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It’s the 20th anniversary of PEACH-PIT’s manga “Rozen Maiden” and Shueisha will celebrate the milestone by publishing all seven volumes ala “Rozen Maiden’s favorite edition” for four consecutive months. Volumes 1 and 2 will be released on May 18th, Volumes 3 and 4 will be Read More …
The man behind the crazy, warped series “Pop Team Epic”, Okawa Bkub has gotten married. The self-professed “Japanese kuso manga boy”, Bkub took to Twitter to announce that he has married the woman he has been living with for the past two years. 色々落ち着いたので超個人的なご報告を。 昨日に結婚式をしました。 Read More …
A preliminary preview and talk show for the large scale exhibition “40th Anniversary Katsura Masakazu ~ Character Design World Exhibition ~” was held in Ikebukuro at Sunshine City to commemorate the 40th anniversary of mangaka Katsura Masakazu (creator of “Video Girl Ai”, “I’s”, “DNA2”, “ZETMAN” Read More …
It was announced on the Shueisha Online on the 19th that the popular manga/anime series “Golden Kamuy” will be made into a live-action movie, with a date to be announced in the future. It was also announced that the 29th volume of “Golden Kamuy” will Read More …
Fujiko A. Fujio, co-creator of “Doraemon” and “Little Ghost Q-Taro” has passed away at the age of 88. At around 8:40 a.m. on April 7th, a call to Kanagawa Prefectural Police Tama Station that a man has collapsed on the premise of Fujiko A’s home. Read More …
Hashimoto Kanna announced on her birthday, Febraury 3rd that she will be starring in the live action film adaptation of the Asai Renji and Sawada Shin manga series “Violence Action”. With a cumulative circulation of 500,000 and online access exceeding 10 million PV, Hashimoto will Read More …
In commemoration of the broadcast of the TV Anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba Yukaku-hen” that will start on December 5th, “LINE Manga” will carry out a campaign for people to read the “Kimetsu no Yaiba” manga at a great price. During the campaign from Saturday, December Read More …
“Buchō to shachiku no koi wa modokashī” is a popular manga serialized on the smartphone comic website Manga Yomanga operated by Bunkasha Co. It was announced that the romantic comedy manga series will be receiving a TV drama adaptation on TV Tokyo starting on January Read More …
Popular boys love manga “Cheri Maho” by mangaka Toyota Yuu will be adapted into a live move titled “Cheri Maho The Movie: 30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii” (known internationally as “Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!”) and will Read More …
Takahashi Rumiko, a mangaka known for “Urusei Yatsura”, “Maison Ikkoku”, “Ranma 1/2”, “Inuyasha” was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame. Takahashi commented, “Thank you so much for this wonderful award. I am so honored the American readers have enjoyed my work. Through the Read More …
It was announced that “Meitantei Conan” spin-offs “Meitantei Conan Han’nin no Hanzawa-san” (Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa or Detective Conan: Hanzawa the Criminal) and “Meitantei Conan: Zero no Nichijo (Teatime)” (Detective Conan: Zero’s Daily Life Teatime) will be receiving anime adaptations. A special PV was Read More …
How will Saitama do in the second round of the tournament and how will Genos do against the many monsters making their way towards the tournament? If you love action-driven superhero manga series with a a lot of humor, “One-Punch Man” vol. 12 is recommended! Read More …
This fifth volume of “Bleach 3-in-1: Volumes 13-15”, this is one of my favorite battle arcs in the entire manga series. Not only does these volumes establish Ichigo as a fighter, sets up a major storyline that will continue for many volumes in later issues Read More …
One of Japan’s top selling manga series of all time, “Slam Dunk” features the second half between Shohoku High School vs. Kainan High School. If you love manga and you love basketball, “Slam Dunk” is a fantastic manga series worth checking out! © 1999-2009 Takehiko Read More …
“Golgo 13” mangaka Saito Takao (84) passed away on September 24th at 10:42 a.m. due to pancreatic cancer. The announcement was made on the official website of Saito Production with Shogakukan’s Big Comic Editorial Department. The funeral was held by a few relatives to the Read More …