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Killing Bites' Shinya Murata Launches Akujo Ranking Manga on March 9
Wakata Wakuta draws manga
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine revealed on Monday that Shinya Murata and Wakata Wakuta will launch a new manga titled Akujo Ranking (Villainess Ranking) in the magazine's next issue on March 9. Murata will write the story, and Wakuta will draw the art. Wakuta posted a photo of the magazine announcement in their X/Twitter account (seen below).今日発売...
Kodansha Print Club Reveals 8 More Titles Including English Debut of Omega of the Divine Manga
A Kiss with a Cat, Killing Line, The World is Dancing, more ship in spring
― Kodansha USA Publishing announced on Tuesday eight new manga for its Kodansha Print Club, a publishing program focusing on releasing print versions of previously digital-only titles. The new physical versions will ship in spring at local and online retailers. One of the series Omega of the Divine is debuting in English in pr...
Shanghai License Company Issues Statement After Chinese Social Media Criticizes Detective Conan Series for Collaborating With Banned My Hero Academia Franchise
China removed My Hero Academia series in February 2020 for using controversial character name
― The Shanghai Character License Administrative Company issued a statement on January 31 after Chinese social networking sites criticized Gosho Aoyama's Detective Conan series for doing an illustration collaboration with Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia series. Chinese digital platforms had removed the My ...
The Great Jahy's Wakame Konbu Debuts New Series on February 12
This year's 10th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine announced on Thursday that Wakame Konbu will launch the Watashi no Koto Suki Janakatta ka yo!? (Wait, So You DON'T Like Me?!) manga in the magazine on February 12. The magazine teases the manga as a harem rom-com full of mistaken assumptions and people who think way too highly of themselves. The manga centers on a boy named Okabe, who has sw...
Crunchyroll Manga Adds 30 New Titles from J-Novel Club
Demon Lord, Retry!, To Another World... with Land Mines!, more added to app
― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it has added the following titles from J-Novel Club to its Crunchyroll Manga app:A Cave King's Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills!A Late-Start Tamer's Laid-Back LifeButareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons...
Abrams ComicArts' Kana Licenses Inio Asano's Before Dawn and The End Of The World Manga
Asano's short story collection launches in English in November
― Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint announced on Monday that it will release Inio Asano's Before Dawn and The End Of The World (Sekai no Owari to Yoake-Mae) manga, starting in November. Asano debuted the collection of short stories in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine in 2005 and ended it in 2008. Shogakukan published a single compiled...
Maki Enjōji Launches New Series in March
Suki no Hitotsu mo Ienai Kuse ni debuts on March 6
― The March issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Petit Comic magazine announced on Friday Maki Enjōji will launch a new series Suki no Hitotsu mo Ienai Kuse ni (Even Though I Can't Even Utter Words of Love) in the next issue on March 6.The series follows shojo comic artist Riko Hiiragi, who is taking a break from romance. While attending the wedding of her ...
Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga Gets Live Manga Performance at MoN Takanawa Museum
Performance based on Phoenix: Future Arc runs from April 22-May 16 at new museum
― MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives announced that Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix (Hi no Tori) manga is inspiring a live manga performance titled Mangalogue: Hinotori that will run from April 22-May 16 at the museum's Box1000 theaters. The performance is part of the museum's new "Mangalogue" series, which projects the manga...
Soredemo Kichijoji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desu ka? Manga Gets 2nd Volume After Nearly 5 Years
Manga is sequel to Hirochi Maki's Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? manga
― Kodansha is listing a second volume of Hirochi Maki's Soredemo Kichijoji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desu ka? (Even Still, Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?) manga as shipping on February 19. This will be the first new volume for the manga in nearly five years since the first volume shipped in October 2021. The second volume ...
The Duke's Daughter Drops Her Engagement and Facade Manga Ends
Series debuted in March 2023
― Square Enix's Manga Up! platform published the final chapter of author Neko Suzumori and artist Ryō Miyama's The Duke's Daughter Drops Her Engagement and Facade (Konyaku Haki Sareta Kōshaku Reijō wa Reijō no Kamen o Nugisuteru) manga on Monday. Manga UP! Global publishes the series in English and describes the story: After being publicly dumped by her fiancé, the Crown ...
Manga Plus Adds Akira Moriguchi's Stop! I'm Falling for You! Manga
Manga launched in Tonari no Young Jump in March 2025
― Manga Plus added Akira Moriguchi's Stop! I'm Falling for You! manga in English on February 5 with the first 38 chapters. Manga Plus describes the series: Is it intentional or innocent?! A messy-minded rom-com that lives up to its name!! Matsura is a calm, composed high school boy who's always lived his life putting up a front. He's good at readin...
Kadokawa Releases 'Farewell, My Firsts,' Shino & Ren Manga in English
Farewell, My Firsts releases on February 10; Shino & Ren on February 13
― Kadokawa revealed on Friday that it will release the following girl's love manga digitally in English in February:Title: Farewell, My Firsts: How My Heartless Childhood Friend Stole All My First Experiences One Bet at a Time (Shōwaru Tensai Osananajimi to no Shōbu ni Makete Shotaiken wo Zenbu Ubawareru Hanashi)
Creators: El Kon...
Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii's Life Story Turned Into New Educational Manga
How a manga-loving child from Awaji Island grew up to design iconic JRPGs
― Japanese publisher Shogakukan announced on Tuesday it is publishing an educational manga based on Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii's life. Titled Shin Gakushū Manga Jinbutsukan: Dragon Quest no Umi no Oya Horii Yuji (lNew Educational Manga Biography: Yuji Horii, the Father of Dragon Quest), the volume explores Horii's life fro...
Manga Up! Global Adds Sakamegane's VTuber Shigemi Kusamura: I'm my Oshi's Favorite in English
Web manga launched on Twitter in November 2023
― Manga Up! Global added Sakamegane's VTuber Shigemi Kusamura: I'm my Oshi's Favorite (VTuber Kusamura Shigemi: Tōku ni Itte Shimatta Ki ga Shita Oshi ga Zenzen Tōku ni Itte Kurenai Hanashi) manga in English on Saturday. Manga Up! describes the story:
Shigemi Kusamura is a popular VTuber with 1.3 million subscribers. Her oldest fan, Nanashino, is happy f...
Emaqi Service Releases Out, Kurashi no Izumi, 2 More Manga in English
Tetsuya Hasegawa's Napoleon: Era of the lion; Nagahisa Tsukawaki, Ryu Itou's King of the Ants also launch in English
― AI localization company Orange Inc. added the following manga in English to its e-bookstore service "emaqi" on February 6: Title: OutCreator(s): Tatsuya Iguchi (story), Makoto Mizuta (art)Synopsis: Tatsuya Iguchi, the "Mad Dog of Komae," who played a major role in "Drop" and "Chicken...
Going for the Gold! Our Favorite Sports Anime
The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in beautiful Italy, but it's not just pro athletes racing for the finishing line; anime has its own sports stars, too.
― The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in beautiful Italy, but it's not just pro athletes racing for the finishing line; anime has its own sports stars, too. We asked Anime News Network's critics to highlight their favorite sports stories: the ...
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Manga Gets New Spinoff Manga in March
Konisuke draws new series about Boku-Alliance's Iruma, Lied, Purson
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Osamu Nishi's Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun manga series announced on Wednesday that the franchise is receiving a new spinoff manga in Champion Buzz, a digital supplement to Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine, beginning on March 5. The spinoff follows the "Boku-Alliance...
Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Manga Gets Special 1-Shot After 10 Years
Morning magazine publishes special 1-shot depicting Fukushima at present time on February 12
― This year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine announced on Thursday that Kazuto Tatsuta's Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (ICHIEFU: Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho Rōdōki) manga will get a special one-shot — 10 years after the series ended — in the ma...
Fermat no Ryōri Manga Goes on Hiatus
Author Yūgo Kobayashi puts series on hiatus to prepare for his new manga
― Yūgo Kobayashi announced on Thursday on his blog site that his Fermat no Ryōri manga will go on a temporary hiatus after its 26th chapter, which Kodansha will publish in the March issue of Monthly Shonen Magazine on Friday. Kobayashi stated that the manga will go on hiatus for him to prepare for the new series that he will lau...
World's End Harem: Fantasia Manga Resumes on February 27, Switches to Weekly Release
Manga went on hiatus in September 2024
― The official X (formerly Twitter account) for the World's End Harem franchise announced on Thursday that LINK and SAVAN's World's End Harem: Fantasia (Shūmatsu no Harem: Fantasia) manga will resume serialization on February 27, and will switch to weekly chapter release until the manga ends.The manga went on hiatus in September 2024. The manga previously went o...
Blue Exorcist Manga Goes on 4-Month Hiatus to Prepare for Final Chapter
Manga returns in July
― Manga creator Kazue Katō announced on her X/Twitter account on Wednesday that her Blue Exorcist manga is going on hiatus beginning in the April issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine on March 4. Katō explained that she is going on hiatus to prepare as the manga heads towards its final chapter, to make changes to her work environment, and also to prepare for the manga's upcoming...
Boy's Abyss Artist Ryo Minenami Announces New Series
Untitled series to launch in April
― Ryo Minenami announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday a new series that will launch in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in April. Minenami ended the Boy's Abyss (Shōnen no Abyss) manga in July 2024. Minenami launched the manga in Shueisha's Young Jump magazine in February 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 18th compiled book volume in October 2024. V...
Bungo Stray Dogs Manga Ends 1st Part on March 4
Manga launched in 2012, inspired 5 TV anime seasons, anime film, spinoffs
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungo Stray Dogs manga will end its first part in the manga's next chapter on March 4.Yen Press is publishing the manga and novel series in English. Yen Press describes the manga:Having been kicked out of the orphana...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 1-7
The Ancient Magus' Bride: Fragments Collection, Ghost and Witch, Ichi the Witch, Perfect Addiction manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Rebellion BDPlease Crunchyroll US$49.98 February 3 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 BDCite Crunchyroll US$49.98 February 3 Kino's Journey Complete Collection SDBDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US...
Higurashi Artist Kei Natsumi Launches New Manga on March 4
Natsumi launches manga adaptation of Rokakoen's novel Shikkoku no Bojō
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kei Natsumi will launch the manga adaptation of Rokakoen's novel Shikkoku no Bojō (Pitch Black Affection) in the magazine's next issue on March 4. The horror story centers on cram school teacher Toshihiko Katayama, a stunningly handsome man, used to bein...
Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy Manga Takes Break
Series returns on February 18
― This year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that nonco's Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy (Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi) manga will take a break and return in the 12th issue on February 18. Seven Seas publishes the series in English and describes the story: Kanan, a female demon, infiltrates a high school with the goal of devour...
The Evolution of Shōjo Manga in the 1970s with Curator Rei Yoshimura
The manga studies specialist talks about the diversity of shojo and its reflection of girls' and women's lives across decades.
― This January, the Japan House London in Kensington hosted a talk by manga curator Rei Yoshimura. Yoshimura, pictured right, has worked as a curator for more than a decade, first at the Kawasaki City Museum and since 2017 at the National Arts Centre in Tokyo (NACT). A specia...
Ikumi Fukuda's The Blood Blooms in the Barrens Manga Ends in Next Chapter
Manga adaptation of Ryōe Tsukimura's novel launched in 2021
― The March issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine revealed on January 30 that Ikumi Fukuda's The Blood Blooms in the Barrens (Dobaku no Hana), the manga adaptation of Ryōe Tsukimura's novel of the same title, will end in its next chapter. Additionally, the manga will take a one-issue break and will not appear in the magazine's A...
Nyoijizai's Cinderella Athletes Manga Ends
Manga about businessman managing neglected all-female athletic team launched in April 2025
― Kodansha's Comic Days manga app published the final chapter of Nyoijizai's Cinderella Athletes manga on Tuesday.The manga centers on Keisuke Kaneda, an elite businessman who picked the wrong side in a corporate power struggle in his company, and is forced to abandon his dreams of an easy white-collar life. He...
My Unique Skill Makes me OP Even at Level 1 Manga Goes on Hiatus for Artist's Health
Manga launched in May 2018
― The official X/Twitter account for Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Monday that Mawata's My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 (Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyō desu) manga will go on hiatus due to Mawata's health issues. Kodansha will announce when the manga will return at a later date.The manga adapts Nazuna Miki and Subachi's novels of t...
Wandance Volume 6-7 Manga Review
Is it enough to feel the beat and dance, or does everything need words, too?
― Since Ichirin won their first team competition, by the rules of manga, it is time for a humbling loss. Once again, Wandance bucks the trend. The Ichirin dance team, led by On-chan and the only other male member, Iori, who has a lot of experience in dance battles, shows up and does surprisingly well. Iori takes the individu...
Yō Samori's Eiyū to Majo no Tensei Love Come Manga Ends
Manga adaptation of writer Kazuki Amamiya, artist Ale's light novels launched in 2024
― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket service published on Monday in advance the final chapter of Yō Samori's Eiyū to Majo no Tensei Love Come (A Reincarnation Romantic Comedy of a Hero and a Witch) manga, the adaptation of writer Kazuki Amamiya and artist Ale's light novels of the same title. The final chapter's regular rel...
Tomo Serizawa, Koomori Launch 2 Separate Manga This Month
Serizawa's manga launches on February 6, Koomori's manga on February 20
― Futabasha's Web Action manga website announced last Friday that manga creators Tomo Serizawa and Koomori will launch two separate manga on the website in February.Serizawa's manga is titled Ottava!!! Chiisana Te no Pianist (Octave!!! The Pianist with Small Hands, seen right), and will launch on February 6.The manga centers on E...
Reincarnated as an Eight-Year-Old Apostle of the Gods Manga Ends
Series debuted in April 2020
― Manga Up published the final chapter of Ataru Akinashi's manga adaptation of Ezogingitune's Reincarnated as an Eight-Year-Old Apostle of the Gods light novel on Sunday.Manga Up! Global publishes the series in English and describes the story:Adelphus, the most powerful sage, was defeated by the Calamity Beast, an enemy of mankind, and was taken to heaven. However, he lea...
Megumu Okada Teases New Manga Series
Manga to debut on Comic Ryū Web platform
― Megumu Okada teased on X (formerly Twitter) with a trailer on Saturday a new series that will launch on Tokuma Shoten's Comic Ryū Web platform.
Okada partnered with Japanese video production group Team Blockheads to produce the "Joyū Eiga Toru" ("The actresses will make a movie!") animated web short in 2020. Okada was the creator, director, and character d...
Immortal Hounds' Ryō Yasohachi Launches New Manga on Monday
New manga is titled Satō Eiko (32) wa Hero ni Nareta no ka
― The official X/Twitter account for Kadokawa's Harta magazine revealed on Sunday that Ryō Yasohachi launched a new manga titled Satō Eiko (32) wa Hero ni Nareta no ka (Was Eiko Satō (32) Able to Become a Hero?) in the magazine's Harta Alternative online magazine on Monday.【ハルタオルタ新連載予告】八十八良、新連載！『佐藤英子(32)はヒーローになれたのか』2月2日（月）、ハルタオルタ（https://t.co...
Manga Up! Global Adds B. Ichi, My Poison Princess Is Still Cute, 2 More Manga in English
Trapped as the Villain in My Favorite Dating SIM, The Sacrificial Witch and the Lovelorn King also available on service in English
― Manga Up! Global added the following manga in English over the past few weeks: Chihiro Sakutake's My Poison Princess Is Still Cute (Boku no Dokuhime wa Kyō mo Kawaii) on Monday. Author Kennoji and artist Yūma Yun's Trapped as the Villain in My Favorite Dating SIM: But ...
Yūho Amayo's Darkest Corners of the Heart Manga Ends on February 15
Horror manga simultaneously launched in English in February 2025
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service revealed on Sunday that Yūho Amayo's Darkest Corners of the Heart (Kokoro no Ichiban Kurai Heya) manga will end in its next chapter on February 15. The manga simultaneously launched on Shonen Jump+ and on Shueisha's MANGA Plus service in February 2025. MANGA Plus describes the story: Scary stories tend ...
Tasuku Karasuma's Gilded Seven Manga Ends on February 25
Manga about man who time travels to alternate history American Wild West launched in October 2024
― The March issue of Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon magazine revealed on January 25 that Tasuku Karasuma's Gilded Seven manga will end in the magazine's next issue that will ship on February 25. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and will release the first compiled book volume in English in Septem...
'Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion!' Light Novels Get TV Anime This Year
Romance story about shut-in witch, arrogant knight launched in 2019
― Kadokawa revealed on Monday that writer Eiko Mutsuhana and illustrator Vient's Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! light novel series will get a television anime this year. The artist for the novels' manga adaptation Kamada also drew a commemorative illustration for the anime announcement:Cross Infinite...
My Little Monster's Robico, Bad Girl's Nikumaru Each Launch New Manga
Robico's "To Dusk and Twilight" 1-shot gets short-term serialization from February 19; Nikumaru launches Kōshiki Furin manga on February 24
― Kodansha's YanMaga Web website revealed on Sunday that manga authors Robico and Nikumaru will each start new manga series on the site. Robico's "To Dusk and Twilight" one-shot manga will get a short-term serialization starting on February 19, and Nikumaru will ...
Fire Force Volumes 11-20 Manga Review
There’s a certain point one comes to when reading Fire Force where it’s best to set aside one’s critical faculties and be swept along by the pyroclastic silliness.
― In my recent review of Fire Force volumes 1-10, I lauded Atsushi Ohkubo's apparently final manga series for its accomplished art, excellent character design, goofy humor, and exciting battles, while expressing frustration at the intrusiv...
Kemono Jihen Manga Takes 1-Issue Break
Author Shō Aimoto had gastroenteritis at start of year
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The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine announced on January 28 that Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen manga will take a break, and will not publish a new chapter in the magazine's upcoming March issue on Wednesday. The manga is scheduled to return in the magazine's April issue that will ship on March 4. Aimoto share...
Major Manga, Manhwa Pirate Site Bato.to Shuts Down; Chinese Man Suspected as Operator Detained
Chinese, Japanese agencies worked together to file complaints that led to man's detention; man allegedly admits to operating 60 related sites
― Japan's Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an organization that aims to reduce worldwide piracy and actively promote the international distribution of Japanese content, revealed on Thursday its involvement in the detention of a man who was the ...
ALA Lists Manga Among 2025 Best Graphic Novels for Children, Adults; on 2026 'Rainbow Book List'
Kaiji Kawaguchi, Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Confession; Kaori Ozaki's Dogs and Punching Bags make top 10 for adults list
― The American Library Association (ALA) announced its "2025 Best Graphic Novels for Adults" and "2025 Best Graphic Novels for Children" lists on Thursday. Additionally, the ALA announced the "2026 Rainbow Book List" on Tuesday, which "proudly presents a curated selection of books that ce...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 25-31
Castlevania: Nocturne, Project A-ko anime; Scavengers Another Sky, Battle Royale Deluxe Edition manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 BDPlease Viz Media US$34.98 January 27 Naruto Shippuden Set 9 BDCite Viz Media US$39.95 January 27 One Piece Season 14 Voyage 8 BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$44.98 January 27 Oshi No Ko Season 1 P...
Manga Creation with Kazumi Yamashita
Kazumi Yamashita has been creating manga since 1980. Come find out what makes her work so enduring.
― Manga creator Kazumi Yamashita has been crafting stories in the medium since 1980. Originally debuting in Margaret, Yamashita has moved fluidly through both shoujo and seinen magazines, bringing readers stories that are steeped in humanity even when they don't deal with characters who are, strictly s...
Boichi Draws New Rokudenashi Blues Manga
Manga centering on battle between Onizuka, Kasai will launch this summer
― Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine revealed on Friday that Boichi will draw a new manga for Masanori Morita's Rokudenashi Blues manga. Morita is credited for the original work. The manga is titled Rokudenashi Blues Gaiden: Onikazura and will launch in Grand Jump this summer. Morita stated on X/Twitter on Friday that the manga is s...
This Week in Anime - LOVE AND PEACE!
Chris and Coop talk all things Trigun .
― Chris and Coop talk all things Trigun. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. Full Disclosure: Coop regularly works with Discotek Media, MediaOCD, and AnimEigo, having provided copy for the recent Blu-ray releases of City Hunter 2 and Hajime no Ippo. His opinions given here ar...
Kemonomichi Artists Launch New Manga Adaptation
Tensei Bonjin no Eiyū Sakusei Kyōshitsu manga debuts on February 26
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The March issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace magazine announced on Monday Kemonomichi artists Mo-suke Mattaku and Yumeuta will launch a manga adaptation of Kishu's Tensei Bonjin no Eiyū Sakusei Kyōshitsu (The Classroom for Creating Heroes from Reincarnated Ordinary People) web story in the April issue on February 26. Kishu lau...
Phantom Busters Manga Takes 2-Month Break, Returns in April
Author Neoshoco takes break after getting overworked
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine announced on Wednesday that Neoshoco's Phantom Busters manga will go on a two-issue break, and will not publish new chapters in the magazine's March and April issues. The manga is scheduled to return in the magazine's May issue that will ship on April 3.Neoshoco also annou...
Midori Days' Kazurou Inoue Launches New Manga on February 28
Inoue to launch bishōjo gun action manga Uchū Banchō Jagasaki
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Nihonbungeisha's Comic Heaven magazine revealed on Thursday that manga author Kazurou Inoue will launch a new bishōjo gun action manga titled Uchū Banchō Jagasaki (Space Leader Jagasaki) in the magazine's 100th issue, which Nihonbungeisha will publish on February 28. The magazine revealed a pr...
Seven Seas Licenses Love Tattoo, Mii-chan and Yamada-san, 7 More Titles
Also licensed: I Don't Know, Yoshida-san, An Ordinary Guy's Crazy Modern Dungeon Survival!, Dinosaur Sanctuary: Let's Go to Dinoland picture book, more
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: I Abandoned My Engagement Because My Sister is a Tragic Heroine audiobook
Creator: Fuyutsuki Koki, Haduki Futaba (with narration by Mirai)
Release Date: February 19 (volume 1, Siren im...
Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Gets New Sequel Manga in March
Original series ended in 2014
― Shun Matsuena announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday that he will launch a new sequel manga for Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple titled Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi 2 Tatsujin-hen (Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple 2 Masters Arc) on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry platform on March 25.Matsuena's Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple) manga ran in S...
Keigo Maki's NakiNagi Manga Ends
Series debuted in April 2025
― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket service published the final chapter of Keigo Maki's NakiNagi manga on Wednesday. Maki debuted the manga in April 2025 on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga service. Kodansha published the manga's third compiled book volume on December 9. K Manga publishes the series in English. Kodansha USA will also publish the series in fall 2026. The company...
Bamboo Blade's Masahiro Totsuka Launches New Swimming Manga
Aqua Puella manga centers on former swimming competitor turned high school swim team coach
― Manga creators Masahiro Totsuka and Yui Suga launched a new manga titled Aqua Puella -Shikinomori Kōkō Suieibu- (Aqua Puella -Shikinomori High School Swim Team-) on Kadokawa's Comic Walker website on Saturday. Totsuka is writing the story, and Suga is drawing the art.The manga centers on Konta, once a promisi...
Yae Utsumi Launches New Series in February
Hundred Note -Ugly Duck- debuts on February 4
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Kodansha's Magazine Pocket announced on Wednesday that Until Your Bones Rot manga creator Yae Utsumi will launch a new mystery series on the platform titled Hundred Note -Ugly Duckling- on February 4.Utsumi launched the Shiganbana manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in May 2024. The series moved to Yan...
Manga Plus Adds Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot Manga
Series debuted on Monday
― Manga Plus announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that it has licensed Nao Iori's Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot (Satsuriku Robo to Hito no Manaka) manga for release in English.The publisher describes the story:For the future her parents expect of her, Yui, a high school student, spends each day with machine-like precision. But one day, she meets a fearless g...
A Couple of Cuckoos Manga Enters Final Arc
Romantic comedy manga launched in 2020, adapted into 2-season TV anime
― This year's ninth issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Miki Yoshikawa's A Couple of Cuckoos (Kakkō no Iinazuke) manga will start its final arc. Kodansha USA Publishing publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story: 16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megu...
Twilight Out of Focus 2: Afterimages in Slow Motion Manga Ends in February
Spinoff story debuted in 2019
― Amazon Japan is listing that volume 103 of Kodansha's Honey Milk digital boys love magazine will publish the final chapter of Twilight Out of Focus 2: Afterimages in Slow Motion (Zanzō Slow Motion), a spinoff story for Jyanome's Twilight Out of Focus (Tasogare Out Focus) BL manga series, on February 10.Kodansha USA publishes the series in English and describes the stor...
The Winter 2026 Manga Guide
It's the final update for the Winter Manga Guide, but don't worry - our K-Comics and 18+ Guides are on the way! In the meantime, check out Ghost & Witch, the new series from the creator of The Ancient Magus' Bride, and more!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime televisio...
Crossed Hearts Licenses The Executioner of Grenimal Manga
Akisuke debuted manga in May 2023
― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Akisuke's The Executioner of Grenimal (Grenimal no Shokeinin) manga. The company describes the story (the image above also has more details):
Humanity stands on the brink as the Grenimals rise, monsters born of corrupted desire. Lycanthropes revel in the cha...
ALA's Outsanding Comic Award for Adults Honors Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy Manga
Fantagraphics, MSX's releases of manga earn honors in "Series" category
― The American Library Association's (ALA) Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) announced its 2025 Outstanding Comics Award for Adults, and it gave Honors in the "Series" category to Fantagraphics and Mangasplaining Extra's (MSX) releases of all three volumes for Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy manga. Mangasplaining be...
Greek Mythology and its Magical Adaptations in Manga and Anime
Asha Bardon explores how Greek myths form the basis of anime and manga series.
― Greek mythology is in vogue these days; we have novel series like Percy Jackson and Netflix has several series retelling or remixing mythology. There are heaps of novels like Madeline Miller's Circe and even an amazing Odyssey-inspired concept album for a musical called Epic! Oh, and Christopher Nolan's next movie has ju...
Wash It All Away Volume 2-5 Manga Review
Near the gleaming beaches of Atami, a small cleaning service can ensure that your clothes are just as bright.
― This manga, written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, has a relaxed, somewhat distanced feel, even as we run around town with Wakana. The narrative is trying to do several things at once, and some of those things it does well, while others feel like a dissonant note to the whole. To begin...
This Week in Anime - Escalation by the Rules
Sylvia and Lucas discuss the building blocks of shounen battle series.
― Sylvia and Lucas discuss the building blocks of shounen battle series. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Crunchyroll streams Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Hunter x Hunter, Jujutsu Kaisen, and ...
AnimeJapan Previews Current Leaders in 'Manga We Want to See Animated' Poll
Vote on which of 48 manga you want to see as an anime
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the AnimeJapan event announced the interim results for this year's "Manga We Want to See Animated" ranking poll on Monday. The event staff noted that in past polls, the Spy×Family and The Apothecary Diaries manga ranked in the top spots before actually becoming anime series (and popular ones, at that...
Chaos Game's Daiki Yamazaki Launches New Manga
Golden Phantom manga debuts on Feburary 25
― This year's March issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine revealed last Friday that Daiki Yamazaki (Chaos Game, pictured right) is launching a new supernatural battle manga titled Golden Phantom in the magazine's next issue on February 25. Yamazaki launched the Chaos Game manga in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in July 2022, and ended it in June 2024. Kodans...
Manga Plus Partners with France's Japan Expo for Manga Contest
Entries in English, French accepted
― The X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Manga Plus service announced on Monday that it will partner with France's Japan Expo event for a new manga contest "A La Recherche de Nouveau Manga" (The Search for New Manga). The contest will accept entries in English and French. The companies will reveal more details in February.Twin Engine and Straight Edge anno...
A Condition Called Love Side Story Series Ends in 3 Chapters
Manga's side series debuted in October following original manga's end
― Megumi Morino revealed on X/Twitter on Friday that the A Condition Called Love (Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai) manga's side story series will end in three chapters. The side story series launched in Kodansha's Monthly Dessert magazine in October 2025. Morino launched the original A Condition Called Love manga in Kodansha's Monthly ...
The Extraordinary Magic of Ichi the Witch
The first female writer-artist duo in Jump history has created a uniquely magical series that capitalizes on charm while juggling fantasy, action, and comedy.
― For better or worse, Shonen Jump reigns supreme in the world of anime and manga and has consistently churned out some of the biggest franchises on the market. As such, in the wake of juggernauts like My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen havin...
Harukaze Mound Manga Ends
Series debuted in June 2025
― This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Tōgo Gotō and Kento Matsūra's Harukaze Mound manga on Monday. The third volume will ship in March, and the fourth volume, which will include the one-shot version of the series, will ship in April. The "twin brothers' baseball story" manga was first published as a one-shot ma...
My Love Mix-Up! Artist Aruko, Writer Kizashi Haruyoshi Debut New Manga Series
Sekai de Ichiban Shiawase! launched on Monday
― My Love Mix-Up! artist Aruko launched a new series with writer Kizashi Haruyoshi on Shueisha's Manga Mee web platform titled Sekai de Ichiban Shiawase! (Happiest in The World!) on Monday.The series follows ex-shut-in Kōtarō Sano, who, thanks to his favorite minor idol, is able to enter society. Through a chance encounter, Kōtarō runs into his favorite i...
Kikuko Kikuya's 'Suiyōbi, Watashi no Otto ni Dakarete Kudasai' Manga Gets Live-Action Show
Manga about wife allowing husband's affair launched in 2024
― Japanese streaming service U-NEXT announced on Monday that Kikuko Kikuya's Suiyōbi, Watashi no Otto ni Dakarete Kudasai (Wednesday, Please Embrace My Husband) manga is getting a live-action series adaptation. The company will reveal more details of the adaptation at a later date. The manga's story centers on Yōko, a woman who has never had...
Emaqi Service Releases Bitter, Morning Meal Memories, More Manga
Yuichi Okadaya's Mujin manga also launches in English
― AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on Friday that it has added the following manga in English to its e-bookstore service "emaqi" recently:Title: BitterCreator: HiroSynopsis: For a certain idol group, December 14th was an eventful day. It was the day the idol group BITTER performed their debut stage. Dancing her way to the hearts of nu...
The Winter 2026 Manga Guide
New year, new edition of Battle Royale, plus the manga behind the upcoming anime Scenes from Awajima and more!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky - there's n...
White Note Pad Manga Review
White Note Pad is a story that demands introspection.
― Tomoko Yamashita is adept at writing stories that explore humanity. Although not many of her works have been translated into English, the two anime adaptations she's garnered – The Night Beyond the Tricorner Window and Journal with Witch – both amply demonstrate her thoughtful exploration of identity, gender, and sexuality alongside complex emot...
Dragon Ball's 1st Global Character Popularity Poll Winners Are …
The top 3 are who you'd expect
― The Dragon Ball franchise announce the results of its Dragon Ball The One worldwide character popularity poll on Saturday. Taking the top spot is Dragon Ball protagonist Son Goku. In second and third place are Goku's rival Vegeta and son Son Gohan, respectively. The top 20 characters are: 1. Son Goku 2. Vegeta 3. Son Gohan 4. Piccolo 5. Vegito 6. Trunks (teen) 7. Bar...
itz's Contrast Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Series in March
Series stars Haruhi Iuchi, Haruse Akune
― Fuji TV's FOD (Fuji on Demand) service announced on Saturday that itz's Contrast boys-love manga is getting a live-action series adaptation that will debut on March 13 at 8:00 p.m. The show will have eight total episodes and all episodes will be available at once. The show will star Haruhi Iuchi as Kanata Aoyama and Haruse Akune as Akira Senkawa. Miki Tomita ...
Girls Band Cry Anime Gets Manga on January 30
Upcoming manga is separate from previously announced webtoon adaptation
― The official website for the Girls Band Cry anime announced on Friday that the anime will get a manga adaptation in the web manga magazine Comic Ride and on the RaiComi website starting on January 30. The manga will release new chapters weekly on Fridays, and the web magazine Comic Ride releases new issues on the 30th of every ...
New Anti-Piracy Ad Blitzes Through Dozens of Anime & Manga Throughout the Years
Do you know them all?
― Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs released a new ad this week to combat piracy. In partnership with the STOP! Manga Piracy campaign, the ad celebrates heroes and heroines from across the decades-long history of manga and anime. The ad's premise asks viewers if manga and anime will save us in a century's time. Its highlighted heroes and heroines include Astro Boy from Astro ...
O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Launches New Manga
Kishimoto's Kamiyashiro: Jikosatsu no Kei launches early on LINE Manga on January 25
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of DeNA's Manga Box app revealed on Thursday that Seishi Kishimoto will launch a new manga titled Kamiyashiro: Jikosatsu no Kei (Kamiyashiro: Kei of Accidental Murders). The manga will have an early launch on LINE Manga on January 25, and will start serialization on Manga B...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 18-24
Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 4, A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose anime; Betrothed to My Sister's Ex, Scenes from Awajima manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose BDCite AnimEigo US$24.95 January 20 Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 4 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$29.98 January 20 Print Manga Releases Title Publish...
Emaqi Releases Oedo Fire Slayer, 'Can I Touch Those, Mino?' More Manga in English
Curious People: Welcome to the Folklore Club also releases in English
― AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on January 9 that that it is adding the following manga in English to its e-bookstore service "emaqi" in January:Title: Oedo Fire SlayerCreator: Shogo Imamura (story), Shinobu Seguchi (art) Synopsis: Once hailed as “The Phoenix,” Edo's greatest fire slayer, Gengo Matsunaga
has fallen ...
Manga Plus Adds Goodbye My Idol School Idol Comedy Manga
Series debuted on November 6
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Manga Plus service announced on Wednesday it has licensed Yuto Ito's Goodbye My Idol (Sayonara Boku no Idol) manga for release in English.The publisher describes the series:The story is set in a high school "Idol Club." Mitsuki Tsunoda, an idol otaku high school boy, suddenly becomes a girl—but only physically. So...
Seven Seas Licenses 'Good Morning, Good Night, and See You Tomorrow', 'Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san?', 5 More Titles
Also licensed: I'm Running for Crown Princess, but All I Want is a Steady Paycheck!, I Used to Think My Childhood Friend Was a Guy—Now We're Newlyweds, and She's the Perfect Bride!, more
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday:Title: Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! audiobook
Creator: FUNA, Itsuki Akata Release Date: January 22 (volume 1, Siren imprint)
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The Days of Diamond Manga Enters Another Hiatus
Series returned from previous hiatus in September
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Young Jump magazine announced on Wednesday that Ōhashi Hirai's The Days of Diamond (Diamond no Kōzai) manga will enter a hiatus beginning with this year's eighth issue of the magazine on Thursday. The account will provide more information about the manga's return in the future.The series recen...
Hitoshi Motomiya's Bunnaguri Sensei Manga Ends
Manga launched in September 2025
― The fourth issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hiroshi Motomiya's Bunnaguri Sensei (Punching Teacher) manga on Wednesday.The manga centers on a passionate teacher that will punch a hole in the school education with his own fist.Motomiya launched the manga in Grand Jump in September 2025.Motomiya launched the Jinsei Iroiro (The Vari...
Takuma Tokashiki's Lili-Men Manga to End With 13th Volume
Manga about human versus succubus launched in 2022
― Manga author Takuma Tokashiki revealed on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday that his Lili-Men manga will end in its 13th compiled book volume. Kodansha's K MANGA service simultaneously releases the manga's chapters in English and describes the story:Succubi, a species that uses humans as seedbeds to reproduce, and humanity, which is set o...
The Winter 2026 Manga Guide
Queer romance and horror intersect in Out of the Cocoon and folk horror takes center stage in Divine Incursions as our Winter Manga Guide continues!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something lik...
19th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 12 Titles
Robō no Fujii nominated for 2nd straight year along with Home at the Horizon, Strikeout Pitch, The Devil's in the Lunch Deals, Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment, Ichi the Witch
― The executive committee for the 19th Manga Taisho awards listed this year's 12 nominated works on Tuesday. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.") Manga Taisho 2026 Nominees Imōto wa Shittei...
Ukyō Kodachi's Ato 365-nichi no Dinner Manga Enters Final Arc
Manga launched in March 2024
― The March issue of Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine revealed on Monday that Ukyō Kodachi's Ato 365 Hi no Dinner (365 Days Left For Dinner) manga is entering its final arc in the magazine's next issue on February 19. Sonshō Hangetsuban (Working for God in a Godless World) artist) draws the manga and Tsunakan Suda (Saint Seiya: Kaiō Saiki - Rerise of Poseidon) is in c...
FX Fighter Kurumi-chan Manga Gets TV Anime
Passione produces anime about college student who enters world of foreign exchange market
― Kadokawa announced on Monday that storywriter Demunyan and artist Daisuki Tansan's FX Fighter Kurumi-chan (FX Senshi Kurumi-chan) manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will debut in 2026. Yuki Ogawa (Ōya-san wa Shishunki!, Mieruko-chan, Miru Tights) is directing the anime at Passione. Kenta Ihara...
Manga Up! Global Adds 'My Shady Little Brother, Gyomei', More Manga
How a Country Girl Reincarnated as a Villainess Tries to Avoid a Bad Ending also releases in English on Manga Up! Global
― Manga Up! Global added Rocomi Maruo's My Shady Little Brother, Gyomei (Ayashii ne ☆ Watashi no Otōto Gyōmei-kun) manga in English on Monday. It added Sora Hinokage, Koyukomu, and Haruto Shiota's How a Country Girl Reincarnated as a Villainess Tries to Avoid a Bad Ending (Akuyaku ...
Bocchi the Rock! Manga Continues Hiatus Due to Creator's Health
Creator Aki Hamaji focuses on recuperating from ongoing physical health condition
― The March issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max magazine announced on Monday that the four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! will continue its hiatus so that its creator Aki Hamaji can focus on recuperation from an unspecified health condition. In a personal message, Hamaji added that she has been in poor health for s...
Otr of the Flame Manga Ends, Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 3 New Manga
Shadow Eliminators' Kento Amemiya to launch Kaigeki no Kinato manga on February 2
― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Yūki Kawaguchi's Otr of the Flame manga on Monday. The magazine also revealed that Kento Amemiya (Shadow Eliminators) will launch a new manga titled Kaigeki no Kinato (Kinato the Counterattack) in the magazine's 10th issu...
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