In August, Otaku USA reported on how some Western credit card companies have threatened penalties or told Japanese companies they need to stop selling some of their explicit manga titles. Manga creator and politician Ken Akamatsu spoke out against this, and now he’s been pulled …Read more »
One of the pillars of the manga world is no longer with us, as it was announced that horror manga legend Kazuo Umezu has passed away. According to the statement, Umezu passed on October 28 at the age of 88. “Umezu wanted to spread his …Read more »
Back in April, just before the My Hero Academia manga kicked off its epilogue, Kohei Horikoshi’s recently-concluded series announced that it had 100 million copies printed physically and sold digitally around the world. Horikoshi provided an illustration to mark the momentous occasion, and now it’s …Read more »
Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita? (Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?), the josei crime manga from Rito Asami, is getting a live-action TV series. The show will star Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note) and Suzu Hirose (Chihayafuru) and will start airing in January …Read more »
In an exclusive reveal on Anime News Network, Tapas recently showcased a new trailer for Solo Leveling: Ragnarok. Based on Daul’s original story, the webcomic from artist JIN (REDICE) and adaptor Brix (REDICE) launched on Kakao Page on August 1, and now its English release …Read more »
Earlier this year, Titan Manga unleashed a whole raft of announcements for the end of 2024. In addition to Kamen Rider Kuuga Vol. 8, there are four new releases getting underway. Plus, the publisher is releasing a stand-alone classic from manga legend Osamu Tezuka! Read on …Read more »
Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai, the manga by Taro Yuri about a young child with hidden abilities, is getting anime-ified. Along with the announcement came piece of teaser key art and a celebratory illustration from manga creator Taro Yuri. The manga revolves around Kaya, a girl at …Read more »
Junji Ito’s Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, is out in time for Halloween and a great read for both fans of Ito’s work and fans of horror. In fact, anyone who’s interested in the creative process could get helpful tidbits from this work. Uncanny: the …Read more »
Fans of the manga My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 have a reason to be excited, because its long hiatus has finally come to an end! The hiatus began in February 2024, due to creator Mashiro’s health. With the manga returning, that hopefully that …Read more »
A husband and wife in León, Mexico recently tied the knot in a Saint Seiya-themed wedding. While many Saint Seiya fans and otaku would give a themed wedding like this the thumbs up, it received the ire of the Archdiocese of León and Archbishop Jaime …Read more »
Matsuda Minoru’s manga He Was My Brother mixes horror and romance, and is currently available on the Mangamo manga app. You can check out Otaku USA’s review on it here. Just in time for Halloween, Minoru did an interview about how Japanese horror films have …Read more »
He Was My Brother stars Kanoko, a teenage girl whose brother Kiichiro passed away after an illness. The manga starts out feeling kind of like a slice-of-slice about a family that’s dealt with grief, but soon supernatural things begin happening, and it becomes clear this …Read more »
Sakamoto Days fans have plenty to look forward to outside of Yuuto Suzuki’s main manga. In addition to the upcoming anime, the series has inspired spinoffs, including a new novel that’s on the way from Shueisha this December. The novel, titled Sakamoto Days Koroshiya Blues …Read more »
Eventually, everyone stumbles across the work of Junji Ito in their own way. For some of us, it was The Enigma of Amigara Fault popping up on our Tumblr dashboard at 2am. Others dove in via film or anime adaptations. But for some of you, Adult …Read more »
Japanese publishers are getting more aggressive going after piracy sites, and in one case publisher PCR Distributing is taking legal action against the site nHentai. Quite a bit of PCR Distributing’s adult work ends up on nHentai, where the piracy site is offering it for …Read more »
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