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Dien Bien Phu Manga Gets English Release on April 15
15-volume manga centers on American military photographer during Vietnam War
― Manga creator Daisuke Nishijima revealed on Twitter on April 3 that his Dien Bien Phu manga is getting an English version that will launch digitally with all 15 volumes at once on April 15. The translated manga is currently listed on several Japanese e-book retailers including Amazon and Cmoa. Nishijima stated the manga wi...
Kintetsu Yamada's Telework Yotabanashi Manga Ends in Next Chapter
Romantic comedy manga from Sweat and Soap creator launched in November
― This year's 19th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine revealed on Thursday that Kintetsu Yamada's Telework Yotabanashi (Telework Gossip) manga will end in the magazine's 20th issue on April 13. The manga's one compiled volume will ship on May 23. The manga launched in Morning on November 2. The romantic comedy follows a man who ...
Spy x Family, Jujutsu Kaisen, More Rank on NYT April Bestseller List
― Five manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early April. The manga on this month's list includes: #3: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 9
#6: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 19
#9: Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 33
#12: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#15: Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba vo...
New Mega Man Battle Network Manga Chapter Gets English Release
Chapter by Ryo Takamisaki is available to read for free in Japanese, English on CAPCOM's website
― The official Twitter accounts for CAPCOM's Mega Man game franchise announced on March 29 that Ryo Takamisaki new chapter for the franchise's manga series titled Mega Man Battle Network ~The 20 Year Reunion~ has launched in English. The chapter is available to read for free in Japanese and English on CAP...
Ranking of Kings Manga Goes on Hiatus
Manga's return date undecided
― The 230/231st chapter of Sōsuke Tōka's Ranking of Kings (Ōsama Ranking) manga revealed last Saturday that the manga is going on hiatus for a while. It did not reveal when the series would return. The web manga centers around Bojji, a deaf, powerless prince who cannot even wield a children's sword. As the firstborn son, he strives hard and dreams of becoming the world's...
Ichijinsha Launches New 'Echo' Web Manga Brand
Brand to produce works targeted towards women with themes of empathy, pleasure
― Ichijinsha is launching a new web manga brand "Echo" with e-book distribution service Comic Seymour. The brand will produce works targeted towards 20-40-year-old women with the themes of "empathy and pleasure." Specifically, there is a focus on love stories that empathize with common worries and stresses for women, and w...
Iwatobineko Ends The Country Without Humans Manga This Summer, Launches New Manga on May 1
Iwatobineko launches Komen Fūfu manga on May 1
― The third compiled book volume of Iwatobineko's The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (Tōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari) manga revealed on March 30 that the fifth and final volume of her separate The Country Without Humans (Ningen no Inai Kuni) manga will ship this summer. In addition, the volume and the May issue of Futabas...
Naoshi Arakawa's Atwight Game Fantasy Manga Ends on April 12
Your Lie in April author launched manga in September 2022
― This year's 18th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Naoshi Arakawa's Atwight Game manga will end in the magazine's next issue on April 12. The fantasy manga is set in a trading city named Kunlong, and centers on Marco, a minor member in the city's ruling crime syndicate, the Serpent Ring. Marco lives a norm...
Shijō Saikyō Orc-san no Tanoshii Isekai Harem Zukuri Manga Ends 1st Part, Goes on Hiatus
Takashi Tsukimi's manga of Rui Tsukiyo's novel debuted in September 2019
― Shogakukan's Manga ONE app revealed on Sunday that Takashi Tsukimi's manga adaptation of Rui Tsukiyo's Shijō Saikyō Orc-san no Tanoshii Isekai Harem Zukuri (How History's Strongest Orc Creates a Harem on Another World) light novel has ended its first part with chapter 112. The app also announced that the manga will return afte...
Manga Up! Adds When I Tried Strengthening a Rusty Sword, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, More Manga
Also: Even the Elf Captain Wants to be a Maiden, From Superfan to Stepsister
― Manga Up! announced this week that it has begun releasing the following four manga in English: Title: When I Tried Strengthening a Rusty Sword, It Turned into an OP Magic Sword ("Sabitsuita Ken" o Tameshi ni Kyо̄ka Shite Mitara, Tondemonai Maken ni Bakemashita)
Manga Creators: Mizuki Manno, Yaeichi, Shunya Hasegawa, Tera A...
Dr. Stone's Boichi Launches New SuperString Manga With Shin Angyo Onshi's In-Wan Youn
Manga tied into Korean company YLAB's SuperString IP to debut on April 19
― This year's 19th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Boichi will launch a new webtoon series titled SuperString: Isekai Kenbunroku with writer In-Wan Youn (Defense Devil, Island, Shin Angyo Onshi) in the 21st issue, scheduled to ship on April 19. LINE Digital Frontier had previously ...
Abrams ComicArts to Begin Publishing Manga in Fall 2024
Abrams Books Imprint to become full division within company
― Comics industry news source ICv2 reported on Tuesday that Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of Abrams Books, will begin licensing manga and other international titles for release in fall 2024. The imprint will become a full division of the company. Rodolphe Lachat will head the Abrams ComicArts division. Charles Kochman, the founding head of th...
Kaede Kōchi's Life So Happy Manga Returns with Special 1-shot
One-shot manga launches on April 26
― This year's ninth issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine announced on Wednesday that Kaede Kōchi's Life So Happy manga, a sequel to the earlier Love So Life manga, is returning with a special 54-page one-shot in magazine's special publication The Hana to Yume Dream on April 26. The original manga launched in Hana to Yume in April 2016, then switched to Hakus...
Dragon Quest Dai no Daibōken: Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō Manga Enters Final Battle
Manga's final battle starts in 8th volume on August 4
― The seventh compiled book volume of Yūsaku Shibata's Dragon Quest Dai no Daibōken: Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō (Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: The Hero Avan and the Demon King of Hellfire), the prequel manga of Riku Sanjō and Kōji Inada's Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken) manga revealed on Tuesday that the se...
Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Yami Ma no Mamiya Manga's 1st Part Ends
Gambling manga's 1st part ends on May 1
― The May issue of Takeshobo's Kindai Mahjong magazine announced on Saturday that Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Yami Ma no Mamiya (Yami-Mahjong Fighter Mamiya) manga's first part will end in the magazine's June issue on May 1. Fukumoto first published a one-shot of the manga in Kindai Mahjong in May 2019, and launched the manga's serialization in the magazine in July 201...
Busu ni Hanataba o's Roku Sakura Launches New Manga
Koi Suru 2DK, Ayakashi Zensai Tsuki centers on spurned woman who moves into haunted apartment
― The May issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Tuesday that manga creator Roku Sakura will launch a new manga titled Koi Suru 2DK, Ayakashi Zensai Tsuki (Romantic 2-Bedroom, Haunted by Dead Wife) in the magazine's next issue on May 2. The manga centers on Tsukasa Ōkami, a girl who has moved int...
'My Personal Weatherman', 'At 25:00, in Akasaka' Top 2023 BL Awards
Heaven Official's Blessing danmei novel wins best novel
― The boys-love website Chil-Chil announced the winners of its 14th annual BL Awards last Friday. The awards honor manga, novels, drama CDs, voice actors, characters, and cover design in the boys-love genre. The winning works are decided via popular vote on the website. Nikke Taino's My Personal Weatherman was voted best comic, while Hiroko Nats...
Tadaichi Nakama's Tokyo Demon Bride Story Manga Ends
Manga launched last September
― This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter on Monday of Tadaichi Nakama's Tokyo Demon Bride Story (Dai Tōkyō Oni Yome Den) manga. Nakama launched he manga in September 2022. Viz Media and Manga Plus both publish the manga digitally in English. Manga Plus describes the story: Ten years ago, a young Jinta promised to marr...
Food Wars, Kuroko's Basketball Authors Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump
Bone Collection's Jun Kirarazaka also launches new manga
― This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that storywriter Yūto Tsukuda and artist Shun Saeki will launch a new manga titled Tenmaku Cinema in the magazine's 19th issue on April 10. The manga will center on a movie-loving high school student named Hajime. Tenmaku Cinema is the first of four new manga ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 2-8
Record of Ragnarok, Fantasista Doll anime; Tista, Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Limited Edition BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$84.98 April 4 Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Special Edition BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 April 4 Fantasista Doll BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 Apr...
The Legendary Hero is Dead Spinoff Manga Goes on Indefinite Hiatus
Manga author Subaruichi needs long-term rest
― The staff of Shogakukan's Manga ONE app announced on Monday that Subaruichi's Yūsha ga Shinda! Kami no Kuni-hen (The Legendary Hero is Dead!: The Land of the Gods) spinoff manga, will take an indefinite hiatus because Subaruichi has become ill and needs a long-term rest. The staff will announce when the manga will resume serialization on the Manga ONE ap...
Red Eyes's Jun Shindo Launches New Manga
Survival action, zombie apocalypse rights manga launches on Tuesday
― Manga author Jun Shindo launched a new manga titled rights in Kodansha's Comic Days manga app and website service on Tuesday. The survival action manga is set in the not so distant future, where a new virus that turns humans into zombies has spread around the world. Despite plans of wiping out the zombies with weapons of mass destr...
Tista GN 1
From the creator of SpyxFamily comes a difficult story, replete with themes of what we owe those who "save" us and just how much power any one person (or organization) should have.
― Before there was Spy x Family there was Tista. Tatsuya Endo's first serialized work shares some themes with his latest – heroine Tista Lone is an orphan who became an assassin after the Catholic Church experimented on he...
Bocchi The Rock! Gets Spinoff Manga
Spinoff manga "coming soon"
― The official Twitter account of Houbunsha's Comic Fuz manga app and website announced on Sunday that Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! will get a spinoff manga. The announcement did not reveal more details, but it teased a silhouette image of the spinoff manga's main character. Hamaji launched the manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in Decemb...
RE:Life's Yayoiso Launches New Manga on LINE App
Tsugihagi Mirai launches on April 8
― The LINE manga app announced on Saturday that manga creator Yayoiso (ReLIFE) is launching a new manga titled Tsugihagi Mirai on April 8. The manga will update on Saturdays. The story is about three childhood friends - Haruta, Izumi, and Ichika - who were all seriously injured in a restricted scrapyard. For the next 12 years, from kindergarten onward, they have go...
Pokémon Horizons: The Series Anime Gets Shōjo Manga in Ciao Magazine
Manga centers on new Pokémon anime's female protagonist Liko
― The May issue of Shogakukan's Ciao magazine announced on Monday that Kahori Orito will launch a new manga based on Liko, the female protagonist of the new Pokémon Horizons: The Series anime, titled Pocket Monster ~Liko no Takaramono~ (Pocket Monster ~Liko's Treasure~). The manga will launch in the magazine's June issue on May 2. The serie...
Love Live! Superstar!! Gets Spinoff Manga About Chisato
Yūta Taneda draws Chii-chan Buchō wa Yūnō Desu! manga
― Manga creator Yūta Taneda launched a spinoff manga of the Love Live! Superstar!! project of the Love Live! franchise on Kadokawa's ComicWalker and on the Nico Nico Seiga website on March 30. The manga is titled Love Live! Superstar!! Chii-chan Buchō wa Yūnō Desu! (Club President Chii-Chan is Versatile!). The manga centers on Chisato Arashi, teac...
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Reveals Anime's Ending Artist, Manga's New 1-shot
Also: Mamiko Noto joins cast as Gabimaru's wife
― Twin Engine announced the ending theme song information and one more cast member on Saturday for the television anime adaptation of Yūji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga. Mamiko Noto joins the cast of the anime as Gabimaru's wife. Uru is performing the ending theme song "Kamihitoe." Twin Engine is also streaming the clean opening and ending se...
Manga Planet Licenses Inside God's Arms - A Room Filled With Love, More Manga
Subscription service also adds 279 titles licensed from Mobile Media Research
― Manga Planet announced on Friday that its boys love label futekiya has acquired the license for Yonezou Nekota's Inside God's Arms - A Room Filled With Love manga from Fat Cat. The company has also licensed Tadashi Manabe's Sugar Dating and Kazuma Ichihara's This Woman's Body Tells Lies adult manga from Rush. Additionally...
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension Manga Resumes With 'Final Series Prequel' on April 13
Masami Kurumada's manga launched in 2006
― This year's 18th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on Thursday that Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades manga will resume in the magazine's 20th issue on April 13 with the manga's "Final Series Prequel." The manga last appeared in the magazine in July 2021. Kurumada has been serializing the manga s...
Ryōsuke Asakura's Shikizaki Shimai wa Abakaretai Manga Ends
Manga launched in 2021
― This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that Ryōsuke Asakura's Shikizaki Shimai wa Abakaretai (I Want to Be Exposed by the Shikizaki Sisters) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on April 6. The manga is about Tarō Yamada, who runs a detective office. He slips on a banana peel and is reincarnated as the younger brother of th...
Kodansha USA Licenses Gachiakuta, Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!, Love, That's an Understatement Manga
Love, That's an Understatement launches digitally on April 25
― Kodansha USA Publishing announced that it has licensed the Gachiakuta and Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! manga for print release in fall, and the Love, That's an Understatement for digital release in April. Title: Gachiakuta
Author: Kei Urana
Debut Date: Fall 2023
Summary: A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the ...
MyAnimeList Releases Ultimate List of Manga Recommendations
Frieren, The Apothecary Diaries, Dandadan, Oshi no Ko, Skip and Loafer, more honored
― Anime database website MyAnimeList is delving headfirst into the world of manga with a new list of internationally recommended titles. The site released its first “You Should Read This Manga” list on Wednesday in collaboration with international booksellers and MyAnimeList users. The list includes several subcatego...
Hi Score Girl GNs 1-4
Hi Score Girl provides a light-hearted romantic comedy grounded in '90s video game culture. Yet despite its particular nuances, the general emotional throughlines are relatable enough that most readers can find something to enjoy here.
― Hi Score Girl provides a light-hearted romantic comedy with a specific sort of appeal. Yet despite its particular main nuances, the general emotional throughlines ar...
Advice and More From the TATESC Award Winning Author of LILIES
With submissions for the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards currently open, Yuto Komiya was more than happy to give advice to those looking to win the award as well as share her experiences with the success that has come after.
― Yuto Komiya was one of the winners of the first ever TATESC awards for her vertically scrolling manga LILIES—which is, to this day, one of TATESC's most popular ongoing titles...
World's End Harem: After World Manga Ends in 3 Chapters
World's End Harem: After World is 2nd part of World's End Harem manga
― The 44th chapter of LINK and Kotaro Shono's Shūmatsu no Harem: After World manga revealed on Sunday that the manga will end in three chapters. As the manga usually serializes a new chapter once every other Sunday, the manga will end on May 7 if there are no delays. The manga entered its final arc in December 2022. The manga ended...
Makoto Fukami, Takuya Fujima Launch New Manga
Takuaka! manga launches on April 28
― The May issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine revealed on Tuesday that writer Makoto Fukami and artist Takuya Fujima will launch a new manga titled Takuaka! in the magazine's June issue on April 28. Fukami is best known for the script for the Psycho-Pass anime and the writer for the Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka manga, alongside artist Seigo Tokiya....
The Knight Captain is the New Princess-to-Be Manga Ends
Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Yasuko Yamaru's manga
― Hakusensha's Manga Park manga website will publish the first part of the final chapter of Yasuko Yamaru's The Knight Captain is the New Princess-to-Be (Himegimi wa Kishi Danchō) manga for subscribers April 11. Each chapter of the manga has two parts, so if there are no delays, the manga will end on April 18. Seven Seas Entertainment has li...
Blue Thermal's Kana Ozawa Launches New Manga
Love story manga launches on April 25
― The May issue of Kodansha's Kiss magazine announced on Saturday that manga author Kana Ozawa will launch a new manga titled Kō-2 (Kō-Ni) no Koi no Wasure-kata (How to Forget my Second Year High School Love) in the magazine's June issue on April 25. The love story manga is about a girl named Oto Miyakura, who works as an editor at a publishing company. She lives...
Infini-T Force's Tatsuma Ejiri Launches First Gundam Manga
Mobile Suits Gundam Red Giant 03rd MS Team launched on Saturday
― The May issue of Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine published the first chapter of Tatsuma Ejiri's (Infini-T Force: Arc to the Future, P2! - Let's Play Pingpong!) first Gundam manga titled Mobile Suits Gundam Red Giant 03rd MS Team (Mobile Suits Gundam Aka no 3-Kyosei) on Sunday. Ryōji Sekinishi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC setting production) i...
Ayashimon GN 1
This volume is packed with everything from yakuza action to twisted backstories to humans against monsters. Does this manga from the creator of Hell’s Paradise manage to bring it all together?
― Most of us have probably tried it at some point. What “it” means varies, but the definition is always “something that works in my favorite story.” Whether that was strapping brushes to your feet and skating a...
Sword Art Online Novel Series' 'Unital Ring' Arc Gets Manga Adaptation
Chapter 0 debuted on Saturday
― The May issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine published the 41-page special chapter 0 of Masato Kanetsuki's Sword Art Online: Unital Ring manga – the adaptation of the "Unital Ring" arc of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series – on Saturday. The manga will start its serialization in the magazine's June issue on April 26. Kawahara is credited for...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Gets Gourmet Spinoff Manga
Chika Nakatani draws manga debuting on April 26
― The May issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Saturday that Chika Nakatani will launch a new spinoff manga for Fuse and Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series titled Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Bishoku-den ~Peko to Rimuru no Ryōri Techō~ (That Time I Got Reinc...
Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Star Blossom Manga Launches on April 10
Shin Hotani, Monjūsaki depict newbie trainer meeting Sakura Laurel
― The official YouTube channel of Shueisha's YanJan app began streaming a teaser trailer for the Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Star Blossom manga on Monday. The video revealed the manga's artist and writer, and also reveals that the manga will launch in YanJan, Shonen Jump+, and Tonari no Young Jump on April 10. Shin Hotani is drawing the ...
What it Takes to Win the TATESC Comics Global Awards New Manga Contest
While this is the first global version of the contest, two other TATESC Comics Awards competitions were held in Japan previously. So, let's check out the winners of the last contest to see what kinds of comics the judges are looking for.
― With the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards new manga contest, aspiring manga creators from across the world have a chance to have their comics reviewed by a vast nu...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 26-April 1
DEEMO Memorial Keys, Mieruko-chan anime; The Valiant Must Fall, Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2 BD/DVDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 March 28 Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2 Limited Edition BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$84.98 Ma...
Azuki Launches Gloomy Bear: Apocalyptic Love Manga in English (Updated)
1-shot manga based on Mori Chack's character to be available on Azuki's website; iOS, Android app
― Update: Azuki stated on April 4 that the manga's release "will be delayed until further notice." Azuki announced on Tuesday that it will digitally publish Naz and Masato Fujisaki's Gloomy Bear: Apocalyptic Love manga based on Mori Chack's Gloomy Bear character in English on April 4. The one-shot manga ...
Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection GN
The manga creator's grotesque artwork is in full force here, but unfortunately, there are a good number of stories in this anthology that feel a little bit undercooked.
― From the genius Junji Ito himself, we have another anthology book filled with a majority of short stories drawn and executed in his classic style. When you've read and reviewed enough of Ito's stories, there's always this worry of t...
Mizu Sahara's Okashiratsuki Manga Gets Live-Action Film
Manga follows relationship between boy who has pig-like tail, softball-playing girl across 10 years
― Coamix announced on Saturday that Mizu Sahara's Okashiratsuki manga is getting a live-action film adaptation that will premiere this year. Sahara launched in the series Monthly Comic Zenon in March 2018, and ended the manga in June 2021. Coamix published the manga's fourth and final compiled book vol...
Re:Zero's 5th Arc Gets Manga Adaptation
Upcoming manga adapts "Stars that Engrave History" arc from volumes 16-20 of novels
― The official Twitter account for the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchise revealed on Saturday that the fifth arc "Stars that Engrave History" from Tappei Nagatsuki's original light novels will have a manga adaptation. The manga will launch this summer on the Comic Alive+ label of the ComicWalker websi...
What the Judges Are Looking for in the TATESC Comics Global Awards Contest
So, you want to win the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards and get not only the sizable cash prize but have your own manga professionally published as well? So here's what one of the English language judges had to say on the subject.
― So, you want to win the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards and get not only the sizable cash prize but have your own manga professionally published as well? Well then, it w...
Win Kadokawa's TATESC Contest and Get Your Own Manga Published!
Think you have it in you to make your own hit manga? Then the TATESC Comics Global Awards contest might just be for you.
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Think you have it in you to make your own hit manga? Then the TATESC Comics Global Awards contest might just be for you. TATESC is a Kadokawa-owned manga label that focuses on vertically scrolling manga—i.e., manga that are designed to be read on a phone, tablet, or computer whe...
Shueisha's The Margaret Magazine Ceases Publication
Magazine's final summer issue to release on June 23
― The spring issue and the official Twitter account of Shueisha's The Margaret magazine announced on Friday that it will end its publication with the magazine's summer issue, which will ship on June 23. The announcement did not reveal the plans for its serialized manga series. 休刊のおしらせ「ザ マーガレット」は次号の2023年6月23日発売「ザ マーガレット夏号」をもって休刊することとなりました。ご愛読いただき、誠にあ...
Major Manga Creator Draws Illustration to Celebrate Japan's WBC Win
Takuya Mitsuda also shared his motivations for drawing a manga about the Major League baseball
― Takuya Mitsuda, creator of the classic Major baseball manga, drew an illustration to celebrate Japan's recent win at the World Baseball Classic (WBC). The sport newspaper Sponichi published the illustration in print and online on Saturday. 人気野球漫画「#MAJOR」の満田拓也先生が、#侍ジャパン に祝福のイラストとメッセージを寄せて下さいました！#大谷翔平 選手と #...
I Fell for a Fujoshi GN 1
Ichiro's in love with Tae, who's in love with BL, and decides to just go with her misconception about him...will this eventually lead to romance?
― At some point we've probably all done something inspired by the fiction we've read that was, in hindsight, not a brilliant plan. Whether it was testing the theory of gravity or cooking and eating periwinkles, antics brought on by a good book aren't all th...
Rei Hiroe: '341 Sentōdan Manga Will Continue if it Sells'
Black Lagoon author reveals he has been suffering from depression since 2010
― The first compiled book volume of Rei Hiroe's 341 Sentōdan (341 RMR Battlegroup) manga contained an afterword where Hiroe wrote that the manga will have a continuation "if it sells." He added he began suffering from depression in 2010, and was unable to draw at the time. He had thought that he would have to give up on draw...
Chi: On the Movements of the Earth's Uoto Launches New Manga
New manga is titled Yōkoso! FACT (Tōkyō S-ku 2-Shibu) e
― Manga creator Uoto revealed last Friday that he will launch a new manga titled Yōkoso! FACT (Tōkyō S-ku 2-Shibu) e (Welcome to FACT [Tokyo S Ward 2nd Division]) on Shogakukan's Manga One website. Uoto added that he did not yet know when the manga will launch, but he intends the manga to be a short series with few volumes. 【新連載告知】小学館の漫画アプリ、マンガワ...
'Can I Buy Your Love From a Vending Machine?' Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Film This Fall
Ryō Matsuda, Shōgo Tazuru, Yurina Yanagi star in film
― Sankosha revealed on Monday that Haruaki Yoshii's Can I Buy Your Love From a Vending Machine? (Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka?) manga is inspiring a live-action film that will open this fall. Kenji Tani is directing the film, with a script by Kumi Tawada, and photography by Hironori Itō. The film stars Ryō Matsuda as Ayumu Koiwai, a salaryman w...
'My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected -Monologue-' Manga Ends on April 25
Manga based on anime adaptations of Wataru Watari's light novels launched in 2012
― The April issue of Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine revealed on Saturday that Rechi Kazuki's Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. -Monologue- manga will end in the magazine's next issue on April 25. The manga is a separate manga based on Wataru Watari's My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Exp...
Minoru Toyoda's Kore Kaite Shine Manga Wins 16th Manga Taisho Awards
Manga tops 10 other nominations
― The executive committee for the 16th Manga Taisho awards announced the winner and full points breakdown for the awards on Monday during the award ceremony. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.") Minoru Toyoda's Kore Kaite Shine manga won this year's award. The manga also ranked at #6 for manga for male readers in the 2023 edition of T...
Hiroshima Board of Education Removes Barefoot Gen Manga Excerpts From Peace Educational Materials
Board cites difficulty explaining scenes' context in limited class time
― The Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education announced last month that it will be removing Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen manga from the Peace Education Program materials aimed at elementary and middle school students. The manga had been part of the program since 2013. The board began reevaluating the contents of the program fou...
Synduality: Noir Anime's Video Reveals Opening Song, July Premiere With Disney+ Simulcast
Also: Game's title is revealed as Synduality: Echo of Ada
― A stage presentation for Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and Bandai Spirits' Synduality project revealed on Sunday that the anime in franchise is titled Synduality: Noir. The anime will premiere in July and will stream exclusively and simultaneously on Disney+ worldwide. The presentation unveiled a new promotional video f...
Square Enix's Ketsugō Danshi: Elements with Emotions Game Unveils June 29 Launch, Manga & Novel
Game about boys who control chemical elements, must avert world's end by bonding
― The AnimeJapan 2023 special stage panel for Square Enix's Ketsugō Danshi: Elements with Emotions game announced on Saturday that the game will launch on June 29 for Nintendo Switch, and this summer for iOS and Android. The panel also announced that the game is spawning a manga and novel, both of which started serializi...
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Manga Gets Anime on Netflix
Series will star Mamoru Miyano, Eriko Matsui, more
― Netflix announced at its stage event at AnimeJapan 2023 on Saturday that Fumi Yoshinaga's Ooku: The Inner Chambers manga is getting an anime adaptation. Fumi Yoshinaga's hit manga Ōoku: The Inner Chambers will be adapted into an anime for the first time! #AJ2023 #NetflixAnime pic.twitter.com/Et85nKklZt— Netflix Anime (@NetflixAnime) March 25, 2023 ...
All Attack on Titan Manga Volumes Available Digitally From Humble Bundle
Full set of 71 titles includes spin-off manga, light novels, art book for US$25
― Want to own every volume of Attack on Titan while supporting a charity? Kodansha announced on Thursday that it is celebrating the anime's recent return with a generous Humble Bundle set. The Attack on Titan Forever Humble Bundle is available on the Humble Bundle website for US$25. The full set includes 71 titles, or $82...
A Glance into Junji Ito's Horror: Uzumaki, Black Bird, and Enigma at Amigara Fault
In the context of pop culture, Ito's style has come to stand out from the norms with unique characters and stories that leap off the page.
― Over the years, Japanese media has earned a distinguished place on the stage of contemporary horror. Some may even consider them a forerunner, with works such as Ringu and Ju-On setting the bar for the genre. That said, the boom of J-horror in the 90s' was perha...
Quality Assurance in Another World Manga Gets Spring 2024 TV Anime
Kaito Ishikawa, Hinaki Yano star in series
― Kodansha announced on Friday that Masamichi Sato's Quality Assurance in Another World (Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru) manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will premiere in spring 2024. Kei Umabiki (ClassicaLoid season 2) is directing the anime at 100Studio and Studio Palette. Shogo Yasukawa (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma anime franchise, Hype...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 19-25
Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Saiyuki Reload Zeroin anime; Call the Name of the Night, Insomniacs After School manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Final Examination Kujira: Progressive BDPlease Media Blasters US$19.99 March 21 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$34.98 March 21 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Lenticular Cover Edition BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$...
'Ippon' Again! Judo Manga Moves Online to Manga Cross
Manga starts online serialization on April 6
― The 17th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced on Thursday that Yu Muraoka's "Ippon" Again! (Mō Ippon!) manga will move its serialization online to Akita Shoten's Manga Cross website, starting on April 6. The manga will publish new chapters every Thursday. Muraoka launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in Octobe...
Taking in a Stray Manga Ends in 6th Volume in Fall
Nuwi Aoi's romcom manga launched in August 2020; MangaPlaza publishes in English
― The fifth compiled book volume of Nuwi Aoi's Taking in a Stray (Shōnen o Kau) manga revealed on Monday that the manga will end with its sixth volume, which will ship this fall. NTT Solmare Corp's MangaPlaza digital service is publishing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the story: Ai Morikawa lives for h...
Eiichi Kitano's Katabami to Ōgon Manga Ends in 10th Volume in Summer
Manga about Irish immigrants fleeing Irish Great Hunger to join California Gold Rush launched in 2019
― The ninth compiled book volume of Eiichi Kitano's Katabami to Ōgon (The Yellow Sorrel and the Gold) manga revealed on Monday that the manga will end with its 10th volume, which will ship this summer. The manga is set during the California Gold Rush. In 1849, a year after the discovery of gold in Su...
Kōsuke Satake's The Witch and the Beast Manga Continues Hiatus
Satake still recovering from poor health
― The April issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kōsuke Satake's The Witch and the Beast (Majo to Yajū) manga will continue its hiatus, as Satake continues to recover from poor health. The magazine will announce when the manga will return at a later date. The manga went on hiatus in January, and was scheduled to resume serializ...
I'm Not Meat's Ikkado Ito Launches New Manga
August 31 no Long Summer manga launches on March 30
― The 17th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine announced on Thursday that manga author Ikkado Ito will start a new manga titled August 31 no Long Summer (The Long Summer of August 31) in the magazine's 18th issue on March 30. The magazine will publish the manga's first two chapters. Ito also announced the new manga on their Twitter account on Tuesd...
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat GN 2
It's difficult to overstate both how good a chapter this is and how important it is, both for readers and for Nomoto as a character.
― Note: You can read our review of the first volume here. Kasuga and Nomoto are still at it—Nomoto enjoys putting her culinary talents to use in ways she's never been able to before, while Kasuga is happy to eat what she provides, and the two genuinely enjoy spending ti...
Trillion Game Manga Gets Live-Action Series
Riichirou Inagaki, Ryoichi Ikegami's manga about 2 men trying to earn US$1 trillion launched in 2020
― This year's eighth issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine revealed on Friday that Riichirou Inagaki and Ryoichi Ikegami's Trillion Game manga is inspiring a live-action series adaptation. The announcement did not reveal any further details. The manga centers on the carefree Haru and the s...
Hyperinflation Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want To See Animated' Poll
Ice Castle Wall, Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi also make top 10
― Sony Music Solutions announced the results of AnimeJapan's 6th "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll on Thursday ahead of the convention this weekend. Kyu Sumiyoshi's Hyperinflation manga topped the ranking. The manga tells the story of Luke, who obtains the power to generate money from his body. However, when he tries to use this ability...
Seven Seas Entertainment Licenses 'My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better', Black Night Parade Manga
Yomotsuhegui, Obey Me! The Comic, My Dog is a Death God, more also licensed
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better, Black Night Parade, Yomotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld, Obey Me! The Comic, and My Dog is a Death God manga. Seven Seas also licensed both the light novel and manga of Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero'...
Crazy Food Truck GN 3
In its final volume, Crazy Food Truck hones in on a 'live fast, die young' approach that seems at odds with the mood of the previous volumes.
― If the ending to the second volume of Crazy Food Truck had you thinking it would lead into some lengthy, epic story arc that would carry the third volume to the foretold finish for the series, you'd end up surprised. We're still in the opening chapter of this...
Yu Imai's The Witches of Adamas Manga Ends in Next Volume
Seven Seas releases series under Ghost Ship adult imprint in English
― The 10th compiled book volume of Yu Imai's The Witches of Adamas (Adamas no Majotachi) manga revealed on Monday that the manga will end in its 11th volume, which will release in September. Imai launched the manga in Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine in 2018. Seven Seas licensed the manga and releases it under its Ghost Ship adult ...
Insomniacs After School GN 1
With an anime coming in April, Rebecca Silverman describes Insomniacs After School as a story less about its teen protagonists getting rest and more about how they are able to form a bond over their shared disorder.
― Insomnia – real insomnia and not just the occasional inability to fall asleep – is among the most debilitating conditions you can have. A lack of sleep takes a toll on you both physical...
Kodansha to Launch New 'K Manga' Platform in U.S. (Updated)
Service launches as smartphone app with about 400 manga on May 10 with full website opening later
― Kodansha Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it will launch a new manga distribution service exclusively in the United States named "K MANGA" on May 10. The service will launch as a smartphone app on that day, and a full website will open at a later date. Kodansha launched a teaser website for the service. ...
This Week in Anime - Which Recent Anime Announcements Are Most Hype-Worthy?
What's the most exciting new anime announcement? And what's the guarantee that your favorite series will get a good adaptation—or any adaptation at all?
― What's the most exciting new anime announcement? And what's the guarantee that your favorite series will get a good adaptation—or any adaptation at all? Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the v...
Mini4King Manga Enters Final Stage
Manga launched in July 2021
― The official Twitter account of Shogakukan's Weekly Corocoro Comic website announced on Saturday that Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King) and artist Yūki Imada's (Tengoku no Ragnarok) Mini4King manga is entering its final stage. Takei and Imada launched the manga about kids who race Laser Mini 4WD cars in Monthly Coro Coro Comics in July 2021, and Tamiya also launched the mini ...
Yusei Matsui's The Elusive Samurai Manga Gets TV Anime at Cloverworks
Assassination Classroom author launched manga in January 2021
― This year's 16th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Yusei Matsui's The Elusive Samurai (Nigejōzu no Wakagimi) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Yuta Yamazaki (assistant director for Wonder Egg Priority, series director for both Love Rice series) is directing the anime at Cloverworks, and...
The Villainess Stans the Heroes GN 1
There's enough potential that it may be worth a second volume, but this isn't likely to hold your interest unless you're deeply invested in the villainess isekai genre.
― Is it even possible to develop twists to the villainess isekai formula anymore? Probably, but the majority of series are more than content to tweak it rather than attempting to make something new. That's both perfectly okay and comp...
Hiroshi Shiibashi's Iwamoto-senpai no Suisen Manga Goes on Hiatus Until August
Manga returns on August 18
― The April issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine announced on Friday that Hiroshi Shiibashi's Iwamoto-senpai no Suisen (Upperclassman Iwamoto's Recommendation) manga will go on hiatus, and will return in the magazine's September issue on August 18. Shiibashi launched the manga in Ultra Jump in February 2021, after publishing a one-shot pilot in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ ap...
Rumiko Takahashi Draws New 1-Shot
Rumic Theater series' "Kane no Chikara" debuts on April 5
― This year's seventh issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine announced on Monday that Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura) is drawing a new one-shot manga titled "Kane no Chikara" (The Power of Money) as part of her Rumic Theater (Takahashi Rumiko Gekijō) series in the magazine's next issue on April 5. The manga wi...
The Summer You Were There Manga Ends in 6th Volume
Seven Seas Entertainment releases manga in English
― Manga creator Yuama revealed in the afterword of the fifth compiled book volume of their The Summer You Were There (Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata) manga on Thursday that the manga will end with its sixth volume. Yuama did not reveal the release date for the volume. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: Sh...
AKILI's Vampeerz Manga Ends in April
Manga ends in 46th chapter
― Manga author AKILI announced on their official Twitter account on February 26 that their Vampeerz manga will end in its 46th chapter. The 46th and final chapter will be published in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX magazine on April 19. AKILI launched the manga in Monthly Sunday GX in February 2019. Shogakukan published the manga's eighth compiled book volume in November 20...
My Clueless First Friend GN 1
Soon to be an anime, Taku Kawamura's My Clueless First Friend manga offers a ray of sunshine to break through Nishimura's cloudy life. One day a boy named Taiyo Takara transfers into Nishimura's class, and everything changes.
― It's a story that's all too familiar: Akane Nishimura is the focus of bullying in her fifth-grade class. The other kids, led by mean girl Kasahara and her male equivalent Kita...
Square Enix Manga Licenses Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzea Academy, The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl, Mr. Villain's Day Off Manga
Manga's 1st volumes launch from August-October
― Square Enix Manga announced on Thursday that it has licensed the Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzea Academy, The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl, and Mr. Villain's Day Off manga. Square Enix Manga will release the first volume of Esora Amaichi's Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzea Academy (Final Fantasy XIV Shiritsu Eorzea Gakuen) spinoff manga on September 19. The company des...
Drawn & Quarterly to Release Yokai: Art of Shigeru Mizuki Book in October
Book to include supplementary writing from Shigeru Mizuki scholar, translator Zack Davisson
― Publisher Drawn & Quarterly announced on Friday that it will release the Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki book in October. The company is hosting a 12-page preview of the book. The publisher describes the full-color hardcover book: Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki showcases his expertise of not only folklore...
Kichi Uekawa Launches New Manga
Shiikuin no Onee-chan ni Koishita Penguin launches on April 14
― The March 31 issue of Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times magazine announced on Friday that Kichi Uekawa (A Complicated Omega's Second Love, pictured right) is launching a new manga titled Shiikuin no Onee-chan ni Koishita Penguin (A Penguin Who Fell in Love with the Zookeeper's Older Sister) on April 14. Tokyopop licensed Uekawa's A Complic...
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