Kodansha’s manga magazine “Evening” will be suspended after the February 28th issue

On Dec. 26th, Kodansha decided to suspend publication of the youth manga magazine “Evening” with the publication release on February 28th next year. The magazine was launched in 2001 as “Monthly Evening” and has been published twice a month since 2003 under its current name. Read More …

Kodansha will postpone the publication and distribution of numerous manga magazines (including e-magazines) due to COVID-19

Kodansha has announced on their website on April 14th that due to the novel coronavirus affecting publishing activities such as editing, production and distribution, the company has to postpone the publication an distribution of their manga magazines including their original e-magazines. The following magazines being Read More …

Kodansha announces the name of their live entertainment building in Ikebukuro, “Mixalive TOKYO”

Kodansha announced that they will have a live entertainment building in Ikebukuro, Tokyo and the name will be “Mixalive TOKYO”. The location will be the former Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro location in the central part of Ikebukuro Station East Exit near Sunshine 60 Street and will Read More …

Manga Reviews (2010-2019): Blame! The Electrofishers’ Escape by Toha Heavy Industries cinematic Division and Sekine Koutarou (a Neo-Tokyo 2099 Manga Review) (2018)

With this one-shot manga, I felt there is a bit more background on the characters and their emotional response to others.  In addition, the manga also featured an interesting way to end “Blame! The Electrofishers’ Escape” with a certain character and giving readers a timeline Read More …