My oh my. My Hero Academia will be getting a live-action adaptation, it was announced today. The adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s hit manga will be produced by Legendary, the folks behind the Hollywood version of Godzilla and Detective Pikachu. Producers Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter …Read more »
When Fairy Tail spinoff manga Fairy Tail City Hero was first revealed back in June, it was lined up for a fall debut. Now the official Twitter account for Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app has more details, with Ushio Andō’s series set to kick off this …Read more »
Last week we posted about the return of the World Trigger manga, which picks back up in the October 29 issue of Shonen Jump after a two-year hiatus. Author Daisuke Ashihara is surely pumped to be back in the pages of Jump, and it looks …Read more »
Sixteen-year-old Nakamura Okuto has just fallen in love for the first time. Not only is he head over heels in love with his classmate Hirose Aiki, but he’s absolutely clueless on how to act on those feelings. As he observes his blissfully unaware classmate every …Read more »
Rifle is Beautiful, a four-panel manga about a high school marksmanship club, will be getting an anime adaptation. The manga, which runs on the Tonari no Young Jump website and is written and illustrated by Akki Sarumi, is about a high school freshman who takes …Read more »
Hakumei & Mikochi is almost the platonic ideal of an iyashikai (“healing”) manga, designed to provide readers with a relaxing visit with appealing characters in an attractive, detailed setting. Nothing much happens in iyashikai manga; the plots are usually brief, episodic, and low stakes. The …Read more »
Back in November 2016, we reported World Trigger author Daisuke Ashihara would be taking an indefinite hiatus to deal with health issues. Now we’re happy to report Ashihara, and his World Trigger manga, are back. The manga is set to return in the issue of Shonen …Read more »
Bandai Namco’s latest preview of JUMP FORCE—which has an array of Shonen Jump characters battling one another in the real world—is here to show off some new contenders. The latest legends to get in on the action are Pegasus Seiya and Dragon Shiryu from Masami …Read more »
Kabi Nagata’s manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness has won Best Manga at the Harvey Awards, a yearly celebration of comics. The manga was nominated alongside My Brother’s Husband, My Hero Academia, Tokyo Ghoul and Your Name. The Best Manga award is a new one …Read more »
Do you like Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic Akira, often forget what day it is and have a lot of wall space? If so, this giant calendar may be for you. Modeled after the Akira mural on display in Shibuya, Tokyo (which we showcased in a video …Read more »
Here in Japan, if you’re in a rush and need a quick charge, you can grab packs of goo called Weider In Jelly that contain about 200 calories of quick energy goodness. The packs themselves look pretty plain, but that’s about to change thanks to …Read more »
I’d like to think that at the end of the pitch to make comedy manga Why The Hell Are You Here, Teacher? into an anime, some studio executive stood up and said, “why the hell not?” Whether or not a scene like that actually went …Read more »
Would you put up with a two-hour bus commute to attend the high school of your choice? What if you had to wake up before dawn and make the trip from your home up in the mountains? That’s the situation Ten Serizawa faces in Suu …Read more »
The first panel is a sweaty wedgie and the cover art looks like something you want to hide from your parents, but don’t be deceived (or excited): Harukana Receive is about sports, not fanservice, at least not fanservice in an overt shonen sense. Haruka Ozora, …Read more »
Based on Nisioisin’s light novel and with a tip of the hat to Graphinica’s anime adaptation, Juni Taisen: Zodiac War is now a manga as well. Akira Akatsuki, the artist best suited for the job, once again collaborates with the prolific author five years after …Read more »
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