It’s hard to believe that Berserk author Kentaro Miura passed away back in May, as it still seems like just yesterday that we first heard the news. His incredible work lives on, as does the inspiration it has sown across the world, and now a …Read more »
The new Bleach one-shot is out in America and Japan, and it’s free to read digitally here on VIZ’s website! The main series officially concluded back in 2016, but 2021 marks twenty years since the manga made its debut. As a result, creator Tite Kubo …Read more »
It’s generally taken publisher Kadokawa six months to a year to get its books published in English, but now it’s looking at digital simultaneous publishing to get things moving faster. At the weekend’s Crunchyroll Expo panel, they mapped out plans to get their books published …Read more »
Well, better late than never? Back to the Future, which was released back in 1985, is being turned into a children’s novel in Japan. The text is being written by Ichiro Omiya, while illustrations are being provided by Zerogo Iwamoto. The novel is aimed at …Read more »
Sanpei Sato is a manga author known for the Fuji Santaro series of four-panel manga, which launched in the Asahi Shimbun in 1965, among other works. Sadly, at the age of 91, the creator passed away last Saturday at a Tokyo hospital as a result …Read more »
Eiko Mutsuhana’s colorfully titled light novel—Return from Death: I Kicked the Bucket and Now I’m Back at Square One With a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me (AKA Shinimodori no Mahō Gakkō Seikatsu o, Moto Koibito to Prologue kara (Tadashi Kōkando wa Zero))—is officially on the …Read more »
Enako, Japan’s most famous cosplayer, appears in this week’s edition of Monthly Action cosplaying Tohru from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. But not without some controversy: some fans complained that the cosplay is disrespectful to the character and property, causing a bit of a flare up …Read more »
Asahi Shimbun Publishing and Pixiv have announced that they’re looking for horror stories, and the winner will be crowned in the Asahi Horror Comic Awards. They’ve tapped some important people to be judges, including horror master and Eisner Award winner Junji Ito. Ito won’t be …Read more »
Boobs: real or animated, a pretty huge segment of the world likes lookin’ at ‘em. But like any other body part, they can be hard to draw well. Enter Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail and Edens Zero and known illustrator of said chest-level …Read more »
The eleventh volume of the Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction manga shipped in Japan on July 30, and creator Inio Asano used this date as an opportunity to say he plans to conclude the series within the next year. This news is not out of thin …Read more »
Another manga series is getting ready to end an impressive run, with Shotaro Tokuno’s NEW GAME! manga set to come to a close later this month. The official Twitter account for Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara magazine recently announced the plans, which have the final chapter …Read more »
Tite Kubo, Bleach cosplayer extraordinaire (oh, and the creator of the darn thing), may have wrapped up Bleach back in 2016, but he’s never really left the world. His Burn the Witch is set in the same universe, and now he’s back with a Bleach …Read more »
Mangaka Makuno has decided to terminate her contract with publisher Fantasista over her doujinshi work, alleging the company has not been treating her right. Fantasista has the BL manga subscription service futekiya. Makuno put out a statement in both English and Japanese. “Even before futekiya …Read more »
The manga Something’s Wrong With Us by Natsumi Ando just finished in the most recent issue of Kodansha’s Be Love magazine, which came out today. This means the series will total sixteen volumes. Kodansha Comics publishes the series in English, and gave this description: “Following …Read more »
Takeshi Natsuno at Enjin01 Open College in Nagaoka, in 2011. Photo by Joi Ito The president and CEO of manga publishing giant Kadokawa, Takeshi Natsuno has received heavy criticism in the past week for comments perceived as pro-censorship. On July 21st at an Abema Prime …Read more »
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