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###RIN-NE Manga Has ‘Super Important News’ on September 28
posted on 2016-09-22 04:00 EDT

###Fukumenkei Noise Manga Has ‘Important Announcement’ on October 5
posted on 2016-09-22 04:30 EDT

###VIZ Media Delivers First Volume Of Manga Series Platinum End
Sep 22nd 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/22-1/latest-weekly-shonen-jump-with-kochikame-final-chapter-almost-sold-out
September 22, 2016 5:40am CDT
Currently no plans for reprint

###Taboo Tattoo Manga to End With 13th Volume
posted on 2016-09-22 14:50 EDT
12-episode anime adaptation ended this week

###Hi School Girl’s Oshikiri Begins Yōkai Massage Manga With Artist Ichirō Imigi
posted on 2016-09-22 16:00 EDT
Manga began in Young Champion Retsu on Tuesday

###Crying Freeman’s Ikegami, Fist of the North Star’s Buronson Start New Series
posted on 2016-09-22 17:15 EDT
Manga series titled BEGIN launches on October 14

###Naoki Urasawa Celebrates Billy Bat’s Ending With Unique Video
posted on 2016-09-22 21:45 EDT by Amanda Ellard

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###Fairy Tail Gaiden: Raigō Issen Spinoff Manga is Last in Fairy Tail Gaiden Series
posted on 2016-09-23 08:15 EDT
Manga’s 3rd and final compiled book volume slated for November 17

###Gundam the Origin’s Yasuhiko, Monogatari Series’ Nisioisin Each End Manga Series
posted on 2016-09-23 11:15 EDT
Ten no Ketsumyaku, Zerozaki Kishishiki no Ningen Knock manga both end

###DMI’s Juné Imprint Licenses Junko’s Ōji no Kikan Manga
posted on 2016-09-23 12:30 EDT
Kou Yoneda’s Twittering Birds Never Fly’s 3rd volume ships in February 2017

###Giant Killing Soccer Manga Goes on Hiatus
posted on 2016-09-23 17:20 EDT
42nd compiled book volume ships October 21

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/23-1/final-my-love-story-manga-volume-presents-takeo-portrait-in-sesame-seeds
September 23, 2016 4:20pm CDT
The 13th and final volume of Kazune Kawahara and Aruko’s manga hits Japan on September 23rd

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###Natsume Ono’s ACCA Manga Ends in October
posted on 2016-09-24 00:30 EDT
Series began in 2013; anime adaptation slated for January

###Orange Manga Gets 2-Part Spinoff About Future Suwa
posted on 2016-09-24 01:30 EDT
Takano to debut spinoff manga in October

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/23/crunchyroll-adds-nanbaka-volume-3-to-manga-catalog
September 24, 2016 12:55am EDT / by Joseph Luster
Cosplay contest builds up hype for this fall’s anime adaptation

###Kita-Kyushu to hold global manga competition
September 24, 2016 at 11:00 JST / by Hiroki Ito - Staff Writer / The Asahi Shimbun

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/24-1/tokyo-ghoulre-8th-volume-becomes-top-selling-manga-of-the-week
September 24, 2016 5:56am EDT / by Mikikazu Komatsu
“KochiKame” final 200th volume ranks 2nd with 207,024 copies

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/24/kodansha-trailer-looks-ahead-to-attack-on-titan-comic-anthology
September 24, 2016 7:55am CDT
Collection of original on sale 10.18.2016

###KochiKame Manga Gets Collaborations With 11 Shonen Jump Manga This Year
posted on 2016-09-24 10:45 EDT
Collaboration manga with My Hero Academia, Food Wars!, Nisekoi, more commemorate Kochikame’s finale

###Missions of Love’s Toyama Starts Imōto no o Shigoto wa Jikyū 2000-en Manga
posted on 2016-09-24 14:45 EDT
Story of unfortunate girl who becomes fake little sister debuted on September 17

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###Yen Press Licenses Tsukumizu’s Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō Manga
posted on 2016-09-25 01:18 EDT / ANN
Manga follows 2 girls traveling in Kettenkrad after end of the world

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/24/get-a-look-jojos-bizarre-adventure-authors-covers-for-alex-rider-novels
September 25, 2016 1:57am CDT
Given Jojo’s of popularity (started January 1, 1987,) author Hirohiko Araki is demand to do covers of everything from biological journals to psychoanalysis books to enka albums.

###i☆Ris Voice Actor/Idol Group Gets Its Own Webcomic
posted on 2016-09-25 16:45 EDT by Eric Stimson
Drawn by longtime collaborator Yūta Taneda

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/25-1/massive-goods-teams-up-with-pantheon-for-omnibus-of-canadian-set-my-brothers-husband
September 25, 2016 7:56pm CDT
Award-winning work to be collected next summer

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###Hiro Fujiwara Draws Maid Sama!, Does Yuki Fall to Hell? Crossover Manga
posted on 2016-09-27 01:35 EDT
‘Military history story concerning boys and girls’ ended on Saturday

###Aiura’s Chama Launches Inning! Baseball Manga
posted on 2016-09-27 03:00 EDT
Also: Sekina Aoi’s Gamers! light novel series gets manga

###Vice & Luna Bonus Round
by Zac Bertschy, Jacob Chapman and Lanny Liu, Sep 27th 2016

###Strike Witches Erica Hartmann 1941, Kantai Collection - Suirai Sentai Chronicle Manga End
posted on 2016-09-27 17:20 EDT
Ninja Slayer manga arc ends, Melty Blood spinoff manga to end next month

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/27-1/chieko-hosokawas-crest-of-the-royal-family-receives-new-audio-drama
September 27, 2016 4:27pm CDT
Historical fantasy shōjo manga set in ancient Egypt has been serialized since 1976

###Black Butler Creator Draws Tōken Ranbu Anthology Cover
posted on 2016-09-27 21:45 EDT by Amanda Ellard

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###Kill La Kill Volumes #1-3 Available Now in Hardcover
Sep 28th 2016

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/29/dark-horse-talks-berserk-manga-re-print-plans
September 29, 2016 3:50am CDT
Good news for fans having a hard time finding early volumes

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/29-1/jump-shuffles-lineup-with-new-series-in-takuan-and-batsu-out-plus-new-one-shot-by-nisekoi-author-titled
September 29, 2016 7:34am CDT
Busy October shaping up for “Jump” family of manga magazines

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/30/rezero-light-novel-preview-and-editor-reveal-hypothetical-series-of-natsuki-family-tree
September 30, 2016 8:58am CDT
It doesn’t look like we’re going to be getting any canonical information, but some interesting WHAT IF mapping of the Natsuki family tree

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/30-1/reborn-author-revisits-character-in-twitter-short-manga
September 30, 2016 11:34am CDT
Also mentioned, there will be an update on the winter 2017 TV anime adaptation of Akira Amano’s ēlDLIVE coming next week

###New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 18-24
posted on 2016-09-30 16:30 EDT

###Review: Prince in His Dark Days (GN 1)
Sep 30th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

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###Card Captor Sakura Franchise Gets ‘New News’ in November
posted on 2016-10-01 02:15 EDT

###Seven Seas Entertainment Releases Critically-Acclaimed orange eBooks
Oct 1st 2016

###The Irregular at Magic High School Gets New Manga on October 18
posted on 2016-10-01 07:45 EDT
Tsuna Kitaumi draws adaptation of novel series’ ‘Double Seven’ arc

###YU-NO Sci-Fi Visual Novel Gets Manga this Fall
posted on 2016-10-01 09:45 EDT
Sōji Ishida draws manga based on Hiroyuki Kanno’s original PC-98 game

###Gourmet Girl Graffiti Manga Author Makoto Kawai Starts New Work Next Spring
posted on 2016-10-01 13:45 EDT
Happy Cooking Graffiti manga ended on September 16

###Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Manga Takes 2-Month Break
posted on 2016-10-01 15:45 EDT
Manga will resume on November 22

###Review: My Pathetic Vampire Life (GN 1)
Oct 1st 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/02-1/vertical-to-release-nisioisins-kubikiri-cycle-novel
October 02, 2016 10:59am CDT
The first two Zaregoto books were released by Del Rey in 2008 and 2010

###All 2,400 Pages of Death Note Manga Compiled in One Really Big Volume
posted on 2016-10-02 15:45 EDT by Eric Stimson
Includes previously unpublished story

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###Viz Media Licenses Ryoko Fukuyama’s Fukumenkei Noise Shōjo Manga
posted on 2016-10-03 01:15 EDT
Manga about band clubs has anime adaptation in the works

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/02/haikasoru-outlines-next-two-years-of-legend-of-galactic-heroes-novel-publication-plans
October 03, 2016 1:45am CDT
LOGH 4 and 5 in 2017, 6 in 2018

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/03-1/viz-licenses-anonymous-noise-manga
October 03, 2016 2:15am CDT
Plans for an anime series were confirmed this spring

###Nisekoi’s Naoshi Komi Publishes ‘Tokidoki’ 1-Shot on October 20
posted on 2016-10-03 04:00 EDT

Future Card Buddyfight Comic Vol. 6

###Nobuhiro Watsuki Draws 2-Chapter Rurouni Kenshin Spinoff Manga
posted on 2016-10-03 08:00 EDT
New manga titled “Rurouni Kenshin Ibun: Ashitarō Zenka Ari”

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/03-1/yusuke-naora-leaves-square-enix
October 03, 2016 7:30am CDT
He’s on to pursue other creative pursuits!

###Viz Media Licenses After Hours Yuri Manga
posted on 2016-10-03 16:10 EDT
Also: Legend of the Galactic Heroes novel releases to continue

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/03/english-shonen-jump-to-sample-new-manga
October 04, 2016 12:32am CDT
“Takuan and Batsu’s Daily Demon Diary” ended in this week’s Japanese edition of the manga magazine

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/04-1/hideaki-anno-appeals-necessity-of-national-manga-center-to-nonpartisan-parliamentary-association
October 04, 2016 3:30am CDT
Members hope to open the facility before Tokyo Olympics in 2020

###Vice & Luna Bonus Round
Oct 4th 2016

###Chibi Maruko-chan Creator to Launch Chibi Shikaku-chan Parody Manga Series
posted on 2016-10-04 11:30 EDT
Square-headed version of Maruko-chan returns on October 19 in Grand Jump

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/04/kodansha-to-bring-back-suzuka-manga
October 04, 2016 5:30pm CDT
Five volumes listed for digital platforms on October 11th

###Giant Schoolgirls Trample Akiba in Live-Action Promo for Onideka Manga
posted on 2016-10-04 19:45 EDT by Amanda Ellard

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###Viz Media Launches New Manga Titles in October Digital Manga Update
Oct 5th 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/05/toriko-presents-a-three-course-celebration-of-japans-nobel-winning-biologist
October 05, 2016 12:30pm CDT
Jump manga addressed autophagy back in 2009.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/05-1/gallery-nucleus-offers-osamu-tezuka-tribute-exhibition
October 05, 2016 2:57pm CDT
More than 30 artists share works inspired by the godfather of manga in collaboration exhibition with Tezuka Productions

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/05/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-12th-volume-tops-japans-weekly-manga-sales-ranking
October 06, 2016 12:45am CDT
Akiyuki Shinbo-directed TV anime adaptation will be streamed on Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/06-1/video-be-bop-high-school-manga-artist-draws-cover-illustration-for-his-new-novel
October 06, 2016 2:45am CDT
10th novel “Usodesukedo, Nanika?” (I lied, So what?) is now available

###Akuma no Riddle Assassin Girl Manga Ends
posted on 2016-10-06 04:00 EDT
5th volume slated for December; manga inspired TV anime in 2014

###Digital Manga Hints at Offering Tezuka’s Under the Air, The Crater Manga
posted on 2016-10-06 04:45 EDT
Kansai Club Publishing previously ran Kickstarter campaign for The Crater

###Ritz Kobayashi’s Saki Manga Takes 2-Month Break
posted on 2016-10-06 11:15 EDT
Manga’s next chapter slated for December 2; manga inspiring live-action show, film

###Kodansha Comics Adds Frau Faust, Fairy Tail: Rhodonite, Kigurumi Defense Squad, Aho Girl, Hōseki no Kuni, More Manga
posted on 2016-10-06 12:15 EDT
Also: Regarding My Reincarnation as a Slime; Love and Lies; Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty; Waiting for Spring

###Tokyopop Announces 5 New Releases for the Holiday Season
Oct 6th 2016

###Titan Comics to Begin Sherlock: The Blind Banker Manga Releases in January
posted on 2016-10-06 14:40 EDT

###Viz Media to Preview Amalgram of Distortion in Shonen Jump
posted on 2016-10-06 16:50 EDT
2 series announced for Viz’s ‘Jump Start’ initiative

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/06/local-man-dates-anthropomorphic-cigarette-smoke-in-new-manga
October 06, 2016 5:32pm CDT
Series launches in “Bessatsu Shōnen Champion”

###Dr. Slump Ranks #1 in Top Jump Gag Manga Poll
posted on 2016-10-06 20:45 EDT by Jennifer Sherman

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Local Man Dates Anthropomorphic Cigarette Smoke In New Manga

Okay then… Japan will make characters out of anything.

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I’m waiting for the armpit sweat one…

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###UQ Holder Manga Adds ‘Magister Negi Magi 2’ Subtitle
posted on 2016-10-07 03:15 EDT

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/07/izaya-orihara-returns-in-new-durarara-spin-off-novel
October 07, 2016 6:31am CDT
“A Sunset With Orihara Izaya” out in Japan on October 8th

###Natsume Ono Begins New Dokoka de Dareka mo Tabeteiru Web Manga
posted on 2016-10-07 09:00 EDT
Omnibus manga following food stories debuted Thursday

###Viz Licenses Tokyo Ghoul:re, Vampire Knight Memories, Golden Kamuy Manga
posted on 2016-10-07 14:00 EDT
Also: Pokémon art book; Boruto manga in print

###Osamu Akimoto’s Black Tiger Manga Launches in December
posted on 2016-10-07 16:15 EDT
Kochikame manga creator to publish 4 new manga in 4 different magazines

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/07-1/japanese-fans-pick-their-top-5-weekly-shnen-jump-gag-manga
October 07, 2016 10:35pm CDT
500 otaku pick their favorites from a list of 48 possible titles in recent online poll

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/07-1/yen-press-to-publish-new-spice-and-wolf-novel-plus-a-better-look-at-new-holo-hug-pillow-and-beer-mug
October 08, 2016 12:23am CDT
Meet Holo’s daughter in new novel

###Osamu Takahashi’s Isuca Manga Will End in 9th Volume
posted on 2016-10-08 13:45 EDT
9th volume slated for spring 2017; manga inspired TV anime last year

###Viz’s Shonen Jump to Offer RWBY Manga in English
posted on 2016-10-08 14:15 EDT
Animated series’ prequel drawn by Dogs manga creator Shirow Miwa

###ERASED/Boku dake ga Inai Machi Re Spinoff Manga Ends in November
posted on 2016-10-08 15:45 EDT
Kei Sanbe’s spinoff manga launched in June

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/08/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-gets-tributes-from-berserk-author-and-madoka-magica-witch-designers
October 08, 2016 5:35pm EDT
Miura’s Berserk and Umino’s March Comes In Like A Lion both run in Young Animal and the two authors have engaged in a sort of mutual admiration conversation

###Kamisama Kiss Creator Julietta Suzuki Launches New Manga on October 20
posted on 2016-10-08 18:45 EDT
Tripitaka Torinique centers on girl named Kaka “1,400 years ago”

###One-Punch Man Ranks #5 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan September List
posted on 2016-10-08 19:45 EDT
Monster Musume, Tokyo Ghoul also rank on top 20 list

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###Beet the Vandel Buster Manga’s ‘Baron Arc’ Ends on October 14
posted on 2016-10-09 03:15 EDT
Manga’s 1st new volume in 10 years listed for release on November 4

###Kodansha: Amazon Japan’s Kindle Subscription Service Removes Over 1,000 Titles
posted on 2016-10-09 08:00 EDT
Kindle Unlimited service offers titles for monthly fee; Kobunsha also claims removal of 550 titles

###The Seven Deadly Sins’ Spinoff Manga Mayoe! Nanatsu no Taizai Gakuen! Ends
posted on 2016-10-09 13:30 EDT
Series re-imagining Sins as high school students launched in 2014

###The Wallflower’s Hayakawa Launches New Short Manga Series
posted on 2016-10-09 15:30 EDT
Kira Kira Heart Drop debuts with “tiny bit bitter” story on November 8

###Nana to Kaoru’s Amazume Launches Boku dake Shitteru Ichimiya-san Manga
posted on 2016-10-09 16:30 EDT
Series debuts in Young Animal Arashi on November 4

###Liar Game’s Kaitani Ends Muteki no Hito Mahjong Manga
posted on 2016-10-09 18:05 EDT
Manga began in print in 2014, switched to manga app this year

###Rose of Versailles Gets 2 New Chapters About Marie Antoinette
posted on 2016-10-09 19:10 EDT
“Episode 8” of Ikeda’s new chapter series begins this month

###Ghost in the Shell Arise Manga Artist Launches New Historical Manga
posted on 2016-10-09 20:45 EDT
Story about Chinese general Xiang Yu begins next month

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###Strike the Blood Gets New 4-Panel Junior High School Spinoff Manga
posted on 2016-10-10 01:00 EDT
Accel World. manga’s Ryuryū Akari illustrates story

###Kyō no Terraformars wa Oyasumi Desu Comedy Manga Ends on Wednesday
posted on 2016-10-10 11:00 EDT
Manga launched in 2014, focuses on Annex 1 crew taking vacation in a different planet

###Danganronpa 2 Manga From Komaeda’s Point of View Ends
posted on 2016-10-10 14:45 EDT
Series ran online for 4 years; 3rd volume ships next year

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/10/readers-find-squid-girl-authors-new-manga-to-be-surprisingly-lewd
October 10, 2016 2:10pm CDT
Having wrapped up invader from the deep comedy in February, author Masahiro Anbe has brought his latest manga to the pages of Weekly Shonen Champion

###Viz to Preview Spring Weapon No. 1 Manga in Shonen Jump
posted on 2016-10-10 16:30 EDT

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/10/10/feature-found-in-translation-what-makes-the-my-teen-romantic-comedy-snafu-novel-so-relatable
October 10, 2016 7:05pm CDT
The English version of the My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU novel retains all the wit and off-beat humor of the original

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/10/from-mash-up-to-tributes-early-october-has-been-wild-couple-weeks-from-manga-author-sketches-on-social-media
October 10, 2016 10:34pm CDT
Manga authors getting new toys/tools, like iPad Pros, manga author’s being distracting by sporting events, authors hyping their latest releases or sharing a look at the process.