According to the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the anime adaptation of Tadatoshi Fujimaki's popular Kuroko's Basketball manga is coming back for more. Production on a third season has been green-lit, with more details such as broadcast times to be announced in future …Read more »
Fans of Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga can officially look forward to seeing it in animated form at some point. Both Japanese publisher Shueisha and North American publisher Viz Media announced a TV anime adaptation of the Shonen Jump series, which originally debuted in the …Read more »
If there's one thing J-Stars Victory Vs. delivers on right off the bat, it's celebrating the 45th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. If you're a fan of even a small portion of its properties you'll find something you recognize here, and it doesn't shy …Read more »
Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's manga-making Shonen Jump series Bakuman is set to get the live-action treatment. A movie is officially on the way , with a premiere planned for 2015. The Bakuman movie will be directed by Hitoshi Ōne, who also adapted Mitsurou Kubo's …Read more »
Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga is notorious for going on hiatus, with the most recent one beginning after the publication of chapter 340 back in March 2012. It looks like Togashi is ready to come back after a couple years, and both the Japanese …Read more »
Remember when we posted about a special Dragon Ball manga chapter that focuses on Goku's past and introduces his mother, Gine? Akira Toriyama's bonus Dragon Ball Minus chapter was included as part of the Jaco the Galactic Patrolman manga collection in Japan, and it looks …Read more »
45th anniversary Shonen Jump fighter J-Stars Victory Vs . is almost out in Japan, so Bandai Namco is gearing up with a whopper of a promotional video. The latest deluxe look at the game clocks in at just around 13 minutes, which sounds about right …Read more »
Viz Media and the English digital version of Weekly Shonen Jump posted a new video of Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto doing a live sketch of his ever-popular hero. You may have seen a familiar yet shorter video in 2012, but Kishimoto is back at it …Read more »
Marvel vs. Capcom . Mortal Kombat vs. DC . Super Smash Bros . Fighting games have a long and proud tradition of throwing together a bunch of characters you’d never normally see in the same place. Namco Bandai Games are taking up the mantle this …Read more »
I never planned on reviewing every volume of One Piece , and obviously that hasn't changed, despite the fact that we also covered volume 67. Every now and then I can't help but chew the fat about Eiichiro Oda's seemingly neverending saga, mostly because it …Read more »
Cross-series brawler J-Stars Victory Vs. is gearing up to celebrate Shonen Jump 's 45th anniversary on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, and we've already gotten the lowdown on some of its all-star lineup. Series like One Piece , Toriko , Naruto , Rurouni Kenshin , …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 »
Ever wanted to throw a kamehameha right next to the real, live, actual Goku (Son Gokuu in international territories)? I bet you’re just dying to ride in a got dang boat with One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy, future King of Pirates? And if someone were …Read more »
Indomitable drawing machine Eiichiro Oda, the man behind the One Piece manga, is going on temporary drawing hiatus until June 3. That was announced by Shonen Jump publisher Shueisha last Tuesday, citing a complication from Oda’s recent bout of tonsillitis as the reason for his …Read more »
Fans of Shonen Jump titles have a reason to be festive: VIZ Media is now releasing new manga chapters in Weekly Shonen Jump the same day the chapters come out in Japan. To learn more about how this works, we spoke with Weekly Shonen Jump …Read more »
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