General Manga News & Discussion

###Shueisha, Kodansha Post Job Listings for 1-Day Manga Editors
posted on 2015-10-03 17:15 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###The Wind Rises Manga Features Characters as Pigs
posted on 2015-10-03 21:15 EDT by Eric Stimson
New edition to be published October 8

###Kodansha Presents Teaser Image From Biggest “Attack on Titan” Manga Panel Ever
October 03, 2015 10:00pm CDT
Kodansha will be presenting the Biggest Attack on Titan Manga Announcement Ever at New York comic Con on Thursday, October 8th

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/04-1/north-american-distributor-to-launch-manga-shop-locator
October 04, 2015 2:30pm CDT
Stores that place a qualifying initial order of manga titles each month through Diamond will automatically be listed on the locator

[size=16]Crying Freeman’s Ikegami, Ichi the Kiler’s Yamamoto to Start Adam & Eve Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-04 18:15 EDT
Manga about invisible pair attacking yakuza debuts on October 9

[size=16]Tegami Bachi Manga Ends Magazine Run on November 4[/size]
posted on 2015-10-04 22:15 EDT
Shueisha to publish manga’s final volume this winter

[size=16]Taiwanese Artist Antenna Wins KYOMAF 2015 Manga Award[/size]
posted on 2015-10-05 00:15 EDT
Artist’s “BlueRoseAge” manga won 1st place among 40 other manga

[size=16]NisiOisin to Print Monogatari’s 2nd ‘Off Season’ Book in 2016[/size]
posted on 2015-10-05 05:40 EDT
Orokamonogatari, 1st “Off Season” volume in Monogatari Series, ships on Tuesday

[size=16]OMAKASE Exclusive: Kill la Kill Gold Foil Hardcover Manga[/size]
by Viewster Omakase, Oct 5th 2015
Viewster is kicking off their new subscription service, OMAKASE, in style by featuring the acclaimed masterpiece Kill la Kill from Studio Trigger

[size=16]Viz to Offer Death Note/Bakuman Creators’ Platinum End Manga in Single Chapters[/size]
posted on 2015-10-05 13:50 EDT
Also: Shonen Jump to publish Masashi Kishimoto’s debut one-shot Karakuri

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/05-1/viz-celebrates-the-finale-of-naruto-manga-with-the-new-manga-app-digital-bundles-jump-back-promotion-and-more
October 05, 2015 5:16pm CDT
Manga finale hits shops on October 6th

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/05-1/yotsuba-volume-13-scheduled-for-publication-in-japan-in-november
October 05, 2015 8:53pm CDT
New volume marks the end of a 2.5 year period since the previous volume

[size=16]Dear Boys Basketball Manga to End in 2 More Chapters[/size]
posted on 2015-10-06 12:00 EDT
Act 3 to end story’s 23-year run that inspired Hoop Days anime

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/07-1/manga-adapts-steinsgate-creators-occulticnine
October 07, 2015 10:30am CDT
Ganjii illustrates the novel adaptation

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/07/kingdom-manga-hits-halfway-point-at-volume-40
October 07, 2015 11:23am CDT
Da Vinci feature presents Ryohei Suzuki (Takeo Gōda in live-action My Love Story!!) costumed as character from the series

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/07/video-oda-nobuna-light-novel-new-edition-and-gaiden-promo-posted
October 07, 2015 12:16pm CDT
Volumes 1-10 and Gaidens released by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko on September 19th

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/08/attack-on-titan-anthology-to-feature-titan-stories-by-western-comics-talent
October 08, 2015 3:31pm CDT
250-page collection of shorts is due out in fall 2016

[size=16]Crunchyroll Manga Adds Arakawa Under the Bridge, Gugure! Kokkuri-san, Cuticle Detective Inaba[/size]
posted on 2015-10-09 02:00 EDT
Square Enix titles added to manga catalog

[size=16]Dark Horse Offers New Lone Wolf 2100 Comic by Western Creators[/size]
posted on 2015-10-09 07:00 EDT
Comic based on Koike’s Lone Wolf and Cub manga reimagines 2003 comic of same name

[size=16]Viz Media Adds Kuroko’s Basketball, Haikyu!!, Yona of the Dawn Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-09 13:06 EDT
Also: 7th Garden, Everyone’s Getting Married, Monster Hunter manga; Black Clover gets print edition

[size=16]Viz Media Announces October Digital Manga Update[/size]
October 9, 2015
Celebrate The Series Finale Of NARUTO With Special Digital Bundles And Exclusive One-Shots; Catch The Digital Launch Of 4 New Series And Latest Additions To More Than 30 Other Titles!!

[size=16]History of Comiket’s First 30 Years Posted as Free PDF[/size]
posted on 2015-10-09 15:45 EDT by Eric Stimson
Updated 40th anniversary edition also available

[size=16]Yen Press Adds Space Dandy, Dimension W, Overlord, Boy & the Beast[/size]
posted on 2015-10-10 12:30 EDT

[size=16]Kodansha Comics Adds Spoof on Titan, I Am Space Dandy Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-10 13:05 EDT
Also: Faith Erin Hicks draws 4-panel bonus comic for Vinland Saga’s 7th manga volume

[size=16]Persona Q - Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side: P3 Manga Ends[/size]
posted on 2015-10-11 00:00 EDT
Crunchyroll releases manga series based on 3DS game in English

[size=16]Kyo no Asuka Show’s Taishi Mori Draws Radiation House Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-11 05:00 EDT
Smoking Gun’s Tomohiro Yokomaku writes story for manga launching on October 21

[size=16]Hirakawa’s Clover Manga to End on October 15[/size]
posted on 2015-10-11 07:00 EDT
Fighting manga that launched in 2007 inspired live-action series in 2012

[size=16]ICv2: N. American Manga Sales Up 13% So Far in 2015[/size]
posted on 2015-10-11 14:00 EDT
2014 saw 25% increase in number of manga volumes published

[size=16]Tokyo Ghoul Volume 1 Ranks #5 on U.S. Monthly BookScan September List[/size]
posted on 2015-10-11 20:00 EDT
One-Punch Man, Naruto, Attack on Titan also rank in top 20

[size=16]Code Geass Goro Taniguchi Launches 1st Manga Series ĀTRAIL[/size]
posted on 2015-10-12 02:45 EDT
Loups-Garous artist Akihiko Higuchi draws web manga that launched on Monday

[size=16]Kuroko’s Basketball Extra Game Manga Nearing Climax[/size]
posted on 2015-10-12 08:00 EDT
Sequel to Tadatoshi Fujimaki’s Kuroko no Basuke manga launched in December 2014

[size=16]My Love Story/High School Debut’s Kawahara to Launch New Manga in January[/size]
posted on 2015-10-12 11:00 EDT
Kazune Kawahara ends Aozora Yell on Tuesday

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/12/monogatari-author-nisioisin-launches-site
October 12, 2015 1:52pm CDT
ni.siois.in offers look at writers work

[size=16]Vampire Knight Manga Gets New Chapter in December[/size]
posted on 2015-10-12 17:00 EDT
New chapter will tell story of Kaname’s awakening

[size=16]ICv2: TOP 300 GRAPHIC NOVELS ACTUAL–SEPTEMBER 2015[/size]
Posted on October 13, 2015 @ 3:58 am CT
Sales Estimates for September Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data

[size=16]Nippon Foundation Selects 100 Manga as Learning Tools[/size]
posted on 2015-10-13 19:45 EDT by Carlos Cadorniga
Silver Spoon, Chihayafuru, Golgo 13, Black Jack, more selected

[size=16]Parasyte’s Iwaaki Launches Reiri Manga With Artist Daisuke Muroi[/size]
posted on 2015-10-14 10:30 EDT
Sengoku period drama to begin November 12

[size=16]Suehiro Maruo Resumes Tomino no Jigoku Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-15 03:45 EDT
Maruo ended manga’s 1st part in October 2014

[size=16]A Certain Magical Index Author’s Multi-Series Crossover Manga Ends[/size]
posted on 2015-10-15 04:30 EDT
Manga features characters from Kamachi’s Heavy Object, A Certain Magical Index, other works

[size=16]Press Release: Viz Media Announces New Manga Series Acquisitions for 2016 Release[/size]
Oct 15th 2015
Seven Exciting New Series Join VIZ Media’s Manga Roster For 2016 Including New Fantasy/Action, Sports And Shojo Manga Titles

[size=16]Arakawa Under the Bridge Manga Gets 3 New Chapters[/size]
posted on 2015-10-15 11:30 EDT
1st new chapter on Friday; 2nd, 3rd chapters in November

[size=16]Shonen Jump Teases Big Announcement for Isobe Isobee Monogatari[/size]
posted on 2015-10-15 13:50 EDT

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2015/10/15/feature-monthly-mangaka-spotlight-4-hiromu-arakawa
October 15, 2015 5:30pm CDT
A look at the works of Japan’s bovine princess of hardcore shonen action

NEW Trailer - Tokyo Ghoul (Manga)

[size=16]Shinji Mizushima Draws Yakyūkyō no Uta 1-Shot Manga on October 22[/size]
posted on 2015-10-16 01:15 EDT
Manga will be 1st story in 10 years since ending in 2005; will cross over with Dokaben

[size=16]Hiroya Oku, Keita Iizuka Launch Gantz Spinoff Manga in November[/size]
posted on 2015-10-16 06:30 EDT
Oku’s original sci-fi manga inspired TV anime, 2 live-action films

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/15/chivalry-of-a-failed-knight-series-reaches-1-million-print-run
October 16, 2015 1:50am CDT
Novel’s 8th and manga’s 4th volumes were simultaneously released

[size=16]These Manga Need An Anime![/size]
by Rebecca Silverman, Oct 16th 2015

[size=16]Guardian Angel Getten/Mamotte Shugogetten Manga Gets Sequel[/size]
posted on 2015-10-16 18:00 EDT
Minene Sakurano plans to serialize new manga with Mag Garden

https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/655044160391639040?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Nozaki-kun prepares for his English language debut next month!

[size=16]A Certain Scientific Accelerator Gets 4-Panel Idol Spinoff Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-17 00:00 EDT
Teto Tachitsu debuting To Aru Idol no Accelerator-sama spinoff manga on October 27

[size=16]Dogs: Prelude’s Shirow Miwa to Draw RWBY Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-17 04:00 EDT
Japanese dub of web series to debut in theaters in Japan in November

[size=16]Gunslinger Girl’s Aida Resumes 1518! Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-17 08:00 EDT
Manga about high school students in student council went on hiatus in July

[size=16]K: Dog & Cat Spinoff Manga Ends[/size]
posted on 2015-10-17 09:00 EDT
Rin Kimura, Hideyuki Furuhashi launched series in May

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/17/minene-sakuranos-mamotte-shugogetten-manga-sequel-coming-soon
October 17, 2015 2:15am CDT
Tasuke and Shaorin will come back for a new story

[size=16]Digital Manga’s Wonder 3 Kickstarter Adds Kimba, Goast Man Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-17 20:00 EDT
Black Jack, Astro Boy-themed merchandise also added as rewards

[size=16]Mixed Vegetables/Usotsuki Lily’s Komura Launches New Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 04:00 EDT
Mori no Takuma-san series follows “ultimate kind plump man”

[size=16]Tokyo Ravens Sword of Song Manga’s Final Volume Ships in November[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 05:30 EDT
5th volume to feature previously unpublished final chapter

[size=16]Karneval’s Touya Mikanagi Ends ROOT∞REXX Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 07:00 EDT
Series adapting Idea Factory’s otome game about rock band launched in October 2014

[size=16]Trinity Seven Manga Gets Levi Ninden Manga Spinoff[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 11:30 EDT
Spinoff focusing on Levi Kazama debuts on November 9

[size=16]Shiozaki to Launch Shin Ikki Tousen Manga in November[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 14:15 EDT
Young King Ours announced in September that Shiozaki would continue Ikki Tousen manga

[size=16]Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom Manga Has 20 Million Copies in Print[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 18:15 EDT

[size=16]Shin Mazinger Zero vs. Ankoku Daishōgun Manga Ends in November[/size]
posted on 2015-10-18 22:00 EDT
Manga debuted in 2013 in Champion RED

[size=16]Sekirei’s Gokurakuin to Launch Brave Star Romantics Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-19 05:45 EDT
Romance action series to begin in November

[size=16]Arina Tanemura, Yui Kikuta Launch New Collaboration Manga this Month[/size]
posted on 2015-10-19 08:00 EDT
Shunkan Lyle series marks 1st time Tanemura is working with Ichijinsha

[size=16]RWBY Manga by Dogs’ Shirow Miwa Teased With Prequel Story, Visual[/size]
posted on 2015-10-19 12:47 EDT
New story about 4 girls who would become Team RWBY upon enrolling in academy

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/19-1/sankaku-head-announces-himouto-umaru-chan-spin-off-manga
October 19, 2015 12:37pm CDT
“Akita Imouto! Ebina-chan” begins at the end of November in 2015 on Nico Nico Seiga

[size=16]Limited Edition Space Brothers Manga Vol 27 Comes with Nendoroid Petit Apo[/size]
posted on 2015-10-19 21:15 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

[size=16]Terra Formars Gets Asimov Spinoff Manga by Sun-Ken Rock’s Boichi[/size]
posted on 2015-10-20 01:00 EDT
Terra Formars The Outer Mission novelist collaborates on story about Sylvester Asimov

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/20/stone-bridge-press-publishes-massive-osamu-tezuka-biography
October 20, 2015 7:48am CDT
“The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime” is written by Toshio Ban and translated by Frederik L. Schodt

[size=16]Jiro Taniguchi’s Guardians of the Louvre Manga Listed for Spring 2016[/size]
posted on 2015-10-20 12:50 EDT
Louvre graphic novel series also includes Hirohiko Araki’s Rohan of the Louvre

[size=16]Pandora Hearts’ Mochizuki to Launch Vanitas no Carte Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-10-20 17:45 EDT
“19th century Paris × vampires × steampunk” manga begins in December

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/20/yen-press-starts-simulpublication-of-black-butler-manga
October 20, 2015 11:30pm CDT
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