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Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Ranks #2 on NYT June Bestseller List
― The 26th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #2 on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early June. The manga on this month's list include: #2 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 26
#5 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 18
#11 — Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run Hardcover volume 1
#14 — Takeru Hok...
Pocket Comics Platform Ends English, French, Korean Services on October 31
Manga, webtoon platform launched English service in 2020, French service in 2022
― Global webtoon platform Pocket Comics announced on Monday that its English and French platforms, and the Korean Comico platform will all end service on October 31, due to "business reasons." Coin purchases on the platform are available until July 15, and Coins can be used until the service ends on October 31. End of pu...
Taishi Tsutsui Ends Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery Manga in Shonen Jump
Manga about great detective yearning for romance launched in Shonen Jump on November 18
― This year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Taishi Tsutsui's Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery (Syd Craft no Saishū Suiri) manga on Monday. Viz Media and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service both release the manga in English simultaneously with the Japanese release. MANGA ...
Jujutsu Kaisen Tops Bookscan's May Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S.
13 manga rank in list including Chainsaw Man, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kagurabachi, Blue Lock, Frieren, Dragon Ball Super, more
― The 26th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for May. This month's list featured 13 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 26
#2 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man vo...
Maeil Economy Report: Pocket Comics Considers Exiting France as Webtoon Platforms Struggle in Europe
Service halted all new content uploads in France earlier this year
― According Korean business media website Maeil Economy, Pocket Comics, the global webtoon platform operated by NHN, is considering shutting down its French service, signaling a broader pullback of Korean digital comics from the European market. Although the service is still technically live, Pocket Comics has halted all new content ...
Yasuo Ohtagaki's Gundam Thunderbolt Manga Ends in 8 Chapters
Manga resumed from 3-month hiatus on Friday
― Yasuo Ohtagaki revealed on X/Twitter on Thursday that his Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga has entered its final arc and will end in eight chapters. Shogakukan published the manga's 222nd chapter in the Big Comic Superior magazine on Friday. The manga returning from a three-month hiatus with the new chapter. Ohtagaki posted a video to accompany the an...
Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health
Manga is scheduled to return on June 23
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga announced on Thursday that the manga is taking an unplanned one-week break from this year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday due to Hokazono's "sudden illness." The manga is slated to return in the 30th issue, which will release on June 23. Hokazono...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 8-14
DAN DA DAN, Dungeon People anime; Girl Crush, Sweet or Bitter Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date DAN DA DAN Season 1 BDPlease Shout! Factory US$34.98 June 12 DAN DA DAN Season 1 - Collector's Edition BDCite Shout! Factory US$64.98 June 12 Dungeon People BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 June 12 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail ...
Yūki Dōmoto's I Want to End This Love Game Manga Gets TV Anime
Romantic comedy manga about childhood friends playing love game until high school launched in 2021
― Shogakukan announced on Thursday that Yūki Dōmoto's I Want to End This Love Game (Aishiteru Game o Owarasetai) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Dōmoto posted an illustration to commemorate the announcement. Dōmoto launched the manga on the Sunday Webry website in 2021. Shogakukan publis...
Seven Seas Licenses Koharu and Minato: My Partner is a Girl, They Are Still Being Shaken This Morning. 5 More Titles
Also licensed: I Have a Secret & Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch audiobooks, Exotic Animal Doctor, more
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Koharu and Minato: My Partner is a Girl manga
Creators: Hyaluron, Daruma
Release Date: April 2026 (volume 1, Seven Seas GL label)
Summary: Koharu and Minato are two women who met online. Despite there being a ten-year age gap b...
Manga Up! Global Adds I'm the Catlords' Manservant, Betrothed to a Fox Demon Manga
3rd volume of Anju Hino's ongoing Betrothed to a Fox Demon manga shipped on May 22
― Manga Up! Global added Rat Kitaguni's I'm the Catlords' Manservant manga on Friday and Anju Hino's Betrothed to a Fox Demon (Kyōganeke no Hanayome) manga on Tuesday. Manga Up! describes I'm the Catlords' Manservant:
Yukiharu Izumi just wants one thing-to be a normal high school student. But homeless, penniless, and w...
Fruits Basket's Natsuki Takaya Ends In Such a Small World Manga
Romance manga about neigbors in apartment building launched in 2023
― Hakusensha's Manga Park app (not yet available on the website) published the final chapter of Fruits Basket manga creator Natsuki Takaya's Kakumo Chiisaki Sekai ni te (In such a small world.) manga on Monday. The romance manga centers on Sui Onodera, a 23-year-old who lives in an apartment. One day Sui's neighbor Kaoru Seto barges ...
The Dangers in My Heart Manga Gets New Spinoff on July 22
Haika Nanasaka to launch Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Love Comedy ga Hajimaranai spinoff featuring Kyōtarō's older sister Kana
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Norio Sakurai's The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu) manga revealed on Friday the manga's new spinoff series titled Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Love Comedy ga Hajimaranai (The Dangers in My Heart: A Romantic...
Atsushi Uchiyama's Irozuku Monochrome Manga Ends on June 11
Manga about guy possessed by demon of lust launched in August 2024
― This year's 27th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on June 4 that Atsushi Uchiyama's Irozuku Monochrome manga will end in the magazine's next issue on Wednesday. The romantic comedy manga centers on protagonist Isshiki, who falls in love with a virgin who is maintaining her chastity. Unfortunately, Isshiki gets pos...
Shun Numa's Super Psychic Policeman Chojo Manga Ends; 4 New Manga Launch in Weekly Shonen Jump
Phantom Seer manga duo Tōgo Gotō, Kento Matsūra to launch new manga Harukaze Mound on June 16
― This year's 28th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Shun Numa's Super Psychic Policeman Chojo (Chōjun! Chōjō Senpai) manga, and also revealed four new series on Monday. Viz Media and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service started publishing chapters of the manga simultane...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime Reveals Theme Songs in New Video
-SKS- ZIGZAG, Chilli Beans perform themes; anime to have panel at AX
― The staff for the television anime adaptation of Takeshi Okano and Sho Makura's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (Jigoku Sensei Nube) manga revealed the show's new trailer, main visual, and theme song information on Saturday. Video available worldwide outside of Japan Video available in Japan only -SKS- ZIGZAG performs the opening...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 1-7
I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol, Log Horizon anime; Kill Blue, The Bugle Call: Song of War manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol BDPlease Anime Limited US$49.99 June 3 The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 June 3 Log Horizon Season 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 3 Log Horizon Sea...
Viz Media Reveals Releases for Bug Ego, Super Psychic Policeman Chojo, Sakamoto Holidays, More Manga
Also: Magical Girl Dandelion, Statues, The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen, more
― Viz Media announced the following new physical and digital licenses and releases on Friday: Title: Bug Ego
Authors: ONE (story), Kiyoto Shitara (art)
Release: Spring 2026
Summary: A new series from ONE, the creator of One-Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100! Two students find “hacks” that change reality, but it takes only one...
Initial D, MF Ghost Manga Get Subaru and Subaru Sequel in July
Shuuichi Shigeno's new story follows 2 drivers linked to previous manga's characters
― The official website for Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine announced on Friday that Shuuichi Shigeno will launch the Subaru and Subaru (Subaru to Subaru) manga series in the magazine in July. The new manga continues the shared storyline of Shigeno's Initial D and MF Ghost manga, and it follows two characters named S...
Kaiju No. 8 Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Next chapter launches on June 20
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website announced on Friday that Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga will end in two chapters. The next chapter (128) will launch on June 20, and the 129th chapter will be the final one. Matsumoto launched the manga in July 2020 on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website. Shueisha published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on March 4. Viz Media ...
Stay By My Side After the Rain Volumes 1-3 Manga Review
Stay By My Side After the Rain is a remarkably well put together story. While each volume is more or less self-contained, they all build together to form a picture of two people overcoming their hurdles and finding happiness together.
― If there are two persistent narratives that queer fiction is beholden to, they're coping with homophobia and coming out. Both are real and significant in fiction and ...
Kadokawa Publishes Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey-, Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right, The Fallen Saint Dances in Vortex of War Manga in English
Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey- chapter release on BookWalker Global site starts on Saturday
― Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that it will release three manga in English on the BookWalker Global site and other stores this June. Kenta Ishizaka's Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey- manga will release on the BookWalker Global site in chapter format on Saturday. Kadokawa describes the story:
Chika, who just started...
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni Manga Resumes After 4 Months on Hiatus
Previous chapter debuted on January 28
― Asahi's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni manga resumed with its 22nd chapter on Tuesday, five months after the 21st chapter debuted on January 28. The manga tells the "missing link" in the Higurashi: When They Cry story, with the tagline: "The final demon awakens. A new Higurashi toward the truth." The manga is set in the Taisho Era in 1923. A certain tragedy in ...
Seven Seas Licenses 'Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer' Manga, 3 Other Titles
We Are Not Beasts & Perfect Addiction manga, Fluffy Café in Another World novel & manga also licensed
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer (Konya mo Serial Killer to Machiawase) manga
Creators: Kon Iguchi (writer), Yūji Nakamura (artist)
Release Date: March 2026
Summary: Crime is ever-rising, a fact that police officer Shiro Is...
Setta Kobayashi, Hachi Mizuno's Spider-Man: Kizuna Manga Ends
Manga about young boy suddenly fused with Spider-Man's powers launched in 2023
― The July issue of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine published the final chapter of Setta Kobayashi and Hachi Mizuno's Spider-Man: Kizuna (Spider-Man: Bonds) manga on Wednesday. Viz Media licensed the manga and will release the first volume on July 8. Viz Media describes the story:
Yu is a young boy suddenly bestowed with t...
Shinichirō Ōe's Mitsuru Quest! Manga Ends
Manga about boy, middle-aged man trying to clear game together launched in 2023
― The July issue of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine published the final chapter of Shinichirō Ōe's Mitsuru Quest! manga on Wednesday. The manga's story is about a boy who enters a game world, and he aims to clear it with a 30-something middle-aged man who also loves playing games. Ōe first published the story as a one-sho...
Uglymug, Epicfighter Manga Chapters 1-10 Review
OK, what if someone was transported to another world but they were ugly? No seriously, that's it.
― OK, what if someone was transported to another world but they were ugly? No seriously, that's it. Is the story going to be some kind of biting social commentary about how beauty is in the eye of the beholder and how we don't give people a chance due to their physical appearances? Maybe the story is a c...
Rockin' Out With Sumiko Arai, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All Manga Creator
In her first-ever English-language interview, Green Yuri creator Sumiko Arai talks about WLW stories, the inspiration for her characters, and what's on her music playlist.
― When Sumiko Arai launched The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All on her Twitter account in 2021, she couldn't have predicted its meteoric rise in popularity. From social media to Pixiv Comic, the four-page serializatio...
Tease Me Harder: A Sweet and Kinky Romance Manga's Fumika Minami Launches New Series
Minami to launch Kawaii Dōmei manga on June 6
― Shogakukan's Manga ONE app revealed on Monday that Fumika Minami will launch a new manga titled Kawaii Dōmei (Cute Alliance) on Friday. Manga ONE teases the manga's story about a boyish girl and a gentle girl that are in a secret relationship. Minami's Tease Me Harder: A Sweet and Kinky Romance (Ijimete Gokko) serialized on Hakusensha's Kuromitsu digita...
Jujutsu Kaisen Tops Bookscan's April Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S.
Solo Leveling takes 6 spots; One Piece, Blue Lock, Dragon Ball Super, more rank
― The 25th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for April. This month's list featured 11 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 25
#5 — Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 1
#6 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 1
#7 ...
Otona no Susume Manga Moves to Mecha Comic Platform
Series launched in April 2024
― This year's 13th issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine announced on Wednesday that Fumio Obata's Otona no Susume (An Adult's Recommendation) manga will move to the Mecha Comic platform beginning with the 22nd chapter. The series is a "violence suspense" series, in which a father attempts to rescue his son from a life of organized crime. Obata launched the series in ...
This Week in Anime - Manga, Translation, and the Rise of Machines
Lucas and Coop discuss the insidious rise of AI in the translation space.
― Lucas and Coop discuss the insidious rise of AI in the translation space. 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. One Piece and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are available at Viz/Shonen Jump App.
Ka...
Natsumi Ito's My Dear Detective Manga Ends in Next Volume
Manga about female detective in 1930s launched in 2021
― The eighth compiled book volume of Natsumi Ito's My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files (Kimi wa Nazotoki no Ma Cherie) manga revealed on May 29 that the series will end in its next volume. Digital manga service Azuki licensed the series for digital distribution in July 2022. Seven Seas licensed the manga and will release the manga's third vol...
Street Fighter Franchise Gets New Manga on June 29
Yoshio Mokomokomaru Masao draws Street Fighter Luke Rising manga
― The official X/Twitter account for Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics magazine revealed on Monday that Capcom's Street Fighter franchise will have a new manga titled Street Fighter Luke Rising. The manga will launch in Coro Coro Comics on June 29. Yoshio Mokomokomaru Masao will draw the manga 【SF6 2周年記念！】「#ストリートファイター6」×「#コロコロコミック」コラボ決定！6/2...
Shinobu Seguchi's Shūjin Riku, Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- Manga Get Digital English Releases This Summer
Seguchi also to appear at Anime Expo on July 6
― Manga creator Shinobu Seguchi revealed in an interview posted on ANN on Friday that his original manga Shūjin Riku, and his Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- (Hikuidori Ushūboro Tobigumi) manga — the adaptation of the first volume from Shōgo Imamura's Ushūboro Tobigumi historical novel series — are getting digital English releases in North Ameri...
Orange Inc.'s e-Bookstore Service emaqi Debuts App Version
AI localization-based manga service launched for web in September
― AI localization company Orange Inc. launched the app version of its emaqi e-bookstore service in the United States and Canada on Wednesday. The app features titles from numerous publishers including VIZ Media, Kodansha USA, Yen Press, Akita Shoten, Futabasha, Shonen Gahosha, Nihon Bungeisha, and COAMIX. It also features exclusive tit...
New Saga Volume 1 Manga Review
If you had the ability to go back in time and relive one of the most difficult journeys of your life, what would you do differently?
― If you had the ability to go back in time and relive one of the most difficult journeys of your life, what would you do differently? If you sacrificed everything for the sake of taking down an ultimate evil, do you think it's possible to accomplish the same goal witho...
Monstaboo Artist TALI Launches New Manga on Niuhi Platform
Sci-fi action series MOON CIDERS launched on Thursday
― MonsTABOO artist TALI launched a new series titled MOON CIDERS on game publisher KOMODO's new digital manga platform NIUHI on Thursday. The manga is available for free for those who have a NIUHI account. The company describes the story: Humanity had extended its peaceful way of life from Earth to the Moon, until one day a colossal creature they ...
Abrams Books, Abrams ComicArts Employees Vote in Favor of Union
Company has voted to unionize with 88% vote for in favor of unionization
― ICv2 reported on Monday that employees at Abrams Books and its manga- and comic book-focused division Abrams ComicArts have voted to unionize with an 88% vote for the union. The new union is part of UAW Local 2110. The voting took place from April 30 to May 21 and follows multiple rounds of layoffs and health benefit cuts at t...
Sachiko Takeuchi Launches New Manga
Kabukicho Karaoke Tenin Toshikuni-san debuted on May 22
― Kodansha's Morning two magazine published the first two chapters of Sachiko Takeuchi's new manga titled Kabukicho Karaoke Tenin Toshikuni-san (Kabukicho Karaoke Clerk Toshikuni) on May 22. The story follows the taciturn store clerk Toshikuni, who soothes his customers' worries with his gentle song selection at Karaoke Nyan. Toshikuni has his o...
Mitsuru Hattori's Wash it All Away Manga Gets New Side Story
New chapter debuts on June 6
― This year's 11th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine revealed on May 16 that Mitsuru Hattori's Wash it All Away (Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka.) manga will have a new side story chapter in the magazine's next issue on June 6. The chapter will have a color opening page. Hattori launched the manga in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine in July 2017, and ended it in...
Cells Not at Work!'s Moe Sugimoto Launches New Manga on June 26
Sugimoto to launch Gaku Shoku Girl manga about high school girl giving a twist to school meals
― The July issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Monday that Moe Sugimoto will launch a new manga titled Gaku Shoku Girl (School Cafeteria Girl) in the magazine's next issue on June 26. The manga centers on high school student Meimei Kisaragi who likes to add a twist to her school m...
Hotel Inhumans Manga Nears Ending
Manga to end while upcoming TV anime is airing
― Manga creator Ao Tajima revealed on May 24 that their Hotel Inhumans manga is nearing its ending. While Tajima did not provide an exact date for the ending, nor the exact amount of chapters remaining, Tajima did hint that the manga would end while the manga's upcoming television anime is airing. The anime will premiere in July. The manga centers on the...
Hiroyuki Tamakoshi Resumes Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Manga on June 26
Manga went on hiatus in 2023 due to author's recovery from cancer
― The July issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Gundam Ace magazine announced on Monday that Hiroyuki Tamakoshi's Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket manga will resume serialization in the magazine's next issue on June 26. The manga went on hiatus in December 2023, as Tamakoshi focused on recovery, after revealing that his cancer had spr...
Titan Manga Licenses J-ta Yamada's Eko Eko Azarak Reborn Manga
Manga's 1st volume releases in English on April 28, 2026
― Anime news and statistics website Anime Trending revealed on May 23 that Titan Manga licensed J-ta Yamada's Eko Eko Azarak Reborn manga and will publish the first compiled book volume physically and digitally in English on April 28, 2026. Titan Manga describes the manga's story:
Eko Eko Azarak Reborn brings the terrifying world of witchcraft,...
Blue Box Manga Goes on 1-Issue Break on June 2
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Blue Box (Ao no Hako) franchise announced on Monday that the manga will take a one-issue break in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's 27th issue on June 2, and will return in the magazine's 28th issue, which will publish on June 9. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga in English digitally, and Viz media also publishes the manga di...
Futari H Creator Aki Katsu's Wasurenazuma no Kimi to Manga Ends in June
Time travel romance manga launched in March 2024
― The July issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits magazine announced on Tuesday that Aki Katsu's Wasurenazuma no Kimi to (With You, My Forgetful Wife) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on June 27. The manga's story begins in the modern day 21st century, with the elderly couple Towako and Kazuki. Kazuki loses his reason to live after ...
Edo Era's Brave Firefighters: Interview with Oedo Fire Slayer Novelist Shogo Imamura & Mangaka Shinobu Seguchi
Discover the history behind Oedo Fire Slayer in our interview with author Shōgo Imamura and manga creator Shinobu Seguchi.
― Japan's history is teeming with everyday heroes, and there may not be a stronger example than the Edo period's firefighters. Known as hikeshigumi, community firefighters rose to meet a 17th-century challenge: protecting the fragile wooden and paper homes in what would become th...
Pop Team Epic Manga to Stop Updating Daily
Bkub Okawa: Cannot explain switch to updating on 15th of the month
― Manga creator Bkub Okawa: posted on Friday that he will no longer update his Pop Team Epic manga with new content daily, starting in June. Instead, he will next update on the 15th of the month. He added that he is sorry that he cannot explain why he will switch to a new schedule. (The drawing accompanying the announcement shows the ...
Salaryman Kintaro's Hiroshi Motomiya Ends Enma Manga
Series about kind man collecting 5 billion yen in debt launched on January 9
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This year's 26th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hiroshi Motomiya's Enma manga on Thursday. The manga's single compiled volume will ship in fall. The manga centers on Ken Ōshima, a kind man who assumes the role of debt collector. He takes on everyone from gangsters to politici...
Manga Plus Licenses Hiromi Ichikawa's The Nito Exorcists Manga
Service releases manga on Wednesday
― Shueisha's MANGA Plus service began releasing the first four translated chapters of Hiromi Ichikawa's The Nito Exorcists (Nito no Joreishi) manga on Wednesday. Ichikawa drew an illustration to celebrate the news: 本日より日本国外向け配信サイト「マンガプラス」にて『二兎の除霊師』の配信が開始されます🎉世界中の方に楽しんでいただけると嬉しいです！※「マンガプラス」は日本国内からはご覧いただけません🙇♂️https://t.co/qYw9IjhiZo https://t.co/xcKk4e1tnC pic.twi...
Exclusive: Dark Horse to Reprint Gunsmith Cats Burst Manga in 2 Omnibus Volumes
Volume 1 ships on December 16, volume 2 on March 17, 2026
― Dark Horse Comics announced on Thursday that it will publish Kenichi Sonoda's Gunsmith Cats Burst sequel manga in a new two-volume omnibus edition. The new edition will feature translation, lettering and retouching by Studio Cutie. Dark Horse also revealed the first volume's cover: Dark Horse describes the manga's omnibus volumes: Volume One...
Seven Seas Licenses Aharen-san is Indecipherable Manga, 6 More Titles
Also licensed: When a Clueless First-Person Shooter Player Falls into Another World manga & novels, I Wish I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms novel
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Aharen-san is Indecipherable manga
Creators: Asato Mizu
Release Date: February 2026 (2-in-1 omnibus volume)
Summary: Super quiet Aharen Reina isn't great with pers...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Ryoichiro Kezuka's Record Journey Manga
Ryoichiro Kezuka's ongoing manga launches in English on April 28
― Titan Manga announced on Wednesday that it will release Ryoichiro Kezuka's Record Journey (Onban Kikō) manga on April 28. The first volume of the manga is available for pre-order on Forbidden Planet in the U.K., and will be available on other North American retailers. Titan Manga describes the story: For the first time in English, exp...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Roku Souna's Gizmo Riser Manga
Roku Souna's 12-chapter manga launches in English on April 28
― Titan Manga confirmed on Wednesday that it will publish Roku Souna's Gizmo Riser manga in English on April 28. The first volume of the manga is available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble, Forbidden Planet in the U.K., and will be available on other North American retailers. Titan Manga describes the story:
In the towering kingdom of Uru...
Best Non-Combat Isekai Manga to Read on emaqi
Forget epic battles! These non-combat isekai combine creativity and humor, giving the genre a fresh look.
― Forget epic battles! These non-combat isekai combine creativity and humor, giving the genre a fresh look. If you need a break from isekai adventures with epic battles and intense power struggles, we got you covered! Here is a list that adds a refreshing twist to the genre, focusing on humor, cr...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Grendizer U: The Inception Manga Adaptation
8KEY's manga adaptation of 2024 Grendizer U television anime releases in English on March 17
― Titan Manga announced on Tuesday that it will publish Go Nagai and 8KEY's Grendizer U: The Inception manga adaptation of the 2024 Grendizer U television anime in English on March 17, 2026. The release will feature a prequel story by Tatsuto Higuchi that has previously not been published. The manga is availa...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Colori Colore Creare Manga
Kozue Amano's 2022 manga launches in English in May 2026
― Titan Manga announced on Tuesday that it will release Kozue Amano's Colori Colore Creare manga in English starting on May 26, 2026. The first volume is available to pre-order on Forbidden Planet in the U.K., and on other North American retailers. Titan Manga describes Colori Colore Creare:
The quiet island town of Onobori is hidden from the w...
Touge Oni's Kenji Tsurubuchi Launches Dark Fantasy Manga Meaheim
Story of scholar's descent into underworld to save younger brother launched on May 22
― Kodansha's Morning two web magazine posted the prologue and first two chapters of Meaheim, writer Kenji Tsurubuchi's new series with artist Konata, on Thursday. The dark fantasy adventure story follows the scholar Ren, who comes to the godless underworld to save an ill younger brother. Ren journeys this strange la...
Back When You Called Us Devils' Takashi Sano Debuts New Thriller Manga
Bakudan about serial bombings in Tokyo launched on May 23
― The X (formerly Twitter) account for Kodansha's Comic Days platform announced on Thursday that Takashi Sano would launch the new manga series Bakudan (Bomb) with two chapters on Friday. The story revolves around a clueless-looking middle-aged man who is brought to Tokyo's Nogata police station for a minor assault-and-battery incident. In the...
Exclusive: Titan Manga to Release Omnibus Edition of Yūgo Kobayashi's Aoashi Manga
1st volume of omnibus edition launches on May 12, 2026
― Titan Manga announced on Monday that it will release an omnibus edition of Yūgo Kobayashi's Aoashi manga. The first omnibus volume comprising volumes one, two, and three, will launch on May 12, 2026. The manga will be available to order on Forbidden Planet in the U.K., along with other North American retailers. Titan Manga describes the story:
...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Releases 'The One. Later On...' Manga in English
Nahato, Kazutomo Miya, Shinichirō Nariie's manga launches in English on March 31, 2026
― Titan Manga announced on Monday that it will release Nahato, Kazutomo Miya, and Shinichirou Nariie's The One. Later On... (Sono Mono. Nochi ni...) manga on March 31, 2026. The first volume of the manga is available for pre-order on Forbidden Planet in the U.K., and will be available on other North American retail...
Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? Volume 1 Manga Review
This manga asks and answers the question “What if the loveable loser in a sexbot comedy was a woman?” The answer won’t surprise you.
― If you've been reading manga for any length of time, you've probably encountered some version of the hapless, yet relatable, loser protagonist. He's a guy with no friends and a weird hobby, or the woman who looks super cool and together on the outside, but when she st...
Bluelock -Episode Nagi- Manga Gets Stage Play in November
New stage play runs from November 20-30 at Theatre G-Rosso at the Tokyo Dome City
― Kōta Sannomiya's BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi-, the manga spinoff of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock soccer manga, will get a stage play adaptation titled Butai "BLUELOCK" Episode Nagi in November at the Theatre G-Rosso at the Tokyo Dome City. The cast includes:
Takamichi Satō as Seishirou Nagi
Shūji Kikuch...
Yukinobu Hoshino's Munakata Kyōju Sekai-hen Manga Takes 1-Month Hiatus
Manga returns on July 10
― This year's 11th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine revealed on Friday that Yukinobu Hoshino's Munakata Kyōju Sekai-hen (Professor Munakata - World Arc), a new manga in his Munakata Kyōju (Professor Munakata) series, will go on hiatus and will return with color pages on July 10. Hoshino launched the manga in Big Comic in February 2023. Shogakukan published the manga's...
Yen Press Licenses Love Bullet, The Girl Past the Filters, The Terrifying Students at Ghoul School! Manga
Also: Fruits Basket complete manga box set, audiobooks
― Yen Press announced at this year's MCM London Comic Con event on Friday that it has licensed the following titles for release in November: Title: Love Bullet manga
Creator: inee
Summary: In this contemporary world, Cupids solve problems of love not with bows and arrows but with guns! However, when the Cupids get in an argument over how to solve...
Night of the Living Cat Volume 1 Manga Review
This manga has an amusing idea that could make for a funny one-shot manga or a spoof trailer, but feels ludicrously overstretched here.
― Night of the Living Cat will soon hit the screens as an anime series in July, with at least one huge name attached: Takashi Miike, on board as the “Chief Director.” You may know Miike from the live-action films of Ichi The Killer and other manga. I'll always rememb...
Gō Ikeyamada to End Takanashi-ke no Imōto wa Hanayome ni Naritaii!! Manga
So Cute It Hurts!! creator launched manga in August 2023
― This year's 12th issue of Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine announced on Tuesday that Gō Ikeyamada's Takanashi-ke no Imōto wa Hanayome ni Naritaii!! (I Want the Takanashi Family's Younger Sister to Be My Bride!!) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on June 5. The manga centers on a young boy who loves playing soccer. One day, he suddenly...
Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse's Naru Narumi Launches New Manga in June
Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles creator's new story follows societal outcasts living together
― The June issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine revealed on Tuesday that Naru Narumi will launch a new manga titled Norainu to Tenshi-chan (Stray Dog and Angel) in the magazine's next issue on June 20. The manga will have a color opening page. The manga centers on Tōji, a 20 year old guy who becomes we...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 18-24
Date A Live V, Insomniacs After School anime; Cosmos, Love in the Palm of His Hand manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the next week, and will be back in June. Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Date A Live V BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 20 Gods' Games We Play BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 20 Insomniacs After School BDAni...
Manga Up! Global Adds The Dependable Delinquents' Daily Lives, JUDGE Manga
Yen Press began publishing JUDGE in English in August 2013
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global added Ao Tachi's The Dependable Delinquents' Daily Lives (Zenryōna Furyō Kōkōsei no Nichijō) manga on Thursday and Yoshiki Tonogai's JUDGE manga on Friday. Manga Up! describes The Dependable Delinquents' Daily Lives: Samaritan High is infamous for its many delinquent students. At first glance, Kawai, Mori, and...
Snack Basue Manga to End on May 29
Manga launched in 2017, inspired TV anime in January 2024
― This year's 25th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine announced on Thursday that Forbidden Shibukawa's Snack Basue manga will end in the magazine's next issue on May 29. Update: 18th and final compiled book volume ships on July 17. Source: Young Jump issue 29 The gag comedy manga centers on a bar in Sapporo's North 24th neighborhoo...
My First Girlfriend is a Gal's Meguru Ueno Ends PEEP Manga
Manga debuted last June
― Kodansha's YanMaga Web platform published the final chapter of Meguru Ueno's PEEP manga on April 5. The youth x love/hate suspense manga tells the story of an extreme cosplay account that a student secretly enjoys, and the student discovers that the true identity of the person on the cosplay account is a popular "gyaru/gal" in class. Ueno launched the series in Kodansha's W...
Seven Seas Licenses My Darling Devilish Daughter, Girls Zombie Party, 3 More Titles
Also licensed: My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won't Leave Me Alone!, Our Sunny Days, Hibana
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: My Darling Devilish Daughter manga
Creators: SANKAKU HEAD
Release Date: February 2026 (volume 1)
Summary: Sami's just a sweet little girl…who happens to have demonic powers. Her mom? A demon queen. Her dad? A tota...
One-Punch Man Manga Takes 2-Month Break
Series resumes serialization on July 17
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One Punch Man artist Yūsuke Murata announced on Wednesday that his series with ONE will take a break for two months "due to various circumstances." The manga will resume on Shueisha's free Tonari no Young Jump web service on July 17. The series previously entered a hiatus in June 2024. Murata and ONE launched the One-Punch Man manga on Tonari no Young Jump i...
Taisho Otome Otogi Banashi's Sana Kirioka Launches New Manga
Rikka Kitan manga is set in alternate world Edo
― Manga creator Sana Kirioka launched a new manga titled Rikka Kitan in Kodansha's Comic Days app on Monday. The manga's first compiled book volume is listed with an August 20 release. The manga centers on Tōma, a wolf beastman who works as patrolman keeping the peace in the city of Edo. One night, he helps a girl named Rikka, who is being chased by unk...
Hikaru Wakatsuki's Amayakashite Kureru Gym no Oneesan Manga Ends
Manga launched in August 2023
― Kodansha's Comic Days app published the final chapter of Hikaru Wakatsuki's Amayakashite Kureru Gym no Oneesan (The Older Lady at the Gym Who Pampers Me) manga on May 15. The manga centers on 24 year old Sasaki, who decides to go to the gym. There, she meets a cool older woman named Sora Gorōmaru, who is invested in helping the protagonist work out, even going so far a...
With the Sheikh in His Harem's Rin Miasa Launches New Manga
Miasa launched new manga Kiss Yori Saki ni Chikaimasu on May 1
― Manga author Rin Miasa launched a new manga titled Kiss Yori Saki ni Chikaimasu (I pledge my love before the kiss) on Shodensha's Our Feel web manga site on May 1. The manga centers on actress Sayu Takagi, who is on the brink of collapse. To break away from her image of being villains and dying characters, she decides to get married. Bu...
Kadokawa Publishes My Ideal Girlfriend, The True Value of the Throwaway Bride Manga in English
Series launch on May 24, May 30, respectively
― Kadokawa revealed on Wednesday that it will release two manga in English on Renta! and the BookWalker Global site within the next two weeks: My Ideal Girlfriend and The True Value of the Throwaway Bride. The latter will be available from other stores three months later after launching on Renta! and BookWalker Global. Title: My Ideal Girlfriend manga
Cre...
Third Loop: The Nameless Princess and the Cruel Emperor Manga Adaptation Listed to End in 7th Volume
Manga's 7th, final volume publishes on July 25
― Amazon is listing the seventh compiled book volume of Tana Akasa's Third Loop: The Nameless Princess and the Cruel Emperor (Nanashi no Ōjo to Reikoku Kōtei: Shītagerareta Yōjo, Konse de wa Ryū to Mofumofu ni Dekiai Sarete Imasu) manga, the adaptation of Iota Aiue's light novel series of the same title, as the final volume that will ship on July 25. Cro...
Manga Plus Service Adds Toshio Sako's Genikasuri Manga
Sako debuted manga on February 6
― Shueisha announced on Wednesday that its MANGA Plus service has added Toshio Sako's Genikasuri boxing manga. The first 14 chapters are available on the service. MANGA Plus describes the story:
After one fateful match, former professional boxer Ryo Harima awakens from a two-year vegetative state to find out his career is over, his father has died, and he's been betra...
Tokyopop Licenses My Beautiful Man: Interlude, Fox and Puppy, The Love We Share, 3 More Titles
Also: Real-Time Fever, The Stranger in the Hoarding House, Star and Hedgehog
― Tokyopop announced on Tuesday it has licensed Nayuta Nago's Fox and Puppy and Star and Hedgehog, Hina Ten's The Love We Share, Taberu Kasumi's Real-Time Fever, and Joe Aruku'sThe Stranger in the Hoarding House manga. The company also licensed Yuu Nagira's My Beautiful Man: Interlude light novel. Title: Fox and Puppy manga
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Manga Goraku Special Magazine Publishes Final Issue; Reveals Manga Series' Move to Goraku Web! Website
Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight!, Dorei Sensei, Rinjin X, more move to website
― Nihonbungeisha published the 58th and final issue of its Manga Goraku Special magazine on May 15, and revealed the manga series that are moving to Nihonbungeisha's new Goraku Web! free manga website. The manga moving to Goraku Web! are: Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight! by Rui Takatō
Dorei Sensei b...
Dra-Q Volumes 1-2 Manga Review
Dra-Q is a hard series to recommend with its skin-deep characters and a plot that sometimes feels like the creator was just flying by the seat of their pants.
― Kodansha's copy for Dra-q, Chiyo's dark comedy/romance/horror manga series, says that it's perfect for fans of Dandadan and Call of the Night. While I wouldn't necessarily agree with the latter – the only real commonality they share is vampir...
Kaori Yuki's Angel Sanctuary: Tokyo Chronos Manga Teases Climax, Ends in 5th Volume (Updated)
New manga from Yuki's Angel Sanctuary franchise launched in 2022
― Hakusensha's Hana Yume Ai web manga magazine teased on Tuesday that Kaori Yuki's Angel Sanctuary: Tokyo Chronos (Tenshi Kinryouku: Tokyo Chronos) manga is approaching its climax with a "final battle." Hakusensha also published the manga's fourth compiled book volume on Tuesday. Update: The fourth volume revealed the manga will end in ...
Crusher Joe Rebirth Manga to Resume After 3-Year Hiatus
Manga announced hiatus in 2022
― Manga author Yū Harii announced on their X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday that their Crusher Joe REBIRTH, the manga adaptation of Haruka Takachiho's science fiction novel series Crusher Joe, will resume serialization, and shared that all chapters of the manga are available for free on Kodansha's Comic Days app and web service until June 18. Harii did not give an...
RuriDragon Manga Takes Short Break, Slated to Return in July
Manga returned from 2022 hiatus in April 2024
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Masaoki Shindō's RuriDragon manga posted on Monday a cropped image from this year's 25th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's digital version, announcing that the manga will go on a short break, and is slated to return in July. 今週の目次コメントです。 ※次回の掲載は７月頃を予定しています。また改めておしらせいたします。引き続きどうぞよろしくお願いいたします▲▲#...
Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Gets 4th Stage Play in August-September
New stage play adapts "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" arc
― The official website for the stage plays of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga announced on Monday a new stage play titled Butai Jujutsu Kaisen -Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu- (Stage Jujutsu Kaisen -Hidden Inventory / Premature Death-), which will run in Tokyo in August, and in Osaka in September. The website also revealed the new stage play's t...
Airi Katsura, Keishi Nishikida's Grapara! Manga Gets Live-Action Series Adaptation on July 6
Series about gravure idol stars former SKE48 member Ruka Kitano
― ABC TV announced on Sunday the live-action series adaptation of writer Airi Katsura and artist Keishi Nishikida's Grapara! manga. The series will premiere on ABC TV's "Drama L" programming block, and will stream on DMM TV on July 6, at 24:10 JST (effectively, July 7 at 12:10 a.m.). The series will star former SKE48 member Ruka Kitano a...
The 13th Footprint Volume 1 Manga Review
The 13th Footprint’s first volume is mainly a setup, but it’s a lesson in how to do it well.
― While nothing else he's created has quite lived up to Erased's level of excellence, it's not for lack of trying on Kei Sanbe's part – both of the other mystery titles previously released, Island in a Puddle and For the Kid I Saw in my Dreams are very good. But The 13th Footprint's first volume comes closest...
They Were Eleven Manga Review
They Were Eleven is indisputably a classic, a beautiful example of how manga can transcend literary snobbery to be classified as literature in its own right.
― Of all classic shōjo manga creators, Moto Hagio has had the most success in English. Part of the Year 24 Group, which includes Keiko Takemiya (To Terra…), Riyoko Ikeda (The Rose of Versailles), and Yasuko Aoike (From Eroica with Love), Hagio h...
Takashi Shiina's Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Manga Adaptation Ends in 10th Volume This Summer (Updated)
Manga adaptation of anime in Inuyasha franchise launched in 2021
― The ninth volume Takashi Shiina's manga adaptation of the Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Hanyō no Yashahime) anime spinoff of Rumiko Takahashi's Inuyasha series revealed on Friday the manga will end in its 10th volume this summer. Update: The manga will end serialization in the August issue of Shōnen Sunday S on June 25. Source: Shōn...
Bluelock -Episode Nagi- Spinoff Manga Ends in 8th Volume in August
Manga inspired anime film that opened in April 2024
― The seventh volume of Kōta Sannomiya's BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi-, the manga spinoff of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock soccer manga, announced on Friday that the spinoff manga will end with its eight volume, which will ship on August 12. The spinoff manga focuses on Seishirō Nagi before he enters the titular Blue Lock facility. The ...
Ashita no Joe, Kagurabachi, Tokyo These Days, More Nominated for Eisner Awards
Hereditary Triangle, Last Quarter, Search and Destroy, My Journey to Her, X-Men: The Manga also nominated
― Comic-Con International announced the nominees for this year's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards on Thursday. The following manga were nominated in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category: Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba's Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow (translated ...
Kodama Tales to Publish Baki the Grappler Manga Worldwide in English
Manga launches physically/digitally in English in October
― Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.'s Kodama Tales Inc. subsidiary announced on Thursday that it is publishing Keisuke Itagaki's Baki The Grappler manga worldwide in English in 24 volumes starting in October. Kyodo Printing will print the English physical versions in Japan. The company also teased future titles from Asahi Shimbun Publications, Coamix, ...
Dogsred Volumes 1-2 Manga Review
I can't wait for more people to discover this absolute slapshot of a classic in the making.
― About thirty-five years ago, a young mangaka from Kagoshima took Japan by storm with a little story about a relatively obscure sport—basketball. Fast-forward to today, it's pretty safe to say that this artist's love letter to shooting hoops became something of a Slam Dunk with its readers. While reading thro...
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