During an ANN Connect session yesterday, Dallas Middaugh shared some news about his mobile manga app Mangamo. Middaugh, who has previously worked for Del Rey, Kodansha, and Crunchyroll, is the co-founder and executive editor of Mangamo. According to Middaugh, the app has struck a deal …Read more »
The two upcoming live-action Rurouni Kenshin films, originally set for this year, are set to hit screens in Japan next year. Now, thanks to a fresh teaser trailer, we know exactly when. The Final slashes its way on-screen April 23, followed by The Beginning on June …Read more »
It was recently announced that publisher Penguin Random House is planning to purchase publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for more than two billion dollars. Penguin and Random House were previously two enormous publishers that combined, and the idea of a third enormous publisher being …Read more »
There’s good news for fans of Arata: The Legend — creator Yuu Watase says the series will be returning after a five-year break. Watase shared this news on Twitter, referencing a meeting (probably with editorial) that helped get things back on track.
There’s more live-action Kakegurui on the way! Kakegurui Twin, a manga spinoff of the original Kakegurui, will be getting the live-action treatment in 2021. A prequel to the original, it’ll star Aoi Morikawa as Mary Saotome. Morikawa also played Saotome in the original live-action version. …Read more »
It takes a number of steps before a licensed manga reaches America. Someone has to translate it, sometimes an adaptor is hired, and someone needs to put all the lettering in. Phil Christie—a manga letterer for Kodansha, Yen Press, Seven Seas and Harlequin—crunched some numbers …Read more »
It’s a big week for Seven Seas announcing new licenses! Yesterday they began listing off licenses for their new light novel imprint, Airship. https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1333519194458091527 https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1333520731720847360 In this engrossing tale, one young woman lives in a book shop connected to the spirit world. Follow her various …Read more »
Doraemon, who has never really gone away, is experiencing something of a boost in Japan right now. According to The Japan Times, this past year has seen more than 5 million copies of Doraemon comics and books sold. Apparently, a lot of it has to …Read more »
Professional tennis player Naomi Osaka, who is a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, is also a fan of anime and manga. Last year a tweet of hers referring to Prince of Tennis lead Ryoma Echizen as her “husband” went viral. But now she’s getting even …Read more »
The manga nominated for the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards have been announced. They are separated into four categories. Duel Masters by Shigenobu Matsumoto and Chocolat no Mahō (The Magic of Chocolate) by Rino Mizuho are competing for the Best Children’s Manga category. The titles nominated …Read more »
Publishing company Simon & Schuster, previously owned by ViacomCBS, will be sold to Penguin Random House for a little over $2 billion, it was reported today. What does that mean for manga, exactly? A lot, potentially. S&S distributes manga released by Viz Manga. Meanwhile, Penguin …Read more »
More goodies are being released for Demon Slayer fans. Publisher Shueisha just revealed that volume number twenty-three of the series (which comes out in Japan next month) includes almost 40 pages of as yet unseen extra material. According to Anime News Network, those extra pages …Read more »
Sui Ishida, the manga-ka behind Tokyo Ghoul, has a new manga on the way called Chojin X (Superhuman X). On Twitter, Ishida revealed that he had finished the finished the “names,” or storyboards, for the manga. He also revealed a sexy sketch giving us a …Read more »
Tariji Sasaki has been designing covers for monthly children magazine CoroCoro Comic since 1986, so it’s no surprise that his storied career has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. With over 34 years of cover design under his belt, Sasaki was presented …Read more »
Hiroyuki Takei’s Shaman King is back in a big way, with both the manga re-release and the new TV anime on the horizon. Naturally, that means plenty of collaborations, including one that has the series teaming up with Seibu Railway to feature Shaman King in …Read more »
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