A big number has been revealed for Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland manga. According to an announcement from the official Twitter account, the series has passed the milestone of more than 42 million copies in circulation around the world. The series celebrated …Read more »
Manga sales exploded globally during COVID, but what’s happening in 2023 now that people are back at school and work and not socially distancing? ICv2 decided to interview Kevin Hamric, the VIZ Media Vice President – Publishing, to find out. Hamric acknowledged that manga sales …Read more »
The end is officially bursting forth for the Breasts Are My Favorite Thing in the World! manga, which creator Wakame Konbu launched in Comic Cune back in July 2017. According to the September 2023 issue of the magazine, the series will end in the next …Read more »
Yvonne Stagg, a woman in Polk County, Florida, has filed an appeal to get the manga Assassination Classroom banned from local high school libraries. She said in her complaint that she learned about the manga from “national news.” The school district had committees look at …Read more »
Baki’s back! Keisuke Itagaki’s latest chapter of the Baki saga, Baki-Dou, ended last month after running since October 2018. But no need to fear. Itagaki will be launching a new Baki manga in the August 24 issue of Shonen Champion. Not much of a Baki …Read more »
Two spinoff manga have been unveiled for Osamu Nishi’s Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun manga, including one that focuses on Naberius Kalego titled Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Kalego Gaiden, which premieres as a five-chapter series in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion magazine this winter. Prior to that, …Read more »
While we’re in the midst of watching GoHands’ take on The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses in the anime adaptation, Koume Fujichika’s original manga source material has its ending plans in place. According to the 11th volume, the series will end with volume 12, …Read more »
Junji Ito, the master of horror manga, has another award to add to his shelf: Comic-Con International’s Inkpot, which is awarded to “individuals for their contributions to the worlds of comics, science fiction/fantasy, film, television, animation, and fandom services.” Other manga-ka winners of the award …Read more »
After years of speculation, the live-action adaptation of One Piece is finally on the way, set to hit the ‘flix in August. Now Iñaki Godoy is gracing the cover of Shonen Jump in Japan alongside his illustrated antecedent. The issue hit newsstands in Japan Monday, …Read more »
San Diego Comic-Con occurred over the weekend, and that means that the winners of the 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. In the category Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, the award went to Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki. The other nominees were …Read more »
Following up on the recent hiatus, it’s finally almost time to get back to the Boruto manga. The second part, titled Boruto -TWO BLUE VORTEX-, is scheduled to launch in the October issue of V Jump magazine, which hits Japan on August 21. The following …Read more »
Naoki Yamakawa and Masashi Asaki’s My Home Hero manga recently had its anime adaptation debut in April of this year, and now the manga has set up a time frame for the start of its climax. According to this year’s 33rd issue of Kodansha’s Weekly …Read more »
When real guns become cute girls we get the Upotte!! manga, which comes from the mind of author Kitsune Tennouji. The series previously inspired an anime adaptation, and according to the creator’s latest announcement it will officially end after three more volumes. The series just …Read more »
Pictured: Hikaru in the Light! Mai Matsuda, the creator of the Hikaru in the Light! manga, has a new title on the way, and the launch is right around the corner. According to this year’s 15th issue of Futabasha’s Manga Action magazine, the new series—titled …Read more »
Comics and graphic novel publisher ABLAZE—publisher of Centaurs and more—has a new horror manga on the way with the license of Masaaki Ninomiya’s GANNIBAL manga. The tense thriller is set to kick off with the release of volume 1 in November 2023, followed by volume …Read more »
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