Junji Ito has been on a roll for a while now, and he’s seen even more success than ever in the English-speaking market of late. Now one of the premier masters of horror manga in Japan has been bestowed with further honors at this year’s …Read more »
With a red hot anime adaptation currently running, Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga continues to grow in popularity and success. The official Twitter account shared the latest numbers for the series, which has it surpassing 32 million copies in circulation. Wakui whipped up a new …Read more »
Japanese-American journalist Roland Kelts’s pioneering book Japanamerica has been translated into several languages across Asia and Europe, including Japanese. Now thanks to Odaiba Ediciones in Spain, it’s getting a new officially licensed Spanish translation. Anime and manga are very popular in Spain and throughout Latin …Read more »
COVID-19 has changed many people’s lives, either temporarily or permanently. Continually wearing a mask is one such change, and a new manga in Japan centers on romance while wearing masks. The manga is titled New Normal, and its first volume was just released in Japan. …Read more »
The Nihon SF Taikai (a.k.a the Japan Science Fiction Convention) had disclosed this year’s winners for the 52nd Seiun Awards. The “Best Comic” award went to two different manga: Hozuki’s Coolheadedness by Natsumi Eguchi (which is available in America through Kodansha) and Kimi o Shinasenai …Read more »
Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, has just released a one-shot manga that’s a bit over 140 pages. Called Look Back, it is currently digitally available on VIZ Media’s website and through MANGA Plus. And did I mention that either way, you can read …Read more »
Late last year publisher Shueisha put replicas of the original manuscript for Demon Slayer’s 204th chapter up for sale. Only thirty-three were made, and they weren’t cheap, coming in at 38,500 yen (about $350) each. However, people who purchased them have complained. At that price …Read more »
One Piece debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 19, 1997, and look where it is now! The world’s bestselling manga now has more than 490 million copies in circulation, both physically and digitally. A bit more than 400 million comes from Japan itself, and …Read more »
There’s good news for fans of the manga Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. While the manga itself has ended after more than six years of publication (and after getting more than 12 million copies in circulation), it’s receiving a spinoff. The spinoff will debut …Read more »
The issue of Weekly Shonen Jump that comes out on August 2 is going to have two special one-shots. One will be from The Promised Neverland creators Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu, and the other will be from the world of My Hero Academia. It …Read more »
The Harvey Awards have put forward their nominees for 2021. Five different titles are vying for the Best Manga category: Asadora! by Naoki Urasawa Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto Remina by Junji Ito Spy x Family by Tatsuya …Read more »
The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting juxtaposes two characters: Kirishima, the right-hand man of a yakuza crime family whose specialty is beating people up, and Yaeka, a sensitive and sweet-natured little girl whose father is the yakuza boss of the family. One day after Kirishima’s beaten …Read more »
Lil’ Leo (Leo-kun in the original Japanese) is about an endearing talking cat. Leo is two-years-old and lives with a woman he thinks of as his mother, and it’s never questioned how or why he can talk. It’s just taken for granted, and this allows …Read more »
A special exhibition is on the way to Japan to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Koi’s slice-of-life comedy manga Is the Order a Rabbit?, and it even has a new key visual to go along with it. Fans of the series won’t be surprised to …Read more »
Mangaka Rumiko Takahashi took time out of her busy schedule to tweet what she thinks would happen if her characters were in a battle royale. The characters she envisions in the fight are Inuyasha, Ranma Saotome, Ataru Moroboshi from Urusei Yatsura, Rinne Rokudo from Rin-ne, …Read more »
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