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Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan February List
13 manga including Dragon Ball Super, Jujutsu Kaisen, Berserk, Oshi no Ko make list, Solo Leveling manwha takes 6 spots
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for February. This month's list featured 13 manga volumes, including: #1 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 14
#2 — Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super volum...
'Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru.' Gets Spinoff Manga
Hatsukoi Aite no Kimi wa Dare? manga debuted on March 8
― Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times magazine published last Friday a spinoff of Yayū Murata's Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru. (If my wife [became] an elementary school student.) manga in the March 22 issue titled Hatsukoi Aite no Kimi wa Dare? (Who Are You, My First Love?). The story of the spinoff follows high-school student Takeru who, while in elemen...
Susumu Higa's Okinawa Manga Makes ALA's Graphic Novels for Adults 2023 Top 10 List
Full list also includes Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye, Eri manga
― The American Library Association's (ALA) Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) announced on February 9 its Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List for 2023, and the top 10 list includes Susumu Higa's Okinawa manga. The full list, consisting of 32 fiction titles and 19 non-fiction titles, also includes Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye...
Insomniacs After School Manga Makes YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top 10 List
Akane-banashi, Break of Dawn, The Summer Hikaru Died, Dai Dark, The Tower of God, more make full list
― The American Library Association's (ALA's) Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) released its 2024 list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens on February 9 and the first two volumes Makoto Ojiro's Insomniacs After School manga made the top 10. The full 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens li...
Chainsaw Man, Dragon Ball Super, More Manga Rank on NYT March Bestseller List
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. Chainsaw Man volume 14 ranked at #3, Dragon Ball Super volume 20 at #10, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #11. The 13th volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #9 on February's list....
Digimon to Launch Web Manga Platform With Manga in Japanese, English
1st "digital issue" releases this summer, will have new manga by Tenya Yabuno
― The "Digimon Con 2024" livestream event on Sunday revealed that the franchise staff will launch a web manga platform on the main Digimon website and will release manga on the platform in English and Japanese (the livestream was unclear whether all manga on the platform will get releases in both languages). The first "digi...
Digimon Liberator Webcomic Launches on April 25
Also: Digimon Seekers novel gets epilogue, 25th anniversary anime video streamed
― The "Digimon Con 2024" livestream event on Sunday revealed that the previously announced Digimon Liberator vertical-scrolling webcomic will launch on April 25. The event previewed the prologue for the webcomic, which will be available on the Digimon Liberator website later on Sunday. The webcomic will also release in E...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Somali and the Forest Spirit Manga
1st print volume of manga in English launches on October 22
― Titan Comics' Titan Manga imprint announced on Thursday that it has licensed Yako Gureishi's Somali and the Forest Spirit manga. It will release the first volume of the manga in print in English on October 22. Titan Manga confirmed with ANN it will be releasing a new translation. The manga is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Nob...
At 25:00 in Akasaka Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Series
Taisuke Niihara, Kiita Komagine star in April 18 series based on Hiroko Natsuno's manga
― TV Tokyo announced on Friday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Hiroko Natsuno's At 25:00 in Akasaka (25-Ji, Akasaka de) boys-love manga that will premiere on April 18. Taisuke Niihara (left side, black hair in image below) and Kiita Komagine (ash blonde) play main characters Yuki Shirasaki ...
Shizuki Fujisawa's The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation
Manga's anime adaptation premiered on October 5
― NHK announced on Friday that it is producing a 32-episode live-action series based on Shizuki Fujisawa's Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon-Kyōdai (Youth Story of a Family or literally, The Four Yuzuki Brothers) manga that will premiere on May 27 and will air on Mondays through Thursdays each week. Each episode will be 15 minutes long. The series' cast includes: ...
The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend Manga Ends
Manga adaptation launched in 2020
― The 10th compiled book volume of You Midorikawa's manga adaptation of Kennoji and Fly's The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend light novels revealed on February 10 that the series will end with the 11th volume in June. Yen Press publishes the series in English and describes the story: As children, Ryou Takamori and Hina Fushimi were thi...
Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White 30th Anniversary Edition Manga Review
Taiyō Matsumoto's Tekkonkikreet is a powerful manga, one unique and beautiful in its off-beat presentation and heartbreaking/warming in its characters and themes.
― I knew next to nothing about Taiyō Matsumoto or his work before reading Tekkonkikreet, and with the manga in question, I only knew of Treasure Town, coming across it when looking up cool anime cities. I'm glad I ended up going in blind to...
Ryūta Suzuki 'Aims' to Finish Worst Gaiden: Guriko Spinoff Manga in 33rd Volume
Suzuki aims to end manga in same number of volumes as Worst original manga
― The 26th compiled book volume of Ryūta Suzuki's Worst Gaiden: Guriko spinoff manga revealed on Thursday that Suzuki plans to end the series in its 33rd volume. According to Suzuki, the spinoff manga was originally planned to end in two months with just 10 chapters. But the series has now been ongoing for five years, and Suzu...
Anonymous Noise's Ryoko Fukuyama to Release New 1-Shot Manga in April
Fukuyama also teases about separate, new series
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine revealed on Tuesday that it will publish a new one-shot manga for Ryoko Fukuyama titled "Kōchō no Hanashi ga Nagai" (The Principal's Speech is Long) (pictured below, lower left) in the magazine's ninth issue on April 5. Fukuyama announced the one-shot manga on their X acco...
Seven Seas Licenses 'Hate Me, But Let Me Stay,' How My Daddies Became Mates, 3 More BL Manga
Also: Hatsukoi Note, Our Sweet One-Room Apartment, At 25:00 in Akasaka
― Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the following boys-love titles. The first three titles have multiple volumes, and the last two are each one volume long. Title: Hate Me, But Let Me Stay
Creators: Hijiki
Release: August
Summary: Ever since the assault that led to his unexpected pregnancy as a teen, Koga Naot...
Ishura Novels' Manga Ends 1st Arc on May 7
Manga launched in March 2021
― The April issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Meguri's manga adaptation of Keiso's Ishura light novel series will end its first arc, corresponding to the first novel "The New Demon King War" on May 7. The manga will go on hiatus next month. Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the series: In a world where the ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 3-9
RWBY: Ice Queendom, Insomniacs After School anime; Medalist, A-DO manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Insomniacs After School BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 March 5 Redo of Healer BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 March 5 RWBY: Ice Queendom BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$49.99 March 5 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A-DO Graph...
Hiroshi Motomiya's Mirai Banashi Manga Ends
Manga launched in December 2023
― This year's seventh issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hiroshi Motomiya's Mirai Banashi (Stories of the Future) manga on Wednesday. Motomiya launched the manga in the first 2024 issue of Grand Jump on December 6, after ending his Mukashi Banashi (Stories of the Past) manga in November 2023. That previous manga launched in Grand Jum...
Viz Media to Release Kagurabachi Manga in Print in Fall
Also: Spy x Family: The Official Coloring Book
― Viz Media announced on Wednesday that it will publish Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga in print this fall. The company will also release Spy x Family: The Official Coloring Book this fall. Viz Media's Shonen Jump and Shueisha's Manga Plus are releasing the Kagurabachi manga digitally in English. Manga Plus describes the story:
Young Chihiro spends h...
Kuramerukagari Anime Film Gets Manga
Sanatsu draws manga launching on April 5
― The April issue of Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden magazine revealed on Tuesday that Shigeyoshi Tsukahara and Twiflo's new spinoff full-length anime film Kuramerukagari is inspiring a manga adaptation (lower left in image below) that will launch in the magazine's next issue on April 5. Sanatsu is drawing the manga. The full-length anime film Kurayukaba and...
Pokemon Adventures: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Volume 1 Manga Review
This manga is best read with prior knowledge of the characters and the base games, but inside is a worthwhile, fast-paced adventure.
― I will always take advantage of any opportunity to talk about the Pokémon Adventures manga because I genuinely think it is fantastic. Composed of dozens of volumes, the Pokémon Adventures manga series is the closest thing that fans have to a dedicated expansion of the...
Manga Up! Global Adds Sukedachi Nine, The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier Manga
Crunchyroll previously released both 2014 titles in English
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global added Seishi Kishimoto's Sukedachi Nine manga on Saturday. It added Irono's The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier (Shinigami to Gin no Kishi) manga on Thursday. Manga UP! describes Sukedachi Nine:
Growing murder rates have forced the Japanese government to resurrect a Meiji-era penal code called “Death by Re...
Yukiko Natsume's Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan Manga Ends on April 1
Series about penguin chick launched in 2016
― The April issue of Kodansha's Be Love magazine revealed on Friday that Yukiko Natsume's Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan manga will end in the May issue on April 1. Natsume's original "soothing short" manga follows Chitose, a fluffy Emperor penguin chick living in Kyoto. The stories depict such familiar Kyoto locales as Togetsu-kyō bridge, Arashiyama Bamboo Grov...
Shūzō Oshimi's Chi-chan Manga Ends on March 11
Prequel spinoff manga based on film character Oshimi designed launched on January 15
― This year's 14th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine revealed on Monday that Shūzō Oshimi's Chi-chan manga — the prequel spinoff manga based on the character Oshimi designed for the Doku Musume (Poison Girl) horror film — will end in the magazine's 15th issue on March 11. Oshimi launched the manga in Weekly Y...
Kodansha USA Publishes 'Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For!' Manga
Manga debuts digitally on March 12
― Kodansha USA announced on Tuesday that it has licensed author Shikiso Utsuzawa, artist Mokuba Matsu, and character designer Pukyunosuke's Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! (Shin no Seijo de Aru Watashi wa Tsuihō Saremashita) manga. The company will release the manga's first volume digitally on March 12. The company describes the st...
Pumpkin Scissors Manga Resumes After 4 Years
Series entered hiatus in 2020
― Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine announced on March 6 that Ryoutarou Iwanaga's Pumpkin Scissors manga will return to serialization in the May issue on April 6. Kodansha USA publishes the series in English and describes the story: The bitter war between the Empire and the Republic of Frost has ended, but three years after the ceasefire, the Empire is still ravaged by...
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy Manga Ends
Natsumi Hokami launched manga about Demon Slayer characters at school in August 2021
― This year's April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine published on Monday the final chapter of Natsumi Hokami's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy manga based on the "Kimetsu Gakuen" spinoff anime shorts of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga. The manga's sixth and final compiled book volume wi...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Manga Ends
4th volume for Naoya Sugita's manga launches on April 4
― This year's April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine published on Monday the final chapter of Naoya Sugita's Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! manga for the anime series of the same name. The manga's fourth and final compiled book volume is scheduled for release on April 4. Sugita (Majin Bone, Muttsuri Shinken, Zan) launched the manga in April 2022 in...
Hideo Shinkai Launches New Manga on April 4
Earthchild creator launches Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi financial manga
― This year's April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Hideo Shinkai will launch a new manga titled Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi in the magazine's next issue on April 4. The manga is based on a one-shot manga "Okumanshōja Tutorial!!" by Shinkai, and it centers on financial literacy at a joint-stoc...
Ruka Tōdō's Jigoku Kura Yami Hana mo Naki Manga Ends on April 4
Manga adaptation of Yoru Michio's light novel series launched in 2020
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Monday that Ruka Tōdō's Jigoku Kura Yami Hana mo Naki (Hell Is Dark with No Flowers) manga, the adaptation of Yoru Michio's light novel series of the same title, will end in the magazine's next issue on April 4. Tōdō launched the manga adaptation in Young Ace in 2020. K...
The White and Blue Between Us Manga Review
This is only a one-volume story, and it simply doesn't have the space to give us the needed depth of emotion, especially for lead character Mishima.
― So many love stories in fiction begin or end with a lie. That's not surprising when you think about the genre; its very nature means that any antagonistic actions need to be either ridiculously huge (kidnapping, war, etc.) or small enough to be a fixtu...
sora's Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi Manga Ends in 5 Chapters
Manga launched in 2017
― This year's seventh issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine announced on Tuesday that sora's Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi (Fallen High School Girl and Disabled Teacher) manga will end in five chapters. The manga's story begins right when high school student Mikoto Ochiai is attempting to take her own life by jumping off the school's roof, but a teacher named Jin Haiba wal...
Not Your Idol Manga Returns from Hiatus
Series suspended serialization in 2019
― The website for Shueisha's Ribon magazine revealed on Friday Aoi Makino's Not Your Idol (Sayonara Miniskirt) manga will return to serialization in the May issue on April 3. The series entered a hiatus in the July 2019 issue of the magazine. The manga also runs on Shonen Jump+, and Shueisha published the latest chapter in June 2019. Viz Media publishes the ser...
Bentame Jump Educational Manga Magazine Returns With New Manga
Seiji Hayashi's I'm From Japan returns; Ryō Nakama launches Kotobadō manga
― The April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine and this year's 14th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed new manga that will launch in the spring 2024 issue of Shueisha's Bentame Jump magazine, which will ship on March 15. The titles include: A new serialization for Seiji Hayashi's I'm From Japan
Ryō...
Summer Time Rendering's Yasuki Tanaka Announces New Manga
"Unrealistic calibration action" series launches March 22
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump revealed Summer Time Rendering creator Yasuki Tanaka will launch a new manga series in Shonen Jump+ titled Ghostfixers on March 22. The announcement teases it as "unrealistic calibration action." Tanaka's Summertime Rendering inspired an anime in 2022. Disney+ streamed the anime worldwide and exclusively in Japan. Ayum...
Ako and Bambi Volume 1 Manga Review
From one the creators behind Horimiya, an up-and-coming writer meets a ghost haunting his new apartment, but there are still mysteries lingering behind her death.
― You may recognize HERO as one of the creators behind Horimiya, and for some readers, that will be enough to merit picking this up. But Ako and Bambi's first volume stands on its own two feet even without that endorsement, and it is striki...
Cat Planet Cuties Light Novel Author Launches New Manga
Series features Japanese company iLand's mascot Aira
― Kadokawa announced on Tuesday that Asobi ni iku yo! light novel creator Okina Kamino and artist Yomiya Ririura have launched a new manga titled Demon Girls Guardians on the Newtype Comic website featuring the mascot character Aira of Japanese company iLand. The story follows an ordinary girl who is orphaned after the death of her parents, and the...
Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Ashu Tokuiten IV Kinki Kōrin Teien Salem: Itan Naru Salem Manga Starts Final Arc
Aoi Ohmori launched series based on game in January 2019
― The April issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Rex magazine published the 58th chapter of Aoi Ohmori's Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Ashu Tokuiten IV Kinki Kōrin Teien Salem: Itan Naru Salem (Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Subspecies Singularity IV: Taboo Advent Salem: Salem of Heresy) manga on Tuesday, which signals the start of the ...
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory's Ikumi Hino Launches New Manga
Manga launching on March 27 adapts Yukito Mukaihara's story
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Comic Rex magazine revealed on Tuesday that Ikumi Hino will launch a manga adaptation of Yukito Mukaihara's Kabeyaku nado Fuyō to Tsuihō Sareta S-kyū Bōkensha, Dorei Kaihō Skill o Kushi Shite Shijō Saikyō no Kunizukuri (An S-Rank Adventurer Tank is Kicked from the Party and Uses His Slave Release Skill to Buil...
Yagyu's Shinzo Tomi Launches New Manga
Manga based on short story by Shigurui's Norio Nanjo launches on March 27
― The April issue of Bungeishunju's Comic Ran magazine revealed on Tuesday that Shinzo Tomi will launch a new manga titled Rendai o Katsugu Kenshi (A Palanquin-Carrying Swordsman) in the magazine's next issue on March 27. Late writer Norio Nanjo is credited for the original work. The short story "Rendai o Katsugu Kenshi" appear...
Mahō Tsukai no Yakusoku - Promise of Wizard Game Gets Manga Adaptation
Shibatarō Nakamura launches series in June issue
― The April issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Zero-Sum magazine revealed on Wednesday the Mahōtsukai no Yakusoku - Promise of Wizard game is getting a manga adaptation by Shibatarō Nakamura in the June issue. Ichijinsha will publish the prologue in the May issue. Coly and Bunta Tsushimi are credited with the original story and scenario, while Dangmill is cr...
Shueisha's Young Jump Launches Shueisha Seinen Manga Newcomer Award with 45 Themes
New award celebrates 45th anniversary of Weekly Young Jump
― Shueisha announced on Thursday the Shueisha Seinen Newcomer Manga Award to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Weekly Young Jump magazine. The contest is based on the 100 Million Yen 40 Manga Award, which the company ran in 2019 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the magazine. The contest will have 45 different themes for artists to par...
Jirō Sugiura's My Wife Has No Emotion Manga Gets TV Anime
Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Konomi Inagaki voice Takuma, Mina in July anime
― Kadokawa and Wright Film announced on Friday that Jirō Sugiura's My Wife Has No Emotion (Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjō ga nai) manga is inspiring a television anime adaptation that will premiere in July on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS Asahi. Sugiura drew the below image to celebrate the anime's announcement. Toshiyuki Toyonaga voices Takuma (lef...
Mayu Murata's Honey Lemon Soda Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
Hiroshi Nishikiori directs anime at J.C.STAFF
― Wright Film announced on Friday that Mayu Murata's Honey Lemon Soda manga will get a television anime adaptation, and revealed a teaser visual. Murata also drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement: Hiroshi Nishikiori (A Certain Magical Index, IDOLiSH7 the Movie LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD) is directing the anime at J.C.STAFF. Akiko Waba (Blu...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 25-March 2
I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills, Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army anime; The Blue Wolves of Mibu, A Kingdom of Quartz manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 February 27 Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure SDB...
Tokyopop Licenses A Smart and Courageous Child, Watch Dogs Tokyo, A Beast's Love Is Like the Moon, More Manga
Also: The Man Who Shattered My World, The Genius Puppeteer Loves the Holy Knight Fiercely
― Tokyopop revealed on Monday that it has licensed the following manga: Title: A Smart and Courageous Child (Kashikokute Yūki Aru Kodomo)
Creator: Miki Yamamoto
Release: June 18
Summary: Every young couple has high hopes for their unborn child, and Sara and Kouta Takano are no different. But only days away from ...
Exclusive: Titan Manga to Release Working for God in a Godless World Manga in English
Aoi Akashiro, Sonshō Hangetsuban's manga's 8th compiled book volume launched in Japan on December 27
― Titan Comics' Titan Manga imprint announced on Thursday that it will release Aoi Akashiro and Sonshō Hangetsuban's Working for God in a Godless World (Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudō) manga in English on October 29. The first volume of the manga is now available on pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & N...
Hiromasa Okujima's Baban Baban Ban Vampire Manga Gets Live-Action Film, TV Anime Adaptations in 2025
Manga about vampire protecting boy's virginity launched in 2021
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Hiromasa Okujima's Baban Baban Ban Vampire manga announced on Thursday that the series will get a live-action film and television anime adaptation in 2025. The live-action film is a joint production between Shochiku and TV Asahi. The announcement coincides with Japan's Garlic Day celebration...
Toworu Miyata's Living With Him Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series
Ryūga Satō, Shō Sakai star in series premiering on April 11
― NBC Universal Entertainment Japan announced on Thursday that Toworu Miyata's Living With Him (Kare no Iru Seikatsu) boys-love manga is getting a live-action series adaptation. The live-action series will premiere on Tokyo MX on April 11, and will also stream online. The series will star Ryūga Satō as Kazuhito Tanaka and Shō Sakai as Ryota ...
Keiji Nakazawa Inducted into Eisner Hall of Fame
Late Barefoot Gen manga creator was previously nominated in 2020, 2023
― The 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards will induct late manga creator Keiji Nakazawa into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year. The judges will also induct Ron Turner, the founder of Last Gasp Publishing which released Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen and other manga in English. Nakazawa was previously nominated but no...
Seven Seas Licenses Alpha Wolfgirl x Omega Wolfboy, Killer Shark in Another World Manga, More
Also: She's the Strongest Bride, But I'm Stronger in Night Battles: A Harem Chronicle of Advancing Through Cunning Tactics, Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed
― Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the following titles: Title: She's the Strongest Bride, But I'm Stronger in Night Battles: A Harem Chronicle of Advancing Through Cunning Tactics manga
Creators: Singyougaku (art)...
Sundome's Kazuto Okada Launches New Manga on March 12
Okada to launch ecchi comedy Surikomi!
― This year's sixth issue of Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine revealed on Tuesday that Kazuto Okada will launch a new manga titled Surikomi! (pictured right in image below) in the magazine's seventh issue on March 12. The ecchi comedy manga centers on Kenta, who is instilled with sensual memories during the summer of his fifth year in elementary. Now a hig...
Boichi, In-Wan Youn's SuperString: Isekai Kenbunroku Manga Ends
Series launched on April 19
― Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday will publish the final chapter of Boichi and In-Wan Youn's SuperString: Isekai Kenbunroku (Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to the Multiverse) manga on March 6. The LINE manga app is also publishing the final chapter. Boichi and Youn (Defense Devil, Island, Shin Angyo Onshi) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in April 2023. The...
Coffee Moon Manga Ends in March
Supernatural series launched in 2020
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine revealed Mochito Bota's Coffee Moon manga will end in the next issue on March 27. Yen Press publishes the series in English and describes the story: Pieta, a Normal Girl, leads a normal, uneventful life in a world of constant black rain. As the rain pours down, like it always does, she takes her usual route to...
Fate/Apocrypha Manga Ends
Manga adaptation of light novels launched in 2016
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine revealed on Monday that the Fate/Apocrypha manga adaptation by Akira Ishida and Yūichirō Higashide will end in the next issue. Ishida launched the manga adaptation in Comp Ace in June 2016. Kadokawa shipped the 15th compiled book volume on October 26. Higashide first published the Type-Moon series as ...
Manga Plus Adds Set it and Forget it, The Days of Diamond, Catenaccio Manga
Set it and Forget it debuted on Thursday
― Shueisha's Manga Plus announced on Wednesday that it is publishing the Set it and Forget it, The Days of Diamond, and Catenaccio manga. The company has posted chapters up to the latest one for each series. Kakaru and Kiri Tono debuted the Set it and Forget it (Hottarakashi Meshi) with five-star rice meister Rie Shibuya on Shonen Jump+ on Thursday. Manga Plus...
Dopeman's Yūhei Ogino, MITA Ends Kodoku no Immortal Manga
Series launched in December 2022
― The 21st issue of Kadokawa's Young Dragon Age magazine published the final chapter of Yūhei Ogino and MITA's Kodoku no Immortal on Monday. The second and final compiled book volume is scheduled for April 8. The manga's "immoral x suspense" story is about a man who entered the world of compensated dating or dating for money. He gets caught up in women's desire and l...
Gundam F90 FF Manga Ends on March 26
Manga launched in June 2019
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine revealed on Monday that Kiyoshi Imanoya, Nobuyoshi Ino, and Sejoon Kim's Mobile Suit Gundam F90 FF (Fastest Formula) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 26. The manga's 11th and final compiled book volume will also ship on the same date. The manga launched on Gundam Ace in June 2019. Nobuyoshi Ino is writ...
Hiroaki Magari, Yukiarare Launch New Manga in March
Heroine wa ×× wo Kasegitai debuts in Magazine Pocket on March 2
― The Twitter account for Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app announced on February 23 that Yukiarare and Hiroaki Magari will collaborate on a new manga Heroine wa ×× wo Kasegitai (Heroines want to earn xx) that will debut on the service on March 2. Magari ran a successful Kickstarter project to animate Shunji Enomoto's Enomoto: New Elements ...
Futari H Creator Aki Katsu Launches New Manga About Memories
Wasurena Tsuma no Kimi to premieres on March 27
― The April issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits magazine revealed on Tuesday that Aki Katsu will debut a new manga Wasurena Tsuma no Kimi to (With You, My Forgetful Wife) in the May issue on March 27. The announcement teases a story about the aftermath of loved ones when someone loses all of their precious memories. Katsu (Psychic Academy, T...
ACCA's Natsume Ono Ends Badon Manga
Manga ends on March 25
― This year's March issue of Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine revealed on Saturday that Natsume Ono's BADON manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 25. Ono launched the manga in Monthly Big Gangan in January 2019. Square Enix published the manga's eighth compiled book volume on October 25. The story follows four ex-convicts who met in prison. Upon release,...
Cocoon's Machiko Kyō Launches New Manga
Orizuru manga debuts on March 26
― This year's April issue of Akita Shoten's Elegance Eve magazine revealed on Monday that Machiko Kyō (Cocoon) is launching a new manga titled Orizuru in the magazine's next issue on March 26. Kyō released the Cocoon manga in 2010, 65 years after the end of World War II. The manga is inspiring an anime (pictured right) that will air on NHK in summer 2025. Hitomi Taten...
God Bless the Mistaken Volume 1 Manga Review
Bloom Into You's Nio Nakatani is no one-trick pony as she takes on a gentle slice of magic realism life tale in God Bless the Mistaken.
― Sometimes, a creator works on a series that is so good that it risks shadowing all of their other works. For Nio Nakatani, that series is Bloom into You, and fans of that one might find themselves a little dismayed that God Bless the Mistaken isn't a similar gentle...
Tsukasa Fushimi, Hiro Kanzaki's Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Dare ni mo Ienai Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Jako draws manga debuting on March 8
― This year's fifth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Thursday that Jako will launch a manga adaptation of writer Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrator Hiro Kanzaki's Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Dare ni mo Ienai (My First Love is So Embarrassing, I Can't Tell Anyone) light novel. The manga will launch in the sixth issue on March 8. The ...
Kadokawa Launches Vertical-Scrolling Webcomic Adaptation of Elden Ring Game on March 29
Artist Hand Punch will draw webcomic available on Tatesc Comics website
― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that it will release a vertical-scrolling webcomic adaptation of FromSoftware's Elden Ring game titled Elden Ring Become Lord on March 29. Artist Hand Punch will draw the webcomic, which will be available on the Tatesc Comics website as well in several ebook stores in Japan. Kadokawa told ANN a re...
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent Mobile RPG's Manga Adaptation Ends
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent ~The story of Bargello family~ prequel manga launched on January 30
― Square Enix's Manga UP! app and website published the fifth and final chapter of manga artist ot's Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent ~The story of Bargello family~, the manga adaptation of Square Enix's Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent mobile RPG, on Wednesday. ...
New Shinkalion Change the World Anime Gets Manga Adaptation in April
Saikyō Jump to launch Shinkalion Dive the World manga on April 4
― The official Twitter account of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine announced on Thursday that the manga adaptation of Shinkalion Change the World — the new television anime of Takara Tomy's Shinkalion toy line — titled Shinkalion Dive the World, will launch in the magazine's May issue on April 4. Mashino Sawazaki is credited for the orig...
Taku Kawamura's False Child Manga Ends on March 22
Human drama manga launched in November 2022
― The March issue of Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine revealed on Thursday that Taku Kawamura's False Child (Uso no Kodomo) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 22. Square Enix's Manga UP! Global, Kadokawa's BookWalker Global Store, and Comikey publish the manga digitally in English. Manga UP! Global describes the story:
Imagine i...
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Volume 1 Manga Review
The award-winning manga hinges on the humorous rapport between an overworked salaryman and the biker-chic woman who smokes behind the supermarket.
― Let me start by admitting that I think cigarette smoking (in fact, any kind of nicotine inhalation, whether cigar smoking, e-cig vaping, or snuff… uh… snuffing?) is gross. It's not just the myriad of horrific health complications, nor the hideous stench ...
Square Enix Manga & Books Announces New Releases for November, December
Always a Catch!, Dragon and Chameleon manga to release in November, My Happy Marriage Art Book to release in December
― Square Enix Manga & Books announced at the ComicsPRO event on Saturday three new releases slated for November and December. Title: Always a Catch! How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince (Nigashita Sakana wa Ōkikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ōkisugita Ken)
Story: Mayo Momoyo
Art:...
Takako Shimura, Michi Ichiho Launch New Manga
Series debuts on April 25
― The 69th issue of Shodensha's OnBLUE boys-love magazine revealed on Saturday Takako Shimura and Michi Ichiho will be launching a new series together in the 70th issue of the magazine on April 25. Ichiho launched the Yes, No, or Maybe? (Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka) boys-love light novel series with illustrations by Lala Takemiya in November 2014, and Shinshokan published the nov...
Afternoon Magazine Editors, Skip and Loafer Creator Donate 10 Million Yen After January 1 Quake
The author of Skip and Loafer, Misaki Takamatsu, with the Afternoon editorial team and the Skip and Loafer anime team send their support to the relief efforts of the New Year's quake in their own unique ways.
― On New Year's Day the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture was devastated by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. While it's been nearly two months since the quake, people all over Japan are still se...
holoX MEETing! Volume 1 Manga Review
This is probably a must-buy for holoX fans. However, I think it also functions perfectly well on its own.
― VTubers have exploded as a form of online entertainment in the past couple of years and it makes sense why. On a corporate and professional level, they have tapped into the appeal of mainstream idol cultures. This has given birth to various forms of media, from music to animations and even mang...
Etorouji Shiono Übel Blatt Dark Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime
Shiono's Übel Blatt II: The Knights of the Deceased King sequel manga launches
― Pony Canyon announced on Saturday that Etorouji Shiono's Übel Blatt dark fantasy manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Pony Canyon describes the story: Rumors stir throughout the land: when the wielder of the black sword draws his dark blade, all
who stand in its path are torn asunder...! Köinzell, the mysterio...
Yen Press Licenses Rejected by the Hero's Party, a Princess Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside, Riviere and the Land of Prayer, More Manga, Novels
Also: Sword Art Online Alternative Clover's Regret, Hell Is Dark with No Flowers light novels
― Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed seven manga and three light novel series for release in August 2024. Title: The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Short Story Collection manga
Creator: Akiharu Touka
Summary: In a world of her own creation, the lives of Konoha's many characters a...
Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles Manga Ends Publication With Takeshobo, Will Continue (Updated)
Author will reveal details about where, when manga will resume early next month
― Manga creator Naru Narumi announced on Twitter on Friday that her Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles (Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san) manga has ended publication with publisher Takeshobo as of the 83rd chapter that released on Friday on Takeshobo's Storia Dash website. The author stated she plans to resume the manga with a new ...
Manga Up! Global Adds My Return to the Imperial Harem: The Tale of Snow White Sow, Gugure! Kokkuri-san Manga
Service also adds Aizawa-san Multiplies manga
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global added Satsuki Nakamura, DOJA, Deshika Ichise, and Teruko Arai's My Return to the Imperial Harem: The Tale of Snow White Sow (Kōkyū mo Nidomenara: Shirobuta-hi Sairaiden) manga in English on Wednesday. It added Midori Endō's Gugure! Kokkuri-san manga in English on Friday. Additionally, Manga UP! Global added Seiichi Shiki's...
Monthly Action's Final Issue Reveals Fates of Remaining Manga
Most manga move to Web Action, some headliners move to Manga Action sister magazine
― The final issue of Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine revealed the fates of the manga currently serializing in the magazine on Saturday. Coolkyoushinja's Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Yoshikazu Hamada's Tsugumomo, Yu Satomi's Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho, emu.'s Wazato Miseteru? Kamoi-san., and Kiyomas...
Kenji Saito, Hiro Hata's Misumi-san wa Misukasenai Manga Ends
Supernatural romance series launched in April 2021
― The April issue of Akita Publishing's Monthly Champion Red magazine published the final chapter of Kenji Saito and Hiro Hata's Misumi-san wa Misukasenai (Misumi's Missed Insight) manga on Monday. The magazine also announced the fourth and final volume will ship on April 18. The series follows a high school student with psychic abilities and the be...
From the Red Fog Manga's Mosae Nohara Launches New Manga
Nohara's Abel to Makai no Ō fantasy-adventure manga to launch on March 18
― The March issue of Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine revealed on Saturday that Mosae Nohara will launch a new manga titled Abel to Makai no Ō (Abel and the Demon World King) in the magazine's next issue on March 18. Nohara also announced the new manga on their Twitter account. 😈お知らせ😈本日発売のGファンタジー3月号にて、新作の告知を掲載させてもらっています...
BookWalker Global to Release 'To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You' Manga in English
Iroto Tsumugi, Kori Hisakawa's manga launches on BookWalker for 3-month exclusivity period
― Bookwalker Global announced on Friday that it is releasing artist Iroto Tsumugi and original creator Kori Hisakawa's To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You (Haikei Mishiranu Danna-sama, Rikonshite Itadakimasu) manga digitally in English for a three-month exclusivity period before it launches on other platfor...
Kodansha to Publish 1st Official English Release of Ashita no Joe Manga
Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow to get 8 oversized hardcover volumes, starting in December
― Media news website ICv2 reported on Thursday that Kodansha will publish Ikki Kajiwara (pen name Asao Takamori) and Tetsuya Chiba's Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe) boxing manga in English with the name Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow. The company will release the manga physically in eight oversized ha...
Taking Care of God Manga Review
Like the best science fiction, Taking Care of God posits an absurd situation to illuminate our present or near future: how will we care for our aging population?
― Fans of Chinese sci-fi may recognize the name Cixin Liu, the Hugo award-winning author of the short story that inspired this manga. The 2019 theatrical adaptation of his novel The Wandering Earth broke records as the highest-domestic-gross...
This Week in Anime - A Look Back at Tatsuki Fujimoto Of The Prophecy
Director Kiyotaka Oshiyama will adapt Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back manga into an anime film this year, so there's no better time for review the inimitable creators' other one-shots.
― Director Kiyotaka Oshiyama will adapt Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back manga into an anime film this year, so there's no better time for TWIA to look back at the inimitable creators' other one-shots. Disclaimer: The views ...
All You Want, Whenever You Want Manga Review
If you want your BL to be equal parts graphic raunchiness and sweet romance, All You Want, Whenever You Want is the perfect recipe.
― If there's one thing I very much appreciate about Tokyopop's current incarnation (apart from the fact that they've been doing quite well with their BL licensing choices), it's how they list content warnings on their product pages. Rather than simply noting that a book ...
RuriDragon Manga Confirms Short Print Return Before Going Semi-Monthly Digitally
Weekly Shonen Jump start 5 chapters on March 4 before digital move on April 22
― The official Twitter account of Masaoki Shindō's RuriDragon manga announced on Wednesday the changes in the manga's serialization with its upcoming return. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will publish five chapters of the manga from this year's 14th issue on March 4 until the 18th issue on April 1. The manga will ...
Whoever Steals This Book Volume 1 Manga Review
A manga about fiction coming to life, Whoever Steals This Book's art for each new fictional world is distinct and captivating.
― Fiction about fiction is a weird, woolly, postmodern fantasy genre I tend to enjoy. The best examples from the Western comic oeuvre I can think of would either be Neil Gaiman's The Sandman or Mike Carey's The Unwritten. Both play with the structures and tropes of fantasy st...
Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture Duo Launch New Manga Adaptation
Akogare no Sakka wa Ningen ja Arimasen Deshita manga launches on March 15
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Comic Gene magazine revealed on February 15 the creative duo behind the Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture manga will launch a manga adaptation of the Akogare no Sakka wa Ningen ja Arimasen Deshita (The Author I Admired was not Human) light novel series (novel pictured at right) in...
Voice Actor Nobuhiko Okamoto Drafts 'Boku no Kamikakushi' Death-Game BL 1-Shot Manga
Takuya Eguchi, Kazuki Ura brought Okamoto's manga characters to life at a reading event on February 10
― Nobuhiko Okamoto: a talented Japanese voice actor, 3rd Class in Shogi Certification, and now, a BL manga creator! On February 10, Okamoto's "Boku no Kamikakushi" (My Spirited Away) one-shot death game BL manga launched on Hakusensha's Manga Park website and app. Mai Tomai drew the manga and Produc...
Touken Ranbu Warriors Game Gets Manga Adaptation
Series launches on March 15
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Comic Gene magazine revealed on February 15 that the Touken Ranbu Musou (Touken Ranbu Warriors) game will be getting a manga adaptation in the April issue of the magazine on March 15. Nashinoki will draw the manga and DMM Games/Nitro Plus are credited with the original story. The artist shared a celebratory image on Twitter. The author also ...
Rui Takatō's Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight! Manga Resumes Serialization on March 15
Manga went on hiatus after Takatō announced retirement from drawing manga in 2022
― The 43rd issue of Nihonbungeisha's Manga Goraku Special digital magazine announced on Thursday that manga creator Rui Takatō's Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight! (Hagure Idol Jigokuhen) manga will resume serialization in the magazine's next issue on March 15. Takatō also announced the manga's return on his T...
EXCLUSIVE: Titan Manga to Release Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji's The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch Manga in November
Manga launches digitally, in bookstores, comic shops on November 19; available now for pre-order
― Titan Manga announced on Thursday that it will release the first compiled book volume of Ameko Kaeruda and Yorifuji's The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch (Kōcha no Majo no Yūganaru Kyūtei Seikatsu) manga digitally, and at bookstores and comic shops on November 19. The manga is available now for pr...
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan January List
16 manga including Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Berserk, My Hero Academia, One-Punch Man, Komi Can't Communicate, One Piece, Dandadan make list
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for January. This month's list featured 16 manga volumes, including: #1 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 13
#3 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen ...
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, More Manga Rank on NYT February Bestseller List
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early February. Chainsaw Man volume 13 ranked at #9, Kaiju No. 8 volume 9 at #12, Jujutsu Kaisen volume 21 at #13, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #14. The eighth volume of C...
Boruto's Ukyō Kodachi Launches Chinese Cooking Manga on March 19
Manga's story begins with fateful encounter between Chinese cuisine chef, celebrity food consultant
― The April issue of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine revealed on Monday that Ukyō Kodachi will launch a new manga titled Ato 365 Hi no Dinner (Dinner for the Next 365 Days) in the magazine's next issue on March 19. Kodachi is credited with the original work, while Tsunaki Suda is credited for stor...
Oshi no Ko, Ikoku Nikki Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes
Blood on the Tracks, Tokyo These Days, PLINIVS, more also nominated
― The Asahi Shimbun paper announced the nine nominees for the 28th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize on Monday. The awards commemorate the contributions of the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka (Astroboy/Mighty Atom, Kimba the White Lion/Jungle Emperor, Phoenix, Black Jack) by recognizing the manga that best follow his tradition. Ikoku Nik...
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