Age Rating: 18+
Story & Art: Felipe Smith
Publisher: Vertical, Inc.
Many North American anime and manga fans dream of one day getting a chance to visit their "mecca". What if you actually got a chance to visit Japan? What would your initial reaction be to finding out that you are going? What would you do when you get there? How would you prepare for such an experience? What you expect to see, hear, touch, taste and feel? Pretty exciting, right?
Taking this notion even further; what if you were a North American manga artist? Getting your work published in Japan would certainly be a dream come true, no? Well, what would you do if you had the opportunity to haved your manga published by
Kodansha, Japan's largest publishing company? While actually living in Japan, no less? Well, just ask Felipe Smith, who has gotten the opportunity to do just that. The result?
Peepo Choo, the zany fusion of Western and Eastern pop culture all into one series.