Mai the Psychic Girl
Viz · 1989 · 4 issues
About the series
In the late 1980s, Viz Media brought Ryoichi Ikegami's stylized, high-drama artwork to English-speaking readers with Mai the Psychic Girl, a compact four-issue series. This manga follows a young woman with powerful psychic abilities, navigating a world that both fears and covets her gifts. Though brief, the run stands as a landmark early import, introducing many Western audiences to Ikegami's intense, kinetic storytelling and the darker edge of Japanese comics. It remains a key artifact of Viz's pioneering efforts to bring manga stateside.
