The Super Star arc isn’t the only new Shaman King manga making its debut in Japan. Author Hiroyuki Takei’s new story kicked off in the latest issue of Kodansha’s Shonen Magazine Edge, bringing with it the announcement of a spinoff manga by Jet Kusamura. Shaman …Read more »
Some nice news for fans of The Ancient Magus’ Bride: two books based on the manga are set for an English-language release courtesy Seven Seas. Those two books (short story collections, to be precise) are called The Golden Yarn and The Silver Yarn, and are …Read more »
The Tokyo Ghoul:re anime is getting a CD single release for its opening theme song, “asphyxia,” which features the band Cö shu Nie. Since original Tokyo Ghoul manga author Sui Ishida personally chose the band to perform the opening, it’s only fitting that he came …Read more »
Dragon Garow Lee is a manga artist with a particularly adaptable visual style. He became internet-famous drawing mashup and doujinshi like One-Punch Man x Dragon Ball, and his sense of humor and ability to match the drawing style of so many different series landed him …Read more »
The live-action After the Rain film premieres in Japan May 25, and to get potential viewers hyped, Warner Music Japan has just released the official music video for the film’s theme song. The song is called “Front Melody,” and it’s performed by Emiko Suzuki and Seiji …Read more »
LDK, the shojo manga from Ayu Watanabe, was adapted into a live-action film back in 2014, but hey, if Spider-Man can have multiple reboots in rapid succession, why not LDK? The manga, about a high school girl who lives with a male classmate, ran in …Read more »
Fans of the touching 2016 film In This Corner of the World, including yours truly, were somewhat skeptical that the upcoming live-action series adaptation could bring the same magic and nuance as the movie (not to mention the original manga). But this piece of news …Read more »
Tokyo Alien Bros., the popular manga from Keigo Shinzo, will be getting a live-action TV series this July. That’s the word from NTV, the station that will air the series. Tokyo Alien Bros. will star Kei Inoo from boy band Hey! Say! Jump and Shota …Read more »
Tsukasa Hojo’s classic City Hunter manga inspired a spinoff series that just launched on manga site Comic Tatan this past weekend. City Hunter Gaiden: Mr. Hayato Ijuin’s not peaceful life follows one of Hojo’s characters, Umibōzu, as he works through his customers’ problems as master …Read more »
Get ready for some live-action Mob Psycho 100 action. The live-action series, based on the manga by ONE, is headed to Netflix in the U.S. May 22. The series has been running on Japanese TV since January of this year. Like the manga and anime, …Read more »
Multiple manufacturers have been taking pre-orders for a variety of Berserk collectible statues over the past year, with Prime 1’s $999 Guts figure finally shipping this week. To accompany the release, Prime 1 announced two new statues for their Berserk line: Godhand members Slan and …Read more »
Talow Okanishi is the author of the manga Desordre, a seinen fantasy series set in medieval France which has been serialized in Gekkan Morning two since last year. The first compiled volume of Desordre has not been selling well. It’s been selling so poorly in …Read more »
Back in February, Rurouni Kenshin author Nobuhiro Watsuki was officially fined for possession of child pornography. He ended up having to pay a total of ¥200,000 (about $1,845), but did not face any jail time as a result. Now Jump SQ. is here with news …Read more »
Some good news Forfans of Terra Formars. The science fiction manga, which has been on hiatus for over a year, will return to the pages of Weekly Young Jump April 26. Terra Formars author Kenichi Tachibana took a break starting in March of 2017 to …Read more »
Last year’s live-action Gintama film is getting a sequel, and all three main stars are back. Masaki Suda, Shun Oguri, and Kanna Hashimoto are back as Shinpachi Shimura, Gintoki Sakata and Kagura, respectively, and posters revealed today show off their looks for the film. It …Read more »
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