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Akita Shoten is getting in on the vertical-scrolling manga game, as announced in this year’s third issue of the publisher’s Young Champion Retsu magazine. Akita Shoten’s first vertical-scrolling, full-color manga service has been revealed as the Webtoons brand J-TOON, which will soon be available across …Read more »
Mimana Orimoto's motorcycle manga Bakuon!! , which first debuted in Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu magazine in 2011, is getting an anime adaptation this April, and a new promo is here to reveal the main cast. Nao Tōyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi ) plays Rin …Read more »
The end is near for Masahiro Anbe's Shinryaku! Ika Musume , AKA Squid Girl ,comedy manga, which has been running in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion since 2007. Earlier today the magazine confirmed that the next volume will be the last, so that means the series …Read more »
Before Black Jack was the rogue doctor we came to know and love in Osamu Tezuka's original, classic manga series, he was in medical school, naturally. That's the period depicted in Yū-Go Ōkuma and Yoshiaki Tabata's Young Black Jack prequel manga, which is officially getting …Read more »
Kentarō Satō's Magical Girl Apocalypse ( Mahou Shoujo of the End ) has been described as "Junko Mizuno meets H.R. Giger." At least that's how English manga publisher Seven Seas went about hinting at its latest license, which will bring the series to North America …Read more »
Requiem of the Rose King manga author Aya Kanno brought the series to an end in January 2022, ending a nearly decade-long run. Now the creator has a new series that just debuted via Akita Shoten’s Champion Cross manga website this week. Meio no Zakuro …Read more »
Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood is a manga by Yura Urushibara that runs in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion magazine, and it just had an anime adaptation confirmed. A teaser trailer made its way online along with plans for a 2025 premiere, as …Read more »
It’s the beginning of the end for Yu Muraoka’s “Ippon” Again! (Mo Ippon!) manga, which officially has just four chapters remaining. If the schedule continues as planned, May 9 should mark the date of publication for the final chapter. The news was revealed in chapter …Read more »
Synecdoche’s Plus-Sized Elf manga has been running since December 2016, and now it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. Publisher Akita Shoten announced the plans on Monday along with a key visual, main cast member and a 2024 premiere window. Elfuda will be voiced by Ayasa …Read more »
Koji Shinasaka’s Tohai – Ura Route Mahjong Tohairoku is a mahjong manga that ran in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine from 2006 to 2011, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. Pony Canyon announced TV anime plans this week, with the animated version due out …Read more »
Hiromasa Okujima’s Babanbabanban Vampire comedy manga has some sort of adaptation in the works, we just don’t know the format yet. According to the wraparound band of the sixth volume, which just hit shelves in Japan, a “media adaptation” has been announced, which could mean …Read more »
FLIPFLOPs’ Darwin’s Game manga first started its run in Akita Shoten’s Bessatsu Shonen Champion magazine back in December 2012, and now it’s ready to close the book on its story. According to the September issue of the magazine, the 125th chapter will be its last. …Read more »
An anime adaptation was announced for Dan Ichikawa’s My New Boss is Goofy manga—AKA Atarashii Joshi wa Do Tennen—back in May, and now we know when to expect it. Thanks to a new character trailer highlighting Yusei Shirosaki, voiced in the anime by Yuichiro Umehara, …Read more »
Two spinoff manga have been unveiled for Osamu Nishi’s Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun manga, including one that focuses on Naberius Kalego titled Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Kalego Gaiden, which premieres as a five-chapter series in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion magazine this winter. Prior to that, …Read more »
The manga Atarashii Jōshi wa Do Tennen (translated as My New Boss Is Goofy) by Dan Ichikawa is receiving an anime adaptation. The manga has not been licensed in North America, but has been doing very well in Japan. Here is the first trailer for …Read more »
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