Did you know that Ken Akamatsu, the mangaka behind such hits as Love Hina and Negima!, is sometimes asked to advise the Japanese government on manga-related issues? Just recently he was called before the Diet and talked about how manga can succeed in the next …Read more »
Minare Koda is mad. She’s mad about the breakup with her boyfriend. She’s so mad she decides to go drinking and rant to the stranger sitting next to her. It turns out that stranger works for the radio. And he records her whole rant. And …Read more »
A building in Tokyo that once housed multiple mangaka, including Osamu “God of Manga” Tezuka, was taken down in the early 1980s. However, so many people have wanted to see what it looked like that a new museum duplicating it has been created, called the …Read more »
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was one of the most successful video games of 2019. So, in 2020, we have the manga Sekiro Side Story: Hanbei the Undying. The manga opens with war and power-hungry leaders in the Sengoku Period of Japan. If you look at …Read more »
Entertainment facilities and theme parks have had it rough during the pandemic, and that includes the Tokyo One Piece Tower. The world’s first permanent indoor theme park dedicated to One Piece first opened its doors back on March 13, 2015, and it will be closing …Read more »
An unnamed chef inherited a very special restaurant from his grandfather. Sometimes the restaurant is called Western Restaurant Nekoya. And sometimes it’s called Restaurant to Another World. That’s because on Monday through Friday the restaurant serves humans. On Saturday, it serves mythological and folkloric creatures. …Read more »
Salmiakki’s Rifle is Beautiful manga—which follows a group of girls as they revive their high school’s light rifle team—has been running since April of 2015, and now the end is in sight. The series officially concluded in Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump digital magazine, closing …Read more »
Mio likes listening to the radio, because it helps her feel less alone. At the same time, she prefers to be alone, because being around other people makes her phobic. She is a student at a correspondence school, while her popular fraternal twin brother Yuta …Read more »
Yohei Yasumura’s fantasy manga The Dungeon of Black Company is about to be turned into an anime. An adaptation was announced on MAG Garden’s MAGCOMI site this week, with staff, cast, and broadcast info to follow later. The Dungeon of Black Company has been running …Read more »
With, a popular Japanese women’s magazine, has more than its usual makeup and clothing articles in its latest issue. This time it also sports a specially designed Sailor Moon marriage registration form. This isn’t the first time there’s been a Sailor Moon marriage registration form, …Read more »
Ryoichi Koga’s Ninin ga Shinobuden manga—known as Ninja Nonsense in the west—first launched in MediaWorks’ Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh in July of 2000, making next month the series’ official 20th anniversary. The original series ran until January 2006, but now Koga has announced the launch …Read more »
The 18th volume of Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ōoku: The Inner Chambers manga recently hit shelves in Japan, bringing with it an idea of when to expect the series to end. After kicking off the final arc in the pages of Hakusensha’s Melody magazine, the manga will …Read more »
Junji Ito, one of Japan’s masters of horror manga, has his own art book out at long last: Twisted Visions. It’s a pretty good title that covers Ito’s knack for depicting darkness, the absurd, and the creepy. The book opens with art samples from Tomie, …Read more »
Azu’s Magical Sempai manga—which kicked off in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine in February of 2016 and inspired a TV anime last year—is officially coming to an end. Azu made the announcement herself via Twitter, saying that the series will be complete as of the eighth …Read more »
Last week saw the announcement of a new Shaman King TV anime, which is planned for 2021. With the anniversary celebrations continuing in a few different ways, there’s no better time to reveal plans for another art exhibition centered on Hiroyuki Takei’s hit series. The …Read more »
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