If you have a manga fan on your gift list this year, there’s no shortage of options out there worth considering. One way to ensure you truly light up their holidays, however, is granting them access to the newest rising stars on the shelves. VIZ …Read more »
Still got more room on your 2025 reading list? Viz Manga has some gorgeous new print titles coming your way in the new year—plus a recent release you may have missed! We’ve got an early look at these new titles and where you can order …Read more »
Whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone else, the clock is ticking for holiday gift inspiration. Thankfully, VIZ Media has everyone covered with some awesome gift picks that will light up the season for manga and anime fans of all ages.
Reader beware—Titan Manga is kicking off 2025 with a scare! The publishing imprint is kicking off two new English-language releases next month, and both have something in common: the paranormal. Each of these two series dives into the creepy, the uncanny, and the very, very …Read more »
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga is Amazing!) is the annual manga magazine-y award-y thingy that lists the best manga of the year. It’s due out tomorrow in Japan, but for now, it has revealed its number-one choices for the best men’s and women’s manga …Read more »
pictSPACE, a Japanese online shopping service dealing with doujinshi, is the latest Japanese retailer to soon lose the ability to take payments through Visa and Mastercard. This is part of a growing trend of some Western credit card companies and their agencies refusing to work …Read more »
The new year is less than a month away… and that means new manga! Today, we’re taking an early look at some fresh new Viz Manga titles hitting the shelves in January 2025. From unlikely romances to Beyblade battles, there’s something for everyone in the …Read more »
Takopi’s Original Sin, the manga by Taizan5, is getting the anime treatment. The manga, which ran for two volumes of material between 2021 and 2022, is about a “deceptively cute alien” who lands on earth and meets a depressed earthling. It was nominated for several …Read more »
Kodansha’s K MANGA service recently revealed a new addition to its simulpub lineup in RiverSlan’s Dungeon Elf: What’s a Dungeon without Treasure Chests?. Those looking to check it out can read the first six chapters now, with new chapters to be added simultaneously with the …Read more »
If you ever wanted to see My Hero Academia author Kohei Horikoshi take on Spider-Man, a new collaboration has you covered. The creator of the recently-concluded series teamed up with Marvel for an illustration exchange with artists Edgar Delgado and Humberto Ramos, with the latter …Read more »
Dozens of manga have been pulled from school districts in Tennessee to comply with the state’s new obscenity laws. For starters, Rutherford County Schools yanked more than 150 books from its districts shelves, and it’s reviewing the first volume of Fire Force and the first …Read more »
More of Hiroyui Takei’s Shaman King manga is on the way with the upcoming Shaman King Yard series, and the official account of the Shaman King 25th anniversary project confirmed that it will be the last arc. There’s no date in place for the new …Read more »
Robinson Haruhara and Hirakei’s Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess manga will be taking a month off. According to the duo’s announcement, the break has been put in place so Haruhara can focus on recovering after being hospitalized for a few days early in November. Haruhara …Read more »
In Under the Oak Tree, Lady Maximilian, or Maxi, is forced into a marriage that will benefit her father politically. The father is abusive, and Maxi has no self-esteem, feeling especially guilty that she stutters, something her father finds abhorrent. Her husband, Riftan, is a …Read more »
Nate Derr is a translator working on series like BLUE LOCK, Shaman King: The Super Star, and My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, among many others. For some insight into the process behind his work, we’re excited to share an interview between Nate and Mangamo CEO Spencer …Read more »
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