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Shinya Komi Launches New Sora o Matotte Manga on May 2
EX-ARM artist draws manga about nude artist
― This year's 10th issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine revealed on Wednesday that Shinya Komi will launch a new manga titled Sora o Matotte (To Drape Over the Sky) in the magazine's next issue on May 2. The manga will have a color opening page. The magazine teases the manga with the taglines "Draw the energy that will lose to nothing!" and "Draw the bes...
Tomohiro Yokomaku, Taishi Mori Resume Radiation House Manga
Manga went on hiatus in magazine's 7th issue in February
― Tomohiro Yokomaku and Taishi Mori resumed serialization of their Radiation House manga after a hiatus in this year's 10th issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine on Wednesday. The manga went on hiatus due to Mori's poor health on February 29. It had previously gone on hiatus in July 2020, and resumed serialization in November 2020. The story ...
Akiko Higashimura Launches Maru Sankaku Shikaku Manga on May 2
New essay comedy manga follows elementary school girl in Miyazaki in Japan's Showa era
― The official website for Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine revealed on Thursday that Akiko Higashimura will launch a new manga titled Maru Sankaku Shikaku (Circle Triangle Square) in the magazine's 10th issue on May 2. The first chapter will have an opening color page. The manga will mark Higashimura's fir...
Naruto: Konoha's Story Spinoff Manga Ends in 2nd Volume
Spinoff manga's 2 volumes to release on June 2
― Shueisha is listing two compiled book volumes of Natsuo Sai's Naruto: Konoha's Story—The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Manga -- the spinoff manga based on Shō Hinata's Naruto: Konoha's Story--The Steam Ninja Scrolls novel -- which will both ship on June 2. The manga will end in its second volume. The spinoff manga launched in Japan on the Shonen Jump+ servi...
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai's Asato Mizu to Launch New Manga
New manga to launch in Manga Action magazine
― This year's ninth issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine teased on Tuesday that Asato Mizu will launch a new manga in the magazine, and will release more details about the new manga soon. Mizu launched the Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (Aharen Is Indecipherable) manga (image right) on Shonen Jump+ in January 2017. The manga entered its final arc in Decembe...
Asobi Asobase's Rin Suzukawa Launches New Manga
Outsider Paradise manga to launch on May 16
― This year's ninth issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine announced on Tuesday that manga author Rin Suzukawa will launch a new manga titled Outsider Paradise in the magazine's 11th issue on May 16. The manga is a human drama about a group of weird and a little funny high school girls. Suzukawa launched the Asobi Asobase (Play and Let Play) manga (imag...
Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Comic: Episode of Savanaclaw Goes on Hiatus
Manga to resume serialization on July 18
― The May issue of Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine announced on Tuesday that Suzuka Oda's Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Comic: Episode of Savanaclaw, the second manga adaptation of the Disney Twisted-Wonderland smartphone game, will go on hiatus and will return in the magazine's August issue on July 18. After its return, the manga will publish new cha...
Man-Gataro's Manko☆Chishin ~Baka demo Yomeru Koten Bungaku~ Manga Ends
Manga about "new interpretations" of classic literature launched in November 2022
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga website and app published the sixth and final chapter of Man-gatarō's (Gatarō Man) Manko☆Chishin ~Baka demo Yomeru Koten Bungaku~ (Manga Classic Literature New Knowledge ~Even an Idiot Can Read Classic Literature~) manga on Thursday. The manga offers "new interpretations" of classic liter...
MF Ghost Manga Goes Back on Hiatus
Manga is entering its "final battle"
― This year's 20th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine revealed on Monday that Shuuichi Shigeno's MF Ghost manga will go back on hiatus. The magazine did not reveal a return date for the manga. In addition, the manga's latest chapter noted that the story is entering its "final battle." In the author afterword, Shigeno noted that the manga is "four-fifths" do...
Assassination Classroom Manga Removed From Florida, Wisconsin School Libraries
Manga about apparent alien teacher's class also challenged in N. Carolina, Virginia
― Gifford Middle School in eastern Florida removed the Assassination Classroom manga from its library last month after receiving complaints from groups. The Elmbrook School District in southeastern Wisconsin similarly removed the manga from its electronic library last month after a complaint by a parent. The series is...
Oshi no Ko Author Debuts Short Story that Inspired Anime's Opening Song
"45510" short story looks at Ai from different perspective
― The official Twitter account for Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga revealed a new short story by Akasaka on Wednesday titled "45510." The short story served as the basis for YOASOBI's opening theme song "Idol" for the manga's television anime adaptation, and looks at the story's idol Ai from a different perspective. The anim...
Seiji Hayashi's Ichigoki's Under Control!! Manga Ends
Manga from I'm From Japan author launched last November
― This year's 20th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday published the final chapter of Seiji Hayashi's Ichigoki's Under Control!! (Ichigōki! Sōjūchū) manga. The manga's second and final volume will release on June 2. Shueisha's Manga Plus service and Viz media are both releasing the manga in English digitally. Manga Plus des...
Manga Planet Adds Inu to Kaketsuki, Seiryaku Kekkon no Danna-sama (Kari) to Koi wo Hajimemasu., 18 More Manga
Company adds 8th volume of Kei Ichikawa's Blue Sky Complex manga
― Manga Planet announced that it has licensed 20 new manga titles. The company announced on Friday that it has licensed the following romance titles from OHZORA Publishing Co, Ltd.: Seiryaku Kekkon no Danna-sama (Kari) to Koi wo Hajimemasu. volumes 1–3 by Shion Shirayuki
Kiryu Buchou wa Zense no Danna-sama!? Kiss dake de Amaku Tokasare...
Sanami Suzuki's The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine Manga Ends on April 29
Manga about chef's battle against delicious monsters launched in July 2021
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga app and website revealed on Saturday that Sanami Suzuki's The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine (Kajiki no Ryōrinin) manga will end in its next chapter on April 29. Suzuki launched the manga on the Shonen Jump+ website in July 2021. Shueisha published the manga's fourth compiled book volume in Decembe...
Hifumi Ends Shijūshichi Taisen Manga
Action comedy manga about warring local gods launched in 2016
― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app published the final chapter of Hifumi's Shijūshichi Taisen (47th War) manga on Thursday. The manga's story follows local gods of each Japanese prefecture as they battle to rule in Japan's capital. Hifumi launched the manga on Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star website in 2016. The company published...
Spy x Family Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan March List
Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man, Berserk, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Blue Lock, Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection also make top 20
― Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for March. This month's list featured 17 manga volumes, including: #1 — Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 9
#2 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kais...
Naruto Series' 'Narutop 99' Character Poll Winner Minato Gets One-Shot Manga by Original Creator Masashi Kishimoto
Top 3 include Minato, Itachi, Sakura
― The official YouTube channel for Shueisha's Jump Comics streamed on Thursday the results of the "Narutop 99" worldwide character popularity poll that was held in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Naruto franchise. The franchise's original creator Masashi Kishimoto will draw an original short manga following the winner of the poll, Minato Namikaze the Fo...
1st New Berserk Volume Since Manga Resumed Releases on September 29 in Japan
Manga resumed serialization in June 2022 after Kentarou Miura passed away in May 2021
― This year's eighth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Friday that the 42nd volume of Kentarou Miura's Berserk manga will release on September 29 in Japan. A special edition version of the manga volume will bundle a Guts figure. The issue also revealed that the manga will have a new chapter in ...
1st New Berserk Volume Since Manga's Return Ships on September 29 in Japan
Manga resumed serialization in June 2022 after Kentarou Miura passed away in May 2021
― This year's eighth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Friday that the 42nd volume of Kentarou Miura's Berserk manga will release on September 29 in Japan. A special edition version of the manga volume will bundle a Guts figure. The issue also revealed that the manga will have a new chapter in ...
Hiroyuki's 'Girlfriend, Girlfriend' Manga Ends in 4 Chapters
Manga also takes break in Weekly Shōnen Magazine's next issue
― This year's 19th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Hiroyuki's Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Kanojo mo Kanojo) manga will end in four chapters. The magazine also announced that the manga will take a break in the next issue on April 19. The magazine announced in March that the manga is entering its "final conf...
Saki, Final Fantasy XIV Collaboration Manga Gets English Release
Collaboration manga's English version launched on Manga UP! on Friday
― Square Enix's Manga UP! Global manga site and app launched in English the collaboration manga of the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG and Ritz Kobayashi's Saki manga franchise titled SAKI & FINAL FANTASY XIV (Saki to Final Fantasy XIV) on Friday. Saya Kiyoshi (Saki Biyori spinoff manga of Saki) is drawing the manga. Manga UP! describes t...
Harta Magazine Launches Harta Alternative Web Manga Magazine This Month
Hinamatsuri's Masao Ohtake, more launch new manga
― The 103rd issue of Kadokawa's Harta manga magazine (issue cover pictured at right) revealed on Friday that the magazine is launching its first web manga magazine titled Harta Alternative. The web manga magazine will launch near the end of April, and commemorates Harta's 10th anniversary. Kadokawa stated the new magazine will aim to "create another p...
Fe's Love of Kill Manga Gets Spinoff That Takes Place After Main Manga's End
Main manga ended on January 14
― The official website for Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Gene magazine revealed on Friday that Fe's Love of Kill (Koroshi Ai) manga is getting a spinoff that will launch in the magazine's June issue on May 15. The new chapter in that issue will have an opening cover page. The manga will take place after the main manga's end. Fe launched the manga in Monthly Comic Gene in Oct...
Aka Akasaka, Nishizawa 5mm Launch Renai Daikō Manga on April 27
New manga is Nishizawa 5mm's 1st magazine serialization
― Illustrator Nishizawa 5mm revealed on Thursday that she and manga writer Aka Akasaka will launch a new manga titled Renai Daikō (Love Proxy) in the combined 22nd and 23rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on April 27. The manga will be Nishizawa 5mm's first manga serialization in a magazine. Shueisha's Young Jump magazine held aud...
Hiroyuki's 'Girlfriend, Girlfriend' Manga Ends in 4 Chapters (Updated)
Manga also takes break in Weekly Shōnen Magazine's next issue
― This year's 19th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Hiroyuki's Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Kanojo mo Kanojo) manga will end in four chapters. The magazine also announced that the manga will take a break in the next issue on April 19. The magazine announced in March that the manga is entering its "final conf...
Michiteru Kusaba's The Ninth Wave Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Manga about "Fisheries Science Club" launched in 2017
― This year's 20th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Michiteru Kusaba's Daiku no Hatō (The Ninth Wave) manga will end in two chapters. If there are no delays, the manga will end in the magazine's 22nd issue on April 26. Kusaba launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in 2017. Shogakukan published the...
Tamiki Wakaki's 365 Days to the Wedding Manga Ends With Volume 11
Final volume to release in summer
― The 10th compiled book volume of Tamiki Wakaki's 365 Days to the Wedding (Kekkon Surutte, Hontō Desu ka?: 365 Days to the Wedding) manga revealed on Wednesday that the manga will end in its 11th volume, which will release in summer. The 10th volume's wraparound jacket band also revealed that an anime adaptation of the manga is in the works. Seven Seas licensed the ...
Tamiki Wakaki's 365 Days to the Wedding Manga Gets Anime (Updated)
The World God Only Knows creator's new manga debuted in March 2020, inspired live-action series in October 2022
― Update: ANN confirmed on Wednesday that the wraparound jacket band on Tamiki Wakaki's 10th 365 Days to the Wedding manga volume announces that an anime adaptation is in the works. The original article is below: The official Twitter account for the Kashiwa branch of the Cybex cafe chain po...
Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu Pilot: An Unnerving Movie Adaptation That Could Have Been
Domu remains a cursed affair: forgotten in the shadow of Otomo's more famous creation and repeatedly stumbling in attempts to bring it to a broader audience. It remains a story reserved for the select few who seek it out.
― Domu is a unique story within Katsuhiro Otomo's illustrious career as a mangaka and director, and not solely for its content. Despite being its predecessor, Domu is often compared...
Yū Saitō's Giji Harem Romantic Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime
Nobuhiko Okamoto, Saori Hayami star in series
― Shogakukan announced on Monday that Yū Saitō's Giji Harem (Pseudo Harem) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. The anime will star Nobuhiko Okamoto as Eiji Kitahama and Saori Hayami as Rin Nanakura. The romantic comedy manga centers on Eiji, a second-year high school student and a member of his school's drama club as a stagehand. He meets Rin,...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 9-15
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, To Love Ru anime; There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless..., My New Life as a Cat manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 April 11 One Piece Collection 31 BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$39.99 April 11 To Love Ru BDAnime...
Naoyuki Kageyama, Akira Itō Launch New Cardfight!! Vanguard Short Manga
Cardfight!! Vanguard Turnabout manga duo launch Cardfight!! Vanguard firstDress short manga
― The May issue of Bushiroad's Monthly Bushiroad magazine published on Friday the first chapter of Naoyuki Kageyama and Akira Itō's new short manga titled Cardfight!! Vanguard firstDress. Kageyama is drawing the manga, and Itō is drawing the draft. The manga is about the meeting of the characters Yu-yu Kondō a...
Rascal Does Not Dream Franchise Gets New Manga of 5th, 6th Novels (Updated)
Both manga launch on April 30
― The official Twitter account for the manga adaptations of Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta Yarō (known in English as Rascal Does Not Dream) light novel series announced on Monday that the series will have two new manga that will both debut in Kadokawa's G's Channel website on April 30. Akuro Yoshibe will draw the Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai (Rasc...
Tamiki Wakaki's 365 Days to the Wedding Manga Listed With Anime
The World God Only Knows creator's new manga debuted in March 2020, inspired live-action series in October 2022
― Update: ANN confirmed on Wednesday that the wraparound jacket band on Tamiki Wakaki's 10th 365 Days to the Wedding manga volume announces that an anime adaptation is in the works. The original article is below: The official Twitter account for the Kashiwa branch of the Cybex cafe chain po...
Shinpei Watanabe's Ginka & Glüna Manga Ends
Manga about wannabe magician, magical snowman launched in Shonen Jump on September 12
― This year's 19th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter on Monday of Shinpei Watanabe's Ginka & Glüna manga. The manga's third volume will ship in June, and the fourth and final volume will ship in September. Watanabe launched the manga on September 12. Shueisha released the se...
Nobuyuki Fukumoto Launches Golf Manga
Nikaido Hell Golf debuts in summer
― This year's 19th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine revealed on Thursday that Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Kaiji) is launching a new golf manga titled Nikaidо̄ Jigoku Golf (Nikaido Hell Golf) in summer. The story follows a golfer named Nikaido. Fukumoto launched the Yami Ma no Mamiya (Yami-Mahjong Fighter Mamiya, pictured right) manga's serialization in the Kindai Mahjong...
Okushō Launches Crime Game Manga
Ena, Okushō launch manga on Mag Comi on April 25
― Okushō revealed on Twitter last week that he and Ena are launching a new manga titled Crime Game ~Hо̄ritsu no Nai Sekai~ (Crime Game: A World Without Laws) on Mag Garden's Mag Comi website on April 25. The story follows a death game that takes place in a world crimes are unpunished. Okushō and Unamu Masubuchi launched the No Reception ~Denpa no Nai K...
Comikey Adds Vermeil in Gold, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Imperial Bride, 16 More Manga
Also: My Clueless First Friend, The Reincarnated Prince Becomes an Alchemist, more
― Comikey announced 19 new manga titles and seven new webtoon titles for release on its platform in English on Monday. The company will add nine new Square Enix titles to its catalog on the following dates: Vermeil in Gold: The Failing Student and the Strongest Scourge Plunge Into the World of Magic by Kouta Amana, Yo...
Spy×Family Manga Wins Japan Cartoonists Association Award
Fūshi Manga De Toku Onna Wo Matsu Barrier, Made in Abyss, more also win awards
― The Japan Cartoonists Association (JCA) announced the winners of the 52nd Japan Cartoonists Association Awards on Monday. Tatsuya Endō's SPY×FAMILY manga won the grand prize in the Comic division. Toshiko Nishida's Fūshi Manga De Toku Onna Wo Matsu Barrier manga won the Cartoon division. Hiromu Matsuo's Magazine Rondo bo...
The Helpful Fox Senko-san's Author Rimukoro Launches New Manga
Kimi no Love wo Misetekure! launched on Friday
― Kadokawa's Comic Newtype manga website published the first chapter of Rimukoro's new manga titled Kimi no Love wo Misetekure! (Show Me Your Love!) on Friday. The story centers on a famous manga author and popular high school girl named Komichi Shijō. She writes a hit love comedy manga, but she actually does not know how it is like to fall in love. Beca...
Kodansha Is Considering English Release for CLAMP's Picture Book About Figure Skater Yuzuru Hanyu
Book inspired by Hanyu's recent solo ice show ships in Japan on September 1
― Publisher Kodansha posted on its English Twitter account last Friday that it is considering releasing an English version of CLAMP's tie-in picture book with the professional figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu. Kodansha is releasing the 64-page book in Japan on September 1. At this stage, CLAMP and Yuzuru Hanyu's picture book will o...
The Black Museum: The Ghost and the Lady Manga Gets Stage Musical
Stage musical to run in May 2024
― Shiki Theatre Company announced on Monday that it is producing a stage musical adaptation of Kazuhiro Fujita's The Black Museum: The Ghost and the Lady (Kuro Hakubutsukan: Ghost and Lady) manga that will open in May 2024 at the Autumn Theater in the JR East Shiki Theater in Tokyo. The play will start selling tickets in January 2024. Scott Schwartz is directing the m...
47th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced
Shangri-La Frontier, A Sign of Affection, Skip and Loafer nominated again
― Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the 15 nominees in three categories for its 47th annual Manga Awards on Monday. Kodansha will announce the winner for each category on May 10. Best Shōnen Manga Akane-banashiYūki Suenaga, Takamasa Moue Kaoru Hana wa Rin to SakuSaka Mikami GachiakutaKei Urana Shangri-La Frontier (was also ...
Yen Press Reveals 28 New Licenses Including Bocchi the Rock!, Tokyo Babylon Manga; The Deer King Novels
Days With My Stepsister novels, more also licensed
― Yen Press announced at its panel at Sakura Con on Friday that it has licensed 16 new manga, five novels, and two artbooks, as well as five new manhwa titles for its Ize Press label. All the new licenses will debut this fall. The new acquisitions include: Title: The Deer King (novel)
Author(s): Nahoko Uehashi
Summary: Van, a former soldier made sla...
Marry, F---, or Kill with Alternative Manga Artist Shiu Yoshijima
Shiu Yoshijima, an illustrator and manga artist who specializes in drawing cute yet edgy “poisonous” women, so we had to ask her the age-old question: marry, f---, or kill?
― Anime Boston's one Japanese guest this year was Shiu Yoshijima, an illustrator and manga artist who specializes in drawing cute yet edgy “poisonous” women, typically incorporating fantasy elements into her work. Yoshijima parti...
Shōwa no Gurazeni Manga Ends 4th Part, Returns in July
Also: Gurazeni Dai League-hen manga resumes on April 20
― This year's 19th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine published the ending of the fourth part of Shōwa no Gurazeni, Kawa's spinoff manga of Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi's Gurazeni Dai League-hen (Gurazeni Big League Arc) manga, on Thursday. The manga will resume with its fifth part in late July. The magazine also revealed that Gurazeni Dai L...
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...
World of Summoning Manga Ends in Next Chapter
Manga debuted in February 2022
― This year's May issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine announced on Friday that Yūki Kodama's The World of Summoning (Shо̄kan Suru Sekai) manga will end with its next chapter in the magazine's next issue. The manga launch Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in February 2022. The manga has a worldwide simultaneous release in English and French. Kodansha published the manga'...
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...
Oshi No Ko Giveaway
As a treat for ANN readers, YEN PRESS is giving away one copy of Oshi No Ko Vol. 1 each to 3 lucky winners.
― As a treat for ANN readers, YEN PRESS is giving away one copy of Oshi No Ko Vol. 1 each to 3 lucky winners. For over 15 years, Yen Press has published some of the greatest works of manga, manhwa, light novels, and original graphic novels. Now, we're excited to showcase that talent of this ma...
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 (Updated)
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 (Updated)
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...
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