Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Kodansha Publishing have teamed up to use Cells at Work! in the fight against COVID-19. Creator Akane Shimizu finished her Cells at Work! series about anthropomorphic cells with a chapter about COVID-19. This chapter, plus a new …Read more »
VIZ Media is publishing the Demon Slayer manga in America, and it’s pretty excited to see how well the movie has been doing, especially now that it’s broken records at the U.S. box office. The VIZ Media blog wrote, “To say people are hyped for …Read more »
There’s been some movement over at American comics publisher Dark Horse, a company that licenses some manga titles, including Elfen Lied, Hellsing and Blade of the Immortal. Randy Lahrman, who joined Dark Horse in 2019, is the new Vice President of Product Development and Sales. …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka wrote his manga Barbara back in the 1970s, and in 2021 it’s getting a new chapter thanks to mangaka Go Nagai, who created Devilman, Cutie Honey and Mazinger Z. Nagai is working on Barbara with his company, Dynamic Production, and the new chapter …Read more »
Jujutsu Kaisen continues to have soaring sales, which have especially been boosted by the 2020 anime. At the end of March we were able to report that the original manga series had more than 40 million copies in circulation. It’s less than a month later, …Read more »
In March Yuu Watase revealed that she and Weekly Shonen Sunday had decided when they’d be resuming publication of Arata: The Legend, which had been on hiatus since 2015. However, they said they’d give that date at a later time. Well, that time has arrived, …Read more »
The launch of the final Attack on Titan manga volume is a big event, so naturally it’s coming with some extras in Japan. Due out in stores on June 9, one of the editions of the final volume will come packing two drafts of the …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Asato Asato’s 86 EIGHTY-SIX light novels recently debuted, and now there are new developments for the original series. According to Kadokawa’s listing for the Comic Alive magazine’s June issue, a new prequel manga is on the way. While there’s no …Read more »
Comic-Con International has released its list of nominations for the 2021 Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame. Mangaka Moto Hagio, whose work such as The Heart of Thomas greatly influenced shojo and shonen-ai manga, is the only manga creator nominated. The other nominees are …Read more »
Here at Otaku USA, we cover Japanese pop culture from an American point of view. We’re fans of otaku-related content, including light novels, and some fans have taken it upon themselves to write their own books. These stories are called original English light novels, or …Read more »
It isn’t often that a weekly or monthly manga magazine sells so well it needs to be reprinted, but that’s exactly what happened to the Bessatsu Shonen Magazine issue with the final chapter of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan manga. The latest installment of the …Read more »
After eleven years of serialization, the Attack on Titan manga has officially ended. Creator Hajime Isayama has received kudos from fellow mangaka online, including some who show their support in creative ways. Shuzo Oshimi, creator of Flowers of Evil and Blood on the Tracks, tweeted, …Read more »
There’s manga with great storytelling—then there’s manga with great storytelling and great art. With all due respect to all the manga artists pumping out pages week after week, some are just, well, better than others. Japanese site Magmix has just put out an article listing …Read more »
2021 marks the 45th year Kodansha has put on its yearly Manga Awards. It has revealed its nominations, with the promise of learning who won on May 13. The titles nominated for Best Shonen Manga are Fire Force by Atsushi Ohkubo; Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End …Read more »
Tesla Note, a manga that is not about cars or Elon Musk, is getting the anime treatment. The TV anime series revealed a teaser trailer, key art and cast and crew details today. Based on a manga by Masafumi Nishida (writer, Tiger & Bunny), Tadayoshi …Read more »
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