Sakamoto Days fans have plenty to look forward to outside of Yuuto Suzuki’s main manga. In addition to the upcoming anime, the series has inspired spinoffs, including a new novel that’s on the way from Shueisha this December. The novel, titled Sakamoto Days Koroshiya Blues …Read more »
Japanese publishers are getting more aggressive going after piracy sites, and in one case publisher PCR Distributing is taking legal action against the site nHentai. Quite a bit of PCR Distributing’s adult work ends up on nHentai, where the piracy site is offering it for …Read more »
The manga adaptation of Yui’s Bibliophile Princess light novel series has been on break since May, but it’s officially getting ready to return. According to the December issue of Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine, Yui Kikuta’s adaptation will return from hiatus when the next issue …Read more »
Kumo Kagyu’s Goblin Slayer series has inspired a number of spinoffs and adaptations, including the Goblin Slayer: A Day in the Life manga, which has Kagyu teaming up with Daichi Matsuse. The series first launched in the pages of Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine in …Read more »
Hiroyuki Yatsu and Hideki Tsuji’s Fist of the Blue Sky Regenesis manga has been on a lengthy hiatus. It first started its break back in May 2020, and now, four and a half years later, it finally has a return date. According to Tsuji, the …Read more »
The nineteenth and next volume of the manga Otherwordly Izakaya “Nobu” (a.k.a. Isekai Izakaya “Nobu” in Japanese) is not going to have a cover or bonus features, unless something changes. That’s because Virginia Nitohei, the artist for this manga — published originally in Japan by …Read more »
Over in Japan, Shueisha and Bandai Namco Entertainment worked together to launch the One Piece Base app. Along with giving you access to the manga, the app allows you to take a picture of yourself and have it converted into One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda’s …Read more »
A new manga is officially underway for BEASTARS manga author Paru Itagaki. The creator’s latest is Ushimitsu Gao, a horror manga that launched its first chapter via Akita Publishing’s Champion Cross platform today. In Ushimitsu Gao, 33-year-old housewife Megumi Sano runs into a unique paranormal …Read more »
The manga of Rumiko Takahashi—the author behind classics ranging from Maison Ikkoku and Urusei Yatsura to Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha and many more—is beloved around the world. To further cement that notion, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions reported that the total of all of Takahashi’s manga that’s currently in …Read more »
Kowloon Generic Romance, the manga from Jun Mayuzuki (After the Rain), is getting the double adaptation treatment. The slice-of-life set in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City will be adapted into both an anime series and a live-action film in 2025. Reiko Kujirai will be played …Read more »
The digital manga app Mangamo has teamed up with Kodansha for their exclusive Fall in Love Read Campaign. Starting this week, and until November 5, select Kodansha titles are 50% off and select bundles are 60% off. The series highlighted are Our Fake Marriage, Whisper …Read more »
Just in time for spooky season comes the news that the horror-comedy manga Mieruko-chan is getting a live-action film adaptation. The film will be released in Japan in summer 2025. It’ll star Nanoka Hara, whose voice will be familiar to fans of Suzume, and who also …Read more »
In the latest news for manga bans or attempted bans, Horry County Schools in South Carolina pulled the whole Assassination Classroom manga series after a single parent complained. The series is being looked over by the schools, a process that is said to take 30 …Read more »
One Peace Books, which publishes titles like The Rising of the Shield Hero and the recently reviewed Kurokiya-san Wants to Lead Him Around by the Nose, has announced a set of new manga titles that are coming out next year. Let’s take a look! Teppeki …Read more »
That’s a lot of Jujutsu Kaisen. The popular Shonen Jump manga, which just ended its six-year run, now has over 100 million copies in circulation. Impressive. The manga by Gege Akutami kicked off in the pages of Shonen Jump on March 5, 2018 and soon …Read more »
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