Demon Slayer has become so popular that a movie (Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train) and a manga spinoff are both being released next month. But these additions are no surprise as the original manga is about to have 100 …Read more »
Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira manga is one of the most well-known and widely read series out there, thanks in no small part to the landmark anime film adaptation that was released in 1988. The original manga ran in Weekly Young Magazine from 1982 to 1990, and …Read more »
Baki’s back. The Keisuke Itagaki manga Baki: Son of Ogre is getting the anime treatment on Netflix as part of its ongoing Baki adaptation. Also known as Hanma Baki, Son of Ogre will serve as the third season of Netflix’s Baki anime. It’s also the …Read more »
The biggest Shonen Jump event of the year is officially going digital due to the current state of the world, with Jump Festa 2021 now planned to be held online on December 19 and December 20. Jump Festa is typically held each year at Chiba’s …Read more »
The new Haruhi Suzumiya novel was first announced right at the end of August, followed by confirmation of plans for a simultaneous English release. The long-awaited 12th volume, The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya, is due out on November 25, and now we have our first …Read more »
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 »
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