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It’s December, and that means end-of-year lists are starting to crop up everywhere. Japan’s no exception, and leading the pack is Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ("This Manga is Great!"), a yearly mook (not a magazine, not yet a book) that polls Japanese writers, illustrators, manga …Read more »
It’s that time of year again! The annual Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (translated as This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook has listed off the most popular manga in Japan for the previous year. It’s separated into lists of female and male readership. Here is the list …Read more »
Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni, a shojo manga that has won several top awards, is getting the theatrical anime treatment. The film will be released in Japan next spring. The manga, by Nao Iwamoto, is a kind of Romeo and Juliet story about two …Read more »
Late each year the Japanese publisher Takarajimasha puts out its publication Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (translated as This Manga Is Amazing!) about top manga titles for the next year. Their list for 2022 has been revealed, and it’s divided into female and male readership. They …Read more »
Back in February we reported on the announcement of a manga adaptation of live-action Hollywood film Back To The Future drawn by Yuusuke Murata (One-Punch Man, Eyeshield 21). It was set to be serialized by website Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, and supervised by film writer …Read more »
Yuusuke Murata—the mighty pen behind titles like One-Punch Man and Eyeshield 21—is one of manga’s hottest artists for a reason. I mean… have you seen his art?! He has another project on the way in Japan, and this one’s going to be of particular interest …Read more »
The second cours of the anime Play It Cool, Guys is all set to come out on January 2, and a trailer for it has dropped. In it you can hear the new cours’ opening theme song “Warau na!” (Translated as “Don’t Laugh!”) being performed …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of the manga BL Metamorphosis (Metamorphose no Engawa in Japanese) by Kaori Tsurutani is hitting Japanese theaters tomorrow, June 17. As a last bit of promotional push, Nikkatsu has released a video that first shows a scene from the movie, then concludes …Read more »
There’s good news for fans of the anime Unnamed Memory — it’s receiving a second season! Unnamed Memory Season 2 is set to launch January 2025, and a short commercial has dropped for it. The first season, which consisted of 12 episodes, concluded this week. It’s …Read more »
The Unnamed Memory anime, based on the light novel series by Kuji Furumiya, has shared a short trailer. In it you can hear some of the characters’ voices. The anime will come out sometime next year. It was originally supposed to come out earlier, but got …Read more »
The upcoming Reign of the Seven Spellblades anime (a.k.a. Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru in Japanese) has dropped a promo video/trailer that tells us more about the cast and crew. It also announces that the anime will debut this July, though a specific day …Read more »
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