Bandai has unleashed vocal toy swords that look like the ones used by Tanjiro, Rengoku and Zenitsu in Demon Slayer, giving many fans the chance to cosplay. Now Inosuke’s unique jagged blades have been put out in the market. The blades are a realistic size, …Read more »
Seven Seas Entertainment just shared some licensing news and descriptions of titles they’ll be releasing shortly. First up, they licensed the Vivy Prototype light novels by Eiji Umehara and Tappei Nagatsuki. Volume 1 debuts in August, and meanwhile they gave us this description: “Vivy, the …Read more »
MANGA Plus debuted its global platform in 2019, and a recent blog post from Shueisha editor Yuta Momiyama updated us on what’s going on behind-the-scenes. Momiyama manages both Shonen Jump+ and MANGA Plus. For starters, he described how it’s characteristic to have the overseas licensing …Read more »
Insomniacs After School, the manga about insomniac high school students by Makoto Ojiro, is getting both TV anime and live-action film adaptations. That’s the word from the latest volume of the manga, its eighth. Insomniacs After School launched in the pages of Big Comic Spirits …Read more »
Trailing quickly behind the news of the anime adaptation, we have word that the MF Ghost manga is getting an English release. Shuichi Shigeno’s followup to hit racing series Initial D is on the way via Kodansha Comics and ComiXology, who plan to release the …Read more »
A new manga is on the way from Yuki Kodama, the author of the Blood Lad manga. Shokan Suru Sekai (Summon World) was revealed in the February issue of Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine over the weekend, and the manga is officially set to launch in …Read more »
Piracy is a major issue hitting the manga and anime worlds, especially during COVID with so many people homebound. Take a look at these numbers: from January to October last year, piracy in Japan bilked creators and publishers out of 800 billion yen (about $6.92 …Read more »
Rozi is a little girl with enormous hair and eyes who lives with her own unique family in the labyrinth. The labyrinth is a mysterious maze of a world where former humans have gotten lost and a mystical queen rules over all. Rozi is taken …Read more »
In addition to the ongoing digital publication of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura’s Blue Lock soccer manga, publisher Kodansha Comics announced plans for a print release. In an exclusive with Anime News Network, Kodansha revealed that the first volume of the print version is currently …Read more »
We previously reported about Love Hina creator Ken Akamatsu’s foray into the world of Japanese politics, and naturally that means there isn’t much time for manga. As Akamatsu prepares to run in next summer’s upper house election for a seat in Japan’s parliament, he announced …Read more »
Official English readers of Kentaro Yabuki’s Ayakashi Triangle manga will have to skip the 74th chapter of the series. While a reason wasn’t provided, both VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump and Shueisha’s MANGA Plus services won’t be publishing the chapter, and will instead skip the installment …Read more »
Following up on the anime adaptation’s adorable Anya illustration for the holidays, it’s SPY x FAMILY author Tatsuya Endo’s turn to wish everyone a Happy New Year! This one features Anya once again, and she’s teamed up with Bond to ring in the Year of …Read more »
Despite the fact that a lot has happened in 2021, it turns out it’s actually possible to capture it all in one piece of amazing art. Proof of this comes from Daromeon—the artist responsible for bringing Yabako Sandrovich’s Kengan Ashura manga to life on the …Read more »
The beginning of the end has arrived for Suzuhito Yasuda’s Yozakura Quartet manga. The series launched in Kodansha’s Shonen Sirius magazine back in 2006, and according to the author’s latest update, it will enter its final arc sometime in 2022. While the final story is …Read more »
Last month saw Tomo Takeuchi’s Welcome to the Ballroom manga return from a two-month hiatus, but unfortunately it’s about to go away for a little while once again. Takeuchi announced that she has not fully recovered since feeling unwell near the start of December, so …Read more »
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