It’s a mighty undertaking to transfer the power of a long-running series like George Morikawa’s Hajime no Ippo manga into the world of digital releases, but Kodansha is taking a big swing. As revealed in this year’s 30th issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine, all 131 …Read more »
American company ABLAZE Publishing says it seeks to bring “some of the best content from all corners of the globe to readers,” and it’s been upping its manga content. It just announced that will be publishing Versus Fighting Story by Izu, Madd and Kalon; and Crueler …Read more »
The Shaman King franchise’s spinoff novel Shaman King Faust8: Eien no Eliza (translated as Eliza the Eternal) is receiving a manga adaptation. Hiroyuki Takei is the original creator of Shaman King, and Kakeru Kobashiri wrote the spinoff novel. Aya Tanaka has been tapped to illustrate …Read more »
Daisuke Hagiwara’s Horimiya manga may have come to an end back in March, but there’s more on the way soon. According to an announcement made in the July issue of Square Enix’s Monthly G Fantasy magazine, a special one-shot chapter is on the way next …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Record of Ragnarok just hit Netflix, but there’s no English-language release of the original manga! That situation will soon be rectified, however. Viz Media just announced that it’s picked up the manga by Shinya Umemura, Ajichika and Takumi Fukui. It’ll start …Read more »
When it comes to digital manga, there’s a new game in town called Azuki. The new digital manga service, which will offer simulpub chapters and a back catalog, launches June 28. Azuki’s first big partner will be Kodansha USA. The service will be free (select …Read more »
The administrator of the manga piracy website Manga-Mura was recently sentenced to three years plus major fines after costing the manga industry $2.93 billion in damages. However, since his arrest other manga piracy sites have popped up and exploded during COVID-19. The Japanese news outlet …Read more »
Homura Kawamoto, the creator of Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, is coming out with a new manga series called Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi -Cheat Slayer- (translated as Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer-). The manga is illustrated by Aki Yamaguchi and being published …Read more »
When it comes to Shonen Jump manga, Kaiju No. 8 is one of the more popular ongoing entries, and it’s now also the fastest Shonen Jump+ series to hit the milestone of three million copies in circulation. That covers copies printed physically and sold digitally, …Read more »
Futabanet Manga Plus questioned Japanese adults between the ages of 30 and 59 which artist from Weekly Shonen Jump “left the deepest impression.” After tallying the votes of hundreds of respondents, the answers were released publicly. Artists Kentaro Yabuki (To Love Ru) and Hisashi Eguchi …Read more »
Juné, the yaoi imprint of Digital Manga Publishing, has shared more than one tease about news this month. Last Friday it revealed the release dates for future volumes of Twittering Birds Never Fly, and today it’s sharing new acquisitions for print titles. “We’re excited to …Read more »
Somehow in the midst of her busy schedule, mangaka Rumiko Takahashi manages to pull all-nighters, churn out new manga chapters, and answer fans’ questions on her new Twitter page. She was recently asked about the fact that it’s hard for her characters to admit they …Read more »
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2021 nominees have been revealed, and they contain a handful of manga titles. They mainly show up under the category of Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia. The nominees here are I Had That Same Dream Again by Yoru …Read more »
To coincide with the Japanese publication of the final volume of Attack on Titan, creator Hajime Isayama created a one-page newspaper ad for the Asahi Shimbun. And he had a creative take: the ad is in the form of a comic with Eren in an …Read more »
Gege Akutami’s JUJUTSU KAISEN manga is taking a break in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The official Twitter account for Jump released a statement announcing that the series will be going on hiatus for “about a month” due to the author’s poor health. …Read more »
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