General Manga News & Discussion

###“Manga Time Kirara Magica” Manga Magazine Moves To Irregular Schedule
February 07, 2017 2:40pm CST
In 2012, Houbunsha launched Manga Time Kirara Magica, a manga magazine comprised of Puella Magi Madoka Magica spin-offs

###Do You Like Your Mom? Light Novel Sells 12,000 Copies in 9 Days
posted on 2017-02-07 15:45 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

###Vertical Licenses Gundam Wing: The Glory of Losers, Helvetica Standard Manga
posted on 2017-02-07 15:54 EST
Gundam Wing adaptation, manga by Nichijou author to get English releases

###Kodansha USA Lists Digital Releases for Chihayafuru, Tokyo Tarareba Girls, A Springtime With Ninjas Manga
posted on 2017-02-07 19:50 EST
1st chapters now available in English

###Final Fantasy’s 1st Original Manga Marks Franchise’s 30th Anniversary
posted on 2017-02-08 11:30 EST
C³’s Hazuki Minase launches Final Fantasy Lost Stranger this spring

###Bkub Okawa Courts the Female Audience with “Neo Naon Universe”
February 08, 2017 8:05pm CST
Latest 4 panel comic from self-proclaimed “japanese kuso manga boy” is published in Shodensha’s “Feel Young”

###Rena Takeda Shows Her Heroine Cosplay in “Juliet of Boarding School” Manga CMs
February 09, 2017 1:55am CST
19-year-old actress is currently playing Kana Ikeda in the “Saki” live-action drama

###Manga Time Kirara Magica Moves to Irregular Publication Schedule
posted on 2017-02-09 03:00 EST
Latest issue ends 3 series, Tomoe Mami no Heibon na Nichijō moves to Manga Time Kirara Forward

###Bamboo Blade’s Masahiro Totsuka Launches Mannaka no Rikkun Manga on February 16
posted on 2017-02-09 03:30 EST
“Home comedy” manga focuses on boy named Rikkun, his eccentric family

###Shika High’s Competitive Dance Club Manga Ends in Shōnen Jump on Monday
posted on 2017-02-09 04:00 EST
Takuma Yokota launched ballroom dancing series in May 2015

###Goodnight Punpun’s Inio Asano Launches Reiraku Manga in March
posted on 2017-02-09 10:30 EST
Manga marks 1st time Asano, Shūzō Oshimi running series in same magazine

###Flowers of Evil’s Shūzō Oshimi Launches Chi no Wadachi Manga in February
posted on 2017-02-09 11:00 EST
Manga marks 1st time Oshimi, Inio Asano running series in same magazine

###Kadokawa Reveals Fate/Grand Order Chaldea Ace Magazine
posted on 2017-02-09 13:00 EST
Ototsugu Konoe provides illustration for magazine debuting this spring

###Review: Bungo Stray Dogs (GN 1)
Feb 9th 2017 / by Rebecca Silverman, / ANN

###“One Piece” 84th Volume Dominates Japan’s Manga Sales Chart with Massive 1.5 Million Copies
February 10, 2017 1:55am CST
“My Hero Academia” 12th volume follows with 183,544 copies

###Viz Media Announces New Digital Manga Content for February
Feb 10th 2017

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702110007.html
February 11, 2017 at 09:30 JST / Translated by The Asahi Shimbun from the website of Anime Anime Japan Ltd.

###Review: Secret of the Princess (GN)
Feb 11th 2017 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

###“Food Wars!” Artist Illustrates Latest Class Of “Shonen Jump” Heroines For Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2017 12:30am CST
Over the years, Food Wars illustrators Shun Saeki (known as Tosh in his hentai Harem Time days) has occasionally illustrated spreads

###Akagi Mahjong Manga to End in February 2018 After 27 Years
posted on 2017-02-12 10:15 EST
Manga by Kaiji’s Nobuyuki Fukumoto inspired 2005 TV anime, 2016 live-action show

###Samurai Deeper Kyo’s Kamijyō Turns Rampo Edogawa Shorts Into Full Series
posted on 2017-02-12 13:45 EST
Kamijyō’s new detective manga series launches this summer

###70-Year-Old Mother Gives Birth in Newly Published Manga
posted on 2017-02-12 16:45 EST by Eric Stimson

###Review: Attack on Titan: End of the World (Novel)
Feb 12th 2017 / by Theron Martin / ANN

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###Rose of Versailles’ Chocolate Campaign Manga Get Booklet Release
posted on 2017-02-13 00:45 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###Free! TV Anime Gets Novelization With New Side Stories, Art
posted on 2017-02-13 03:45 EST
Franchise’s script supervisor Masahiro Yokotani pens novel for June debut

###Chiisakobee, Rikon Club Manga Win Angoulême Awards
posted on 2017-02-13 08:15 EST
Kazuo Kamimura’s Rikon Club, Minetarō Mochizuki’s Chiisakobee win prizes

###Assassination Classroom Actress Rena Takeda Promotes Kishuku Gakkō no Juliet Manga
posted on 2017-02-13 12:45 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

###Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer Manga Ends in April
posted on 2017-02-13 15:30 EST
Manga launched last March, revealed it was a Danganronpa spinoff last May

###Manga Author Boichi Previews “Ghost In The Shell” Short Story
February 13, 2017 3:05pm CST
And, well, it’s like this. All of this preview image files were named theSEXY##.jpg

###Gourmet Girl Graffiti Creator’s New Series Launches Next Month
posted on 2017-02-13 17:30 EST
“Android love story” to launch in Manga Time Kirara

For those of you following the Freezing manga, the series is on Hiatus until Spring, due to the authors health issues (assuming it’s the artist and main plotter of the book, Kwang Hei Kim, because Lim Dall Young’s other series are still going) http://www.comic-valkyrie.com/modules/info/archives/1607.html

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Comic-Valkyrie

[quote]Notification of freezing holiday.
Thank you very much for your continued patronage of Comic Valkyrie.
Although freezing we are paused in series due to poor physical condition of the author since November last year,
The health state of the author has recovered It is scheduled to resume serialization around the spring of 2017.
We are very much troubled by the readers who are looking forward to it
We are preparing for resumption so please wait for a while.
February 8, 2017 Comic Valkyrie Editorial Department[/quote]

*Thanks to Zirius on the Mangafox Message Board for the heads-up.

###Sagrada Reset Teen Fantasy Novels’ New Manga Launches Before Anime
posted on 2017-02-14 02:00 EST
Tatsu Nohana draws, original author Yutaka Kōno supervises, pens script for manga adapting 1st novel

###Viz’s SuBLime Adds A Strange and Mystifying Story, 2 Other Boys-Love Titles
posted on 2017-02-14 19:30 EST
Jackass!, Am I In Love or Just Hungry? slated for release this year

###“Fairy Tail” Manga Author Dresses Ladies In Red For Holiday Sketches
February 14, 2017 9:50pm CST
Coming later this month, issue 12 of Shonen Magazine promises 2 chapters of Fairy Tail manga and details about the spring 2017 Dragon Cry movie

###“Demon’s Plan” And “Amalgam of Distortion” Manga End in Next “Shonen Jump”
February 15, 2017 9:50am CST
Viz’s English Shonen Jump ran three-chapter Jump Start samples of both 2016 series

###Review: I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse (Novel 1)
Feb 15th 2017 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

###Amalgam of Distortion, Demon’s Plan Manga End in Shonen Jump on Monday
posted on 2017-02-16 03:15 EST
Viz Media previewed both series in English as part of Jump Start initiative

###Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 Game Gets Manga
posted on 2017-02-16 04:15 EST
Sankichi Hinodeya draws 1-shot that reveals future serialization

###Kazutoshi Soyama’s Dangerous Jii-san Ja Gag Manga Ends
posted on 2017-02-16 08:00 EST
Manga inspired TV anime in 2012

###Shirow Miwa Ends RWBY Manga, Works Toward Resuming Dogs
posted on 2017-02-16 10:40 EST
Adaptation of animated web series launched in November 2015

###Kino’s Journey Novels Get 1st Manga Adaptation Next Month
posted on 2017-02-16 14:30 EST
Novel series launched in 2000; inspired anime, spinoff manga

###Mōryō no Hako Artist Launches Tesso no Ori Manga
posted on 2017-02-16 15:45 EST
Aki Shimizu draws manga adaptation of another novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku

###J-Novel Club Licenses “In Another World with My Smartphone” Light Novels
February 16, 2017 2:55pm CST
Pre-publication is live now, e-book arrives on March 23

###‘Bathing Boyfriends’ Make a Scented Splash in Aromatherapy Manga
posted on 2017-02-16 16:45 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###Review: Faraway Paladin / Novel 1 - The Boy in the City of the Dead
Feb 16th 2017 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

###“Tokyo Ghoul” Manga Author Posts Touka Illustration with Mysterious Message
February 17, 2017 4:15am CST
Fumika Shimizu’s role in “Dorobou Yakusha” is replaced by Anna Ishibashi

###Sayori Ochiai’s Gingitsune Manga Goes on Hiatus
posted on 2017-02-17 06:00 EST
Manga inspired TV anime in 2013

###A-1 Pictures Opens Up “Shelter” In eBook
February 17, 2017 5:32pm CST
An A4 size full color hard cover is scheduled for April 16th

###Rue de Sèvres Publishes Late Manga Creator Jiro Taniguchi’s La Forêt Millénaire Project
posted on 2017-02-17 19:00 EST
French publisher releases unfinished work about boy, grandfather this fall

###Marvel To Release English Edition Of “Avengers / Zombies Assemble” Manga
February 17, 2017 10:50pm CST
The 2015 Japanese series ran for two volumes on the MangaBox online platform

###Shogakukan Asia to Publish BanG Dream! Manga in English
Feb 18th 2017

###The List: 7 Horror Manga Authors to Keep You Up at Night
by Lynzee Loveridge, Feb 18th 2017

###Kōji Megumi, Meebu’s Acma:Game Manga to End in 22nd Volume
posted on 2017-02-18 13:45 EST
Manga launched in 2013, 22nd volume slated for April 17

###Major Announcement For Sports Manga “Asahinaga” Teased
February 18, 2017 12:55pm CST
Announcement teaser featured in latest issue of Big Comic Spirits

###Love Kome: We Love Rice Original TV Anime Gets Manga
posted on 2017-02-18 17:45 EST
Love Kome ~Rice is beautiful~ manga launches on February 24 with original story

###Shōjo Manga Expert Uses Statistics to Reveal ‘What Girls Truly Want’
posted on 2017-02-18 20:45 EST by Eric Stimson

###Vertical Announces “Anime Supremacy” Novel, “Arakawa Under The Bridge” Manga And More
February 19, 2017 10:06am CST
Imperfect Shoujo by Nisioisin(Monogatari) and Mitsuru Hattori (Sankarea) and Voices of a Distant Star too

###Osamu Tezuka’s Daughter to Hold Discussion with Black Jack Parody Artist
posted on 2017-02-19 19:45 EST by Eric Stimson
Artist has been hired by Tezuka Production

###Titan Previews “Robotech” Comic Covers
February 19, 2017 7:25pm CST
Brian Wood write series with a standard cover by Stanley “ArtGerm” Lau and “Retro” cover by series veterans John and Jason Waltrip

###Asahinagu Sports Manga Gets Important Announcement This Month
posted on 2017-02-20 00:15 EST

###Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Film Gets 2 More Tribute Manga in March
posted on 2017-02-20 04:30 EST
Coppelion’s Inoue, AD Police’s Takezaki draw tribute chapters

###Returning Tomorrow: Vice & Luna
by Zac Bertschy, Feb 20th 2017

###Mikandi Japan Taps E-Comics, Expands Ecchi Portfolio
Feb 20th 2017

###J-Novel Club Announces the Licensing of Light Novel Series “Arifureta: From Commonplace To World’s Strongest”
Feb 20th 2017

###Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? 4-panel Spinoff Manga Ends 2nd Season
posted on 2017-02-20 16:30 EST
Ai Mai Mi’s Choboraunyopomi drew manga based on Fujino Ōmori’s characters

###Familiar Voices Heard Again For Final “Zero no Tsukaima” Light Novel TV Ad
February 20, 2017 6:10pm CST
In 2013, Noboru Yamaguchi passed away at age 4 after publishing 20 volumes of the Familiar of Zero series, short of an intended 22

###Soccer Manga “Knight in the Area” to End in Five Chapters
February 20, 2017 10:45pm CST
Manga to conclude its more than decade-long “Weekly Shonen” run.

###Vice & Luna 02/21/2017
Feb 21st 2017

###Survival Game Club’s Matsumoto Ends Kyōkai no Micrina Manga in 3rd Volume
posted on 2017-02-21 12:30 EST
Final volume of manga about world-conquering witch slated for April

###Kado: The Right Answer Anime Gets Manga in March
posted on 2017-02-21 13:30 EST
Manga launches before CG TV anime’s April premiere

###Vertical Licenses Arakawa Under the Bridge, Imperfect Shojo, Voices of a Distant Star Manga
posted on 2017-02-21 14:20 EST
Company also licenses Anime Supremacy novel

###Miki Yoshikawa Premieres “Yamada-kun” Wedding Portrait
February 21, 2017 3:05pm CST
Final “Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches” cover depicts lead couple together at last.

###Fairy Tail Manga Is Already in ‘Last Arc,’ 60 Million Copies in Print
posted on 2017-02-21 20:00 EST
Franchise’s 2nd anime film opens on May 6

###To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness Manga’s Finale Listed on March 4
posted on 2017-02-22 00:30 EST
Sequel manga launched in 2010, inspired 2 TV anime, 2 OVA episodes

###Learn Junior High Mathematics & English Words with More Vocaloid Videos
February 22, 2017 3:45am CST
The first two books have sold 500,000 copies in Japan so far

###“School-Live!” Manga to Have 2 Million Copies in Print Next Month
February 22, 2017 5:45am CST
Lerche’s 12-episode TV anime adaptation is streamed on Crunchyroll

###The Knight in the Area Soccer Manga Ends in 5 Chapters
posted on 2017-02-22 11:30 EST
Hiroaki Igano, Kaya Tsukiyama’s series debuted in 2006

###Katsuyuki Konishi and Mai Kanagawa Lend Their Voices to “Fudanshi Shacho” CM
February 22, 2017 12:07pm CST
Humorous web manga by Kaerytai features novice office worker receiving instruction from BL-expert boss

###Dark Horse To Explore The Future With Hatsune Miku In New Manga
February 22, 2017 1:22pm CST
Thee team behind the Overlord manga adaptation tell the story featured in producer marasy’s 2014 hit

###“Shonen Jump” Kicks Soccer Manga “Ole Golazo”
February 22, 2017 2:59pm CST
Next week’s issue features Beelzebub author Ryuuhei Ta ura’s Hara Peko no Mari/Marie the Starving (and One Piece is absent)

###ComiXology Lists Tsutomu Nihei’s Aposimz Manga
posted on 2017-02-22 18:30 EST
1st chapter slated for Friday, shares name with story element in Knights of Sidonia

###“Akame ga Kill!” Author Readies New Manga
February 22, 2017 9:42pm CST
The fifteenth and final volume of Akame ga Kill! is out in Japan today

###Your Forgotten Goldfish is Back for Vengeance in Shibuya Kingyo Manga
posted on 2017-02-22 23:45 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

###21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced
posted on 2017-02-23 02:00 EST
Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau, Golden Kamuy, Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, SAD GiRL, more nominated

###Yūji Moritaka Draws Sequel to Akio Chiba’s Captain Baseball Manga
posted on 2017-02-23 04:30 EST
New sequel to debut in April, 38 years after manga’s conclusion

http://www.anime-now.com/entry/2017/02/24/000020?utm_campaign=ANN
February 23, 2017

###Detective Conan’s ‘Shadow Person’ Tries Out Gravure
posted on 2017-02-23 17:45 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

###‘Important Announcement’ for Honzuki no Gekokujō Light Novels Teased
posted on 2017-02-23 21:00 EST

###New LGBTQ Comic ‘Eden’s Mercy’ Kickstarter Launches with Juné Manga and Velvet Toucher
Feb 23rd 2017

###Review: Interviews With Monster Girls (GN 1 & 2)
Feb 23rd 2017 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

###New Blame! Manga Adapting Upcoming Film Debuts on April 26
posted on 2017-02-24 10:00 EST

###Morning Two Manga Magazine Celebrates Cat Day with Special “Morning Nyan” Collection
posted on 2017-02-24 12:45 EST by Eric Stimson
Cat festivals held across Tokyo

###Moms Gets The Spotlight In Special “Please Tell Me! Galko-chan” Web-Manga Chapter
February 24, 2017 1:52pm CST
While it doesn’t feature the families of the main trio, fans are rewarding with return of Bomuo’s mother and Kuseta’s mother plus the introduction of Russian mother of Nikuko!

###Hold Onto Your Bowels, There’s A New “Re:Zero” Light Novel Cover Preview!
February 24, 2017 6:20pm CST
Apart from Rem and Ram’s birthday on 2.2, February has been has a slow month for Re:Zero. March is another story

###Kodansha Begins Simul-publication Of “Knights Of Sidonia” Author’s “APOSIMZ” Manga
February 24, 2017 10:10pm CST
This week, manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius, launched the latest the latest Tsutomu Nihei manga, APOSIMZ

Big Announcement Coming for “Koi wa Ameagari no You ni”

February 25, 2017 5:15am CST
Award-nominated manga teases something big in upcoming Big Comic Spirits

Gakuen Babysitters Manga Has ‘Important Announcement’ on March 24

posted on 2017-02-25 11:45 EST