In November, manga author Inio Asano revealed that the Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction manga had just 10 chapters left. Now an update has arrived with official timing for the conclusion, which is… now! Asano’s manga had its final chapter run in the pages of Shogakukan’s …Read more »
Did you buy a volume of manga in 2021? You’re in good company—and a lot of it. According to ICv2, US manga sales went up by more than double in 2021 versus 2020. Specifically, 15 million more units sold in 2021 than 2020, for a …Read more »
There are more manga and light novels coming from Seven Seas! The company just revealed that Spriggan, Lazy Dungeon Master, blanc, Cats and Sugar Bowls and Kijin Gentōshō have been licensed, and gave descriptions for each. Here is the description for Spriggan, which will begin …Read more »
Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki’s Dr. STONE manga has been running in Weekly Shonen Jump since March 2017, and now it’s about to reach its climax. This year’s 13th issue of Jump revealed that this will happen in the next issue, which hits stores in Japan …Read more »
It’s almost time for more Zatch Bell!, because manga author Makoto Raiku announced a date for the sequel’s digital launch. Titled Konjiki no GASH!! 2, the followup to Zatch Bell!! will arrive in digital bookstores in Japan in March 2022, and a brief teaser is …Read more »
The My Dress-Up Darling anime—based on the manga of the same name by Shinichi Fukuda—continues to be a hit with viewers, and its success has translated to more copies of the source material in circulation. Earlier this month we posted about the manga adding an …Read more »
The second season of The Rising of the Shield Hero anime will debut in April, and its fans can hardly wait. In fact, with the Japanese release of the twentieth volume of the manga, publisher Kadokawa revealed that 11 million copies of the light novels …Read more »
Before he was a household name and anime legend, director Hayao Miyazaki released a manga titled Shuna’s Journey, AKA Shuna no Tabi. The single-volume work full of watercolor illustrations was originally published in Japan back in 1983, and now it’s finally making its way to …Read more »
The final chapter of Atsushi Ohkubo’s Fire Force manga is officially out in the wild in Japan as of this year’s 13th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. The last page of the closing chapter includes a note from the editorial department, which asks fans …Read more »
More Monogatari anime has arrived, and while it’s not an actual TV or movie project, it does come in the form of a nicely animated promotional video for the Bakemonogatari manga adaptation by Oh! great. The 16th compiled volume launched in Japan on Thursday, and …Read more »
Seven Seas Entertainment came through with a handful of new license announcements yesterday, one of which was a major doozy for some folks. Amongst the slew of reveals was the license of Hitoshi Ashinano’s critically-acclaimed manga Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, which immediately had Twitter followers poppin’ …Read more »
Yesterday, Valentine’s Day, VIZ Media made a bunch of new licensing announcements to make the hearts of otaku soar. They started with this tweet: Hi! ☀️ Ready for announcements? — VIZ (@VIZMedia) February 14, 2022 Then they gave a whole laundry list of manga and …Read more »
My Hero Ultra Impact, a free-to-play battle RPG set in the world of My Hero Academia, has just launched on iOS and Android. It’s a free-to-play game with in-game purchases, and features a both a casual battle mode and a story mode that replicates stories …Read more »
Kodansha just published the 48th volume of Yuki Suetsugu’s Chihayafuru manga, and the next one will be its last. The series—which originally launched in the pages of Kodansha’s Be Love magazine back in 2007—is officially set to come to an end with volume 49. In …Read more »
Digital manga publisher Comikey has some new titles on the way this month, with four new manga series coming to the simulpub lineup. Once weekly chapters are caught up to the Japanese release, all four manga will have their chapters published simultaneously alongside Japan, and …Read more »
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