Shortly after the arrest of Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki—who allegedly sexually assaulted two junior high age girls—Shueisha canceled his series in Shonen Jump. This decision came about after discussing the matter with artist Shiro Usazaki, who unfortunately is caught in the middle of this mess. …Read more »
Nisio Isin’s Monogatari series of light novels has maintained huge popularity since it first debuted. Now, with the tenth volume of the manga adaptation of the series’ first installment, Bakemonogatari, on shelves in Japan, the series hit another new milestone. The adaptation features illustrations by …Read more »
If you’ve been keeping up with the story of Act-Age manga writer Tatsuya Matsuki—who was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of two junior high school girls—you’ve already seen the fallout. After some investigating by the staff at Jump, the manga was canceled, which unfortunately …Read more »
Remember earlier this year we when reported on an Australian senator calling for a review of all anime and manga sold in the country, which he described as containing “child abuse material”? Well, looks like that actually happened—and as a result, three novels in the …Read more »
Reiji Miyajima’s Rent-a-Girlfriend manga was already doing pretty well for itself, and the anime adaptation really pushed it into overdrive. In November of 2019, the series had reached the 2.5 million copies milestone, jumping to 4 million copies in June of 2020. Now, just a …Read more »
Bleach may be over, but its creator Tite Kubo is still making manga, including stories occurring in the Bleach universe. Kubo published the one-shot manga Burn the Witch two summers ago and told the story of witches Noel Niihashi and Nini Spangle, workers at the …Read more »
Over the weekend we posted about Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki, who was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of two junior high school girls. At the time, Shonen Jump‘s official statement was that they were taking the matter seriously and looking to take “appropriate action” …Read more »
Content Warning: This article mentions sexual assault against minors. Tatsuya Matsuki, the writer behind Shonen Jump manga Act-Age, has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of minors according to NHK. After being confronted with the charges, including CCTV footage taken during the investigation, Matsuki …Read more »
When you get into the realm of multiple spinoffs, you have to get creative to differentiate them from one another. That’s what Kodansha has done with Attack on Titan, which now has a new children’s book to add to its growing library. Shingeki Tantei Armin: …Read more »
Amid all the madness of the past few months, we kind of forgot that The Promised Neverland was getting a live-action film adaptation! Now here to remind us is the film’s first official teaser trailer and poster. Based on the popular manga by Kaiu Shirai …Read more »
While COVID-19 is causing many events to be cancelled, it’s also showing how creative people can be in what they’re doing to make up for public events. Because Comiket—Japan’s major convention for doujinshi (self-published manga)—is a potential breeding ground for COVID, we’re instead offered Comic …Read more »
Jiro Kuwata was a prolific manga author known for co-creating pioneering manga and anime superhero 8 Man, as well as working on Shonen King’s ’60s Batman manga—released in English as Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga. Unfortunately, publisher Akita Shoten announced this week that Jiro Kuwata …Read more »
One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has attempted to calculate the ending of his sprawling series more than a handful of times over the past two decades. For once, however, Shonen Jump is doing the teasing in an ad in the latest issue, which claims One …Read more »
Nobody likes pain. Now, with Sailor Moon’s help, you can send it packing. Japanese pain reliever Bufferin has teamed up with Sailor Moon to promote its brand of painkilling magic. The headliner for this tie-up is a series of Bufferin ads featuring the voice of …Read more »
The Japanese fast fashion brand Uniqlo has just revealed a line of T-shirts sure to slay a few readers out there. It’s a lineup of shirts based on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the uber-popular series from Koyoharu Gotōge. The Demon Slayer T-shirts revealed today …Read more »
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