Back in March, the My Hero Academia manga entered what was described as its ‘final act.’ Now, according to author Kohei Horikoshi—who provided a written message for the series’s Jump Festa 2022 event—he thinks it could reach the end in about a year. Horikoshi said …Read more »
Chainsaw Man has been getting in on this weekend’s Jump Festa 2022 festivities, and while we don’t have a new look at MAPPA’s anime adaptation, it has been confirmed for a 2022 premiere. Meanwhile, Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga is set to continue in Chainsaw Man Part …Read more »
Ken Akamatsu is the bestselling mangaka behind Love Hina, Negima!, UQ Holder! and more, and in the future he might be a professional politician. He’s declared he wants to run for the House of Councillors, which is the upper house of the National Diet of …Read more »
Demon Slayer has become a huge franchise, breaking records around the globe. The anime is still coming out, but the manga series has completed, and VIZ Media is offering a complete boxset. The box set (which costs $199.99) contains all twenty-three volumes of the manga, …Read more »
The Heroic Legend of Arslan manga—which has Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa adapting the novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka—has officially hit its 100th chapter milestone, and other manga artists have joined in on the celebration. Among them is Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama, who …Read more »
The New Year is almost upon us, and that means more Demon Slayer goodies! This time the Japan Post Co. is involved with Demon Slayer mailboxes and New Year’s cards. The Ikebukuro district in Tokyo now has three Demon Slayer mailboxes. The first, of course, …Read more »
One of the manga creators in the Chara Chara Makiart creative unit has been found guilty of sexual assault on a minor. Kodansha, the unit’s publisher, shared this news. Kodansha has decided to stop publishing the current series from the unit, Harapeko Penguin Cafe and …Read more »
Nami Sano’s Migi & Dali manga is about to have its seventh and final volume published in Japan, and while readers wait for that to arrive, an anime adaptation has been announced for the series. Information is light on the adaptation at the time of …Read more »
December 7 marked the birthday of Satoru Gojo from JUJUTSU KAISEN, and MAPPA didn’t waste any time celebrating. The official @MAPPA_Info Twitter account shared a special birthday message along with an original illustration that showcases Gojo with the main characters from the JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 …Read more »
The 73-yard fake punt touchdown run by Seattle Seahawks’ Travis Homer this past weekend has plenty of sports people talking about the skilled play, but the NFL coverage is usually missing something that otaku will notice. Upon making the touchdown, Homer stood up and did …Read more »
Eiichiro Oda has done many things. He’s created the world’s bestselling manga, One Piece, let fans make money doing One Piece art (under certain circumstances), and gave the French president a special One Piece illustration. What’s something he won’t do? Watch YouTube videos about One …Read more »
While details are light at the moment, we now know we can look forward to a new manga by Prison School author Akira Hiramoto next year. As revealed in the January 2022 issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine, Hiramoto will launch the currently untitled manga …Read more »
Japan continues to look toward ways to attract tourism, often tapping into otaku interests. Minamata in Kumamoto Prefecture has tapped mangaka Hisashi Eguchi as their first ever tourism ambassador. Eguchi, 65, is a native of Minamata, and his first manga came out in 1977. He’s …Read more »
Back in August, Bleach creator Tite Kubo returned to the series for a one-shot manga, which also made its way to the Manga Plus and Shonen Jump platforms in English on the same day as its Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump publication. Now the one-shot has …Read more »
Wonder 3 mixes Osamu Tezuka’s penchant for showing the darkness of humanity, as well as his penchant for humorous kids’ comics, and it blends well. The setup has three aliens sent to Earth to stay there for a year to see if it’s worth keeping …Read more »
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