This news is anything but annoying: comedy manga My Senpai is Annoying is getting an anime adaptation. The anime will be animated at Doga Kobo (Sing “Yesterday” for Me). Shiro Manta’s My Senpai is Annoying has been running on pixiv Comic since 2017. It’s the …Read more »
Kuki, Saitama has spruced up a few of its manhole covers. The city, known best to anime fans as the setting for Lucky Star, has installed four colorful manhole covers based on that series. But wait, you say: wasn’t Lucky Star set in Washimiya? Yes …Read more »
Yohei Yasumura’s fantasy manga The Dungeon of Black Company is about to be turned into an anime. An adaptation was announced on MAG Garden’s MAGCOMI site this week, with staff, cast, and broadcast info to follow later. The Dungeon of Black Company has been running …Read more »
Yowamushi Pedal is set to pedal its way into Japanese theaters August 14 via a new live-action adaptation. The film, entitled simply Yowamushi Pedal, stars Ren Nagase as Sakamichi Onoda, Kentaro Ito as Shunsuke Imaizumi and Kanna Hashimoto as Miki Kanzaki. It’s directed by Koichiro …Read more »
With, a popular Japanese women’s magazine, has more than its usual makeup and clothing articles in its latest issue. This time it also sports a specially designed Sailor Moon marriage registration form. This isn’t the first time there’s been a Sailor Moon marriage registration form, …Read more »
Otaku of a certain age will remember a franchise called Battle Athletes, a manga and anime from the ‘90s in which girls from around the world face off in an Olympic-style athletic competition… in space! Now the ‘90s franchise is back with a new manga …Read more »
Ryoichi Koga’s Ninin ga Shinobuden manga—known as Ninja Nonsense in the west—first launched in MediaWorks’ Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh in July of 2000, making next month the series’ official 20th anniversary. The original series ran until January 2006, but now Koga has announced the launch …Read more »
The 18th volume of Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ōoku: The Inner Chambers manga recently hit shelves in Japan, bringing with it an idea of when to expect the series to end. After kicking off the final arc in the pages of Hakusensha’s Melody magazine, the manga will …Read more »
Azu’s Magical Sempai manga—which kicked off in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine in February of 2016 and inspired a TV anime last year—is officially coming to an end. Azu made the announcement herself via Twitter, saying that the series will be complete as of the eighth …Read more »
Ken Wakui’s manga Tokyo Revengers is getting anime-ized. The adaptation of the manga, which launched in Shonen Magazine back in 2017, is set to hit screens in 2021. The news came alongside a short teaser for the series and a new illustration by Wakui, who …Read more »
Last week saw the announcement of a new Shaman King TV anime, which is planned for 2021. With the anniversary celebrations continuing in a few different ways, there’s no better time to reveal plans for another art exhibition centered on Hiroyuki Takei’s hit series. The …Read more »
Backgrounds are among the most time-consuming aspects of manga production, which is why so many artists turn to assistants to handle those details. There are also services that provide manga background art, including one that gives Japanese prisoners an opportunity to rehabilitate. Mangaka Honpo is …Read more »
Shonen Jump series are great at stealthily coming to a close. In the latest issue, Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland manga shared its final chapter, ending a run that kicked off in 2016 and had more than 21 million copies in print. …Read more »
Tencent, the enormous Chinese tech company and largest video game creator in the world, has its eyes on anime and manga. According to Bloomberg, it “has in recent months scooped up slices of two prominent local studios, the brains behind smash hit NieR: Automata and …Read more »
Another Hiro Mashima series is on the way to the small screen. The Fairy Tail creator’s latest manga, EDENS ZERO, is officially getting a TV anime adaptation of its own, with more information on the way soon. Mashima made the announcement himself on his Twitter …Read more »
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