TV anime plans were revealed for Katarina’s Shangri-La Frontier web novel—which also has a manga adaptation by Ryosuke Fuji—back in July 2022, and it’s now gearing up for an October 2023 premiere in Japan and on Crunchyroll. While we wait, a new trailer for the …Read more »
Back in April it was announced that Initial D creator Shuuichi Shigeno would be putting his sequel manga MF Ghost back on hiatus shortly after it had returned from another break. The frequent stops were due to the author’s poor health, but the good news …Read more »
“A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan’s poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military …Read more »
The Japanese website Comic Natalie put out a survey titled the “Shonen Sunday and Sunday Web Every Heroine General Election.” Rather than let the survey be a free-for-all of every female character with some prominence in the storyline, Comic Natalie then put out a list …Read more »
Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoi – False Love manga ran from November 2011 to August 2016 and inspired two seasons of TV anime and a live-action film in the process, one in January 2014 and another in April 2015. Now Shueisha’s Comic Bunko label is getting ready …Read more »
If you’re behind on the One Piece manga, you have some more time to catch up, and if you’re current you’ll need to wait a bit because the series is about to go on a one-month hiatus. According to the official Twitter account for the …Read more »
Ryo Sumiyoshi, who has worked on the Monster Hunter franchise at Capcom Co., Ltd., has debuted his first manga, the gripping historical fantasy Centaurs (see Otaku USA‘s review here). Sumiyoshi spoke to Otaku USA about his work, his philosophy, and what he hopes people take …Read more »
Hiro Mashima has two series currently running in EDENS ZERO and FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST, so what’s one more? We’ll find out the answer to that question soon, because Mashima is adding a third to his plate with the announcement of DEAD ROCK, which …Read more »
Kaiji and Akagi manga author Nobuyuki Fukumoto recently revealed plans to launch a new golf manga, putting even more work on his plate while he cranks out new chapters of Kaiji. Now that series is about to take a break, as this year’s 27th issue …Read more »
Drawfest4, brought to us by pixiv and Wacom, will begin June 10 with Study Day from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM JST, and then come back again for Feedback Day on June 17 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM JST. This livestreaming event, which is …Read more »
Juné Manga, the boys’ love imprint of Digital Manga Publishing, is coming out with a new edition of No Touching At All (a.k.a. Dōshitemo Furetakunai in Japanese) by Kou Yoneda. The announcement was short, saying: “It’s finally here! Coming Fall 2023! No Touching At All …Read more »
Deep down, zombie stories are rarely about the undead themselves. Rather, they offer an opportunity to examine humanity under a unique lens. And Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is no different… except it sort of is. Even though it looks like the end of …Read more »
Good news for fans of the live-action Kingdom film series: the trailer for the third film is out, and it features a theme song by none other than Hikaru Utada. The song is called “Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made~” (“Gold: Until We Meet Again”). The …Read more »
Hugin Miyama and Satoshi Oshio’s Overlord manga has been adapting the original series by Kugane Maruyama since 2014, and now its first part has come to an end. The final chapter of the first part launched in the July issue of Kadokawa’s Monthly Comp Ace …Read more »
Golden Kamuy author Satoru Noda previously created the Supinamarada! manga about ice hockey, and it looks like Noda is now prepared to revisit that particular wing of the wide world of sports. As revealed in this year’s 27th issue of Weekly Young Jump magazine, the …Read more »
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