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Kodansha just published the 48th volume of Yuki Suetsugu’s Chihayafuru manga, and the next one will be its last. The series—which originally launched in the pages of Kodansha’s Be Love magazine back in 2007—is officially set to come to an end with volume 49. In …Read more »
Ever wanted more from your favorite anime and manga? (The answer is yes, obviously — we just like to lead with a question.) Even the longest-running series leave us wanting more if they’re especially good. Whether it’s variants on the story, explorations of favorite characters, …Read more »
The good news is that manga sales are way up in America. The bad news is that supply isn’t always able to keep up with demand. An article at ICv2 interviewed comic book store owners and manga publishers about the issue. “Chainsaw Man [volumes] two …Read more »
Mitsuru Adachi has been working on baseball manga since the ’70s, from Nine to Touch, H2, Cross Game, and the currently-running MIX. This followup to Touch has been running since 2012, but it’s now going on indefinite hiatus as a result of COVID-19 concerns. Adachi …Read more »
Oricon has come through with the best-selling book rankings for Japan in 2018, which once again has Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece dominating the manga charts. This isn’t just an off and on phenomenon either, it marks the 11th year in a row for One …Read more »
Disclosure: Co-author Patrick Macias is Editor-in-Chief of Otaku USA magazine. Otaku USA Magazine editor-in-chief Patrick Macias teamed up with writer Samuel Sattin to write two new books about anime and manga: The Essential Anime Guide: 50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces, and A …Read more »
Over in Japan there’s currently a limited time sale going on for Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. As part of the promotion for this, Square Enix released a video that looks like a news report, telling us that Red XIII …Read more »
Last week the Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested six people because of how they were operating their maid cafés. It has to do with the Adult Entertainment Business Regulation Law in Japan. So-called regular restaurants can be open at any hour, but a “social” restaurant or …Read more »
Jonathan Clements knows his anime and manga. He’s helped in the dubbing and translation process, and has even published a few books on the matter, including Schoolgirl Milky Crisis , The Erotic Anime Movie Guide and the Anime Encyclopedia (co-written with Helen McCarthy). But then …Read more »
Mangaka Jin Kobayashi's bizarre class is finally graduating... out of the manga world, at least. Running for about as long as it took yours truly to get through college, School Rumble is seeing an end after six fruitful years of serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen …Read more »
In light of Funimation’s re-release of the TV series X , directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, we decided to look back at his classic film Wicked City , as well as Kawajiri’s early work. Released in Japan in 1987, Wicked City (or ‘Supernatural Beast City’ as …Read more »
Anime has always been dominated by trends. If a show comes out and hits it big, you can be assured that several more shows that are awfully similar to it are going to follow in the hopes of recapturing that lightning in a bottle. The …Read more »
No-Face from Spirited Away is wanted in Taiwan for swallowing people . . . I mean, for violating traffic laws. Well, actually, police are seeking a person dressed as No-Face who has yet to be identified. According to Taiwan News, a No-Face cosplayer was messing …Read more »
Variety Intelligence Platform did a report on the most pirated TV shows in America, and discovered that five of the top 10 are anime titles. All the anime titles in question are licensed in America, currently streaming, and easy to access legally. HBO’s House of …Read more »
Discotek was at Okaton over the weekend, where it shared exciting news about new titles it has licensed. First up is the 1981-1986 Urusei Yatsura anime, and all 195 episodes of it will begin coming out next year in the form of four boxsets. It …Read more »
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