Look, everyone needs a YouTube channel nowadays, and that even applies to internationally acclaimed manga author Naoki Urasawa. Known for series ranging from Monster and 20th Century Boys to Pluto and his current manga Asadora!, among many others, the artist celebrated Asadora!‘s fifth volume release with the …Read more »
It’s been five years since Haro Aso’s manga Alice in Borderland concluded, and we just got news that the mangaka is up to a new project. Aso will be working with Shiro Yoshida (who did the manga adaptation of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) on …Read more »
There isn’t much time left for the Eromanga Sensei manga, which has rin adapting the light novels by Tsukasa Fushimi and Hiro Kanzaki. According to the June issue of Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine, the series is set to end in the next issue, …Read more »
Founded by Samuel Pinansky in 2016, light novel publishing service J-Novel Club has made some waves since its launch. Now, the latest announcement is here to reveal that Kadokawa has acquired a majority stake in the company, and aims to have it and Bookwalker work …Read more »
The winners for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize have been announced! The prizes are given yearly to manga creators who follow the tradition laid out by Osamu Tezuka. The Grand Prize, which comes with a bronze statue and approximately $19,000 in cash, goes …Read more »
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 »
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