Many people in the anime world know—or at least know of—Shawne Kleckner, the president and co-founder of anime retailer Right Stuf. Kleckner was there when Right Stuf officially launched in 1987, was part of the 2007 creation of its Nozomi Entertainment production label, and is …Read more »
Akira Toriyama is best known for his mega successful Dragon Ball franchise, but that’s not the only manga he’s worked on. He debuted with his first serialized manga in 1980 with Dr. Slump, which is also fairly well known. But it’s his short Sand Land …Read more »
This month’s rankings for NPD BookScan’s Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels recently came through, and Chainsaw Man has utterly destroyed the competition both in terms of manga and beyond. In addition to holding the top spot as it has in the past, Tatsuki Fujimoto’s series …Read more »
You’re Under Arrest is back for the first time since the Miyazawa administration. The comedy cop manga by Kōsuke Fujishima, which ran from 1986 to 1992, has a new one-shot chapter coming out in Afternoon magazine on December 23. The one-shot will be called “Taiho …Read more »
Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi and Tsuyoshi may be very different from one another, but there’s one thing these friends have in common: They’re in the halcyon days of youth and they plan to make the most of it. Beyond hanging out together and getting over the …Read more »
Kawo Tanuki and Choco Aya’s Dragon Goes House-Hunting manga just published its final chapter in the January issue of Mag Garden’s Monthly Comic Garden magazine. While the main series may have ended, it won’t be long before we see more, because a spinoff manga is …Read more »
One of the things that makes the Bleach manga special is how each opens with a poem. In 2021, a karuta collection of these poems were offered to people who were part of “Klub Outside,” mangaka Tite Kubo’s official fanclub. But apparently there’s a larger …Read more »
Manga has traditionally been hand-drawn, and there is the issue of protecting the paper from being damaged over time. This is no small feat. “The illustration has undergone color fading and wearing,” mangaka Tetsuya Chiba remarked about the iconic last scene of his famous manga …Read more »
You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! is a romantic comedy that opens with a tragedy. Ayako is a woman in her twenties when her sister and brother-in-law both die, leaving their daughter Miu orphaned. Seeing no one else wants her, Ayako volunteers to raise Miu …Read more »
The main character of Daughter of the Emperor was killed by a stranger when she was 25, and she’s been reincarnated as Ariadna Lerg Illestri Pre Agrigent, only child and daughter of the emperor. Even though she’s in a new life, and even though she’s …Read more »
Knights of the Zodiac, also known as Saint Seiya, is coming to a big screen near you in 2023. Now we’ve got our first peek at the film thanks to a fresh bit of key art and a teaser trailer. Tomasz Baginski (The Witcher) is …Read more »
Kanko Nakamura originally launched the Uzamaid manga back in August 2016, and its run is about to come to an end. According to the January 2023 issue of Futabasha’s Monthly Action magazine, the final chapter of Uzamaid – Our Maid is Way Too Annoying! is …Read more »
Adult manga author Naoya Ueno is no longer with us. According to a recent announcement from the official Twitter account for Sanwa Publishing’s Comic Masyo magazine, Ueno was discovered collapsed and already passed away at his home on September 25. Nudity, Hard-X, Incest and Squall …Read more »
It’s set up in Japan so that a new invoice system will begin in October 2023, and part of it takes away tax-exempt status from freelancers and sole proprietors. 1,275 people took part in a recent manga industry survey on the matter, and just 17 …Read more »
No matter how new an anime fan you are, it’s likely you understand the importance of Astro Boy. Osamu Tezuka’s trailblazing title is one of the earliest examples of anime and manga as we know it, and still considered one of the greatest series of all …Read more »
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