The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga is officially on hiatus, but it won’t be for much longer. Its pages were missing in the February issue of Monthly Comic Garden, and the March issue, which ships this week, will also lack a chapter from it. The good …Read more »
All eyes are on Koyoharu Gotouge for what kind of followup the mangaka can make after the incredibly successful Demon Slayer. Well, in a new Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba fan book, Gotouge admits to contemplating a “science fiction romantic comedy” manga! Apparently Gotouge has …Read more »
Eiichiro Oda is already in the Guinness World Records for “the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author,” but as he keeps pumping out chapters of One Piece, he just makes more and more records for himself. His publisher …Read more »
Neko Oikawa says that it took her approximately two hours to write the Evangelion song “Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis” (“A Cruel Angel’s Thesis”), and she has earned more than 600 million yen (about $5,690,550.00) from royalties. But she recently revealed that after her husband …Read more »
Kazue Kato, the creator of bestselling shonen manga series Blue Exorcist, is exhausted from working on the series for twelve years. On Twitter she explained to her followers that she is taking a two-month vacation, during which new chapters will not appear. She was also …Read more »
ComicSmart, Inc., a Japanese manga company, is expanding. It has revealed that it’s started up the digital animation studio Qzil.la. If you’re wondering how to pronounce that, it’s the same as the Japanese word for “whale,” which is “kujira.” Shun Fukudome from Production I.G, whose …Read more »
It’s hard to say what will be happening in August thanks to COVID, but as of now the World Cosplay Summit is scheduled to be both a virtual and in-person event on August 7-8. The live part will take place in Nagoya. But for those …Read more »
If Pokémon and jeans have both come to symbolize 90s nostalgia, why not combine them? In honor of its 25th anniversary, Pokémon has teamed up with Levi’s for Levi x Pokémon. Take a look: The items will go on sale in Japan on February 15, …Read more »
A winter storm is keeping many people at home, but it’s not keeping Media Blasters from working. The company previously released the BL anime Gakuen Heaven (Heaven Academy) on DVD, and what’s this we hear about a Blu-ray being announced? While we can not get …Read more »
Deadline has published an interview with Takashi Yamazaki, the writer and director of the new Lupin movie, Lupin III: The First. “At first, I was just a consultant for the studio, which is Marza,” Yamazaki explained when asked how he first got involved. “Because I’m …Read more »
After crushing the competition at the Japanese box office for twelve weeks, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train fell to second place on weekend thirteen. Gintama took the lead then, but it didn’t last long. By the next weekend, Demon …Read more »
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, which recently won for Best General Manga in the Shogakukan Manga Awards, is approaching its conclusion. Weekly Big Comic Spirits has confirmed the manga is in its last arc. We can still expect to see Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction …Read more »
The Japanese government has been contemplating changing its laws on cosplay, trying to find a balance where creators can earn money for their copywritten material but cosplayers can also be able to do what they love. “There are many people hearing this news who may …Read more »
The Japanese confectionery business Tohoen, which has been making sweets for more than a century, has come out with some pretty unique candy in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of your typical hearts, these candies all have a COVID-19 theme. Tohoen wrote on its site, …Read more »
With Japan planning to extend its state of emergency until March 7, it’s going to be a while before it’s safe for Super Nintendo World to open. But other outlets are allowing Japanese fans to express their joy for all things Super Mario, including a …Read more »
Danica Davidson
