It takes a number of steps before a licensed manga reaches America. Someone has to translate it, sometimes an adaptor is hired, and someone needs to put all the lettering in. Phil Christie—a manga letterer for Kodansha, Yen Press, Seven Seas and Harlequin—crunched some numbers …Read more »
It’s a big week for Seven Seas announcing new licenses! Yesterday they began listing off licenses for their new light novel imprint, Airship. Thank you for your patience–it's time to begin our NEW IMPRINT, NEW LICENSES event! 🎉 Today we'll be announcing new novels for …Read more »
Doraemon, who has never really gone away, is experiencing something of a boost in Japan right now. According to The Japan Times, this past year has seen more than 5 million copies of Doraemon comics and books sold. Apparently, a lot of it has to …Read more »
Professional tennis player Naomi Osaka, who is a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, is also a fan of anime and manga. Last year a tweet of hers referring to Prince of Tennis lead Ryoma Echizen as her “husband” went viral. But now she’s getting even …Read more »
The manga nominated for the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards have been announced. They are separated into four categories. Duel Masters by Shigenobu Matsumoto and Chocolat no Mahō (The Magic of Chocolate) by Rino Mizuho are competing for the Best Children’s Manga category. The titles nominated …Read more »
A spy known as “Twilight” has been able to turn himself into hundreds of personalities to get the information needed. Now he has to pretend to be a father and husband. Taking place in a European setting but with made-up countries, Spy x Family shows …Read more »
With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun is a pet memoir manga where the creator writes about her own life with her pets, Inu-kun the dog and Neko-sama the cat. Their honorifics alone show the relationship mangaka Hidekichi Matsumoto has with her …Read more »
For something a little creepy (and downright bizarre) we have the release of Chainsaw Man from VIZ Media. The main character Denji is a down and out young man who’s so deeply in debt from his father that he eats a slice of bread a …Read more »
More goodies are being released for Demon Slayer fans. Publisher Shueisha just revealed that volume number twenty-three of the series (which comes out in Japan next month) includes almost 40 pages of as yet unseen extra material. According to Anime News Network, those extra pages …Read more »
Mintaro is the mangaka behind the yuri manga Lily Fairy Tale, Lily Fairy Tale — Little Mermaid met Hansel and Gretel–, Lily Fairy Tale — Little Red Cap and Cinderella–, and Lily Fairy Tale — Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty–, all published by Digital Manga Inc.’s …Read more »
Earlier this year Act-Age author Tatsuya Matsuki was arrested after being accused of sexual harassment and assault toward two middle school girls. Matsuki then acknowledged to police “there’s generally nothing incorrect” about what was said against him, and now one of the cases is in …Read more »
Farming Life in Another World is a new manga series from One Peace Books where a man gets another chance at life. He starts farming in a fantasy land, helped by the Almighty Farming Tool, and before long he’s getting more and more company from …Read more »
Tariji Sasaki has been designing covers for monthly children magazine CoroCoro Comic since 1986, so it’s no surprise that his storied career has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. With over 34 years of cover design under his belt, Sasaki was presented …Read more »
When it comes to isekai protagonists, they don’t come smaller, cuter, or wickeder than Tanya Degurechaff. Once a cruel salaryman, Tanya has a new life in an alternate wartime Europe. Allegedly she’s there to learn faith and kindness… but it’s not really going that way. As Tanya …Read more »
Hiroyuki Takei’s Shaman King is back in a big way, with both the manga re-release and the new TV anime on the horizon. Naturally, that means plenty of collaborations, including one that has the series teaming up with Seibu Railway to feature Shaman King in …Read more »
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