
Publishers - I go with the original, original publisher of a book, so my Yen Press books are with Danbi. Volumes to C/ Status in Origin C - Volumes until complete, status in origin country. I own volumes 1-2 and volume 5, 1-2 + 5), red, OOP.Ī or R in a column - a is a tick and r is a x in the microsoft font marlett which google sheets doesn't have. Some personal things to note about my Master List:Ĭolour's - white - still collecting/ ongoing series, yellow - complete, orange - discontinued series where I have all volumes published in English, green - gapped (e.g. So I thought I would share my format here because maybe it would be helpful to some of you who want to track your collection I have my own, I worked on it for many years until I came up with a format that had all of the information in it I needed at a glace to keep track of my collection, especially when out and about and buying new books. And honestly I love them all and think spreadsheets are cute. Since his debut in 1994, Furuya has gone to draw 16 titles for Japan’s leading comics publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha (publishers of Shonen Jump).So I've seen a couple of these being posted now, some spreadsheets of keeping track of your manga. His early projects combined the surreal with extremely modern political commentary winning him critical acclaim worldwide for his juxtapositions of Tokyo youth and their suit wearing salaryman counterparts.

After graduating from university, Usamaru turned his attention to the world of comics. He was an early participant in the Tokyo version of the Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol creating puppets and set designs for their elaborate performances.

A former member of the Osamu Tezuka Manga Correspondence Program, Furuya began to embrace subculture and the undergroud art scene at an early age. Usamaru Furuya was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 25th, 1968. In the 100th anniversary of his birth, the nation devoted a year to him be celebrating his works through film, TV and literature.

Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) has long been noted for his ironic and gloomy wit, his obsession with suicide, and his brilliant fantasy, continues to be the most beloved of Japan’s modern fiction authors.
