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Just a few days after the news about Lupin III creator Monkey Punch, we have word of another manga legend’s passing. April 17 marked the passing of prolific manga writer Kazuo Koike, known for penning classics like Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Crying Freeman, and more. Koike was 82 years …Read more »
"Stan Lee" by Gage Skidmore on Flickr . Talk about a meeting of minds: legendary comics creators and venerable godfathers of their respective media Stan Lee and Kazuo Koike met up for a chat last month at Camikaze Expo in Los Angeles, reports the Asahi …Read more »
Everyone's favorite swordsman is making another comeback as we speak, surfacing with Daigoro in the most dangerous environment they've strolled through yet: the Internet. Written by original creator Kazuo Koike and drawn by Hideki Mori, Soshite Kozure Okami: Shikaku no Ko picks up right where …Read more »
Based on the manga by the renowned duo of Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami, Crying Freeman deals with Yō Hinomura, a pottery artist who accidentally stumbles onto evidence of a series of murders by a Chinese crime syndicate called the 108 Dragons. Instead of killing …Read more »
Dark Horse Comics have just launched their own digital iOS comics app, which means… manga is on its way as well! Actually, there's already some on the service, as they've added volumes of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's classic manga, Lone Wolf & Cub . …Read more »
Kazuo Koike may be the most respected living manga author of all, but read enough of his manga and you’ll realize that respect comes from the fact that he’s certifiably insane. But he won’t be around forever, so in order to ensure that his manga-fu …Read more »
I have to be delicate with the way I use the word "toys" in this news bit, because I assure you these will be more "fine collectibles" and less "blister-packaged TMNT characters." Triad Toys, a collector-centric company that has also acquired the rights to produce …Read more »
The judges have revealed 19 people who are being added to the Will Eisner Comics Awards Hall of Fame in 2024. One of them is Keiji Nakazawa, whose manga Barefoot Gen was inspired by his own life story of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. …Read more »
In December 2020, writer/director Kaichi Sato revealed to Otaku USA first that there were plans to make a sequel to his Rick and Morty anime short, “Samurai & Shogun.” The new anime short, “Samurai and Shogun Part II,” is a production by Studio DEEN, produced …Read more »
VIZ’s new manga series Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku stars swordswoman Asaemon Yamada. While she and her story may be fiction, her name is well-known in Japan and tied deeply with sword history. Japan has a long history of sword-making, and their swords (called nihonto in Japanese) …Read more »
Rumiko Takahashi, the manga creator behind works like Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, Inu Yasha and more, has won the Angoulême Grand Prix, a prestigious French comics award. She’s the third Japanese comics creator, after Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), and only the …Read more »
Rumiko Takahashi, the manga creator behind works like Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, Inu Yasha and many more, is up for the Angoulême Grand Prix, a prestigious French comics award. The award is presented yearly at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in Angoulême, France, which takes …Read more »
Rumiko Takahashi, the manga creator behind series like Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha and more was inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame at San Diego Comic-Con July 21. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the premier awards for comics in …Read more »
You can now start streaming the live-action Lone Wolf and Cub TV series, which originally debuted back in 1973. Based on the classic manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, the first episode of Lone Wolf and Cub is now live on streaming service HIDIVE, …Read more »
Hollywood has been cooking up a live-action adaptation of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s Lone Wolf and Cub manga for quite some time, with Paramount and Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) still on board. Lin is producing, and he would also like to direct the …Read more »
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