Weekly Shonen Jump has spent the better half of the past decade facing gradually decreasing circulation numbers, and that trend continues with the latest update. According to the Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA), the magazine’s print circulation dropped below 1.4 million between July and September …Read more »
Itokichi’s Merman in My Tub manga—known in Japan as Orenchi no Furo Jijo)—is getting an adaptation, and this one is on the way in the form of a live-action Taiwanese series. Kadokawa made the announcement in the December issue of Monthly Comic Gene magazine, with …Read more »
Originally launching on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ website back in November 2019, Yuki Konno’s SSSS.GRIDMAN manga has been adapting the anime of the same name by Studio Trigger ever since. Now its run is almost over, with just two chapters remaining until it ends. Shueisha plans …Read more »
Eternals, the latest in a long, long line of Marvel films, just got a Japan-exclusive poster from none other than Mari Yamazaki, the creator of Thermae Romae. Apparently the poster was quite a passion project for Yamazaki, who, according to a statement, is a big …Read more »
Earlier this month we reported that Japanese publisher Shueisha filed a legal application with Google, as well as with Hurricane Electric, in their attempts to fight piracy. In particular in this case, they are interested in going after the piracy site Manga Bank and people …Read more »
Fans of Ayumi Komura have a reason to be happy. The creator of the popular shojo series Mixed Vegetables just announced that she’ll be coming out with a new manga. Not a lot has been revealed about it yet, but we do know that it …Read more »
The next volume in the 86 EIGHTY-SIX light novel series was originally set to launch this December, but its release has been hit with a delay due to author Asato Asato’s poor health. 86 ―Eighty Six― Ep.11― Dies Passionis ― will now launch in Japan …Read more »
Kotaro Yamada’s Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet manga first launched in 2014 to adapt the Phantom Bullet arc of Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online novels. Now it’s about to come to an end, with the final chapter scheduled for a December 10 debut. The artist …Read more »
Ever wondered what the cast of Fruits Basket would look like in real life? Now you can see at least one interpretation, thanks to the promotion for a new Fruits Basket play. The play is set for March in Tokyo, and is called Fruits Basket …Read more »
Back in August, we posted about the possibility of Inio Asano’s Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction manga ending soon, and now we have an idea of exactly when to expect that conclusion. According to the manga’s official Twitter account, there are just 10 chapters remaining. ⚡️⚡️連載再開⚡️⚡️ …Read more »
Publisher Kodansha began its Noma Publishing Culture Awards three years ago, saying it’s meant to honor people who are a big asset to the industry and are “reinventing publishing.” This year’s winners are Attack on Titan mangaka Hajime Isayama, Kikansha Sensei author Shizuka Ijūin, and …Read more »
There are reports that publisher Shueisha filed a legal application with Google, as well as with Hurricane Electric, which is an internet service provider. Gigazine and TorrentFreak initially reported the story, then it was picked up by Anime News Network. Apparently Shueisha is doing this …Read more »
The “KADOKAWA Anime’s Overseas Business Strategy, Case of ISEKAI. and Future Prospects” seminar at TIFFCOM talked all about anime, isekai and how the company wants to get more involved with overseas deals. The two people representing Kadokawa at the seminar were Takeshi Kikuchi, the Kadokawa …Read more »
Last year Penguin Random House expressed its intent on purchasing another publishing company, Simon & Schuster, for $2.175 billion. The American Booksellers Association felt that this would build a monopoly and hurt authors and editors, so they requested the Department of Justice get involved. That …Read more »
The end is in sight for Koharu Inoue’s The Duke of Death and His Maid manga, which recently inspired a TV anime adaptation that aired in Japan and streamed via Funimation back in the summer season. According to Shogakukan’s recent listing, the series is entering …Read more »
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