It’s March 1, and that means the online digital manga store MangaPlaza has officially been launched. It was first announced by NTT Solmare Corp back in December. MangaPlaza offers chapters from more than 2,000 manga, including manga published by KADOKAWA and Kodansha, as well as …Read more »
Today both Crunchyroll and Funimation put up nearly identical announcements that Funimation is “unifying under the Crunchyroll brand.” Funimation’s subsidiary Wakanim and Crunchyroll’s VRV are also in on this, so it will be one subscription service through Crunchyroll with all of these other groups joining …Read more »
Whether you weren’t able to catch it in theaters or just want to own it and watch it over and over again, Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE anime film now has a date with home video. GKIDS announced plans to bring the feature to digital platforms on …Read more »
In November, manga author Inio Asano revealed that the Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction manga had just 10 chapters left. Now an update has arrived with official timing for the conclusion, which is… now! Asano’s manga had its final chapter run in the pages of Shogakukan’s …Read more »
A month after its initial launch on Nintendo Switch, a web anime adaptation was officially announced for Pokémon Legends: Arceus. News came during the streamed Pokémon Presents video, which also revealed the latest mainline entry in the game series, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Nexus. Details …Read more »
A new trailer has arrived for the live-action film sequel to the Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! TV drama, which adapts the boys’ love manga of the same name by Yu Toyota. Not only do we get to see …Read more »
A new trailer is here for WIT Studio anime film Bubble, and with it comes some key information about the cast and theme songs. The opening theme song will be Eve’s “Bubble Featuring Uta,” and the ending theme will be “See you again” by popular …Read more »
Okay, sorry for the clickbaity headline, but this transformation is pretty darn incredible. Japanese Twitter user @InosukeWorkout is, well, a cosplayer of Demon Slayer’s Inosuke who works out. Specifically, for the past year, he’s been using an ab roller to train his core, putting in …Read more »
Did you buy a volume of manga in 2021? You’re in good company—and a lot of it. According to ICv2, US manga sales went up by more than double in 2021 versus 2020. Specifically, 15 million more units sold in 2021 than 2020, for a …Read more »
New York, New York is grittier and more tragic than BL manga tend to be. Sometimes BL manga will get in plenty of angst, but plenty of others are just about fantasy. What also stands out is that the angst in New York, New York …Read more »
There are more manga and light novels coming from Seven Seas! The company just revealed that Spriggan, Lazy Dungeon Master, blanc, Cats and Sugar Bowls and Kijin Gentōshō have been licensed, and gave descriptions for each. Here is the description for Spriggan, which will begin …Read more »
A Japanese Twitter user who goes by @extrmmtkchan told his followers about a talk he recently had with his grandma about video games. It went like this: “My grandmother said to me, ‘Your younger brother does nothing but play video games. You’re so much smarter …Read more »
Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki’s Dr. STONE manga has been running in Weekly Shonen Jump since March 2017, and now it’s about to reach its climax. This year’s 13th issue of Jump revealed that this will happen in the next issue, which hits stores in Japan …Read more »
It’s almost time for more Zatch Bell!, because manga author Makoto Raiku announced a date for the sequel’s digital launch. Titled Konjiki no GASH!! 2, the followup to Zatch Bell!! will arrive in digital bookstores in Japan in March 2022, and a brief teaser is …Read more »
The upcoming RPG Real Estate anime—which adapts the four-panel RPG Fudousan manga by Chiyo Kenmotsu—continues to roll out character trailers. The latest centers on a shy warrior known as Rakira, who loves domestic work like cooking and cleaning and cares for Rufuria greatly, even if …Read more »
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