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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Creator Launches New Manga on Shonen Jump+
Rafal Jaki, MACHINE GAMU launch No\Name manga on July 31
― Rafał Jaki — executive producer, showrunner, and creator for the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime — is launching a new manga titled No\Name with artist MACHINE GAMU. The manga will begin serialization on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga website on July 31. Jaki confirmed that Shueisha's Manga Plus website and app will publish the manga in English. J...
Homura Kawamoto Launches Spinoff of Ichigo Hitotsubu, Hiro's Serial Killer: Isekai ni Oritatsu Manga
Serial Killer: Isekai ni Oritatsu - Isekai Battle Royale debuts on August 9
― This year's 16th issue of Shonengahosha's Young King magazine announced on Monday that writer Ichigo Hitotsubu and artist Hiro's Serial Killer: Isekai ni Oritatsu manga is getting a new spinoff from writer Homura Kawamoto titled Serial Killer: Isekai ni Oritatsu - Isekai Battle Royale (Serial Killer: Disembarking in Another...
Square Enix 'Not Considering' Canceling The Apothecary Diaries Manga After Author's Sentence
Manga creator Nekokurage was handed down suspended sentence for tax evasion on Wednesday
― The IT Media News site reported on Wednesday that Square Enix informed the news site that the company is "not particularly considering canceling" Nekokurage's The Apothecary Diaries manga, after Nekokurage was handed down a suspended sentence on Wednesday. The Fukuoka District Court handed Nekokurage (real name...
Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man Crossover Manga Launches Simultaneously in English, Japanese on August 13
Tomo Hirokawa draws, Shigenobu Matsumoto writes new manga
― Viz Media's panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday revealed that it is partnering with Tsuburaya Productions and Marvel for a Ultraman and Spider-Man crossover manga series titled Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man. Tomo Hirokawa (Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris, Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization) is drawing the manga, and Shigenob...
Manga UP! Global Adds The Reincarnated Marriage of a Hero and Sage Manga
Site also adds Mobsters in Love digitally in English
― Manga UP! Global started releasing writer Washiro Fujiki, character designer Heiro, and artist Riku Nishi's The Reincarnated Marriage of a Hero and Sage (Eiyū to Kenja no Tensei Kon: Katsute no Kōtekishu to Konyaku Shite Saikyō Fūfu ni Narimashita) manga in English digitally on Wednesday. The company also began releasing Chiyoko Origami's Mobster...
Kodansha USA Reveals New Sailor Moon Box Set, 1 Digital, 5 Print Licenses
5 print licenses slated for spring 2025
― Kodansha USA Publishing announced its new print and digital licenses during its panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday. Kodansha USA Publishing will release Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection Manga Box Set 1 in holiday 2024, a box set that will include volumes 1-6 of the Naoko Takeuchi Collection version of the Sailor Moon manga, a set of 16 art cards, i...
Star Fruit Books Licenses Hiroshi Kato's Psyfer Manga
Manga releases in 2025
― Star Fruit Books announced on Thursday that it has licensed Hiroshi Kato's Psyfer manga. Star Fruit Books will release the manga in 2025. The manga centers on Ikki, a normal boy who suddenly gains telekinesis powers when a mysterious star mark appears on his forehead. He also hears a strange voice talking to him inside his head warning him that "they are coming." One day, his...
Star Fruit Books Licenses Reality, Children, Don't Play In The Dark, 8 Man Infinity, More Manga
Also: "Treime," "Longears Above The Clouds," "Ending Theme," "The Fantasy Ends Today" one-shots
― Star Fruit Books announced on Thursday that it has licensed the following manga: Title: Reality
Creator: Naruho Amino
Release: 2025
Details: One volume, 258 pages
Synopsis: This is a collection of horror short stories published in Weekly Young Jump from 1987 to 1988. It
mainly contains original stories b...
Coamix Releases Tsukasa Hojo's Cat's Eye Manga in English
MangaHotto service publishes Hojo's 1981 manga about art thief sisters
― Coamix announced on Tuesday that it has released Tsukasa Hojo's Cat's Eye manga in English on it and Imagineer's MangaHotto (MangaHot) app and website. Hojo's Cat's Eye manga centers on three sisters who run a cafe by day, and are notorious art thieves by night. The manga ran from 1981 to 1985, and inspired two television anime ...
Mononoke Anime Film's Manga Adaptation Ends With 2nd Volume in Early 2025
Manga adaptation launched on May 26
― The first volume of character designer Kitsuneko Nagata's manga adaptation of the Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa (Paper Umbrella) anime film revealed on Tuesday that the manga will end with the second volume, which ships in early 2025. The manga adaptation launched on the Comic Days service on May 26. The film will open in Japan on July 26. The film was previously...
Senpai is an Otokonoko Manga Ends With 10th Volume
Pom launched manga in 2019, series inspired currently airing TV anime
― The ninth compiled book volume of Pom's Senpai is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate (Senpai wa Otokonoko) manga revealed on Thursday that the manga will end in the 10th volume. Line Webtoon publishes the manga in English digitally. Kodansha USA Publishing also licensed the manga, and will release the first volume in April ...
Peko Watanabe's Koi Janee Kara Manga Ends With 6th Volume
Series debuted in September 2021
― The fifth compiled book volume of Peko Watanabe's Koi Janee Kara (This Ain't Love, Got It?) manga revealed on Tuesday that the series will end with the sixth volume. The manga centers on three individuals connected from a 26-year-old past. Yukari and Akane were best friends in high school, and Yukari was herself in love with a teacher named Imai. 26 years later, wi...
EXCLUSIVE: Preview Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy, Reimagining of Dororo Manga
Fantagraphics debuted the award-nominated Search and Destroy manga on Tuesday
― Fantagraphics debuted the award-nominated Search and Destroy manga on Tuesday, and Anime News Network can exclusively share a four-page preview. IMG search-and-destory_preview_pg-39.jpg
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Saint Seiya: Kaiō Saiki - Rerise of Poseidon Manga Moves to Bimonthly Publishing Schedule
Spinoff series begins new schedule after October
― The September issue of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine announced on Friday that Tsunaki Suda's Saint Seiya: Kaiō Saiki - Rerise of Poseidon manga spinoff of Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya will switch to a bimonthly publishing schedule after the December issue, which ships in October. The manga's story begins when a new threat arises while Athena...
The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him Artist Tabireco Launches New Series
Baby Shachu Hackers manga debuts on August 19
― The August issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine revealed The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him (Harapeko Succubus wa Ikasetai no ni!) artist Tabireco (or Tabireko) will launch a new series titled Baby Shachu Hackers (Baby in a Car Hackers) in the September issue on August 19. The story follows a high school girl who ends up spending the night in ...
Kumichi Yoshizuki Launches New Manga on July 30
Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin manga centers on megathrust earthquake
― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket announced on X/Twitter on Monday that Kumichi Yoshizuki will debut a new series titled Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin (Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake) on the platform on July 30. The series explores a realistic depiction of the massive megathrust earthquake Japan has been expecting from the Nankai Trough...
Writer MITA, Artist Itsuko Hakaru Launch New Suspense Manga
Aisai no Ura Aka: It's not just Adultery manga about wife having affair launched on Tuesday
― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website launched on Tuesday a new manga by writer MITA and illustrator Itsuko Hakaru titled Aisai no Ura Aka: It's not just Adultery (My Beloved Wife's Secret Account: It's not just Adultery). The suspense manga centers on Sōsuke Yamada, who has a loving wife and an elementary stud...
Fantagraphics, MSX Publish Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy Manga on July 23
Fantagraphics and Mangasplaining Extra (MSX) will pubish the first volume of Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy manga on Tuesday. Mangasplaining began serializing the manga in the Mangasplaining Extra (MSX) newsletter last August. Paid subscribers to the newsletter can access the manga, and the company will occasionally offer chapters for free to all subscribers. Fantagraphics originally planned ...
ICv2 Report: N. American Comics Market Decreased by 7% in 2023
Comics, graphic novel sales totaled roughly US$1.87 billion in 2023, down from US$2.01 billion in 2022
― Media news website ICv2 announced on July 15 that according to its estimations, comics and graphic novel sales went down approximately 7% in the United States and Canada in 2023. Comics and graphic novel sales to consumers in North America totaled roughly US$1.87 billion in 2023, down from US$2.01...
Shueisha Lists Hunter x Hunter Manga Volume 38 for Release on September 4; Yoshihiro Togashi Teases More New Chapters
Manga's 37th volume shipped in 2022
― Shueisha's website is listing the 38th compiled book volume of Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga for release on September 4. Togashi has been teasing updates for upcoming chapters of the manga with posts on X/Twitter. The artist made posts on Monday stating that instructions for the backgrounds were now ready for his assistants for chapters 409-410. If vo...
Dragon Quest Dai no Daibōken: Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō Manga Ends 1st Part
Manga's 2nd part starts on November 21
― The September issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine published the final chapter of the first part ("Hero Arc") of Yūsaku Shibata's Dragon Quest Dai no Daibōken: Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō (Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: The Hero Avan and the Demon King of Hellfire), the prequel manga of Riku Sanjō and Kōji Inada's Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Dragon ...
Mahito Aobe's Soshite Akuma wa Seigi o Kataru Manga Ends in August
Manga launched in February 2023
― The August issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine revealed on Monday that Mahito Aobe's Soshite Akuma wa Seigi o Kataru (And the Devil Deceives Justice) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on August 22. The school suspense manga centers on an all-boys dormitory school that grooms their students to always do the right thing and be on the side of justice,...
Playing the Long Game - The Story of Slam Dunk in North America
Slam Dunk has been wildly popular across Asia—first in the 90s and once again with the release of The First Slam Dunk last year. But in North America, this hasn’t exactly been the case.
― Just before I flew out to D.C. for Otakon last year, I started hearing a low but persistent rumbling around a little movie about to hit theaters—The First Slam Dunk. While I missed my chance to see the film on the ...
Kenji Sakaki's Tokyo Underworld Manga Enters Last Arc
Manga launched in May 2022
― Manga creator Kenji Sakaki posted on their X (formerly Twitter) account on July 14 that their Tokyo Underworld (Shin Tōkyō) manga has entered its last arc. Shueisha's Manga Plus service releases the manga in English, and it describes the manga: According to urban legend, the guilty are sentenced to fall to the Tokyo Underworld. There, they are given no mercy and are merci...
Hiroshi Fukuda's Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation in 2025
Manga about ladylike girl who loves rock music launched in 2022
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine announced on Monday that Hiroshi Fukuda's Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite (Rock is a Lady's Modesty) manga will get a television anime adaptation in 2025. Fukuda drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement: The young lady x rock youth manga takes pl...
Toyotaro Details How Involved Akira Toriyama Was in Dragon Ball Super Manga
Legendary manga creator helped flesh out character personalities & designs
― One of the greatest anime and manga franchises is undoubtedly Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. Since stepping away from the manga after an 11-year run, Toriyama has contributed to numerous Dragon Ball projects, including the manga adaptation of the anime sequel Dragon Ball Super. But how involved was Toriyama i...
Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Volumes 1-3 Manhwa Review
Even when a rival rears her head, author Iru knows how to handle it without making it feel like too much of a retread of manhwa's greatest hits, and it's just a very well-put-together story overall.
― Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom has an odd history in English. Some years ago, Korean novel translators WordExcerpt released the source novel as I'm Only a Stepmother, but my Daughter is Just Too Cute! as both a...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Manga Gets New Anime in 2025
Anime will feature updated setting, "modern update" for students of Class 5-3
― Shueisha announced on Sunday that Takeshi Okano and Sho Makura's Jigoku Sensei Nube manga is getting a new anime project in 2025. Shueisha also revealed a teaser visual as well as a promotional video for the project. The below visual video features the English title Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube. The manga will also ge...
Yuri Hub Announces Ayu Inui's Threads of Me and You Manga Simulpub
Chapter 1 published on July 10
― The Yuri Hub yuri manga service announced on July 10 it will simulpub Ayu Inui's new manga series Threads of Me and You (Matō Kimi, Hokorobu Watashi). The first chapter published in English on July 12, on the same day as the Japanese release. Chapter 4 will be released on the same day as the Japanese release again. The series is available on Renta!. Yuri Hub describes...
Tales of Wedding Rings Manga Ends on August 23 (Updated)
Manga launched in 2014; anime adaptation gets 2nd season
― Update on July 20: Monthly Big Gangan announced on X/Twitter on July 20 that the manga will instead end in the September issue on August 23, instead of the August issue on July 25 as it had previously announced. Square Enix apologized for the mistake. ANN's original article is below. The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine...
Keiko Nishi Launches Sayonara Gohan Manga on August 5
Nishi launches story of an old man reminiscing his gourmet life
― This year's 15th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine revealed on Saturday that Keiko Nishi will launch a new manga titled Sayonara Gohan (Goodbye Meal) in the magazine's next issue on August 5. The manga tells the story of a 70-year-old man who lives alone, as he tries to look back on his splendid(?) gourmet life. Nishi l...
K Manga Licenses I'm a Curse Crafter, and I Don't Need an S-Rank Party! Manga for Simulpub
Nishiki Ogawa, LAgun debuted manga in September 2021
― Kodansha's K Manga announced on Thursday that it has licensed artist Nishiki Ogawa and writer LAgun's I'm a Curse Crafter, and I Don't Need an S-Rank Party! (S-Rank Party kara Kaiko Sareta "Jugushi": "Noroi no Item" Shika Tsukuremasenga, Sono Seinō wa Artifact-kyū Nari......!) manga for simulpub. The first 36 chapters are available on the platfo...
Just Like Mona Lisa Volume 1 Manga Review
Tsumuji Yoshimura's romance drama centers on non-binary Hinase, a teen who has no gender in a world where most people choose by age 12.
― My ex once described gender as soup—it's fluid, can swirl all over the place, and can be enjoyed at one's leisure. However, depending on how you approach it, it can also be exceedingly messy. We unfortunately live in a world where many people fail to understand wha...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 14-20
Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out anime; Captain Momo's Secret Base, Battle Royale: Enforcers manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$34.98 July 16 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out BDCite Aniplex of America US$59.98 July 16 Soul Eater - The Complete Ser...
Arte Manga Ends Soon, Publishes Next Chapter in August
Series enters irregular publishing schedule
― Kei Ohkubo announced on X/Twitter on July 10 that the Arte manga will end in a few chapters. The series will take a break in July, then Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Zenon will publish the next chapter in August. Ohkubo also revealed the manga will enter an irregular release schedule, likely releasing every other month. Comikey publishes the series in En...
Ryōma Kitada Launches New Romantic Fantasy Battle Manga
Sakigake no Hanamiko debuts on July 22
― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket announced on X/Twitter on July 13 that Ryōma Kitada (SUPER HXEROS) will launch a new series titled Sakigake no Hanamiko (Leading Flower Maiden) on the platform on July 22. Kitada describes the series as a romantic comedy in a Japanese-style fantasy battle series. Kitada launched the Yumeochi: Dreaming of Falling For You (Yumeochi: Yu...
Unholy Blood Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review
With attractive art, a couple of good moments of humor, and a decent take on vampire lore, this is a series that's worth checking out – especially if it keeps getting stronger as it goes on.
― There are vampires, and there are vampires, something most lore agrees on. That means there are two distinct types of bloodsucker in plenty of vampire mythos: the original ones, who may well have been born that...
Shogakukan's Sho-ComiX Magazine Switches to Monthly, Digital-Only Release
Changes start in magazine's next issue on September 15
― The issue dated August 15 of Shogakukan's Sho-ComiX magazine, which released on July 12, announced that the magazine will move to a monthly and digital only release starting in its next issue on September 15. Sho-ComiX launched as a supplementary magazine to Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine in 2019, and releases every 15th of the odd-numbered mon...
Naoko Kodama's Usotsuki Hanayome to Dōsei Kekkon-ron Manga Ends
Manga launched in September 2023
― The September issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine published the final chapter of Naoko Kodama's Usotsuki Hanayome to Dōsei Kekkon-ron (Lying Brides and Same Sex Marriage Theory) on Thursday. The manga's story begins with Rei Shigisawa, a lesbian career woman who is fed up with catering to the whims of heterosexuals when same-sex marriage will likely not b...
Young King Bull Magazine Changes to Bimonthly Schedule
Magazine's new schedule will have new releases on 1st, 3rd Monday of each month
― The August issue of Shonengahosha's Young King BULL magazine revealed on July 4 that the magazine will switch to a bimonthly schedule, publishing a new issue on the first and third Monday of every month. The first issue of the magazine under the new schedule will be on August 5. ／重大発表!!!!!!＼ヤングキングBULL隔週刊化！！！8月に迎える創刊6周年に...
UsoNatsu Yuri Visual Novel Gets Mini-Series Manga
Rococo draws manga launching on August 17
― The September issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine revealed on Thursday that game developer LYCORIS' yuri visual novel UsoNatsu ~The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie~ (Uso kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu) is inspiring a manga mini-series adaptation titled Uso kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu -squall- that will launch in the magazine's next issue on August 1...
Shadows House Manga Enters Final Arc, Goes on Hiatus (Updated)
Manga will resume on August 22
― This year's 33rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that manga creator duo so-ma-to's Shadows House manga has entered its final arc as of the end of its 200th chapter. The manga will also go on hiatus due to author so-ma-to's illness, and will resume in the magazine's 38th issue on August 22. Update: so-ma-to wrote in a blog post on Pi...
Masaya Tsunamoto, Isao Tanishima Launches Manga Featuring Characters From Their Mr. CB Soccer Manga
Special project manga Atlanta 1996 teases Olympics story, launches on July 23
― This year's 15th issue of Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine revealed on July 9 that author Masaya Tsunamoto and illustrator Isao Tanishima will launch a special manga project titled Atlanta 1996, featuring the characters from their Mr. CB soccer manga, in the magazine's next issue on July 23. The special project mang...
How to Train Your Devil's Tonchi Kataoka Launches New Manga
Shūen no Majo to Sekai no Tabi debuted on July 9
― The August issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine revealed on July 9 that How to Train Your Devil artist Tonchi Kataoka launched a new series titled Shūen no Majo to Sekai no Tabi (The Witch of the End and The Journey Around the World), with the second chapter publishing in the September issue on August 8. The first chapter is available on Koda...
Naoko Yamada, Science Saru's The Colors Within Film Gets Manga Adaptation
Sanami Suzuki launched adaptation on Comic Newtype on Tuesday
― The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine (Kajiki no Ryōrinin) artist Sanami Suzuki launched a manga adaptation of The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro), the new anime feature film by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, The Heike Story, A Silent Voice), on Kadokawa's Comic Newtype platform on Tuesday. The story centers on a Totsuko, a high sc...
Manga UP! Global Launches Backyard Junk Universe Anthology in English
Collection features Takuji Katō's Her Regretful Days of Killing Time, Magical Girl Akirara ☆, more
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Manga Up! Global added Takuji Katō's Backyard Junk Universe manga anthology in English last Friday. The collection features several of the creator's works originally published on X/Twitter. The anthology includes the following one-shot manga: "Her Regretful Days of Killing Time"
"Magical Girl Akirara...
Komi Can't Communicate Manga Enters Final Arc
Final arc begins on July 24
― This year's 34th issue of Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Tomohito Oda's Komi Can't Communicate (Comi-san wa Comyushō desu.) manga will enter its final arc in the next issue on July 24. Viz Media is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that's just the way he likes it. But all ...
Gannibal Manga Volume 1 Review
This rollercoaster of a horror manga is a genuinely exciting page-turner by the last stretch of the volume
― A gruesome horror series whose English release was originally funded via Kickstarter, Gannibal is the definition of "niche." That's the sort of specially targeted appeal that's looked forward to by fans of any good gore. However, the pacing of horror is also paramount to paying it off in execu...
1st American Manga Awards Announces Nominees
Ceremony celebrating manga creators, publishers slated in NYC on August 22
― Japan Society and Anime NYC announced the nominees for the first American Manga Awards on Tuesday. The award categories and their respective nominees are as follows: Best New Manga The Darwin Incident by Shun Umezawa #DRCL midnight children by Shin'ichi Sakamoto
Just Like Mona Lisa by Tsumuji Yoshimura
Mothers by Umi Kusahar...
Yodokawa's Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord Manga Ends in Next Chapter on August 13
Manga launched in 2021
― Kadokawa's Comic Newtype web manga site revealed on July 9 that Yodokawa's Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord (Maitsuki Niwatsuki Ōyatsuki) manga will end in its 31st chapter on August 13. Yen Press licensed the manga and will release the third volume in English on August 20. Yen Press describes the story:
Asako Suga needs a change to get over her recent breakup and decid...
My Hero Academia, Kaiju No. 8, Berserk Manga Rank on NYT July Bestseller List
Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, and Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early July. The manga on this month's list includes: #2: Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 38
#5: Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 ...
My Hero Academia Ranks #1 in U.S. Monthly Bookscan June List
16 manga including Kaiju no. 8, Berserk, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, One Piece, Demon Slayer, SPY x FAMILY make list
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Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for June. This month's list featured 16 manga volumes, including: #1 — Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 38
#2 — Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 volume 10
#3 — Kentar...
K Manga Licenses Ao Hatesaka's GALAXIAS for Simulpub
New chapters publish on Tuesday simultaneously with Japanese release
― Kodansha's K Manga announced on X/Twitter on Tuesday that it has licensed Ao Hatesaka's GALAXIAS manga for simulpub on the platform. The first chapter debuted on Tuesday, and the website will publish new chapters on Tuesdays. K Manga describes the story: It's been ten years since the assassination of the Dragon King, the land's mo...
365 Days to the Wedding's Tamiki Wakaki Launches New Manga on August 5
Wakaki to launch Yoshida Lemon Drops manga about 2 Kyoto University students
― This year's 33rd issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits revealed on Friday that Tamiki Wakaki will launch a new manga titled Yoshida Lemon Drops in the magazine's combined 36th and 37th issue, which is scheduled for release on August 5. The romantic comedy manga centers on a phobic Kyoto University student, whose o...
My Girlfriend's Child Manga Ends, Gets 4 Spinoff Chapters
Manga launched in 2021, entered final arc in December
― The August issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine published the final chapter of Mamoru Aoi's My Girlfriend's Child (Ano Ko no Kodomo) manga on Friday. The magazine also revealed that it will publish the manga's four spinoff chapters, starting in the next issue on August 13. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English, and it d...
Udon Licenses Authorized Manga Biography of Peanuts Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz
1st book in Manga Biographies line was originally published by Kadokawa
― Udon Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it will release the first book in its Manga Biographies series on October 2. Yuzuru Kuki's 168-page Manga Biographies: Charles M. Schulz has a cover illustrated by Chi-ko (novel illustrator for Weathering With You, Your Name, Voices of a Distant Star). Kadokawa published the authoriz...
Samurai Sensei's Esusuke Croe Launches New Manga on August 7
Croe to launch Taimado: Time Slipper Omotenashi Madoguchi manga about hospitality desk for "Time Slippers"
― The August issue of Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine revealed on July 5 that Esusuke Croe will launch a new manga titled Taimado: Time Slipper Omotenashi Madoguchi (Taimado: Time Slipper Hospitality Desk), in the magazine's next issue on August 7. The manga centers on the newly established ...
Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru! Manga About Student Council Antics Gets Animated Ad
It's a wild party in the student council room
― In 2007, Kodansha began publishing Tozen Ujiie's popular four-panel student council manga series Seitokai Yakuindomo. The series had a long run before ending in 2021, and it spawned a few anime series. And, as if it were fated, what could be called Seitokai Yakuindomo's spiritual successor began publication a year later in 2022. This new series, Muchima...
Exclusive: Dark Horse to Release Gunsmith Cats Manga in New Omnibus Edition
New omnibus edition of Kenichi Sonoda's manga will debut in February 2025
― Dark Horse Comics announced on Friday that it will release Kenichi Sonoda's Gunsmith Cats manga in a new omnibus edition. The new edition will feature lettering and retouching by Studio Cutie. Dark Horse describes the manga: This series is a non-stop, action-packed, nostalgia-filled love letter to those buddy cop blockbuster ...
Servamp Manga's Finale Slated for December 13 With 1 More Volume Added
24th & final volume to ship on December 27, followed by art book, guidebook, more
― The August issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Gene magazine confirmed on Friday that the finale of Strike Tanaka's Servamp manga will run in the magazine's January 2025 issue on December 13. Kadokawa will publish the manga's 24th and final compiled book volume on December 27. In addition, Kadokawa will publish the mang...
Mizuki Takano's Ja no Michi Manga Ends on August 7
Manga launched in May 2023
― The August issue of Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine revealed on Friday that Mizuki Takano's Ja no Michi (The Snake's Path) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on August 7. The manga centers on two friends Momo and Tatsu. When Momo lost his way and encountered dangerous snakes in the mountain as a kid, it was Tatsu who rescued him. After the incident, Tatsu bec...
Seven Seas Licenses No Spicy Romance Allowed!, The Elf Sisters Can't Wait for the Night, 3 More Manga, 1 Light Novel
Also licensed: ISEKAI AFFAIR: 10 Years After Defeating the Demon King, the Hero Cheats on His Wife With a Warrior Woman Who Lost Her Husband, Wet Dream Aquarium, Blood Night Market, The Obsessed Mage and His Beloved Statue Bride: She Cannot Resist His Seductive Voice
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Masakazu Ooi and Inomaru's ISEKAI AFFAIR: 10 Years After Defeati...
Boichi, Roswell Hosoki to Launch Sake no Hosomichi ~Collab & Remake~ Manga on July 12
New series is part of 30th anniversary for Hosoki's Sake no Hosomichi manga
― The 2,910th issue of Nihonbungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine announced on Friday that Roswell Hosoki and Boichi will launch the Sake no Hosomichi ~Collab & Remake~ manga in the magazine's next issue on July 12. The new manga remakes select stories from Hosoki's original Sake no Hosomichi manga as part of the earlier m...
My Hero Academia's Mamoru Miyano, Daiki Yamashita Discuss Manga's Imminent Conclusion
'I'm sure Horikoshi-sensei is burning his soul, like One For All, and he's going to deplete his soul like All Might after he finishes drawing the final episode.'
― While discourse around My Hero Academia has focused on the manga's imminent ending as of late, you wouldn't have thought the franchise was running out of gas based on the MY HERO ACADEMIA SPECIAL EVENT at this year's Anime Expo. Filling t...
Manga is Global: Japanese Manga Editors Share How Medium is Expanding
Publishers share how a non-native Japanese comic artist can get their big break.
― For those who like the business side of manga as much as the art and storytelling, the Japanese Manga Editors Industry Roundtable really is a fascinating learning experience. This year's panel mostly focused on two areas of discussion—new artist development, and a look into publishing trends. Moderated by Deb Aoki, jo...
'Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru.'s' Yayū Murata Launches New Manga
Unjō ni Utaite, Kimi wo Matsu manga launches on July 12
― The July 19 issue of Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times magazine revealed last Friday that Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru. creator Yayū Murata will launch a new series Unjō ni Utaite, Kimi wo Matsu (Singing Above the Clouds, I Wait for You) in the magazine's next issue on July 12. The story revolves around the sudden disappearance of a masked artist wi...
Haro Aso's Sex-chan Manga Ends With 3rd Volume
Manga launched in December 2022, inspired live-action series in August 2023
― The third and final compiled book volume of Haro Aso, Mano Sakamoto, and Tatsunari Iota's Sex-chan manga released on July 1. The manga is an omnibus story about the sexual lives of women. The manga's first story focuses on Fumie, a woman who lives an active and uninhibited sex life, but whose number of partners has diminish...
Masahiro Anbe's Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyū-bu Manga Ends in 3 Chapters
Squid Girl author launched comedy manga in 2016
― This year's 30th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on June 27 that Masahiro Anbe's Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyū-bu (Assemble! Mystery Research Club) manga will end in three chapters. The 31st issue published the first of these final three chapters on July 4. If there are no delays, the manga will end on July 18. The manga ce...
Kagiri Araido's Undertaker Manga Ends
Manga from author of Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again launched in August 2023
― The August issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine published the final chapter of Kagiri Araido's Undertaker manga last Friday. The manga's third and final compiled book volume will ship on August 16. The manga centers on the seemingly childlike Hiromu Sugisawa, and the elder Rōta Daidōji. Both are employed as Und...
Takuma Morishige Resumes Serialization on My Neighbor Seki Manga (Updated)
Manga inspired anime in 2014
― The August issue of Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine revealed on Friday that Takuma Morishige's My Neighbor Seki (Tonari no Seki-kun) manga will resume serialization starting in the September issue on August 5. Morishige began My Neighbor Seki in Comic Flapper in October 2010, and 10th compiled book volume shipped in Japan in March 2017. Vertical Comics / Kodansh...
Moriarty the Patriot Manga Returns with Part 2 on December 4
Manga's 1st part ended in December 2022
― The August issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine revealed on Thursday that the second part of Ryōsuke Takeuchi and Hikaru Miyoshi's main Moriarty the Patriot (Yūkoku no Moriarty) manga will start serialization in the magazine's January 2025 issue, which will release on December 4. The manga's first part ended with the "Valley of Fellows" arc, named after Sir ...
Azuki Announces New Partnership With J-Novel Club, Adds 21 J-Novel Club Titles
Also adds 2 titles from Star Fruit Books, Mao Nakada's You're So Sloppy, Hotta-sensei
― Digital manga publisher Azuki announced at its Anime Expo 2024 panel on Saturday that it has partnered with J-Novel Club to distribute some of J-Novel Club's manga titles. Azuki also announced two new titles from Star Fruit Books, including grin grin grin by Sangatou, and Il Manga Milione by Tatsuya Ihara. Azuka ...
Kuma to Publish Director Akasaka's Princely Training Course, Haberdashery Ginmokusei, More Manga
Denpa also reveals release of Diva's Little Nuns artbook series
― The Kuma boys' love (BL) publisher confirmed the following manga releases during its and Denpa's panel at Anime Expo on Friday: Title: Betrayer's Love Song (Uragirimono no Love Song)
Author: Mottosu Tonooka
Summary: The manga takes place in Italy in 19xx. The mafia must pick out a new leader and there are two candidates, but they've k...
Yen Press Licenses Hereditary Triangle, Luciole Has a Dream, Blend-S, More Manga/Novels
Also: Be My Worst Nightmare!; Revenge Agent Hizumi-san; Stomp, Kick, Love
― Yen Press announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it has licensed the following manga and light novels for release in December. The company will also release the Sword Art Online abec Artworks New World artbook and 3-in-1 omnibus edition of Etorouji Shiono's Übel Blatt manga in December and a complete box set...
Square Enix Manga & Books Reveals Spring 2025 Print Releases
Wash it All Away, The Otaku Love Connection, FFVII Rebirth Poster Collection, more slated
― Square Enix Manga & Books revealed during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it will release the following manga and books in English between February to May 2025, including: Title: The Otaku Love Connection (Otaku mo Koi mo Rensa Suru)
Author(s): Chu Amairo
Release Date: February 2025
Description: A hila...
J-Novel Club Adds 8 Light Novels, 4 Manga
The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters, Lacey Longs for Freedom, Duchess in the Attic, more titles added
― J-Novel Club announced during its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it has licensed eight new light novel titles and four new manga titles. The light novel titles include: Title: The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters (Kaibutsu-tachi o Suberu Mono)
Author(s): Sin Guilty (writer), NAKAMURA 8 (illustrator)
Relea...
Mangamo to Add Too Rotten for Romance, Fevered Nights, More Manga
Also: How Me and My Max Empathy Level Magical Beast Pals Built a Fantasy World Kingdom
― Mangamo revealed during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday that it will release three new manga on its service "soon." Amazia publishes all three manga in Japanese on its Manga Bang service. Title: Too Rotten For Romance (Renai Futekigosha)
Authors: Koharu Yukimura (author), Monika Niko (artist)
Summary: Uta is...
Kodansha USA Reveals 12 New Print Manga, 2 Digital Manga
DEAD ROCK, Hauntress, Tower Dungeon, Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan, more licensed
― Kodansha USA Publishing announced its new print and digital licenses for during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday. The announced physical titles, all slated for spring 2025 include: Title: DEAD ROCK
Authors: Hiro Mashima
Summary: Welcome to Dead Rock, the underworld's top educational institution! A spot at this training fa...
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Anime Streams Episode 0 Promo Video
Special Kinnikuman x Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma 1-shot manga collaboration released on Thursday
― The official website for the Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime revealed the promotional video for its Episode 0 on Thursday. The video features the song "Amazing Muscle" composed by Yasuharu Takanashi, f...
Our Dreams At Dusk's Yuhki Kamatani Launches Manga About Female WW2 Soviet Sniper
Manga adapting Tōma Aisaka's Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute novel launches on Hayacomic website on July 23
― Hayakawa Publishing announced on Wednesday that it will open a new manga website named Hayacomic on July 23. The site will launch with a manga adaptation of Tōma Aisaka's Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute (Shoot the Enemy, Comrade Women) novel by manga creator Yuhki Kamatani. The site will also launch wi...
Sheeply Horned Witch Romi Manga Ends
Volume 3 ships in November
― This year's 23rd issue of Kadokawa's Young Dragon Age magazine published the final chapter of Yōichi Abe's Sheeply Horned Witch Romi (Yōkaku no Majo Romi) manga on June 26. The magazine also revealed that the third and final compiled book volume will ship in November. Seven Seas publishes the series in English and describes the story: The world has changed: everyone has ...
Tokuma Shoten Launches New Digital Manga Label to Adapt Isekai Web Novels
Series update every Thursday
― Tokuma Shoten launched a new digital manga label Comic Unicorn, which focuses mainly on isekai novels, on June 27. The launch line-up consists of four series. Title: Yūsha no Haha Desu ga, Maō-Gun no Kanbu ni Narimashita (I'm the Mother of the Hero, but Became a Leader in the Demon King's Army)
Author(s): Ayumu Noyama
Plot: Miho lost her husband in an accident two years...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 30-July 6
Gurren Lagann The Movie –Childhood's End-/–The Lights in the Sky Are Stars- anime, Burst Angel manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the next week, and will be back in mid-July. Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 July 2 Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time Limited Edition...
Sachi Narashima's Cosmetic Playlover Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series on August 5
Sou Okuno, Yudai Toyoda star in series adaptation
― A website opened on Monday to reveal the live-action series adaptation of Sachi Narashima's Cosmetic Playlover manga, which will premiere on Fuji TV on August 5 at 26:55 JST (effectively, August 6 at 2:55 a.m. JST). The staff also revealed the series' main visual. The series will star Sou Okuno as Natsume Mamiya (right in visual above), and Yudai To...
Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Gets Stage Play in September
Stage play runs from September 11-16 in Tokyo
― This year's 30th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine revealed on June 26 that Negi Haruba's Go, Go, Loser Ranger! (Sentai Daishikkaku) manga will receive a stage play adaptation at the Theatre G-Rosso in Tokyo from September 11-16. The cast will include:
Yuya Tominaga as Combatant D
Shuji Kikuchi as Hibiki Sakurama
Marupi as Yumeko Suzukiri
Hayat...
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension Manga Ends on July 4
Manga returned from hiatus on May 16 for final arc
― This year's 30th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on Thursday that Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades manga will end in the magazine's 31st issue on July 4. The series went on hiatus in June 2023, and returned on May 16 for its final arc. The manga resumed from the previous hiatus in Ap...
Kaiju No. 8: B-Side Spinoff Manga Ends on July 12
Manga launched on January 5
― The 11th chapter of Kentarō Hidano and Keiji Andō's Kaiju No. 8: B-Side spinoff manga of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga revealed last Friday that the manga will end with its next chapter on July 12. The manga debuted in Japanese on Shonen Jump+ on January 5. Viz Media and Shueisha's Manga PLUS debuted the manga in English on January 4. The manga's first volume relea...
Sengoku Youko Anime Previews 2nd Part in Video, Reveals Stage Play Adaptation
Video reveals, previews "KATAWARA" opening song by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION, "Yoru no Sui" ending by Hiroki Nanami
― The staff for the television anime of Satoshi Mizukami's Sengoku Youko manga revealed the "story promotional video" of the anime's second part "Sen Ma Konton-hen" (Thousand Demons Chaos Arc) on Sunday. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song "KATAWARA" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDA...
My Hero Academia: You're Next Film's Moviegoers Get Manga Volume Bonus
Kōhei Horikoshi draws cover, original manga for volume
― The staff for My Hero Academia the Movie: You're Next (My Hero Academia: You're Next), the fourth anime film in the My Hero Academia franchise, revealed on X/Twitter on Saturday that theatergoers who watch the film will receive a "My Hero Academia Vol. Next" bonus manga volume. The manga volume is limited to 1.5 million copies. The volume featu...
Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective Manga Gets Stage Play
Show runs in Tokyo from November 1-4, in Osaka from November 9-10
― Shueisha announced on Sunday that Akira Amano's Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri) manga will be adapted into a stage play in Tokyo and Osaka in November. Yuta Kishimoto will play Ron Kamonohashi and Yutaka Nozaki will play Totomaru "Toto" Ishiki. DMM Stage is streaming comment videos from both star...
Fuuto PI Anime Gets Film Opening on November 8
Kenjiro Tsuda joins cast as Sōkichi Narumi
― Toei announced on Sunday that the FUUTO PI anime based on the Fūto Tantei manga is getting an anime film titled Fūto Tantei: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō (FUUTO PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull) that will screen for a limited time in Japanese theaters starting on November 8. The film will tell the story of the beginning of Kamen Rider W. Kenjiro Tsuda is jo...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 23-29
Oshi no Ko, The First Slam Dunk, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc anime; Kaina of the Great Snow Sea manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 25 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc Limited Edition BDCite Aniplex of America US$169...
Manga UP! Global Launches The Otaku Love Connection Manga in English
Chiyu Amairo's manga launched on Twitter in June 2022
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global added Chiyu Amairo's The Otaku Love Connection (Otaku mo Koi mo Rensa Suru) manga in English on Saturday. Amairo launched the manga on Twitter in June 2022. Square Enix's Gangan pixiv published it from April 2023 onwards. Manga Up! describes its story:
"The girl sitting next to me, Kakoi Yuzuru, has the cutest face...
Dead By Daylight Video Game Gets Manga Anthology
Dead by Daylight Fan Comic Anthology ships on June 28
― Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Alive magazine revealed on X/Twitter on June 21 that Behaviour Interactive's Dead by Daylight game will get a manga titled Dead by Daylight Fan Comic Anthology, which publishes on June 28. Teru illustrates the cover for the book volume. The first edition of the anthology will include a serial code for a redeemable in-gam...
Mizuki Tsujimura's Goman to Zenryō Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Manga author Kaori Tsurutani launched novel's manga adaptation on June 20
― Manga author Kaori Tsurutani (BL Metamorphosis) launched the manga adaptation of Mizuki Tsujimura's Gōman to Zenryō (Arrogance and Virtue) novel on Asahi Shimbun Publications' Shōsetsu TRIPPER literary magazine's website web TRIPPER on June 20. The manga launched with three chapters available, and new chapters will be updated...
Seven Seas Announces 2 Audiobooks, Licenses Guilty Smile, Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent Manga, 4 More Titles
Also announced: Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover?, Play Me Softly, Rozen Maiden Collector's Edition
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Shigeru Haijima's Only I Know the World Is Ending and Getting Killed by Rampaging Beasts Only Makes Me Stronger, MAMITA's Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover?, Kou Unazuki's Guilty Smile, Naruki's Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent, Kakeru Tsukin...
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