We previously posted about the first exhibition that’s on the way for Tatsuya Endo’s SPY x FAMILY, which is set to kick off in Tokyo from July 20 to August 13 before heading to Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo. The exhibition will feature “illustrations of famous …Read more »
World’s End Harem: Fantasia is a spinoff of the popular ecchi series World’s End Harem, and it’s about to take a break. According to the official Twitter account for LINK and Kotaro Shono’s main series, the Fantasia spinoff will go on hiatus so that LINK …Read more »
The results of global Naruto character poll NARUTOP99 were recently revealed, and it turned out that Minato took the number one spot, five whole places above lead character Naruto. One of the promises of the campaign was that series creator Masashi Kishimoto would draw a …Read more »
Doujinshi artist and YouTuber Gachi Muchi Pants recently shared a fan-made Chibi Maruko-chan manga in which an adult Maruko has become a drug addict. This ended up garnering divisive reactions, of course, considering it’s based on a children’s manga and anime, and the backlash eventually …Read more »
Blue Giant is heading to New York. The manga by Shinichi Ishizuka about Japanese jazz saxophonist Dai will enter its “New York arc” this July. That’s following Blue Giant, Blue Giant Supreme and Blue Giant Explorer, all of which track Dai’s journey from a young …Read more »
Shinobu Ohtaka’s ORIENT manga kicked off in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine in May 2018 before moving to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in 2021, and now it has its sights set on the climactic part of the story. According to the June issue of the …Read more »
The Kadokawa Culture Museum is putting on an exhibit titled “BL Evolution: From Pioneers to Global Phenomenon ―Tracing the 50 Year History and Impact of Boys’ Love through Manga, Literature, and Media.” People can visit it between May 20 to July 16. The exhibit is …Read more »
Earlier this month The Vampire Dies in No Time author Itaru Bonnoki announced a personal hiatus to rest and work on some health issues. This was at odds with the fact that the manga was due to return to the pages of Weekly Shonen Champion …Read more »
Have you ever wanted to smell like Guts from Berserk? Uh, no? How about Griffith? That’s a no, too? Uh oh… The odors of two sweaty, battle-hardened dudes might not seem the most obvious choice for a cologne line, but here it is anyway: two …Read more »
Takuma Morishige followed up the Tonari no Seki-kun (My Neighbor Seki) manga with Tonari no Seki-kun Junior in July 2020, following the daily challenges of original protagonist Yokoi as the mother of a toddler who looks a lot like Seki-kun. Now, after 31 chapters, the …Read more »
Horror mangaka Junji Ito is known for writing manga involving people’s fears. And in an interview with the Japanese site 4Gamer, he revealed one of his fears: that AI will replace artists. He shuddered at the thought of future manga being made by AI instead …Read more »
A new Mobile Suit Gundam spinoff story set in the Universal Century (UC) timeline is on the way in the form of the Mobile Suit Gundam Wearwolf manga. Plans were revealed in the June issue of Kadokawa’s Gundam Ace magazine, and the first installment will …Read more »
Miyuki Miyabe’s Mishimaya Hencho Hyaku Monogatari (Mishimaya’s Strange Ghost Stories) novel series is being adapted into a new format. Kadokawa’s Comic Bridge publication just launched the first chapter of a manga adaptation by Fukusuke Miyamoto with the first chapter now available to read in Japan. …Read more »
We previously posted about the latest hiatus for The Vampire Dies in No Time manga, which has been on break for all of April and is due to return to the pages of Weekly Shonen Champion magazine on May 11. Now it’s unclear if it …Read more »
There are many freelancers involved in bringing manga to America, including a number of translators and letterers. But these freelancers have concerns, including the fact that they often don’t get paid much, even when the manga they’re working on is raking in a lot of …Read more »
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