With a red hot anime adaptation currently running, Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga continues to grow in popularity and success. The official Twitter account shared the latest numbers for the series, which has it surpassing 32 million copies in circulation. Wakui whipped up a new …Read more »
COVID-19 has changed many people’s lives, either temporarily or permanently. Continually wearing a mask is one such change, and a new manga in Japan centers on romance while wearing masks. The manga is titled New Normal, and its first volume was just released in Japan. …Read more »
The Nihon SF Taikai (a.k.a the Japan Science Fiction Convention) had disclosed this year’s winners for the 52nd Seiun Awards. The “Best Comic” award went to two different manga: Hozuki’s Coolheadedness by Natsumi Eguchi (which is available in America through Kodansha) and Kimi o Shinasenai …Read more »
Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, has just released a one-shot manga that’s a bit over 140 pages. Called Look Back, it is currently digitally available on VIZ Media’s website and through MANGA Plus. And did I mention that either way, you can read …Read more »
Late last year publisher Shueisha put replicas of the original manuscript for Demon Slayer’s 204th chapter up for sale. Only thirty-three were made, and they weren’t cheap, coming in at 38,500 yen (about $350) each. However, people who purchased them have complained. At that price …Read more »
One Piece debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 19, 1997, and look where it is now! The world’s bestselling manga now has more than 490 million copies in circulation, both physically and digitally. A bit more than 400 million comes from Japan itself, and …Read more »
There’s good news for fans of the manga Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. While the manga itself has ended after more than six years of publication (and after getting more than 12 million copies in circulation), it’s receiving a spinoff. The spinoff will debut …Read more »
The issue of Weekly Shonen Jump that comes out on August 2 is going to have two special one-shots. One will be from The Promised Neverland creators Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu, and the other will be from the world of My Hero Academia. It …Read more »
The Harvey Awards have put forward their nominees for 2021. Five different titles are vying for the Best Manga category: Asadora! by Naoki Urasawa Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto Remina by Junji Ito Spy x Family by Tatsuya …Read more »
A special exhibition is on the way to Japan to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Koi’s slice-of-life comedy manga Is the Order a Rabbit?, and it even has a new key visual to go along with it. Fans of the series won’t be surprised to …Read more »
The manga Shadows House by so-ma-to is going on a brief hiatus this summer, as revealed by the new issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump. A reason has not been given, so hopefully there is nothing wrong with the creators’ health. Weekly Young Jump said …Read more »
JUJUTSU KAISEN is one of the most popular series running in Jump right now, so its absence doesn’t go unnoticed. The series recently went on hiatus so author Gege Akutami could tend to some not-too-serious health concerns, and now it’s officially set to return to …Read more »
BEASTARS manga creator Paru Itagaki has a new series on the way now that BEASTARS has been complete for a little while. SANDA is set to kick off its run in the next issue of Weekly Shonen Champion, which hits stores in Japan on July …Read more »
The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Official Programme book just came out in Japan, and English speakers will be able to read a translated version on July 21. The book goes into detail on the thirty-three featured sports in the Olympics, and several contributors would catch …Read more »
The good news is that manga sales are way up in America. The bad news is that supply isn’t always able to keep up with demand. An article at ICv2 interviewed comic book store owners and manga publishers about the issue. “Chainsaw Man [volumes] two …Read more »
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