A new manga is on the way for the Umamusume: Pretty Derby series. As revealed in the pages of Shogakukan’s Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine, the mobile game has inspired a new manga, with this one featuring Gold Ship in the lead. The manga will launch …Read more »
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, the manga by Asuka Konishi about two young gangsters who are set to be married, is getting a TV anime adaptation. The news was announced by Asuka Konishi on X. The manga, which started in 2017, now has …Read more »
Today Square Enix Manga & Books revealed that it will be publishing The Apothecary Diaries light novels in print, beginning on May 15, 2024. Square Enix Manga & Books already publishes the manga version in English, and J-Novel Club has been releasing the light novels …Read more »
In 2048, Tokyo has become the terminus of the Eurasian railroad, bringing in criminals and illegal immigrants from across the continent. Gang violence rubs shoulders with cutting-edge technology. The rails are ruled by AEE Cybernetics, a juggernaut of a megacorp that ruthlessly swallows its competitors. …Read more »
Book censorship is up in America, and as we’ve been reporting at Otaku USA, sometimes it’s manga being pulled from the shelves. PEN America and the EveryLibrary Institute have been keeping tack of book bans, and have come out with a list of the most …Read more »
There’s a fan movement in Japan where otaku deck out their cars with their favorite anime, manga or video game characters. It’s (ironically?) referred to as “itasha,” which can be translated as “cringeworthy car.” Once totally niche, it has begun to take off in Japan …Read more »
New York Comic Con occurred last weekend, and that means the winners of the Harvey Awards were unveiled! This year’s winner for Best Manga is Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto. If hearing that gives you a sense of déjà vu, that might be because Chainsaw …Read more »
Here’s a nice inspiring piece of content that had Japanese Twitter (er, X) abuzz this weekend. The popular illustrator Matsuuni popped onto the social media platform to make the following (awesome) confession: I had intended to hide this forever, but I’m in my mid-50s. When …Read more »
Manga fans around the world were stunned when Berserk creator Kentaro Miura died unexpectedly in 2021, at only 54-years-old, leaving his popular series unfinished. His friend, Koji Mori, another mangaka, was in such shock when he heard the news that his memory is fuzzy. But …Read more »
Today marks the end of Soichiro Yamamoto’s Teasing Master Takagi-san manga, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more in the works. As revealed in the November issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine, the series is inspiring a new spinoff manga titled Karakai Jozu no …Read more »
Despite the delay, there are still more episodes of the Naruto anime on the way to celebrate the adaptation’s 20th anniversary. Speaking of celebrations, Naruto Uzumaki had his birthday on October 10, and the official Shonen Jump YouTube channel marked the occasion with another special …Read more »
Nobuyuki Fukumoto occasionally puts the Kaiji manga on hiatus for various reasons, and there’s another brief one on the horizon. As announced in this year’s 45th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine, the Kaiji manga will be taking a break until the 49th issue. If …Read more »
Graphic novel publisher ABLAZE is putting horror manga Gannibal by Masaaki Ninomiya on Kickstarter to fund limited edition hardcovers. Gannibal has already been published in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Brazil, Korea, and Thailand, and is finally making its way to …Read more »
Chiyo Kenmotsu’s RPG Real Estate manga (RPG Fudousan) previously inspired a TV anime adaptation that started airing in April 2022. Now the original manga is getting ready to end in the December issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Charat magazine. The announcement was made in …Read more »
Cherry Arai’s Engaged to the Unidentified manga started its run in Ichijinsha’s Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine back in 2009, ultimately moving to Comic Rex magazine in 2022, and now it has an ending in sight. According to the 15th collected volume of the manga, the …Read more »
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