The very successful manga series My Hero Academia has now reached its “epilogue.” That officially began with its 424th chapter in the newest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump. Creator Kohei Horikoshi also made some comments about it in the new issue, and says My Hero …Read more »
Aoshima-kun wa Ijiwaru (Aoshima-kun is Mean), the three-volume manga series by Yu Yoshii, is getting a live-action series. The series will star Shota Watanabe from the group Snow Man as Mizuki Aoshima and Anne Nakamura as Yukino Katsuragi. The manga, which ran from 2020 to …Read more »
We recently got confirmation that Yuuto Suzuki’s Sakamoto Days manga is getting an anime adaptation, and now there’s some more manga news for the series. According to this year’s 27th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Sakamoto Days assistant Tetsu Okawa is handling art for …Read more »
Yona of the Dawn, the long-running fantasy epic from Mizuho Kusanagi, has entered its final arc. That’s the word from Kusanagi on X. Yona of the Dawn launched in 2009, and there are currently 44 volumes in Japan. Our own Danica Davidson described the art …Read more »
The sports genre is a major part of the manga world, and Weekly Shonen Jump has opened itself up to submissions for its Jump Sports Manga Award. Professionals as well as novices are welcome to enter the contest between now and October 31, with winners …Read more »
BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia creator Tsutomu Nihei previously teamed up with Polygon Pictures once again for the Kaina of the Great Snow Sea anime. The series also inspired a manga adaptation by Itoe Takemoto, and now an end date is in place. According to …Read more »
A manga adaptation of Nexon’s KONOSUBA: Fantastic Days mobile game launched in April 2022, and now, almost exactly two years later, it has come to an end. The final chapter was published in the July issue of Kadokawa’s Comic Alive magazine on Monday. The game …Read more »
It’s a huge day for Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki manga franchise. The manga, which has been going in some way, shape or form since 1991, now has over 100 million copies in circulation. To celebrate, the franchise’s official YouTube channel has unveiled a special video with …Read more »
According to the seventh collected volume of Takashi Shiina and Katsuyuki Sumisawa’s Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon manga, the adaptation is getting ready to kick off the final battle. The announcement says that portion of the story will begin this fall when the eighth volume ships. The …Read more »
The nominees for the 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been unveiled by Comic-Con International! Let’s see what manga are involved. In the category Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, five manga are nominated: #DRCL midnight children by Shin’ichi Sakamoto Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki …Read more »
Cocoa Fujiwara, the manga creator who passed away in 2015, was the creator of popular stories like Dear, Inu x Boku SS and and The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, which is the subject of an upcoming anime series. A …Read more »
A Girl & Her Guard Dog, the manga by Hatsuharu, is getting a live-action film adaptation. The film will star Riko Fukumoto as Isaku and Jesse from SixTONES as Keiya. It’ll be directed by Keiichi Yobayashi (Koi wa Hikari). The manga, which launched in 2018, …Read more »
An ending window is officially in place for Yuki Sato’s Tomodachi Game manga. According to the 25th collected volume of the series, the next volume will be its last. That will put the ending of the series somewhere in fall 2024, which is when the …Read more »
Happy Kanako’s Killer Life, the comedy manga from Toshiya Wakabayashi about an accidental assassin, is getting the live-action treatment. The live-action TV adaptation will star Non (In This Corner of the World) as Kanako and Taisuke Fujigaya (Kis-My-Ft2) as her mentor Sakurai. The series will …Read more »
Natsu Hyuga’s The Apothecary Diaries light novel series has inspired a very successful anime adaptation, with a second season currently in the works. It also inspired a manga adaptation by Minoji Kurata titled Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Mao Mao no Kokyu Nazotoki Techo (The Apothecary Diaries …Read more »
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