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The first installment in the Godzilla anime film trilogy, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, is getting its own manga adaptation in Japan. Featuring art by Summer Hero‘s Youth Kurahashi, the Godzilla manga is set to launch as part of the Shonen Jump+ online magazine and …Read more »
Ah, the shonen battle formula; it’s one of the crown jewels of anime storytelling. When you think of shows like Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Boku no Hero Academia, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, what you’re seeing is a type of manga prone to emphasize manly fights and …Read more »
Just as the ocean’s waves ebb and flow, so too does the schedule of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter x Hunter manga. Frequently on hiatus due to health issues, the series is finally getting ready to return once more. The last time a new chapter surfaced was …Read more »
Dragon Ball Z, YuYu Hakusho, Slam Dunk, Yu-Gi-Oh!… for many fans of Shonen Jump, the ‘90s is the decade to beat. Those fans will be excited to hear there’s an upcoming Tokyo exhibition dedicated to that era of the manga magazine. Today, the first poster …Read more »
It looks like this year’s live-action film adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga won’t be the last. According to an early look at the next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, an announcement concerning plans for a sequel should be coming next week. The first live-action …Read more »
Live-action manga adaptation announcements are pretty common nowadays, but the source material for this next one is anything but. Writer Ipyao and illustrator Yujirou Koyama’s Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou is a true gag manga treat, inspiring an excellently absurd short-form anime adaptation last year. According to …Read more »
In the Germanic-looking kingdom of Granzreich, brilliant professor Heine Wittgenstein is hired by the royal family to tutor its four teenage princes. (There’s a fifth prince, but he’s too old and too flawless to require further instruction, and the princess is still a toddler.) First …Read more »
Orphaned upon his mother’s passing, elementary schooler Chihiro only agrees to live with his previously unknown uncle Madoka after seeing the mess that is his mansion. Chihiro’s a bit of clean freak, so making the slovenly lair of this in-demand fashion designer sparkle and keeping …Read more »
Unless you’re an Attack on Titan fan, there usually isn’t too significant of a wait between anime seasons (sick burn, right?). Sure, there are some outliers, but Blue Exorcist is in rare company. Not counting 2012’s anime film, we went from 2011 to 2017 without …Read more »
Weekly Shonen Jump was feeling a bit less heroic than usual this week. That’s because it was missing My Hero Academia, which went on a one-week hiatus due to its author, Kohei Horikoshi, falling ill. This is not the first time Horikoshi has taken time …Read more »
Kohei and Taichi are opposites, and that’s part of what draws them together. Taichi is a loudmouth who has trouble keeping down a job, but his heart is always in the right place. Kohei is aloof and mysterious and mostly keeps to himself. Taichi grew …Read more »
Ten years ago, the very first issue of Otaku USA (August 2007 cover date) went on sale in a world that was very different from the one we inhabit today. But how did it all happen? Read below as the staff remembers. Mark Hintz (Chief …Read more »
Manga author Yoshihiro Togashi and Hunter x Hunter fans alike can’t seem to catch a break. Whenever he comes back from hiatus, it usually isn’t very long before he takes another break, and his next hiatus is on the way. According to an early look …Read more »
Shonen Jump, the magazine which has published some of the most beloved titles in manga history, turns 50 this year, and they’re celebrating by giving Tokyo commuters something to look forward to in the morning. The magazine has created unique posters for each stop on …Read more »
The next year or so will be another big one for Shūichi Asō's The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. manga. Not only is the live-action movie adaptation set to open in Japan this October, but a new anime is currently in the works. News …Read more »
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