Tetsuya Chiba—the 82-year-old manga author known for creating the beloved Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe) boxing manga, among other works—is currently in the hospital. According to a blog post, the author started to feel unwell as summer came to a close, so he admitted himself …Read more »
In an exclusive report from Deadline, we now know who will be helming Hollywood’s previously announced live-action GANTZ movie. The honor of taking Hiroya Oku’s popular manga series to the big screen in English will be none other than Julius Avery, who previously helmed 2018 …Read more »
Paru Itagaki’s BEASTARS manga is celebrating a big milestone with the announcement that it currently has printed (physically) and sold (digitally) more than 7.5 million copies. The story ended in the pages of Weekly Shonen Champion over a year ago, but the Netflix anime adaptation …Read more »
Sanpei Shirato and Tetsuji Okamoto were brothers as well as professional manga creators, and they passed away within days of each other. Shirato (a pen name for Noboru Okamoto) died first, on October 8, from aspiration pneumonia. On October 12, Okamoto died from interstitial pneumonia. …Read more »
Love it or hate it, you gotta admit there’s nothing quite like Yoshi Sawai’s Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo manga. The series ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from February 2001 to November 2005, followed by a sequel series—Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo—from December 2005 to July 2007. Now …Read more »
Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga follows the life-or-death time traveling exploits of high school delinquents, but even they haven’t been depicted stealing manga to the best of our knowledge. Unfortunately, one 48-year-old man in Japan allegedly took it upon himself to do just that, and …Read more »
Blue Giant, Shinichi Ishizuka’s manga about an aspiring jazz musician, is getting the theatrical anime treatment. The film will open in 2022. Blue Giant launched in 2013 and ended in 2016. It won several awards during its run, and Ishizuka has gone on to pen …Read more »
It’s been six long years since we got any new Nichijou manga chapters, but that’s about to change. Series creator Keiichi Arawi announced plans for a return, lining the series up for a comeback in the pages of Monthly Shonen Ace magazine on October 26. …Read more »
Masami Kurumada, creator of the classic Saint Seiya manga, is teasing something new. As revealed in the December issue of Akita Shoten’s Champion RED magazine, Kurumada has a “shocking new project” on the way, and it’s set to debut in the magazine’s February 2022 issue. …Read more »
The Harem Marriage manga is all about polygamous married life, and the next stop for the series is a live-action adaptation. Japan’s ABC television channel announced plans to bring Non’s manga to the small screen in a new series that’s currently set to kick off …Read more »
This week is a big one for Gosho Aoyama’s Detective Conan manga, AKA Case Closed. The series just released its 100th volume, bringing with it the announcement that the manga has hit the milestone of 250 million copies in circulation around the world. The Detective …Read more »
Fans of the My Hero Academia manga are going to have to wait just a little longer for the next chapter. This year’s 46th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced that the series won’t be appearing in the next issue—which hits stands in Japan …Read more »
Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga is about to be celebrated in a major way to continue with its 20th anniversary festivities. The BLEACH EX. art exhibition is planned for December 18 to January 16, 2022 at Hikarie Hall—located on the ninth floor of Shibuya Hikarie in …Read more »
As of the November issue of Shogakukan’s Coro Coro Comics magazine, Machito Gomi’s Pokémon Journeys: The Series manga has officially come to an end. The final chapter of the series was published in the issue, and the fourth collected volume is set to hit shelves …Read more »
The final fight is on the horizon for Atsushi Ohkubo’s Fire Force manga. The official website for Weekly Shonen Magazine announced that the series is heading into its final arc, and the last battle is about to begin now that a certain character’s eyes have …Read more »
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