Natsumi Eguchi’s Hozuki’s Coolheadedness manga—AKA Hozuki no Reitetsu—first started running in the pages of Kodansha’s Weekly Morning magazine back in 2011. 29 volumes have been collected so far over the course of a run that’s just a couple months shy of nine years, and now …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the hottest manga properties in Japan at the moment, with fans snapping up new volumes faster than they can be printed. Unfortunately, this popularity has led to a mini-crime wave that’s forced some bookstores to change the …Read more »
A wide variety of renowned artists have been commissioned to create posters for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, and two of the latest to be showcased come from a pair of well-regarded manga authors. With the themes of the Olympics and Paralympics in mind, Hirohiko Araki …Read more »
The Elder Sister-Like One, the Pochi Iida-penned manga about an elder sister-esque demon, is coming to the world of anime. It’s set to be adapted into a direct-to-video OVA, though a release window has not yet been announced. Iida started The Elder Sister-Like One as …Read more »
From the same odd-couple roommate well that brought us anime like Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid comes The Gal and The Dinosaur (Gyaru to Kyouryuu), a new series set for April. Based on a manga by Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura that started serialization in 2018, …Read more »
Death Note artist Takeshi Obata first previewed the new Death Note manga chapter—which was announced back in May of 2019— during his NEVER COMPLETE exhibition, and now it’s almost time for it to launch. Together with original writer Tsugumi Ohba, the duo is back with …Read more »
One of the most popular series in the current iteration of Shonen Jump magazine is Dr. STONE, which recently concluded the first season of its anime adaptation. Unfortunately, it’s taking a break this week due to the fact that illustrator Boichi came down with a …Read more »
Reiji Miyajima’s Kanojo, Okarishimasu manga, AKA Rent-A-Girlfriend, is officially getting an anime adaptation. The comedy centers on a young college student who gets mixed up in romance after finding a service that lets you rent people out to act as family members, friends, and significant others, and the …Read more »
A live-action film adaptation of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland manga was announced back in September, and now the feature has a release window. As revealed during Toho’s Conference on December 12, the movie is officially set to open in Japan in December of 2020. …Read more »
It’s raining cats and dogs! Or will be, at least, once this newly-announced anime comes out. It’s based on a series of short manga tales by Hidekichi Matsumoto called Inu to Neko Docchi mo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii. That’s something like If You Own a Dog and …Read more »
Ōsama Ranking, a web manga about a “good-for-nothing” prince, is getting the anime treatment. The manga, by Sosuke Toka, centers around a prince who is both deaf and weak, unable to wield even a children’s sword, who meets a literal shadow named Kage. The story develops …Read more »
You may have seen our previous posts about the kabuki play that aims to adapt Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga and anime film. Last time we updated on it we had some costumed photos, and now a rehearsal video is here to show how …Read more »
Paru Itagaki’s BEASTARS manga has been running since 2016, and its anime adaptation just kicked off this October. It hasn’t even made its English debut on Netflix yet, but there’s already a stage play on the way in Japan. Aptly titled BEASTARS THE STAGE, the adaptation has performances …Read more »
Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, the manga about an idol singer unit called Fruit Tart, is set to drop onto TV screens before too long. The series was first announced back in May, but now we’ve got an idea of what it’ll look like thanks to a newly-released …Read more »
Overflow, an adult manga by author Kaiduka, is getting the anime treatment. The news, revealed yesterday, comes complete with one of the most, uh, creative pieces of key art we’ve seen in a while. Overflow tells the tale of college student Kazushi and his childhood …Read more »
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