Ex-Arm, the sci-fi manga series by writer HiRock and illustrator Shinya Komi, is getting the anime treatment. The manga, which is currently on its 12th collected volume, is published by Shueisha, and has been running since 2015. It’s about a high school student named Akira …Read more »
Tetsuo!—Er, Tokyo! Tokyo Reborn, an upcoming NHK special about how Tokyo is changing in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympics, is getting some help from the creator of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo. The man behind that legendary manga and anime (set in the fictional Neo-Tokyo of …Read more »
We reported a few weeks ago that the live-action film version of Tokyo Ghoul would be getting a sequel. Now we know when that sequel is set to spook Japanese filmgoers: July 19. We’ve also got a new still from Tokyo Ghoul 2, featuring Masataka …Read more »
Viz recently announced a new era for the digital Shonen Jump magazine, which officially goes free-to-read as of today. That includes the magazine’s current lineup of 13 series—featuring the likes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, My Hero Academia, One Piece, and more—the latest chapters of …Read more »
Back Street Girls is back. The manga about a group of yakuza forced to become idol singers was adapted into an anime series this year, and in 2019, it’s getting the live-action treatment. Now we’ve got a look at the film, titled Back Street Girls: …Read more »
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the Hayao Miyazaki manga/anime that helped launch Studio Ghibli, is getting a kabuki stage play in Japan. This is the first kabuki play based on a Miyazaki or Ghibli film, and will star two greats of the kabuki …Read more »
About a month and a half from now, Osaka will host its yearly women’s marathon. This time around, its official character was designed and illustrated by none other than manga master Naoki Urasawa. He of 20th Century Boys, Monster, Billy Bat and other thrillers is …Read more »
The Nisekoi – False Love live-action film hits Japanese theaters December 21, and to get fans hyped up, Naoshi Komi is set to create a bonus chapter of the manga for Shonen Jump. The chapter, which will appear in the December 17 issue of Jump, …Read more »
Ao-Chan Can’t Study!, the racy comedy manga by Ren Kawahara, is setting an anime series. The manga, which is about a high school girl whose obsession with studying is interrupted by her first encounter with the opposite sex, is being adapted by Silver Link, with …Read more »
Manga author Rumiko Takahashi has been hard at work creating memorable series for over 30 years, from Urusei Yatsura to Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha, and beyond. Her latest series, RIN-NE, ended almost a year ago, so now it’s almost time to see what’s next for the …Read more »
Oricon has come through with the best-selling book rankings for Japan in 2018, which once again has Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece dominating the manga charts. This isn’t just an off and on phenomenon either, it marks the 11th year in a row for One …Read more »
OKAYADO’s Monster Musume manga—which previously inspired a TV anime in 2015—has been on hiatus since September, but it finally let up long enough for a new chapter to debut. While chapter 62 won’t be immediately followed by another, the Comic Ryū blog entry has OKAYADO …Read more »
Popular science-fiction manga Terra Formars has been going in and out of hiatus for the last few years as creator Kenichi Tachibana deals with health issues. The manga returned to the pages of Young Jump three weeks ago, but the Formarsing was not to last. After …Read more »
What will be the number of Girlish Number Shura episodes? 0. Feeling some girlish disappointment over here. The anime, which was going to be based on the 4-panel gag manga of the same name, was canceled because of an inability to find enough staff members …Read more »
Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel, a classic magical girl anime series form the 1980s, is getting a manga spinoff. The manga, which is titled Maho no Tenshi Creamy Mami Fukigen na Ohime-sama (literally Magic Angel Creamy Mami Ill-Tempered Princess) will run on Coamix’s manga site, …Read more »
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