General Manga News & Discussion

###Tokyopop to Release 2-Part Beauty and the Beast Manga
posted on 2016-07-24 03:15 EDT
Manga with original art from Japan adapts live-action film version set to debut on March 17

###Viz Media Joins Comic Book Legal Defense Fund as Corporate Member
posted on 2016-07-24 13:15 EDT by Eric Stimson
Also publishes guide to creating manga book clubs

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/24/the-curtain-closes-on-the-idolmster-cinderella-girls-manga
July 24, 2016 3:35pm CDT
Comic adaptation in “Monthly Comic Rex” will be discontinued due to the artist’s failing health

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/24-1/genshiken-second-season-manga-ending-scheduled
July 24, 2016 8:05pm CDT
Series wraps up in “Afternoon” August 25th

###Kyo Kara Maoh! Fantasy Manga Ends
posted on 2016-07-25 08:00 EDT
21st volume ships on October 26; manga side story set after main story debuts this fall

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/25-1/lord-bison-demands-that-you-read-high-score-girl-manga
July 25, 2016 9:04am CDT
Manga about adolescent fighting-game players in the early '90s returns

###Viz Media to Preview The Promised Neverland Manga in Shonen Jump
posted on 2016-07-25 14:00 EDT
Manga launches same day in Japan

###Best and Worst Manga of 2016 Results - Comic-Con International
posted on 2016-07-25 18:20 EDT by Amanda Ellard
Panelists also list most anticipated new releases

###Titan Comics Licenses Assassin’s Creed 4 Manga by Welcome to the N.H.K.'s Oiwa
posted on 2016-07-26 01:05 EDT
Manga launched in 2013, ended in 2014 with 2 volumes

###Vice & Luna #7
Jul 26th 2016

###Eiichiro Oda Knows What the Final One Piece Panel Will Be
posted on 2016-07-26 13:20 EDT by Karen Ressler
“It’s very cool”

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/26-1/manga-illustrator-fuzichoco-shows-off-skills-in-wacom-drawing-demo
July 26, 2016 3:00pm CDT
Artist’s previous work includes “R.O.D. Rehabilitation” manga and more

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/26-1/big-order-and-tokyo-esp-manga-ending
July 26, 2016 3:53pm CDT
Big Order gets an epilogue chapter next month

###Fairy Tail Manga Gets 10th Anniversary Art Exhibit in September
posted on 2016-07-27 01:30 EDT
Exhibit to feature art from entire manga, life-size figures, exclusive merchandise

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/27-1/nisekoi-and-bleach-to-both-end-in-august-shonen-jump-double-issue
July 27, 2016 7:59am CDT
Both will wrap up with color pages in final chapters

###Billy Bat Manga to End in 3 More Chapters
posted on 2016-07-27 11:00 EDT
2nd half of Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki manga’s final arc began in June

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/27/kaiohsha-brings-modern-classics-to-life-with-famous-voice-actors
July 27, 2016 4:12pm CDT
Audio book adaptations feature the voices of Mamoru Miyano, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, YĆ«ki Kaji, and Nobuhiko Okamoto

###Bishonen Idol Magazine Includes Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor Characters
posted on 2016-07-27 18:00 EDT by Amanda Whalen
Gag idol group featured alongside B-Project, Tsukiuta, The Idolmaster SideM, more

###Akumu no Sumu Ie: Ghost Hunt, Oyasumi Jack the Ripper Manga End
posted on 2016-07-28 05:30 EDT
Ghost Hunt sequel series ended on Thursday; Oyasumi Jack the Ripper to end on August 27

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/28/soredemo-machi-wa-mawatteiru-manga-encodes-secret-message-about-impending-end
July 28, 2016 12:24pm CDT
The manga is on Crunchyroll and the 2010 anime was released by Sentai Filmworks under translated title "And Yet the Town Moves’

###Yen Press Licenses Spirits & Cat Ears, A Kiss and White Lily for Her Manga
posted on 2016-07-28 16:01 EDT
2 series slated for February 2017

###Review: Liselotte & Witch’s Forest (GN 1)
Jul 28th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/28-1/hisashi-kagawa-toei-animation-precure-works-becomes-online-bookstores-best-seller
July 29, 2016 1:56am CDT
5th illustration book by the PreCure character designers

###And Yet the Town Moves Manga Hints at Possible Ending in 4 Chapters
posted on 2016-07-29 09:15 EDT

###Bleach Manga Enters ‘Climax’ In 2 Chapters
posted on 2016-07-29 10:30 EDT
(this article has the correct publishing date)

###Nisekoi Romantic Comedy Manga Reaches ‘Climax’ Chapter
posted on 2016-07-29 11:45 EDT
(this article has the correct publishing date)

###Shiramine’s Tales of Zestiria Manga Ends
posted on 2016-07-29 22:00 EDT
Adaptation of video game debuted in January 2015

###Hatenkƍ YĆ«gi Manga Goes on Hiatus Until November
posted on 2016-07-29 23:00 EDT
Fantasy by Maria Holic’s Endo went on 15-month hiatus in 2012-2013

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/30/nyantype-bishoujo-magazine-goes-bimonthly
July 30, 2016 10:15am CDT
The magazine from “Newtype” publisher Kadokawa Shoten has anime articles and manga spin-offs, but is best known for its cute girl pin-ups

###Review: The Asterisk War (GN 1)
Jul 30th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

###New Shonen Jump Rookie Contest Has Gag Manga Artist Kyosuke Usuta as Judge
posted on 2016-07-31 16:00 EDT by Eric Stimson
Usuta: “You don’t have to do a gag manga
 [but] maybe it’s better”

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/31-1/critics-and-experts-pick-the-best-and-worst-manga-of-2016
July 31, 2016 6:30pm CDT
As in recent years, at San Diego Comic Con last weekend, a group of the comic/manga scene thought leaders named their picks for the best and worst of manga for 2016

###Peach Girl Manga Gets Peach Girl Next Sequel Starting on August 12
posted on 2016-08-01 02:45 EDT
New manga takes place 10 years after original manga’s ending

###ICv2 Releases List of Top 10 Manga Franchises in Spring 2016
posted on 2016-08-01 08:15 EDT
Naruto, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan manga top list

###Viz Media to Preview Love Rush!, Red Sprite Manga in Shonen Jump
posted on 2016-08-01 15:30 EDT
New manga series premiere in Japan this month

###Final Issue of ROLA Fashion Magazine Features Ai Yazawa Cover
posted on 2016-08-01 21:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###Vice & Luna #8
Aug 2nd 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/02-1/attack-on-titan-prepares-for-cimax-in-volume-20-manga-preview
August 02, 2016 4:15pm CDT
After a lot of material with conspiracies and secret histories, series has gotten back to the terrifying basics of battling titans to defend and retake the walls

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/02/flowers-of-evil-manga-author-joins-twitter
August 02, 2016 11:40pm EDT
This week, social media welcomed another manga luminary

###Kodansha’s Magazine Special to Cease Publication in January
posted on 2016-08-03 04:19 EDT
Magazine serialized Suteki Tantei Labyrinth, Pastel, School Rumble Z

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/03-1/shonen-jump-plans-include-color-page-and-bleach-announcement-myjumpjp-offering
August 03, 2016 7:07am CDT
Next week, the Japanese edition of “Shonen Jump” features a 36/37 double issue with the conclusion of “Nisekoi” and “Bleach”
 being cagey

###ANN Interview: Okayado, The Father of Monster Musume
by Deb Aoki, Aug 3rd 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/03/magazine-special-ends-publication-with-february-2017-issue
August 03, 2016 6:35pm CDT
Monthly manga magazine published by Kodansha began serialization in 1983

###Shonen Jump Holds 1st “Heroine Auditions” Among Female Readers
posted on 2016-08-03 22:45 EDT by Amanda Whalen

###Bleach Manga to End on August 22 With ‘Important Announcement’
posted on 2016-08-04 01:30 EDT
Manga launched in 2001, inspired TV anime, films, video games, rock musicals

###Nisekoi Manga Ends on Monday As Creator Plans New Manga in October
posted on 2016-08-04 02:05 EDT
Naoshi Komi’s series launched in 2011 after 1-shot story & inspired 2 television anime in 2014, 2015

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/04-1/media-adaptation-project-of-nanamaru-sanbatsu-high-school-quiz-competition-manga-in-development
August 04, 2016 3:45am EDT
Newest 12th tankobon volume hits Japanese stores today

###Magi Manga Is Halfway Through Final Arc
posted on 2016-08-04 11:55 EDT
Fantasy manga entered final arc last October

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/04/sui-ishida-recreates-tokyo-ghoul-opening-for-japanese-fashion-magazine
August 04, 2016 12:18pm CDT
October 2016 issue of “Men’s Non-no” will include 42 page reboot with new, full-color artwork

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/04-1/viz-to-reprint-classic-super-mario-adventures-manga
August 04, 2016 5:11pm CDT
Full-color comics return in graphic novel form on October 12

###Review: Re:ZERO (Novel 1)
Aug 4th 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/04-1/keroppi-stars-as-a-gutsy-frog-in-dokonj-gaeru-sequel
August 04, 2016 9:55pm CDT
Sanrio teams up with the daughter of original author to create “Dokonjƍ!! Kero Kero Keroppi” manga

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/04-1/crunchyroll-adds-the-grim-reaper-and-an-argent-cavalier-and-sukedachi-manga
August 04, 2016 11:05pm CDT
Also added: Gugure Kokkuri-san and the second volume of Nanbka!!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/05/the-disappearance-of-nagato-yuki-chan-manga-ends-its-7-year-serialization
Final 10th tankobon volume is scheduled to be released in February 2017
August 05, 2016 3:55am EDT / by Mikikazu Komatsu

###ANNCast Interview: Seven Seas Entertainment
by Zac Bertschy, Aug 5th 2016

###Exclusive: Seven Seas Licenses The High School Life of a Fudanshi Manga
posted on 2016-08-05 12:01 EDT
Anime adaptation currently airing in Japan, streaming on Crunchyroll

###Amazon Brings Kindle Unlimited E-Book Service to Japan
posted on 2016-08-06 15:20 EDT
Service offers 120,000 Japanese titles

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/06/next-phase-of-sword-art-online-story-teased
August 06, 2016 6:25pm CDT
Volume 18 wraps up Alicization on August 10th

###Review: Black Clover (GN 1 & 2)
Aug 6th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/06-1/hefty-comedians-pay-tribute-to-classic-wrestling-manga-kinnikuman-with-bondage-photoshoot
August 07, 2016 1:15am CDT
Shoot ran in Japanese “Weekly Playboy,” home of “Ultimate Muscle”

###Blood Lad Vampire Comedy Manga Ends in September
posted on 2016-08-07 01:20 EDT
Manga inspired TV anime in 2013; Yen Press publishes manga in N. America

###Rensuke Oshikiri Launches Gyanprin Manga About Gambling Girls
posted on 2016-08-07 10:00 EDT
Oshikiri recently resumed Hi Score Girl manga after 2-year hiatus due to controversy

###New Age 12 Manga Launches in Ciao Magazine
posted on 2016-08-07 12:00 EDT
Chitose Yagami, Shio Ebina also launch new series

###‘MyJump’ Customizable Manga Subscription App Launches, Video Previews Streamed
posted on 2016-08-07 13:00 EDT
Users can read a selection from 200+ titles from Shonen Jump’s history

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/07-1/get-a-look-at-protagonist-of-spice-and-wolf-follow-up-novel
August 07, 2016 5:40pm EDT
There’s plenty planned this fall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Isuna Hasekura and JĆ« Ayakura’s light novel series

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/07/new-prison-school-spin-off-manga-and-figure-spotlight-vice-president-warning-nsfw-ish
August 07, 2016 10:02pm CDT
The new September issue of Young Magazine Third, out this weekend, has launched a spin-off of Akira Hiramoto’s manga

Pokémon Sun & Moon Games Get Manga in September

posted on 2016-08-08 14:10 EDT
Manga about boy and his Rockruff launches ahead of games’ November 23 release date

IDOLiSH 7 Project Gets 2nd Manga by Arina Tanemura

posted on 2016-08-08 19:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

Soccer Star Shinji Kagawa Juggles with Luffy from “One Piece”

August 08, 2016 7:42pm CDT
Professional athlete and would-be King of the Pirates share a friendly moment in odd new ad

Review: Wandering Island (GN 1)

Aug 8th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/08/nprs-morning-edition-probes-the-delectable-delights-of-food-manga
August 09, 2016 12:10am CDT
“Hidden Kitchens” piece by The Kitchen Sisters explores “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” and more

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/09/with-slight-movement-kancolle-touhou-and-touken-ranbu-continue-to-dominate-comiket-doujinshi
August 09, 2016 9:47am CDT
Track the hits of the latest Comiket doujinshi event

###Vice & Luna #9
Aug 9th 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/09-1/gantz-author-tells-fans-to-pay-full-price-for-manga
August 09, 2016 6:06pm CDT
Hiroya Oku similarly raised eyebrows with his blunt remarks about manga adaptations

###40th Anniversary “Kochikame Jump” Includes Artwork by Creators of Naruto, One Piece
posted on 2016-08-09 22:45 EDT by Amanda Whalen

###Sword Art Online Novels Enter New Arc in 2017
posted on 2016-08-10 00:30 EDT
18th novel volume shipped on Wednesday with end of “Alicization Arc”

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/09-1/watch-waoshi-arakawa-draw-your-lie-in-april
August 10, 2016 1:01am EDT
Back in July, manga author Naoshi Arakawa was a Guest of Honor at Anime Expo 2016 in Los Angeles, hosted by Kodansha Comics

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/09-1/new-spice-and-wolf-novel-covers-previewed
August 10, 2016 1:58am EDT
Volumes XVIII: Spring Low and Spice And Wolf New Theory: Wolf and Parchment, Scheduled for September 10th

###Ryohgo Narita Works on Final Baccano! Novel
posted on 2016-08-10 13:50 EDT
Also: Durarara!! spinoff novel slated for October

###Image of Spice & Wolf Leads’ Daughter Revealed
posted on 2016-08-10 15:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/10-1/jump-ryu-teases-behind-the-scenes-visit-with-one-punch-man-artist-ysuke-murata
August 10, 2016 10:40pm CDT
One of the recent volumes covered Nisekoi’s Naoshi Komi, Toriki’s Shimabukuro is next

###Review: Ten Count (GN 1)
Aug 10th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

Kodansha Rescue Manga “Yagyu Ninja Scrolls,” “Gakuen Prince,” “Yozakura Quartet” And “Pumpkin Scissors” Manga

August 11, 2016 12:33am EDT
Alive (by the author of Noragami), Nodame Cantabile, Princess Resurrection, and School Rumble were back in July

Viz Media Launches the Shojo Manga Fantasy Adventure Yona of the Dawn

Aug 11th 2016

Usamaru Furuya’s New ‘Shƍnen-tachi no Iru Tokoro’ Manga Debuts in October

posted on 2016-08-11 07:15 EDT
Manga’s 1st chapter previewed in last volume of Joshikƍsei ni Korosaretai

Asterisk War: Queenveil no Tsubasa Manga Spinoff Ends in September

posted on 2016-08-11 09:00 EDT
Spinoff about different academy in Asterisk launched in 2014

Wolf Girl & Black Prince’s Ayuko Hatta Launches New Manga in September

posted on 2016-08-11 11:15 EDT
Bye Bye Liberty manga about boy, girl who don’t get along debuts on September 13

4th Volume of “Goblin Slayer” Light Novel Series Includes Drama CD

August 11, 2016 10:08am CDT
Bonus audio drama will feature an original story by “Goblin Slayer” author Kumo Kagyu

Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Gets Spinoff Manga in September

posted on 2016-08-11 12:15 EDT
Original manga launched in 2012, ended in June; Yen Press publishes manga in N. America

###ANN Interview: Your Lie in April Mangaka Naoshi Arakawa
by Deb Aoki, Aug 12th 2016

###Make Your Dƍjinshi at 7-Eleven Stores
posted on 2016-08-12 17:45 EDT by Amanda Ellard

###Viz Media Licenses Sweet Blue Flowers, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Queen’s Quality Manga
posted on 2016-08-12 18:44 EDT
Queen’s Quality is sequel to Kyousuke Motomi’s QQ Sweeper manga

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/13-1/director-of-kill-la-kill-and-space-patrol-luluco-pays-tribute-to-x-men-apocalypse
August 13, 2016 5:05am CDT
Movie opened in Japan this week

###Crunchyroll to Offer Nanbaka The Numbers Manga This Fall
posted on 2016-08-13 12:37 EDT

###Hunter x Hunter’s Togashi Draws His Birth City’s Magazine Cover
posted on 2016-08-13 15:45 EDT by Amanda Ellard

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/13/poll-ranks-top-10-j-pop-bands-that-should-become-jojos-stands
August 13, 2016 6:15pm CDT
Music and manga meet in a recent online poll on Goo Ranking

###Vertical to Release The Seven Deadly Sins: The Seven Scars Left Behind Novel
posted on 2016-08-13 21:04 EDT
Prequel novel that follows Margaret, Gilthunder to ship in May 2017

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