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Weekly Shonen Jump has spent the better half of the past decade facing gradually decreasing circulation numbers, and that trend continues with the latest update. According to the Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA), the magazine’s print circulation dropped below 1.4 million between July and September …Read more »
Time Magazine has released its Time100 Next list, and Demon Slayer creator Koyoharu Gotouge is one of the people they’re highlighting. Time pointed out the success of the Demon Slayer movie and how it beat Spirited Away at the box office. “Writing under the pen …Read more »
The manga Act-Age was cancelled after writer Tatsuya Matsuki was arrested for groping middle school girls, leaving artist Shiro Usazaki without a job. This situation bothered many people, because she was essentially being punished with the writer, even though she hadn’t done anything. Weekly Shonen …Read more »
Even if it’s for a very serious reason, the kids in Japan are currently stuck at home away from school until at least the end of the month. That means there’s a lot of free time to kill, which is something publishers Shueisha and Shogakukan …Read more »
Cyborg 009 , the legendary sci-fi manga and anime franchise that debuted in 1964, is the subject of an in-depth feature in the September 1st issue of the Japanese magazine Pen . Approaching its 50th anniversary, Cyborg 009 , created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, …Read more »
Some new details have emerged for the Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry anime film thanks to the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine . Series creator and manga author Hiro Mashima is executive producer, and he's also busy drawing 193 pages of storyboards for the feature, …Read more »
Hot on the heels of yesterday's news about Kodansha Comics licensing Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail Zero prequel manga is the announcement of a TV anime adaptation. Plans were revealed on the wraparound jacket band of the main manga's 52nd volume in Japan, with more details …Read more »
Soul Eater and Soul Eater Not! manga author Atsushi Ōkubo is back with a new series, with Enen no Shouboutai ( Fire Brigade of Flames ) kicking off in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine . This year's 43rd issue hit stands in Japan this …Read more »
There's another Fairy Tail anime film on the way according to this year's 25th issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine . The issue hits Japan on Wednesday, May 20, with the announcement that the second Fairy Tail movie has been green-lit, as well as an imageboard …Read more »
Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins manga is getting a special OVA, set to be bundled with the 15th volume. The announcement comes from this year's 16th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine , which reveals the Ban-centric episode, "Ban no Bangai-hen," and lists the …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki's shonen fantasy adventure The Seven Deadly Sins is set to premiere in Japan this October, airing Sundays at 5pm on MBS/TBS. While we still have a bit of a wait ahead of us, Aniplex posted a brief ad for …Read more »
As promised, issue six of Weekly Shonen Magazine had big news for fans of the anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail , with the series set to return to television in April 2014. Fairy Tail 's return brings back director Shinji Ishihara and writer …Read more »
Tozen Ujiie's Seitokai Yakuindomo manga has been running since 2007, and is currently serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine . It was adapted into a 13-episode TV series by GoHands and director Hiromitsu Kanazawa, and its next leap into anime comes in the form of …Read more »
Fans of A-1 Pictures and Satelight's anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga were treated to some good news in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine . The mag confirms the return of Natsu and the Fairy Tail guild for a 3rd year of animated adventures. …Read more »
Good news for fans of Fairy Tail —the anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's ongoing manga about the titular mage guild—the show is officially going ahead with more episodes, and will be kicking off the "Nirvana" story arc during its second-year run on TV Tokyo. The …Read more »
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