Another long wait for more Berserk is finally almost over, for now at least. Kentaro Miura’s series has been on hiatus since the last chapter launched back on April 26, but there’s a new one on the way in the next issue of Young Animal magazine. Issue 17 goes …Read more »
You may have assumed every series already has a stage play, but there’s one more that’s about to Dempsey Roll its way to the theatrical world. The next series to head to the stage is George Morikawa’s long-running Hajime no Ippo boxing manga, which is celebrating its …Read more »
It’s been around 12 years since Takashi Hashiguchi’s bread-baking manga Yakitate!! Japan came to an end, but it’s never too late for a comeback. Hashiguchi is officially returning to the series with a new manga called Yakitate!! Japan Super Real, which is coming to the LINE social media …Read more »
If you’ve seen the anime adaptation of Nozomi Uda’s Tanaka-kun is Always Listless manga, you know of its many unique charms. Uda’s series is truly something special, and it’s about to end its run according to Square Enix’s Gangan Online website. The site went up with the announcement on …Read more »
Oh boy! A shop and cafe based on the works of Osamu Tezuka, he of Astro Boy/Tetsuwan Atom, Phoenix and Black Jack, just opened up in Asakusa, Tokyo. We’re not sure we quite believe this, but apparently it’s one of only two shops in the world (the other is …Read more »
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction (say that three times fast), the manga by digital genius Inio Asano, has been on hiatus since February of this year. But it’s coming back to the pages of Big Comic Spirits soon, starting with the August 26 issue. DDDDD’s been …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s anticipated anime film Weathering With You is set to premiere in Japan on July 19, so it won’t be long before we find out if the director can possibly top the success of Your Name. In the meantime, the latest issue of Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine revealed plans for …Read more »
Anime and manga have inspired countless works of art and merchandise, but there aren’t many as pricey as some of the items on display at The World’s Only Jewelry Art Exhibition, which will be held in Tokyo’s Ginza district this weekend. Among the 80 works …Read more »
We’re starting to feel like the boy who cried wolf, but it seems Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga is finally over. The manga wrapped up today, June 20, with its final chapter published to the official Gintama app. To mark the occasion, Gintama publisher Shueisha is asking fans to tweet messages to …Read more »
Believe it or not, writer Yuto Tsukuda and illustrator Shun Saeki’s Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma manga is about to come to an end. According to this year’s 27th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which hit stands in Japan this week, the serialization is set to conclude in …Read more »
Dragon Ball creator. Dragon Quest character designer. Knight. Akira Toriyama, who’s also known as the creator of Dr. Slump, the designer of the characters from Chrono Trigger, and lots of other great stuff, has been awarded France’s Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of …Read more »
Amazingly enough, it’s been a whopping 20 years since Masashi Kishimoto debuted his hit manga Naruto in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. A special event is on the way to Japan to celebrate later this year, with NARUTO to BORUTO THE LIVE 2019 scheduled to be held …Read more »
My Hero Academia may rule the roost when it comes to graphic novel sales in North America, but One Piece and Attack on Titan still have it on lockdown in Japan. Oricon published its charts for manga volume sales in the first half of 2019, marking the 11th year in a row …Read more »
Sometimes you want a complete series in one place, while other situations call for the best of the best in video mixtapes. Toei is looking to put the ultimate episode mash-up together in a collaboration with Ueno Royal Museum’s Go Nagai Art Exhibition. It’s up …Read more »
The Elfen Lied anime from Sentai Filmworks is a cult classic, infamous for its brutality and sexuality, while also loved for its strong plot, engaging characters and tragic, riveting storyline. Now Dark Horse is stepping in and giving us the long overdue Elfen Lied manga, years after many of …Read more »
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