Congrats to Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, which has reached yet another milestone! The franchise’s official social media revealed that there are approximately 164 million copies of the series (both physical and digital) in circulation in Japan. On top of that, there are approximately 56 …Read more »
There are a couple big celebrations going on in the world of the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End manga. After being on break since January, the series is finally getting ready to return to the pages of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine on July 23. On …Read more »
Another manga has its ending plans out in public thanks to an Amazon listing, and this time it’s Space Brothers. Chuya Koyama’s manga first started its run in Morning magazine back in 2007, and now the Amazon listing’s peek at the cover says the series …Read more »
Kodansha’s Young Magazine got started in 1980 in Japan, and has since launched titles like AKIRA and Ghost in the Shell. To celebrate its 45th anniversary, it’s making a special edition magazine aimed for Americans! Editor in Chief of Young Magazine Hidemi Shiraki explained, “For …Read more »
Hiroshi Fukuda’s Rock is a Lady’s Modesty manga is going on a break, but we don’t yet know when to expect its return. The announcement came through this year’s 14th issue of Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine, which stated that it will take a break “for …Read more »
The late great Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball kicked off serialization back in 1984, meaning the manga celebrated its 40th last year. Now a new Dragon Ball store aptly named DRAGON BALL STORE is set to open in Tokyo this fall. Not many details yet, but …Read more »
According to an Amazon listing, Suzuka’s manga adaptation of the second part of Miya Kazuki’s Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel series has an ending plan in place. Amazon lists the upcoming 13th volume—which is scheduled to ship in Japan on September 15—as the final …Read more »
Call of the Night is back… and we don’t just mean the second season of the anime! Kotoyama’s late-night vampire rom-com is back from the dead for a limited-run manga series. The “Paradise Arc” follows Kou Yamori and his detective senpai as they explore a strange …Read more »
Back in 2023, a paid event held in St. Petersburg, Russia featured art from multiple Kodansha properties, including Attack on Titan. Cool stuff, except it was held without permission from Kodansha. Oops. The Japanese publisher brought the event organizer, IQ Art Management LLC, to court, …Read more »
Fate Rewinder, the time traveling manga from Futa Kimura, is getting anime-ized. The manga, which centers around a boy named Chrono who joins a secret order of police who use time travel to prevent time-related infractions, has been running since 2022 in the pages of …Read more »
The live-action adaptations of Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom manga just keep coming. Now we know when the fifth (!!) film in the franchise is set to hit Japanese theaters: next summer. It’s the followup to Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General, which came out in …Read more »
Manga and anime fans likely know Tsutomi Nihei best as the creator of titles like BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia. In his new series Tower Dungeon, he’s taking the action back in time. Volume 1 of this new Kodansha release introduces a dark fantasy world full of dragons, …Read more »
There is sad news coming out of Japan as we learn about the passing of mangaka Ukyou Takao, whose works include To Heart and Muv-Luv. According to his family, he passed away from a heart attack on June 30. Anime News Network lists his date …Read more »
Several new titles have joined Shonen Jump in extremely recently memory, to the point that Otr of the Flame has had time to make itself at home. Capping off the wave that started with Harukaze Mound, Kaedegami, and Ekiden Bros is Ping-Pong Peril. And if you’ve ever …Read more »
The latest addition to the Weekly Shonen Jump catalogue is Ekiden Bros: a fresh new sports manga from Daiki Nono. This time, the sport in question is running—with the series taking its title from long-distance relay races known as ekiden. As with many sports series, it stars a …Read more »
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