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If you’ve ever spoken with Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto on Twitter or seen something he’s shared on social media, there’s something important to know: that wasn’t Masashi Kishimoto. Apparently one or more accounts or people have been pretending to Kishimoto online, leading to a statement …Read more »
The August 31 premiere of Netflix’s live-action One Piece is drawing ever closer, and the Netflix Japan YouTube shared a video of Luffy actor Iñaki Godoy touring Shueisha, the company that publishes Shonen Jump magazine and the One Piece manga. The video is about three minutes long, …Read more »
Smartphones have turned the world sideways, and traditional media has started to go vertical in response. Now Shueisha, the Japanese publishing giant behind Shonen Jump, is getting into the game. The company just announced a vertical scrolling manga app called Jump Toon, which is set …Read more »
Shueisha is a major publisher in Japan that publishes many a bestselling manga series. But they also publish other things, like light novels, and they just launched a new imprint within an imprint. Their Dash X Bunko imprint publishes light novels, and now there is …Read more »
Creators now have a new space to play in, and this one has ties to one of the largest manga publishers in the world. Shueisha has teamed up with MediBang Inc. to release MANGA Plus Creators by SHUEISHA, a new manga submission platform for English- …Read more »
Plenty of One Piece fans around the world would love to have a conversation with Luffy, and thanks to AI, now you can. The massive Japanese publisher Shueisha, which publishes One Piece and many other favorites, has made AI Luffy a holographic receptionist. His first …Read more »
There are reports that publisher Shueisha filed a legal application with Google, as well as with Hurricane Electric, which is an internet service provider. Gigazine and TorrentFreak initially reported the story, then it was picked up by Anime News Network. Apparently Shueisha is doing this …Read more »
Fans are often eager to learn more about an upcoming project they’re interested in, and this has led to leaks. Leaks can happen to everything from movies to games to anime, and Takamitsu Sueyoshi, a rights agent and producer at Shueisha, cautions that these leaks …Read more »
Late last year publisher Shueisha put replicas of the original manuscript for Demon Slayer’s 204th chapter up for sale. Only thirty-three were made, and they weren’t cheap, coming in at 38,500 yen (about $350) each. However, people who purchased them have complained. At that price …Read more »
Throughout Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga, you’ll see characters saying “Oi” as a greeting a lot. No, really, a lot. Just how many times has the word been uttered over the course of the manga’s 77 volumes, thought? Jump publisher Shueisha decided to remove any doubt …Read more »
Shortly after the arrest of Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki—who allegedly sexually assaulted two junior high age girls—Shueisha canceled his series in Shonen Jump. This decision came about after discussing the matter with artist Shiro Usazaki, who unfortunately is caught in the middle of this mess. …Read more »
Some things that immediately stick out in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba are all those awesome patterns that adorn the outfits in the series. It seems Jump publisher Shueisha is keenly aware of this, too, because they recently applied for trademarks for six of the …Read more »
It seems like just yesterday Viz launched its Shonen Jump online service, offering simulpubs of ongoing Shonen Jump titles for free. Now Shueisha is jumping into the bold new world of free simulpubs with its own service, called MANGA Plus. MANGA Plus, which is available …Read more »
Fall of 2009 was host to a special series of events in Japan known as the Jump Super Anime Tour, and among all of the excitement were two new anime shorts for Weekly Shonen Jump series Naruto and Toriko . Actually, for the latter—an animal-hunting …Read more »
The Shadows House manga is taking a month off, but thankfully it’s not due to any health-related concerns. According to this year’s 18th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine, manga author duo so-ma-to will be using the hiatus to work on illustrations for a …Read more »
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