On September 16, the Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s Office officially filed a formal indictment against Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki, who was accused of sexual harassment and assault toward two junior high school girls in June. Matsuki’s popular manga, Act-Age, was canceled as a result of Shonen Jump …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s Neon Genesis Evangelion manga is coming back in Japan in the form of a seven-volume collector’s edition release, and KADOKAWA revealed the first three cover illustrations this week. Sadamoto worked on the illustrations for the covers, with volumes 1-3 currently set for January …Read more »
Polygon conducted an email interview with horror manga master Junji Ito, asking him everything from portraying cats’ personalities to his thoughts on America making live-action adaptations of anime and manga. “This goes without saying, but America is the foremost country when it comes to producing …Read more »
One of our favorite TV shows—nay, one of our favorite things, period—in the world is Manben. That’s the show where Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys) visits other manga artists to learn about their styles, philosophies, what kind of pens they use, &c. Urasawa and …Read more »
Are you digging Tite Kubo’s latest manga? You’re in luck: there’s a Burn the Witch manga “season 2” sequel on the way. That’s the word from Shonen Jump, which just listed a “season 2” for the manga, said to be coming soon. For those who …Read more »
The manga Mienai Watashi no Koi wa Fujiyū (translated as I Cannot See, and My Love is Impaired) by Bunny Urasawa deals with the issue of Low Vision, a condition that can’t be fixed by glasses or surgery. It’s a subject not many people know …Read more »
Tomomi Shimizu has been creating manga to document real-life stories of Uyghurs kept in Chinese internment camps. According to Radio Free Asia, Shimizu has already written six books on the subject, and they were most recently translated into Turkish. She takes no payment for her …Read more »
It appears that Fruits Basket Another, a manga spinoff of the very successful Fruits Basket, has come to an end. According to Anime News Network, creator Natsuki Takaya tweeted this information, saying she “currently has no plans to write a story from the point of …Read more »
Eisner Award-winning manga The Way of the Househusband is getting a live-action TV series adaptation. According to Anime News Network, the adaptation is slowly telling us its cast members, and most recently the project hired Yūta Furukawa to play police officer Tatsuki Sakai. And who …Read more »
The manga series 12 Beast (licensed by Seven Seas) has been canceled. But it’s not at all like the case with Act-Age, where the mangaka got in trouble for allegedly doing something illegal and the publisher decided to end it. According to Anime News Network, …Read more »
The two women known by their professional pen name Akira Himekawa sat down for an interview about their The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga. Asked how their manga is different from the video game, we got this answer: “First off, it’s completely different from …Read more »
If you’re a fan of Hiro Mashima, you’re going to want to keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming Hiro Mashima autograph session that’s planned for global audiences. The Fairy Tail and EDENS ZERO creator will be on hand to sign autographs online on October …Read more »
There may not be an anime adaptation (that we know of) on the way for Inio Asano’s Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, but we got a taste of what one could look like thanks to a new CG-animated short. PC manufacturer Mouse Computer linked up …Read more »
Unless the folks behind them are being irresponsible, it’s a safe bet most of the remaining events in 2020 will be canceled, and that extends to Jump Special Anime Festa. Instead of putting on a big physical showcase, the 2020 version of the semi-annual event …Read more »
Yen Press just held its Virtual Crunchyroll Expo panel, announcing a slew of new acquisitions in the process. In addition to revealing plans to publish Koushi Tachibana and Tsunako’s Date A Live light novels, seven other licenses were revealed, including one more light novel and a bunch …Read more »
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