about how this particular series would be among a few with unique covers that stayed on my brain. Here are a special spotlight of unique and worthy manga covers that stand out and give readers food for thought on cover design and all the different elements that make a manga cover a wonderful addition to the manga itself and more!

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey By Akiko HigashimuraTranslated by: Jenny McKeon Editor: Jean Grunigen Production: Ysabet MacFarlane (Adaptor), Lys Blakeslee (Letterer), KC Fabellon (Designer) Published by Seven Seas Entertainment Available in print / digital Years ago when collecting the physical volumes of this series, I pondered via then on Twitter (X) and about the book’s desi…