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Volleyball anime Haikyu!! —based on the shonen manga by Haruichi Furudate—is making the leap to stage play in Japan later this year, with performances scheduled to begin in November. Worry Kinoshita, who helms the Tokyo One Piece Tower stage attraction based on Eiichiro Oda's mega-popular …Read more »
The Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs announced Thursday the winners of 2014’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Recommendation Awards, and the Rookie of the Year for media/arts went to none other than Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the recently-completed manga Naruto . …Read more »
Shonen manga. Love it as you might, you’ve gotta admit the action-packed genre, aimed squarely at boys 10 to 18 but with an actual audience much larger than that, deals in a lot of what cynics might call “cliches” but fans might call, uh, “fixed …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA , Ink waxes poetic about Your lie in April , the A-1 Pictures anime based on the original manga by Naoshi Arakawa. The story follows piano prodigy Kousei Arima, who no longer has the ability to play like …Read more »
Hunter x Hunter , the second anime adaptation of the shonen manga of the same name, is set to end at episode 148, according to voice actor Megumi Han. Megumi Han The news was revealed Sunday by Han, who plays Gon Freecss in the series, …Read more »
Based on the shonen manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro, Akame ga KILL! is getting ready to bring its violent tale to television. The Gangan Joker manga follows the title character, who the Empire bought, brainwashed, and raised as an assassin. …Read more »
45 years of shonen manga are about to come to a bubbling head when J-Stars Victory Vs. arrives. The fighting game celebrates Japanese manga magazine Shonen Jump 's anniversary by pitting some of its biggest stars against one another, mixing series like Dragon Ball Z …Read more »
One thing the world can never have enough of is manga by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. Thankfully, an interview with Japanese magazine Geijutsu Shincho reveals something new up his sleeve: a long-form shonen manga. Set in the Meiji era, Otomo's new project will be his …Read more »
If you've ever looked at Arabic-speaking facebook groups and forums about anime, you know the truth: anime and manga are crazy popular in the Middle East. The graphic novel series Gold Ring , the story of a boy named Sultan, a falcon named Majd, their …Read more »
When I first beheld the title of this TV series, my heart soared: Finally, an anime version of Benson ! Obviously, that isn't the case, as Black Butler is based on a popular shonen manga rather than a hoary old sitcom starring Robert Gillaume. I also need …Read more »
If one song completely sums up volume 26 of Bleach , it's Joe Esposito's "You're the Best," as blasted at full volume in Karate Kid . Every energizing chord is pumping through the pages here, because this one's all about training . That's right, love …Read more »
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned. In a world where supernatural monsters walk freely in human flesh, only the strongest and most violent individuals can survive. Even then, it often takes a warrior with their own supernatural powers to overcome these creatures. Enter …Read more »
The list of guests attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con just keeps growing and growing, and now you can add Hiro Mashima of Rave Master and, more recently, Fairy Tail fame to that list. This comes well after the announcement that Bleach 's Tite Kubo …Read more »
Hello, everyone! I'm Yunmao Ayakawa, a Japanese cosplay "talent." Starting with this issue's column, I'm going to introduce everyone to Japanese otaku culture, cosplay, and more. I hope you enjoy it! I'll start off by introducing myself! Ever since I was little, I've loved …Read more »
Just one chapter remains for Kaori Hanzawa’s Comic Girls manga. According to the March issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine, the four-panel comedy series is officially set to come to an end in the next chapter. That chapter will be published in the …Read more »
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