“Not another Neon Genesis Evangelion spin-off manga,” I groaned. But Tony Takezaki isn’t just another spin-off artist; the creator of the A.D. Police manga adaptation and the untranslated Dr. Kishiwada’s Scientific Affection , Takezaki is a mad genius of science fiction with a wicked satirical …Read more »
Early news regarding an anime adaptation of Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists manga popped up in tiny form on the cover of Weekly Shonen Jump , which featured a small image of the cover of Jump SQ. 's January 2016 issue. Yes, it's a cover …Read more »
When it comes to books, VIZ Media is best-known for its manga, but it will also sometimes publish prose. Viz previously released the prose anthologies The Future Is Japanese and Phantasm Japan , and now there's the recently-released Hanzai Japan . Hanzai means “crime,” and …Read more »
Fairy Tail author Hiro Mashima launched a prequel manga, Fairy Tail Zero , in the first issue of Monthly Fairy Tail back in July 2014. The series ended up running through the magazine's final issue this past July, resulting in one full volume depicting the …Read more »
Shueisha, the publishers of Shonen Jump, will launch a new magazine devoted to the analysis of Jump’s most famous artists’ techniques, it announced today. Jump Ryū, which means "Jump Style," will devote each issue to a single influential artist who’s been serialized in Jump. The …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is currently running, but we also have another Gundam anime series to look forward to. Yasuo Ohtagaki's Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga is getting an adaptation, with the official reveal having arrived via a teaser website that opened this week. …Read more »
After the terrible 2011 earthquake in Japan, VIZ Media and Autodesk released the digital art anthology Art for Hope with all of VIZ’s proceeds going to disaster relief. Now, several months after the approximately 8 magnitude April earthquake in Nepal, VIZ and Autodesk have teamed …Read more »
Last week, the Tokyo Bar Association issued a sexual orientation discimination warning to the Tokyo Detention House. Reportedly, the detention center had been refusing an inmate access to manga which depicts homosexual acts, while other inmates enjoyed unrestricted access to manga depicting heterosexual sex acts. …Read more »
New Game! is a manga by Shōtarō Tokunō that follows Aoba Suzukaze, a high schooler who joins a game company after graduation. Her senior at the company was responsible for making the game she loved as a child, and the four-panel manga centers on the …Read more »
If the past year or so has taught us anything, it’s not to underestimate angry young men on the internet. The latest victim is Princess Jellyfish author Akiko Higashimura, whose new manga, Himozairu , came under fire for being “derogatory” to men. Higashimura decided to …Read more »
Some big things are brewing for Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga, which is published in North America by Viz Media. First up is the reveal that a new spin-off manga from Hirofumi Neda, My Hero Academia Smash!! , is on the way to the …Read more »
Publisher Yen Press announced plans to simul-pub Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga at New York Comic Con, and the endeavor has officially begun. New chapters of the series will arrive alongside their Japanese debut each month, and will be available on a variety of platforms. …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka's life and extensive body of work is being celebrated in a manga biography by Toshio Ban & Tezuka Productions, with a translation by Frederik L. Schodt ( Manga! Manga! , Dreamland Japan , The Astro Boy Essays ). The Osamu Tezuka Story: A …Read more »
Author Sankaku Head of Himouto! Umaru-chan fame announced plans to expand the series with a spin-off manga. Akita Imokko! Ebina-chan will follow Umaru's shy friend, Nana Ebina, when it begins serialization on Nico Nico Seiga at the end of November. You can see Sankaku Head's Twitter …Read more »
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