The mobile manga subscription app Mangamo now has more than 1,200 manga volumes from Kodansha available after the publisher contributed an additional 800 or so. The newly supplied volumes include ones from Tokyo Revengers, Fire Force, FAIRY TAIL, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, …Read more »
Lilyka, DMP’s yuri imprint, is having its first online live event, involving mangaka Mintaro. The event takes place June 25th 2021 6PM – 7PM (PST) and consists of three parts: Introduction, drawing session and Q & A, and announcement. https://twitter.com/LilykaManga/status/1399792660282368002 There are two ways to …Read more »
Inuyasha creator Rumiko Takahashi recently set up a Twitter page and encouraged fans to ask her questions. When asked about her daily schedule, Takahashi gave a detailed reply . . . and showed she barely gets any sleep at all.
The Re:ZERO – The Frozen Bond OVA is currently being adapted into a manga by Minori Tsukahara, and the series is about to come to an end. As revealed in the second part of the manga’s 14th chapter, the series will end in the upcoming …Read more »
The trial is now over for 29-year-old Romi Hoshino, the alleged administrator of notorious manga piracy site Manga-Mura. Hoshino was arrested in 2019 on a slew of copyright violations, and the Fukuoka District Court found him guilty today in Japan. The sentence comes down to …Read more »
It’s not often you see a real manga legend hop on Twitter for some good old fashioned fan interaction, but that’s exactly what Rumiko Takahashi just did. The author of classics like Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura, and more joined the social media …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation may be over—with a movie on the way to keep fans excited—but Yuki Tabata’s Black Clover manga is doing just fine on its own. According to this year’s 26th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the series has over 15 million …Read more »
Another work from the amazing Takehiko Inoue (Vagabond, Slam Dunk) is on the way to English audiences, with Manga Planet announcing the license acquisition of the BUZZER BEATER manga. The series will make a comeback on Manga Planet starting this June, and a free sample …Read more »
The manga Kaguya-sama: Love is War by Aka Akasaka is currently being published in Japan by Shueisha’s Young Jump and in America by VIZ Media. Young Jump just announced that the manga will go on hiatus, but thankfully it’s not because Akasaka is hurt or …Read more »
Takashi Shiina’s Zettai Karen Children manga has been running in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2005, and now it’s finally about to come to an end. The author confirmed as much on Twitter, adding that the afterword comments for the final chapter have already been written …Read more »
Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga is currently enjoying a great anime adaptation, and now the source material is heading toward its climax. According to this year’s 26th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, the tough boys of Tokyo Revengers will be entering the final arc …Read more »
Back in March Kodansha came out with some limited edition Attack on Titan manga that were big enough to be read by a Titan. Each manga weighed about 30 pounds and was 1.01 meters tall and 0.71 meters wide. To no one’s surprise, this turned …Read more »
Pioneering manga creator Ichiro Tominaga has passed away earlier this month from old age. He was 96-years-old. While his name might not be well-known in America, he was an important figure in Japan. His most successful manga series were titled Chinkoro Nee-chan and Sekkachi Neeya. …Read more »
Mangaka Yasunori Mitsunaga recently finished the Princess Resurrection manga franchise with the final volume of Princess Resurrection Nightmare, and the creator is off to work on a new series. Mitsunaga will do the writing, but instead of doing the art as well, Yoshimitsu Iruka has …Read more »
The news of Kentaro Miura’s passing at age 54 has brought renewed attention to his books. The eight deluxe editions of his Berserk manga have shot up on the Amazon bestsellers list, including some making the top ten. When you consider that millions of books …Read more »
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