Earlier this month, Elck Itsumo’s sports manga Two on Ice took its final bow. Clocking in at 28 chapters, the series followed self-taught figure skater Hayuma as he chased after Kisara, whose skill led him to pursue a life on the ice. As they venture into …Read more »
When Yuu Toyota started Cherry Magic: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! as a short webcomic, she had no idea how successful it would be. Now it’s a whole manga series (with ten volumes currently out in English), a live-action show and …Read more »
The That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation has been on hiatus for a while, and now it’s going to end prematurely. Micro Magazine’s Comic Ride magazine announced plans to end the series earlier this month as a result …Read more »
Tsai Kun-lin, a Taiwanese manga publisher, helped bring about the country’s manga explosion in the 1960s. Now The Boy from Clearwater, a new graphic novel series from author Yu Pei-yun and illustrator Zhou Jian-xin, shares his incredible true story. Volume two drops on May 7 …Read more »
Back in February, we reported that 10 titles had been nominated for the annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Now we’ve learned which manga won the coveted award, named after the Godfather of Manga himself. The lead prize went to PLINIVS, the historical manga by Mari …Read more »
Another Weekly Shonen Jump manga has come to an end with the publication of the final chapter for Shadow Eliminators. The manga by Kento Amemiya first launched in the magazine on December 4, 2023, and the final chapter was just published in Japan on April …Read more »
This weekend Archipel, one of our favorite YouTube channels, dropped another great video. This one goes behind the scenes of a new collaboration between horror manga master Junji Ito and modeler Yoshiki Fujimoto. The two have teamed up to create a high-end model of Ito’s …Read more »
Great news, superhero fans: Marvel manga are now on the Viz app! New titles are available to read with a membership as we speak, opening up a whole new world of adventures featuring familiar stars of comic and screen. Best of all, many of these …Read more »
Yesterday the Tokyo District Court said the operator of the infamous Manga-Mura manga piracy site has to give publishers Kadokawa, Shueisha and Shogakukan 1.7 billion yen. That’s a little under 11 million dollars. The publishers had started out by asking for 1.9 billion yen in …Read more »
Sailor Moon’s characters are involved with Azabu-Juban district, in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. Because of this, and as a way to bring in tourists, Minato Ward decided to put five Sailor Moon-themed manhole covers in places important for the original story. If you go to the …Read more »
The newest issue of Shonen Jump brought with it a fresh new title: Astro Royale. The first chapter of this brand new manga is currently free to read on the Viz website, and SJ subscribers can follow every new chapter as it drops on the app. So, should …Read more »
George Morikawa’s Hajime no Ippo manga has been running in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 1989, and it’s about to take another very brief break. As revealed in this year’s 20th issue of the magazine, the series will be on hiatus this week. This isn’t due …Read more »
2024 began with a large 7.6 earthquake in Japan, with Noto Peninsula in the Ishikawa Prefecture especially affected. Insomniacs After School is located in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, and original manga creator Makoto Ojiro is getting involved with relief efforts through The Insomniacs After School …Read more »
Monthly manga magazine Dengeki Daioh is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a character-filled cover illustrated by Nio Nakatani, the creator of Bloom Into You. The illustration features 25 characters from all eras of Dengeki Daioh’s three-decade run. Famous titles represented include Yotsuba&!, A Certain Scientific …Read more »
Look Back, the new anime film based on the manga by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto, has just released its first full trailer. The film hits theaters in Japan June 28. Also unveiled today is a thorough staff list, including: Art Director: Kiyoshi Sameshima Color …Read more »
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