Japan continues to look toward ways to attract tourism, often tapping into otaku interests. Minamata in Kumamoto Prefecture has tapped mangaka Hisashi Eguchi as their first ever tourism ambassador. Eguchi, 65, is a native of Minamata, and his first manga came out in 1977. He’s …Read more »
Back in August, Bleach creator Tite Kubo returned to the series for a one-shot manga, which also made its way to the Manga Plus and Shonen Jump platforms in English on the same day as its Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump publication. Now the one-shot has …Read more »
If you’re in Japan and feeling hungry, there are new Demon Slayer foods to eat, and not just at the Demon Slayer restaurant in Universal Studios Japan. Now that we’re close to December, Japanese brand Priroll is rolling out a line of officially-licensed Demon Slayer …Read more »
Elections tend to have public service announcements and activists reminding people to vote, and the Honduras presidential election got an unusual person involved: Light Yagami from Death Note. This is not in any official capacity from the creator or publisher, and Light doesn’t suggest any …Read more »
The SPY x FAMILY manga has new installments debut via Shonen Jump+ once every two weeks, but fans will have to wait for the next chapter. There’s something special running in its place, though, with the one-shot I SPY manga by author Tatsuya Endo to …Read more »
After being available for a while digitally via Kodansha and other manga services, Ken Wakui’s hit series Tokyo Revengers is now coming to print in the west. Seven Seas Entertainment announced its license of the series, with plans to start publishing it in 2-in-1 omnibus …Read more »
The numbers keep on rising for Gege Akutami’s JUJUTSU KAISEN manga. Now, with the 18th volume on the way to shelves in Japan on December 25, the cover art has been revealed and those numbers have blown up to an incredible 60 million copies printed …Read more »
Urusei Yatsura never gets old. The classic by Rumiko Takahashi is beloved worldwide, and still there’s merch coming out all the time. Take, for example, this new Lum-themed lingerie from Japanese brand tu-hacci. The lingerie set is available for pre-order now and will ship starting …Read more »
xxxHOLiC, the manga by legendary supergroup CLAMP, is getting the live-action film treatment. That’s the word from Shochiku and Asmik Ace, who will release the film on April 29, 2022. It’ll star Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kimihiro Watanuki and Ko Shibasaki as Yuko Ichihara. The film …Read more »
Light novel audiobooks are continuing to expand in America! Over the weekend both Yen Press and J-Novel Club made audiobook announcements while at Anime NYC. Yen Press said it will be making audiobooks for the series Spice and Wolf by Isuna Hasekura, So I’m a …Read more »
Blue Period: the popular manga about a young man devoting himself to art is currently being adapted into an anime series. Now it’s also set to get a stage play in Japan in spring 2022. The play will be called Blue Period The Stage and …Read more »
It’s the end of an era today, as the cult classic manga Seitokai Yakuindomo has published its final chapter. Tozen Ujiie launched the four-panel slice-of-life comedy series back in 2007, so today’s final chapter in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine closes the curtain on …Read more »
Anime fandom is a diverse world, and even when close friends share interests they may find themselves at a crossroads in more ways than one. That’s the case with the leads of Weeaboo, a new graphic novel from Alissa Sallah that celebrates and dissects fandom, …Read more »
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 »
Itokichi’s Merman in My Tub manga—known in Japan as Orenchi no Furo Jijo)—is getting an adaptation, and this one is on the way in the form of a live-action Taiwanese series. Kadokawa made the announcement in the December issue of Monthly Comic Gene magazine, with …Read more »
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