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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga Goes on 1-Month Hiatus
This year's 16th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga will go on hiatus until the magazine's 21st issue in mid-April. Viz Media has licensed the manga, and it describes the story: The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living...
Chainsaw Man, Dragon Ball Super, More Manga Rank on NYT March Bestseller List
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. Chainsaw Man volume 14 ranked at #3, Dragon Ball Super volume 20 at #10, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #11. The 13th volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #9 on February's list....
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, More Manga Rank on NYT February Bestseller List
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early February. Chainsaw Man volume 13 ranked at #9, Kaiju No. 8 volume 9 at #12, Jujutsu Kaisen volume 21 at #13, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #14. The eighth volume of C...
My Hero Academia Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health
― The official Twitter account for Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga revealed on Saturday that the manga will not have a new chapter in this year's 11th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine as originally planned on Tuesday due to the author's "sudden illness." The manga is planned to return in the 12th issue of the manga on February 19. Horikoshi launched the manga series in Weekly...
Space Brothers Author: Anime Planned to Continue After Manga Ends
― Manga creator Chūya Koyama revealed during his appearance on the Odoru! Sanma Goten show on Tuesday that the anime adaptation of his Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai) manga is planned to continue after the manga ends. He explained during the program that the previous anime had caught up with the manga at the time. Koyama previously revealed in January 2022 that he planned to start the final arc of the ...
Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia Manga Rank on NYT January Bestseller List
Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man and Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early January. Chainsaw Man volume 13 ranked at #5 and My Hero Academia volume 36 at #11, respectively. The 21st volume of Jujutsu Kaisen ranked at #5 in December's list. That month, the 104th volume of One Piece ranked at #7, the 12...
Overwatch 2 Gets Manga 1-Shot About Kiriko
― Sugimitsu launched a manga one-shot based on Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch 2 first-person shooter game titled Overwatch 2 -Kanezaka no Moribito- (Overwatch 2 -Protector of Kanezaka-) on Shogakukan's Coro Coro Online website on December 22. The manga centers on the character Kiriko, as she protects her hometown of Kanezaka. Overwatch 2 debuted as an early access game in October 2022, and fully...
Digimon Trading Card Game Gets Digimon Liberator Webcomic Adaptation in Spring 2024
― Bandai Card Game's YouTube channel revealed on Saturday the Digimon trading card game based on the franchise is getting a webcomic in spring 2024 titled Digimon Liberator. The next update about the webcomic will be in January. Bandai also launched a website teasing the new project. Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning, the second film in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime, opened in Japan on October 27 ...
Promised Neverland Writer Kaiu Shirai Pens New 1-Shot Manga With Shiki Hamada
― The fourth and fifth combined 2024 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the magazine will release a new one-shot for storywriter Kaiu Shirai (The Promised Neverland) and artist Shiki Hamada (Buster Sweet) in the magazine's combined sixth and seventh issue on January 6 (a Saturday). The 47-page manga titled "Kubigeshō" will have a center color page. The manga will...
Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, One Piece, Spy x Family Manga Rank on NYT December Bestseller List
― Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, Eiichiro Oda's One Piece, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, and Tatsuya Endō's SPY x FAMILY manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early December. The manga on this month's list includes: #5: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 21
#7: Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 104
#10: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volu...
Black Clover Manga Resumes on December 25
― The first 2024 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine confirmed on Monday that Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga will continue serialization in the winter issue of Jump Giga, which goes on sale on December 25. Shueisha published the last Shonen Jump chapter in the 38th issue in August, announcing at the time that the manga will move to Jump Giga. Shueisha publishes four issues of Jump Gig...
Crayon Shin-chan Manga Tops 148 Million Copies in Circulation Globally
The news website Lasisa reported on November 13 that the Crayon Shin-chan manga franchise has over 148 million copies in circulation (but not all sold) worldwide. Lasisa does not indicate if that number includes digital copies. Yoshito Usui launched the original Crayon Shin-chan manga in Futabasha's Manga Action magazine in 1990. Usui passed away on September 11, 2009. The manga inspired a long-ru...
Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, 2 More Manga Rank on NYT November Bestseller List
Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Tatsuya Endō's SPY x FAMILY, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, and Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early November. The manga on this month's list includes: #1: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 12
#6: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 10
#9: Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No....
Deadman Wonderland Duo Work on New Manga
Manga creator Jinsei Kataoka announced on Sunday on X (formerly Twitter) that they and Kazuma Kondou are currently preparing for a new manga series. Kataoka did not reveal any other details for the new manga. The duo recently ended their Retropolis SCratch manga (image right) on September 8. The duo launched the manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in July 2022. Kodansha published the thir...
Akira Manga Creator Katsuhiro Otomo Teases New Manga Again
Akira manga creator Katsuhiro Otomo and his staff hinted again at a new manga on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. He shared a photo of the prophetic character Kiyoko drawn on a whiteboard with the text, "I had a dream Otomo-sensei drew a new manga." The photo was tweeted with the sentence, "Kiyoko's prophetic dream will become reality." キヨコの予知夢は現実になります。 pic.twitter.com/O3eT1jO0J4— 大友全集 (@otomo_zen...
Akissa Saiké Gives Update on Ghost Reaper Girl Manga Hiatus
Latest manga from author of Rosario + Vampire launched in July 2020
― Akissa Saiké revealed on Twitter on Monday that he intends to resume his Ghost Reaper Girl manga from its hiatus in the near future. The artist is still recovering his physical condition, which he clarifies later as depression. https://twitter.com/GRG_RV_official/status/1711324385934803004(@GRG_RV_official)October 9 Shueisha first ...
My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragon Ball Super Rank on NYT October Bestseller List
Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia, Toyotarō and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Super, and two volumes of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early October. My Hero Academia volume 35 ranked at #3, Dragon Ball Super volume 19 ranked at #11, Jujutsu Kaisen volume 20 and volume 1 ranked at #9 and #14, respective...
AlphaPolis' Alpha Manga App Now Available in European Region
― AlphaPolis Co., Ltd. announced on Twitter on Monday that its Alpha Manga app service is now available in the European region on iOS and Android. AlphaPolis launched Alpha Manga, a new manga comic app service for iOS and Android devices, for "English-speaking users (excluding Europe)" in July 2021. The service offers English versions of AlphaPolis' manga series. The service launched with 30 manga, ...
Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis Manga Has to 2 More Chapters Left to Draft
― Hideki Tsuji reported on X/Twitter on Saturday that he has now completed the draft layouts for the remaining Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis (Sōten no Ken: Re:Genesis) manga chapters except for the final two chapters. Tsuji's post does not necessarily mean that the manga has two chapters remaining to publish, as Tsuji may be starting the draft layouts for the last chapters well in advance. For ex...
'Welcome Back, Alice' Author Shūzō Oshimi Plans New Manga
― This year's 19th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine revealed on September 8 that manga author Shūzō Oshimi's next manga is currently in the planning stage. The magazine did not reveal other details about the new manga. Oshimi recently ended his Welcome Back, Alice (Okaeri Alice) manga (image right) on August 9. The manga launched in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in April 2020....
Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Ranks on NYT September Bestseller List
― Two volumes of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early September. Jujutsu Kaisen volume 20 ranked at #3 and Jujutsu Kaisen volume 0 ranked at #15 on the list. The 103rd volume of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece ranked at #4 in August. That month, the seventh volume of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 ranked at #11, t...
One Piece, Kaiju No. 8, 3 More Manga Rank on NYT August Bestseller List
― Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga, Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba manga, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye, Eri manga, and Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early August. The manga on this month's list includes: #4: Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 103
#11: Naoya M...
The Promised Neverland Manga Reaches Over 42 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
The official Twitter account of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's The Promised Neverland manga announced on Tuesday that the manga has over 42 million copies in circulation worldwide. The manga also celebrated its seventh anniversary on Tuesday and posted a commemorative illustration: 「約束のネバーランド」本日で連載開始より7周年を迎えました！世界累計4200万部超改めて世界中の皆さまと出会えたこの７年に心より感謝です。漫画、アニメ、実写映画はもちろん制作進行中の海外ドラマ版もぜひ楽しみにお待ちください🦉✨#約ネ...
Yoshinobu Yamada's Satanophany Manga Moves Serialization Online
This year's 34th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine announced on Monday that Yoshinobu Yamada's Satanophany manga will move to Kodansha's Yanmaga Web website, starting on September 6. The website will publish new chapters every Wednesday. Yamada stated that he plans to "continue the story for the time being." The manga recently went on hiatus in March, and returned on April 24. The manga en...
Yuu Watase Has 2 More Arata: The Legend Manga Chapters Left to Draft
― Manga creator Yuu Watase reported on her Twitter account on Monday that she has only two chapters left to draft layouts for her Arata: The Legend (Arata Kangatari) manga. Watase's post does not necessarily mean that the manga has two chapters remaining to publish, as Watase may be starting the draft layouts for the last chapters well in advance. For example, Hajime Isayama was already drafting the...
Dragon Ball Super, 'Goodbye, Eri,' Demon Slayer Rank on NYT July Bestseller List
Toyotarō and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Super manga, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye, Eri, and Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early July. The 18th volume of Dragon Ball Super ranked at #7, Goodbye, Eri ranked at #8, and the first volume of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba ranked at #10 on ...
Norifusa Mita's Archimedes no Taisen Manga Moves Online to Kodansha's Yanmaga Web
― This year's 31st issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine announced on Monday that Norifusa Mita's Archimedes no Taisen (The Great War of Archimedes) manga will move to Kodansha's Yanmaga Web website starting on July 6, and will publish new chapters every Thursday. Mita (Investor Z, Dragon Zakura) launched the manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in November 2015. Kazunobu Gotō supervises th...
My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer Rank on NYT June Bestseller List
Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga and Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early June. The 34th volume of My Hero Academia ranked at #2 and the first volume of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba ranked at #12 on the list. The 102nd volume of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece ranked at #7 in May. ...
Satoru Noda Debuts New Ice Hockey Sports Manga on July 27
This year's 27th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that Satoru Noda's new ice hockey sports manga will debut in the magazine's 35th issue on July 27. The magazine had previously revealed that Noda was relaunching his Supinamarada! ice hockey sports manga (pictured right), and the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper had reported that it would debut in spring 2023. Although ...
Kodansha's K Manga Service Launches for Browsers
― Kodansha Ltd. announced on Wednesday that its has launched its K MANGA service for browsers. The K MANGA service launched as an app for iOS and Android on May 10 with approximately 400 titles including 60 simulpub titles. The first few chapters of most titles are available for free. It uses a Ticket- and Point-based system. The new service includes more than 30 manga that previously had no English...
One Piece, Kaiju No. 8, Spy x Family Rank on NYT May Bestseller List
― Three manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early May. The manga on this month's list includes: #7: Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 102
#8: Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 volume 6
#13: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 9 The ninth volume of Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family ranked at #3 in April. That month, the 19th volume of Gege Akutam...
The Ancient Magus' Bride: Wizard's Blue Spinoff Manga Enters Climax
The eighth compiled book volume of author Makoto Sanda and illustrator Isuo Tsukumo's The Ancient Magus' Bride: Wizard's Blue (Mahō Tsukai no Yome Shihen.108: Majutsushi no Ao), a spinoff manga of Kore Yamazaki The Ancient Magus' Bride, revealed in March that the manga is entering the climax. The manga's ninth volume is scheduled to ship in September. Seven Seas licensed the manga, and it describe...
Spy x Family, Jujutsu Kaisen, More Rank on NYT April Bestseller List
― Five manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early April. The manga on this month's list includes: #3: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 9
#6: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 19
#9: Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 33
#12: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#15: Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba vo...
Yuu Watase's Arata: The Legend Manga Enters Last Arc
― Yuu Watase's Arata: The Legend (Arata Kangatari) manga revealed on Wednesday that the manga is entering its last arc. The manga returned from a six-year hiatus in Weekly Shonen Sunday in May 2021. The manga went on hiatus in 2015. The manga transfered to Shogakukan's Sunday Webry (Sunday Web Every) website in May 2022. Watase had said on Twitter in December 2020 that she was able to solidify the r...
One Piece Manga Gets Its 1st Ice Show This Summer
The official website for Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga announced on Monday that the manga is inspiring its first ever ice show, One Piece on Ice, this summer. The announcement did not reveal any further details. Oda began serializing the One Piece manga in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 19, 1997. The manga centers on Monkey D. Luffy, an aspiring pirate who, like many other pirates, dream of claiming ...
My Hero Academia, Chainsaw Man, More Rank on NYT March Bestseller List
― Five manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. The manga on this month's list includes: #3: Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 33
#6: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#9: Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba volume 1
#12: Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling volume 7
#14: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Fa...
Exclusive: Dark Horse Reveals Cover, Release Date for Gou Tanabe's H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth Manga
― Dark Horse revealed on Friday the cover design of the single omnibus volume of Gou Tanabe's manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Innsmouth no Kage) story. The manga's single omnibus volume will release in the U.S. on November 15 in comic shops, on November 24 in bookstores, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The manga includes 12 pages in fu...
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, Jujutsu Kaisen Rank on NYT February Bestseller List
― Six manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early February. The manga on this month's list includes: #5: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#9: Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 volume 5
#10: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 2
#12: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 1
#13: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 3
#15: Gege Aku...
Witch Watch Manga Gets Collaboration Chapter With Sket Dance
― This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Kenta Shinohara's Witch Watch manga will have a collaboration chapter with Shinohara's Sket Dance manga in the magazine's 10th issue on February 6. The chapter will have an opening color page, and Witch Watch will be featured on the cover of the magazine's 10th issue. Viz Media and MANGA Plus are both publish...
Detective Conan Manga Has 270 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
― The Japanese entertainment news website Real Sound reported on Thursday that Gosho Aoyama's Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan) manga has 270 million copies in circulation worldwide (including copies not sold). The manga's 102nd compiled book volume shipped in Japan on September 15. The manga passed 250 million copies in circulation worldwide in October 2021, at the same time that the manga's 100th ...
Crunchyroll Adds Kaina of the Great Snow Sea Manga
― Crunchyroll added the manga version of Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (Ōyukiumi no Kaina), the new television anime project from BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia collaborators Tsutomu Nihei and Polygon Pictures, on Thursday. The manga version of the story launched in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in February 2022. Nihei is credited with the original story, and Itoe Takemoto (The Beast Player...
Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, Jujutsu Kaisen Rank on NYT January Bestseller List
Four manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early January. The manga on this month's list includes: #3: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#11: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 1
#12: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 18
#14: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 2 The first volume of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man ranke...
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Manga's Final Volume Slated for Fall 2023 (Updated)
― Update: The February 2023 issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine announced on December 28 that while CLAMP had stated in October that the manga would end in its 14th volume, it will now instead end in its 15th volume. The 14th volume will release on March 31, 2023, and the 15th and final volume will release on October 13, 2023. ANN's original article from October 2022 is below. The official Twitte...
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Tops 22 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
― Shueisha revealed on Monday that Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai) manga has surpassed 22 million copies in circulation (not copies sold) worldwide. The manga released its 28th and final compiled book volume on Monday, along with the manga's "last" official fanbook. Akasaka launched the manga in in Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine in May 2015 but moved it to Young...
Viz Media Raises Shonen Jump Service's Subscription Price to US$2.99
Viz Media announced on Tuesday that the monthly subscription price for its English Shonen Jump service will increase from US$1.99 to US$2.99 beginning in January 2023. The service will also no longer support website subscription payments through Paypal beginning on January 17. Viz launched its Shonen Jump service in December 2018, which offers simultaneous publishing of serialized manga from Shuei...
Space Brothers Manga is in Final Stage With Ending Planned 'Soon'
― The official newsletter for Chūya Koyama's Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai) manga revealed on Tuesday that the manga is now in its final stage, with the ending planned soon. Koyama previously revealed in January that he plans to start the final arc of the manga this year. Koyama had stated in December 2017 that the manga was headed toward its "last spurt." "I don't know how many years [the manga] will...
Chainsaw Man, Shuna's Journey Rank on NYT December Bestseller List
Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga and Hayao Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early December. The manga volumes on this month's list include: #4: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#8: Hayao Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey
#10: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 2
#11: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man ...
Golden Kamuy's Satoru Noda Relaunches Supinamarada! Ice Hockey Manga in Spring 2023
― The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper reported on November 11 that Satoru Noda (Golden Kamuy) will relaunch his Supinamarada! ice hockey sports manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in spring 2023. The manga is set in Tomakomai in Hokkaido, and centers on top ice skater and Olympic hopeful Rō Shirakawa. When a sudden death in the family dashes his Olympic dreams, he meets the Genma brothers, a p...
My Hero Academia, Chainsaw Man Rank on NYT November Bestseller List
Seven manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early November. The manga on this month's list includes: #2: Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 32
#4: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#8: Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 volume 4
#9: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 2
#10: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 8
#11: Tats...
Marimo Ragawa, Narise Konohara's The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Manga Moves to Melody
― The December issue of Hakusensha's Melody magazine revealed on Friday that Narise Konohara and Marimo Ragawa will move their The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions (Kyūketsuki to Yukai na Nakamatachi) manga to Melody starting with the magazine's next issue on December 26. Hakusensha had stated in March that Ragawa would launch a new manga in the magazine as part of the magazine's 25th anniversary...
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Ends on November 2
This year's 48th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine confirmed on Thursday that Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga will end in the magazine's next issue on November 2. The series will also be on the magazine's cover. The magazine will include a 12-page booklet to commemorate the series' completion. The manga entered its final arc in October 2021. Akasaka began the series in Shueisha'...
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Manga Debuts on October 29
― The manga adaptation of writer Sunsunsun and artist Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) light novel series will debut on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app on October 29. Saho Tenamachi (Shōsetsu no Kami-sama; Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi) is drawing the manga. Yen Press is releasing the novels in English. It first announced the...
Spy×Family, Chainsaw Man Rank on NYT October Bestseller List
Four manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early October. The manga on this month's list includes: #2: Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family volume 8
#10: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#13: Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family volume 2
#15: Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family volume 1 The fifth volume of Chugong and DUBU 's Solo Leveling Korean webcomic ...
Kenjiro Hata's Manga Exceeds 25 Million Copies in Circulation
The 21st compiled book volume of Kenjirō Hata's Fly Me to the Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) manga revealed on September 15 that the entirety of Hata's manga works have 25 million copies in circulation. Fly Me to the Moon is Hata's most recent manga. Hata launched the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in February 2018. Viz Media publishes the manga in English, and it released the 12th co...
Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy×Family, More Rank on NYT September Bestseller List
― Seven manga volumes ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early September. The manga on this month's list includes: #1: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 17
#7: Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family volume 2
#8: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#12: Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 100
#13: Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super volume 16
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My Hero Academia, Spy×Family, More Rank on NYT August Bestseller List
Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga, Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family manga, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga, Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba manga, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, and Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early August. The 31st volume of My Hero Academia ranked at #5...
Chainsaw Man, Spy×Family, More Rank on NYT June Bestseller List
Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family manga, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba manga, and Fujita 's Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early July. The 11th volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #2. The first volume of Spy×Family ran...
Dark Horse to Reprint Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Manga
― Dark Horse confirmed at its panel at Anime Expo on Sunday that it will be reprinting TAGRO's Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt manga in English. Dark Horse previously released the one-volume manga in 2015. Dark Horse also stated it will be reprinting the "manga editions" of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's Lone Wolf and Cub manga. The 13-episode Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt anime originally aire...
Spy×Family, Death Note Short Stories Rank on NYT June Bestseller List
― Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family manga and Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note Short Stories manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early June. The first volume of Spy×Family ranked at #4 and Death Note Short Stories ranked #12. Yen Press' fourth volume release of Chugong and DUBU's Solo Leveling Korean webcomic ranked at #15 on the list. T...
Naoki Urasawa's Printed Manga Have 140 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
― Kadokawa's Dengeki Online website reported on Tuesday that manga creator Naoki Urasawa's manga has 140 million copies in print circulation worldwide. The statement noted that the number is specifically for print copies of Urasawa's manga. Urasawa has been drawing manga since 1981. Viz Media has published Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, 21st Century Boys, Monster, and Pluto manga in English. Monster i...
Tesla Note Artist Kōta Sannomiya Draws Blue Lock Spinoff
The June issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine revealed on Monday that Kōta Sannomiya (Tesla Note) will draw the upcoming spinoff manga of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock soccer manga. The manga will launch in the magazine's July issue on June 9. The story will focus on Seishirō Nagi before he enters the titular Blue Lock facility.. Kodansha Comics is publishing the origina...
Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy×Family Rank on NYT May Bestseller List
Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, and Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early May. The 10th volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #2. The 15th volume of Jujutsu Kaisen ranked at #3. The seventh volume of Spy×Family ranked at #5, and its first volume ranked at #7. Jujutsu Kaisen Vo...
The 16th Japan International Manga Award Opens for Entries
― The official website of the Japan International Manga Award announced on Friday that the 16th competition is open for entries. Entries will be open until July 8. Artists and publications can enter both published and unpublished works in the competition, excluding ones that won any past Japan International Manga Awards. The entries must include a manga of more than 16 pages that the artist has prod...
Haikyu!! Manga's 10th Anniversary 1-Shot Debuts on April 25
― This year's 20th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Shueisha will release the previously announced new one-shot for Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! volleyball manga in the magazine's next issue on April 25. The 19-page one-shot will tell Hinata and others are up to in 2022. The chapter will have a center color page. The new one-shot is part of the 10th anniversar...
My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man Rank on NYT April Bestseller List
― Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga, Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, and Koyoharu Gotouge and Ryoji Hirano's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba--Stories of Water and Flame manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early April. The 30th volume of My Hero Academia ranked at #3. The ...
CLAMP Still Plans to Continue xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga
The May issue of Kadokawa's Da Vinci magazine published an interview with manga creator and artist circle CLAMP on Wednesday, in which CLAMP stated that the group is still planning to continue their xxxHOLiC: Rei manga, which is currently on hiatus. CLAMP added that while they cannot say when the manga will continue, they have always thought of xxxHOLiC as a work that exists "in the background" of...
Pokémon Manga Artist Momota Inoue Recruits Assistants for New Manga
Manga creator Momota Inoue (Pokémon the Movie manga) is recruiting assistants on the Ganmo manga artist and assistant matching service for a new manga on Shogakukan's new onilne publication "Shūkan Coro Coro Comics" ("Weekly Coro Coro Comics"). The series is scheduled to start in June. Work is slated to begin mid-April. Inoue is looking for assistants who can draw isekai and present day art. Inoue...
Tokyo Revengers Manga Takes 1-Week Break After Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19
― This year's 17th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers manga will not appear in the magazine's next issue, due to some difficulties in the manga's production after a staff member for the manga tested positive COVID-19. The manga will return in the magazine's 19th issue. Wakui launched the manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in Marc...
Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer Rank on NYT March Bestseller List
― Three volumes of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, one volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, one volume of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga, and Koyoharu Gotouge and Ryoji Hirano's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba--Stories of Water and Flame manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. The ninth volu...
Boichi Draws New One Piece 'Cover' Chapter Featuring Nami vs. Kalifa Fight
― The official Twitter account for Eiichiro Oda's One Piece franchise announced on Saturday that Boichi will draw another "cover" chapter of the manga, this time covering the fight between Nami and Kalifa. Shueisha will publish the manga in the 14th issue of the One Piece Magazine "mook" series (cover of issue at right) on April 5. Boichi previously drew a one-shot for One Piece in 2019 that "covere...
Kodansha Asks Fans to 'Look Forward to Atsushi Ohkubo's Next Work' in Final Chapter of Fire Force
This year's 13th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine published the final chapter of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga on Tuesday. On the final page of the manga, a note from the editorial department asked fans to "look forward to Atsushi Ohkubo's next work." Ohkubo had stated in May 2020 in the manga's 23rd volume, "the story is also in its final stage, and for me, I pla...
Manga Takes 10 of 15 Spots on NYT February Bestseller List for Graphic Novels, Manga
― Koyoharu Gotouge and Ryoji Hirano's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba--Stories of Water and Flame manga ranked at #2 on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early February. This month's list featured nine other manga volumes, including: #4 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 1
#5 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen 0
#7 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man vol...
Fairy Tale Battle Royale Manga Reaches its 'Final Curtain' in 5th Volume
― Amazon is listing that Soraho Ina's Fairy Tale Battle Royale (Otogibanashi Battle Royale) manga will reach its "final curtain" in the manga's fifth volume, which will ship on May 27. The listing does not definitively confirm if the manga will end in the fifth volume. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in 2017, and it describes the story:
Kuninaka Aoba, a mercilessly bullied ninth grader,...
Akiko Hatsu Launches New Manga in July (Updated)
― The March issue of Shogakukan's Flowers magazine revealed on January 28 that Akiko Hatsu will launch a new manga in the magazine's September issue on July 28. The manga will reveal more details on the manga in its August issue on June 28. The latest issue also published the final chapter of Hatsu's Furuginuya Monyōchō manga, which ran with an irregular serialization in Flowers since 2014. Shogakuk...
Horimiya's Daisuke Hagiwara Pens New 1-Shot in February
― The February issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine revealed on Wednesday that Daisuke Hagiwara will draw a new one-shot manga in the magazine's next issue on February 12. Hagiwara launched the Horimiya manga in Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine in 2011 as an adaptation of HERO's Hori-san to Miyamura-kun four-panel school comedy manga, and ended it in March 2021. HERO supervi...
Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, More Rank on NYT January Bestseller List
― The eighth volume of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, the 13th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen 0 manga, and the second volume of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early January. The eighth volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #8. The 13th volume ...
World Trigger Manga Takes 1-Month Break Due to Author's Health
― The official Twitter account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine revealed on Monday that Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga will not appear in the magazine's February issue on January 4, due to the author's poor health. The manga is slated to return in the March issue, which will ship on February 4. The manga also took breaks in the March, May, and November issues this year. Ashihara debuted the ...
Kuroko's Basketball's Tadatoshi Fujimaki Pens 1-Shot Manga in Shonen Jump on December 20
The second 2022 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko's Basketball, Robot × Laserbeam) will pen a new one-shot manga that Shueisha will publish in the combined third and fourth issue of the magazine on December 20. The "academy comedy action" manga is titled "Kiruaoharu," and it will have 51 pages with a color opening page. Fujimaki prev...
Shingo Honda's New Manga Reveals Title, Story
― The January issue of Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shonen Champion magazine began publishing Shingo Honda's new manga Psycho x Past: Ryōki Satsujin Sennyū Sōsa (Psycho x Past: Bizarre Murder Undercover Investigation) on Friday. The magazine's Twitter account posted an image from the new series on the same day. Akita Shoten had revealed in August that the new manga would launch in the January 2022 issue....
Mars, Cesare's Fuyumi Soryo Launches New Work 'Soon'
― This year's 52nd issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine revealed on Thursday that Fuyumi Soryo will launch a new work "soon." The same issue ended Soryo's CESARE - Il Creatore che ha distrutto historical manga on Thursday. The biographical work tells the story of Cesare Borgia. Motoaki Hara supervised the manga. Soryo launched the manga in Morning in 2005. The 13th and final volume will ship on Janu...
Final Fantasy XIV Game's Academia Eorzea Spinoff Manga Launches on December 24
Square Enix announced on Thursday that the Shiritsu Eorzea Gakuen (Academia Eorzea) spinoff manga of its Final Fantasy XIV game will launch on December 24 on the Manga UP! service. The manga will be updated every other Friday. Esora Amaichi is drawing the manga, under supervision from the "FFXIV Team." Square Enix stated that it is currently undetermined if the manga will release in other regions ...
Shonen Jump Dips Below 1.4 Million in Print Circulation
The Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA) has revealed that the print circulation of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine fell to 1,371,818 copies during the period of July to September 2021. The fall continues a steady decline in circulation the magazine has undergone in at least the last eight years, nearing about half of the January-March 2014 number of 2,715,834. Weekly Shonen Jump's ...
Manga Planet Adds 150+ Kodansha USA Titles to Service
― The Manga Planet manga subscription service announced on Wednesday that it is adding over 150 titles from Kodansha USA to its service this month. Titles include Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, Ace of the Diamond, Cells at Work!, Space Brothers, and Fire Force. The company posted a full list in its press release. Manga Planet launched in November 2019. The service costs US$6.99 per month and allows us...
Chainsaw Man, Attack on Titan, More Rank on NYT November Bestseller List
― The seventh volume of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, the 34th volume of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga, the 12th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, the first volume of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga, and the sixth volume of Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in...
Katsuhiro Otomo 'Complete Works' Project Delayed to Next January
― The official Twitter account for Kodansha's planned "Complete Works Project" for Katsuhiro Otomo's manga announced on Wednesday that the project has been delayed to a January 21 release. The project was previously scheduled to debut this year. The project will release Otomo's entire body of published work since his professional debut in 1971. Otomo began his career as a manga creator on such works...
Gaku Kuze's Torimania Manga Moves to Manga Park
― Hakusensha's Manga Park website and app announced that Gaku Kuze's (Life Lessons of Uramichi-Oniisan) Torimania manga will move from Square Enix's Gangan Online website to Manga Park and resume serialization there in early winter 2022. The manga debuted on Gangan Online in November 2015. The manga's fifth compiled book volume shipped in Japan in January 2019. The romantic comedy takes place in the...
Cyborg 009 Bgooparts Delete Manga Enters 'Final Battle'
― The December issue of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine revealed on Tuesday that Tsuguo Okazaki's Cyborg 009 Bgooparts Delete manga is entering its "final battle." Okazaki launched the manga in Champion Red in July 2019. Akita Shoten published the manga's third compiled book volume on July 19. Shotaro Ishinomori's classic Cyborg 009 manga inspired television anime series in 1968, 1979, and 2001...
'Special Project' for Saint Seiya Author Masami Kurumada to Appear in Champion Red on December 18 (Updated)
― The December issue of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine teased on Tuesday that the magazine will publish a "special project" by Masami Kurumada (Saint Seiya, pictured right) in the February 2022 issue, which will ship on December 18. The magazine teases the "shocking" project as a Christmas gift, and a "new frontier" for Kurumada. The magazine's January 2022 issue on November 19 will reveal mor...
My Hero Academia Manga Takes 1-Issue Break
― This year's 46th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga will not appear in the magazine's 47th issue on October 25, and will return in the 48th issue on November 1. The magazine did not give a reason for the break. The manga did not appear in this year's 41st issue in September due to Horikoshi's poor health. Horikoshi launc...
Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Takes 1-Issue Break
― The official Twitter account for Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine revealed on Saturday that a new chapter of Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte) manga will not appear in the magazine's November issue on October 22. The Twitter account did not give a reason for the break. Mochizuki (Pandora Hearts, Crimson-Shell) launched the manga in Gangan Joker in December 2015. Squar...
My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer Rank on NYT October Bestseller List
The first and 29th volumes of Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga and the first volume of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early October. The 29th volume of My Hero Academia ranked at #2, the first volume of My Hero Academia ranked at #6, and the first volume of Demon Slayer: Kimet...
Hitsuji Yamada's The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today Manga Gets Magazine Serialization
― The November issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Saturday that Hitsuji Yamada's The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (Dekiru Neko wa Kyō mo Yūutsu) manga will begin serializing in the magazine beginning in the next issue on October 26. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, and it describes the story: When Saku took in a stray black cat, she never expected th...
World Trigger Manga Takes 1-Month Break Due to Author's Health
― The official Twitter account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine revealed on Monday that Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga will not appear in the magazine's November issue on October 4, due to the author's "sudden illness." The Twitter account posted a letter from Ashihara where he stated that his head/neck specifically is what is in poor health right now. The manga will still appear on the cove...
My Hero Academia Manga Takes 1-Issue Break Due to Author's Health
― The official Twitter account for Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga revealed on Friday that the manga will not appear in this year's 41st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday as previously planned, due to Horikoshi's poor health. The manga will return in the magazine's 42nd issue on September 18 (Monday, September 20 is a holiday in Japan). Horikoshi launched the manga s...
Saki Manga Takes 4-Issue Break, Returns in November
― This year's 18th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine revealed on Friday that Ritz Kobayashi's Saki manga will go on hiatus and will return in the 23rd issue on November 19. The magazine also revealed that the manga's 22nd volume will go on sale on November 25. Kobayashi launched the manga in the Young Gangan magazine in 2006, and Square Enix published the 21st compiled volume on January 2...
Black Clover Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Poor Health
― This year's 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine did not publish a new chapter of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga on Monday as previously planned, due to Tabata's poor health. The magazine stated the manga will return in the 41st issue on September 13. Tabata launched Black Clover in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015. The manga's 29th volume shipped on July 2. Viz Media is publi...
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