Rei Hiroe’s Black Lagoon manga is kicking off a little break. According to the latest issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Sunday GX magazine, the series will go on hiatus so Hiroe can work on a compiled book volume. The 11th volume of Black Lagoon ships in …Read more »
Melonpan is a Swiss otaku who’s built an internet following over the last several years publicizing his “perverted” antics. Posing with his anime merch in his underwear (or bare-ass) for selfie tweets is a regular thing for him. In 2013 he filmed himself licking nearly …Read more »
A lot of folks were put off by the big-eyed look of the upcoming Battle Angel Alita (Gunnm) adaptation, Alita: Battle Angel. But Yukito Kishiro, the creator of the original Alita manga, appears to approve. Kishiro was recently interviewed about the look of the James …Read more »
Negi Haruba’s The Quintessential Quintuplets manga has been running in Weekly Shonen Magazine since last August, and it’s already getting an anime adaptation. This year’s double issue 36/37 of the magazine announced plans for a TV anime, which is set to premiere on TBS in …Read more »
Kadokawa’s Da Vinci magazine recently shared an interview with The Seven Deadly Sins creator Nakaba Suzuki, who had some plans to divulge regarding the series’ conclusion. According to Suzuki, he plans to end the manga in “about a year,” which will result in roughly 40 …Read more »
Well, this one’s pretty straightforward! Ranking site Goo recently asked its readers to list the coolest heroes in the history of manga, especially “ones with special moves and poses.” Let’s see who they chose! 10. Kenshin Himura Rurouni Kenshin 9. Monkey D. Luffy One Piece …Read more »
We learned in March that Karakuri Circus, the manga by Ushio and Tora’s Kazuhiro Fujita, is getting an anime adaptation. Now we’ve got more details on that adaptation, including a cast list, trailer and a premiere month: this October. Here’s the main cast: Chihiro Ueda …Read more »
Many of our readers are pretty hyped about the Nisekoi live-action film. Those readers will no doubt be happy to hear there are some new shots of the cast in their respective characters’ signature poses. The photos feature all eight members of the main cast, …Read more »
The My Hero Academia film hits Japan this weekend, and the first million viewers will receive an exclusive, nine-page manga written by Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi. Today, a short video hyping that manga has been released. The manga is called “No.0 ALL MIGHT: RISING” and …Read more »
With both Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls having come to an end last year, we’ve been feeling some serious Akiko Higashimura loss. (Sure, she is writing the web manga Gisou Furin, but it’s just not the same, man.) So we’re happy to hear that …Read more »
Viz Media had a handful of announcements to make at this past weekend’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, including the acquisition of Frederator’s Castlevania animated series. They have the home media distribution rights to the first season, which is currently available to stream on Netflix. …Read more »
Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga may have come to an end, but memories of the long-running shonen manga remain. That’s the idea behind a new web app called Bleach Endless Memories, in which fans can mix and match their own favorite scenes from the manga into …Read more »
Rumiko Takahashi, the manga creator behind series like Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha and more was inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame at San Diego Comic-Con July 21. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the premier awards for comics in …Read more »
Shokugeki no Sanji is a one-shot spinoff that combines the worlds of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece and Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma. The creators of both collaborated on the manga, and it’s officially coming to the English version of Shonen …Read more »
Hiroshi Kajiyama, the manga writer and illustrator behind Curse Blood, has died. Aside from Curse Blood, which went into serialization last year in Comic Ryu magazine, Kajiyama was known as the character designer for games such as Dragon Master Silk, Shining Force Gaiden, and Golden …Read more »
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