General Manga News & Discussion

###Kozueko Morimoto’s Ashi-Girl Manga to Have ‘Important Announcement’ Next Month
posted on 2017-04-28 00:00 EDT

###Yūki Dōmoto’s Girlish Number Manga Ends in May
posted on 2017-04-28 03:30 EDT
Manga launched in March 2016

###Rainbow Days Manga’s Side-Story Volume Slated for 2018
posted on 2017-04-28 06:30 EDT

###Gakuen Psycho-Pass Spinoff Comedy Manga Ends
posted on 2017-04-28 07:00 EDT
Manga that recasts characters as students in school launched in 2014

###My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Light Novels Have 5 Million Copies in Print
posted on 2017-04-28 08:00 EDT

###Naked Ape Launches New Manga in ARIA Magazine in May
posted on 2017-04-28 09:00 EDT
Story centers on estate management company that handles lingering souls

###“Berserk” Novel And Next Manga Collection Scheduled
April 28, 2017 11:22am CDT
Anime series composition writer Makoto Fukami pens the original story about Grunbeld

###Answerman: What Is The Lifestyle Of A Manga Artist?
by Justin Sevakis, Apr 28th 2017

###Futari H Manga Holds Contest to Guess Baby’s Name, Sex
posted on 2017-04-28 13:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###New Racing Manga Portrays Bond Between Jockey and Centaur
posted on 2017-04-28 15:45 EDT by Eric Stimson

###Not Lives’ Wataru Karasuma Launches New Manga in Dengeki Daioh
posted on 2017-04-28 22:10 EDT
Magazine launches 3 other new series in June

###My Wife is the Student Council President Manga Has 1 Million Copies in Print
posted on 2017-04-29 10:45 EDT

###Detroit Metal City’s Kiminori Wakasugi Launches Rhyming Man Manga in May
posted on 2017-04-29 12:45 EDT
New manga centers on young rapper

###Kids on the Slope’s Yuki Kodama Launches New Series in July
posted on 2017-04-29 14:45 EDT
Author’s Tsukikage Baby manga recently concluded in March

###1970s-80s Science Fiction & Fantasy Shōjo Manga Omnibus Features Moto Hagio, Keiko Takemiya
posted on 2017-04-29 16:45 EDT by Amanda Whalen

###“My Hero Academia” And “Black Clover” Authors Swap Tributes
April 29, 2017 4:05pm CDT
Shonen Jump GIGA is back with its 2017 incarnation

###Pani Poni’s Hekiru Hikawa to Launch Manga About Video Streamers
posted on 2017-04-29 16:45 EDT
Manga premieres next month

###“Yuyushiki” Author Shares “Hunter x Hunter” And “Fate/” Tributes
April 29, 2017 10:58pm CDT
Comedy series Yuyushiki has a Data Processing Club event with Rumi Ōkubo, Minami Tsuda, Megumi Han, Ai Kayano, and Mana Shimizu scheduled for May 7th at Tokyo’s Yomiuri Hall

###Manga Author Suggests Avengers Team Of Violent Japanese Heroes
April 30, 2017 1:10pm CDT
Manga author Yuuki Yogo recently got a bit of a bump in prominence when he illustrated Berserker Shinsengumi captain Hijikata Toshizou Fate/Grand Order’s Fate/GUDAGUDA Meiji Ishin event

###Comical Psychosomatic Medicine Manga Gets Book About Émile Chartier
posted on 2017-04-30 14:45 EDT
Book explains Alain on Happiness book by French philosopher

###Crunchyroll Adds More “ReLife,” “Nanbaka,” and “Piacevole” Manga
April 30, 2017 4:00pm CDT
New volumes go live worldwide today at 5:00pm Pacific Time

###Brave10’s Kairi Shimotsuki to Launch Arthur Bright Manga
posted on 2017-04-30 18:45 EDT
Samurai Kimura Shigenari meets King Arthur in new series

###Review: BAKEMONOGATARI: Monster Tale (Novel 1)
Apr 30th 2017 / ANN

Noragami Manga Goes on Extended Hiatus Due to Adachitoka’s Health

posted on 2017-05-01 01:00 EDT
Manga’s return date is as-yet unknown

J-Novel Club Licenses ‘If It’s For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord’ Novels

posted on 2017-05-01 04:30 EDT
Fantasy series follows adventurer who adopts devil girl

Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen Novels Get Manga Adaptation

posted on 2017-05-01 07:00 EDT
Also: main manga series has 7 million copies in print

SHAFT, Shunji Iwai’s ‘Fireworks’ Anime Film Gets Manga Adaptation

posted on 2017-05-01 08:00 EDT
Granblue Fantasy’s Makoto Fūgetsu draws manga premiering on June 2

Shinjirō’s Fate/Zero Manga Gets Extra Chapter on June 2

posted on 2017-05-01 09:00 EDT

Eto Mori’s DIVE!! Novels Get New Manga Adaptation

posted on 2017-05-01 10:00 EDT
Novels also inspire anime adaptation slated for July

J-Novel Club Holds Catchup Campaign, All Volumes Available May 1st Through 8th

May 1st 2017
Use coupon code: springcatchup for a 1 week free trial subscription!

Sasuga no Sarutobi Ninja Action Manga Returns After 33 Years

posted on 2017-05-01 19:00 EDT
“Love comedy” ninja manga inspired anime in 1982

‘Captain Tsubasa’ offers hope for young Syrian refugees

May 1, 2017 at 08:00 JST / The Asahi Shimbun

Review: Revolutionary Girl Utena {Complete Box Set} (GN 1-5)

May 1st 2017 / ANN

KANTA ON MANGA / Manga highlights relationship of authors, their children

May 01, 2017 / The Japan News

###Cross Infinite World Licenses Akaoni, I Became the Secretary of a Hero! Light Novels
posted on 2017-05-02 01:30 EDT
Yusen Ruten: An Era of Red manga also licensed

###Vice & Luna - 05/02/2017
May 2nd 2017

###“One Piece” Manga Bonus (Jokingly) Reveals What’s Under Doffy’s Glasses!
May 02, 2017 11:42am CDT
Volume 85 of One Piece is out in Japan today

###Goodnight Punpun, Orange, The Osamu Tezuka Story, Princess Jellyfish, Wandering Island Nominated for Eisner Awards
posted on 2017-05-02 16:05 EDT
Takeshi Obata art book also nominated

###H Manga “Oshioki Execute” Gets NSFW-ish Audio Drama Minisode and Twitter Contest
May 02, 2017 10:37pm CDT
Aya Uchida and Kengo Kawanishi star in a new audio production celebrating the release of the manga’s second volume.

###My Neighbor Seki’s Takuma Morishige to Launch New Manga Series
posted on 2017-05-03 00:40 EDT
Short manga about voice actress with hidden side launches in June

###Sample the New “Shinjuku Connective” Series with Free Audio Drama
May 03, 2017 3:25am CDT
Hobby Japan’s mixed media project now out in print.

###Shinjirō’s Taboo Tattoo Manga Ends in June
posted on 2017-05-03 12:00 EDT
Series debuted in 2009, inspired TV anime last year

###Q&A: Legendary Mangaka Kenichi Sonoda
by Lynzee Loveridge, May 3rd 2017

###“KADO: The Right Answer” Makes Contact With Web Manga Spin-Off
May 03, 2017 11:05am CDT
“KADO: The Right Answer - Blue Spring and Railgun” debuts on the “Comic Zenyon” website on May 06, 2017

###Kurosagi’s Corpse Delivery Service Manga ‘Reboots’ With New Arc in June
posted on 2017-05-03 14:00 EDT
“Reboot” features global scale story

###Akiko Higashimura’s Princess Jellyfish Manga Resumes in June
posted on 2017-05-03 15:00 EDT
Series went on hiatus in January 2016

###Gundam EXA VS Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
posted on 2017-05-03 17:00 EDT
Also: Iron-Blooded Orphans manga spinoff gets 2nd season, manga based on Dreamcast game gets title

###Thermae Romae’s Mari Yamazaki Draws Manga About Bulgari Founder for Vogue Japan
posted on 2017-05-03 18:00 EDT
Sotirios Voulgaris travels back in time to Ancient Rome to discover origin of Bulgari jewelry

###J-Novel Club Announces “Invaders of the Rokujouma!?” Light Novels
May 03, 2017 5:30pm CDT
The first three volumes are available now on j-novel.club to read for everyone

###Brush Up With Vertical’s “Nisemonogatari” English Release Cover Preview
May 03, 2017 7:20pm CDT
North American publisher Vertical is preparing to release the next part of NISIOISIN with a June 27th date for NISEMONOGATARI, Part 1: Fake Tale

###Shishūgoku Horror Manga Inspires 2 Live-Action Films
posted on 2017-05-03 21:00 EDT
Moemi Katayama stars in films opening in Tokyo, Osaka in June

###Gurren Lagann Kessen! Otoko-gumi Hen, Tenimuho Manga Nearing End
posted on 2017-05-04 09:00 EDT
Gurren Lagann manga is 3rd adaptation of drama CD series

###Shuho Sato’s The Isle of TOKKOU Manga Takes Unexpected Break
posted on 2017-05-04 10:00 EDT

###Bingo Tokio, Mimori’s Ushiro Manga Moves to Compiled Book Publication
posted on 2017-05-04 11:00 EDT
Series went on hiatus in 2016 due to illustrator’s health

###Kare Kano’s Masami Tsuda Ends Hinoko Manga in 2 Chapters
posted on 2017-05-04 12:00 EDT
“Ancient fantasy” about girl with powers launched in 2012

###Next Yamcha Dragon Ball Spinoff Manga Chapter Debuts on May 8
posted on 2017-05-04 17:00 EDT
Spinoff about boy who wakes up as Yamcha debuted in December

###Mardock Scramble’s Tow Ubukata, Mokke’s Takatoshi Kumakura Launch New Manga
posted on 2017-05-04 18:00 EDT
Manga based on Ubukata’s novel begins next month

###Celebrate World Password Day By Coming Up With A Better One Than Kirito’s From “Sword Art Online”
May 04, 2017 5:38pm CDT
While Kirito was appointed Cyber Security Investigator for Japanese Cyber Security Awareness Month, he’s going to lead by counter-example

###Top Publishers Share Insights on the Art of Adapting Manga for American Readers
May 4th 2017

###Yuri Shibamura, Temari Matsumoto End World Ninja Record Manga
posted on 2017-05-04 22:00 EDT
Series about American ninja, high school girl launched in 2015

###“No Game No Life” Light Novel Series Gets 3 Million Copies in Print
May 04, 2017 10:55pm CDT
All-new film “No Game No Life Zero” hits Japanese theaters July 15

###Boruto Manga Ranks #2 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan April List
posted on 2017-05-05 10:30 EDT
Tokyo Ghoul, The Legend of Zelda, Attack on Titan also rank

###“Demental Man: Lloyd no Karte” Treats Psychic Trauma on Audio CD
May 05, 2017 9:09am CDT
Adaptation of light novel series written by Kenji Saitou and illustrated by Keiichi Sato will be released in June

###Oreimo Game’s Ayase Route Gets Novel, Character Gets AI Project
posted on 2017-05-05 14:15 EDT
Fan questions/answers will raise AI of Ayase

###Kobo-chan’s Masashi Ueda Ends Otoboke Kachō Manga After 36 Years
posted on 2017-05-05 18:30 EDT
Sequel to 4-panel manga begins next month

###Holo Meets Her Match In New “Spice And Wolf” Book
May 06, 2017 12:00pm CDT
A second Wolf and Parchment was released in March. And, May 10th, it’s time for S&W XIX: Spring Log II

###The Severing Crime Edge’s Tatsuhiko Hikagi Launches New Manga
posted on 2017-05-06 12:45 EDT
Woman wakes up in locked room in manga premiering in June

###Sekai o Yoku Suru Zankoku na Method Manga Ceases Publication Due to Artist’s Health
posted on 2017-05-06 18:45 EDT
Artist Kōsuke Yamanami will focus on recovering to be able to draw again

###4-Panel Manga “Slow Start” Catches up with Anime Adaptation
May 06, 2017 9:45pm CDT
Manga from creator of “Bottle Fairy” will be coming to TV in the near future.

###Become a “Case Closed” Character with “Detective Conan” Face Maker
May 07, 2017 1:24am CDT
New site commemorates 200 million volumes of hit manga sold.

###Don’t Cry Girl’s Tomoko Yamashita to Launch Ikoku Nikki Manga
posted on 2017-05-07 12:45 EDT
New manga series begins in June

###“Yuyushiki” Author Creates Digital Wallpaper In Honor Of Cast Event (But No New Anime Announced)
May 07, 2017 1:11pm CDT
Cast (minus Risa Taneda) reunited at May 7th event

###Ryō Ikuemi’s Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo Manga Approaches Climax
posted on 2017-05-07 14:45 EDT
Manga launched in 2011, inspired live-action TV series that premiered in April

###“One-Punch Man” Artist Goes For Some Equal Opportunity Sexiness With Shikishi Sketches
May 07, 2017 3:01pm CDT
Plus some art in honor of the newly collected first volume of Lycanthrope Bouken Hoken, by Murata’s former assistant back on Eyeshield 21, Yoshiyuki Nishi

###Beef Production ‘Manga’ Shows How Cattle Become Meat
posted on 2017-05-07 19:45 EDT by Jennifer Sherman

###Shueisha Plans Weekly Shonen Jump’s Three-Part 50th Anniversary Exhibitions in Tokyo
May 07, 2017 11:30pm CDT
Advance tickets for the first part will go on sale on May 13

### ‘Sword Art Online’ novels pass 20 million copies in print
May 7, 2017 at 09:00 JST / Translated by The Asahi Shimbun from the website of Anime Anime Japan Ltd.

###Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic Anime Gets Manga in June
posted on 2017-05-08 05:30 EDT
New Bushiroad project also gets manga in June

###KANTA ON MANGA / A warts-and-all portrait of an artist and father
May 8, 2017 / The Japan News

###Japanese Netizens Choose Jump’s Best Manga Artist
posted on 2017-05-08 18:15 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

### Cover Illustrations for “Attack on Titan: No Regrets” Manga Full Color Edition Revealed
May 08, 2017 11:50pm EDT / Crunchyroll
Levi-featuring spin-off series has printed over 1.5 million copies

41st Annual Kodansha Manga Awards’ Winners Announced

posted on 2017-05-09 09:00 EDT
Altair: A Record of Battles, P to JK, The Fable win

Vice & Luna - 05/09/2017

May 9th 2017

Kenshin Smiles On Travelers In New Manga Ads

May 09, 2017 12:05pm CDT
In time for travel home at the end of the Golden Week holidays, ads for Jump manga were displayed at transit hubs like Shinjuku Station

MangaOne App Streams Astro Boy, Black Jack TV Ads

posted on 2017-05-09 13:45 EDT by Jennifer Sherman

“Fairy Tail” Author Comments On Plans For Manga’s End And Beyond

May 09, 2017 12:59pm CDT
Fairy Tail movie Dragon Cry hit Japanese theaters on May 6th, and volume 61 hits Japan on May 17th. These big-doings for the action manga might be dwarfed by what’s coming up

J-Novel Club Announces the Licensing of Demon King Daimaou and Infinite Dendrogram Light Novel Series

May 9th 2017
A classic hit and a brand new up-and-coming series are coming to J-Novel Club!

Kodansha USA Lists Digital Releases For George Asakura’s Drowning Love, Robico’s Our Precious Conversations

posted on 2017-05-09 18:00 EDT
Oboreru Knife, Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi English releases slated for next week

BBC News Reports on How “Captain Tsubasa” Manga is Helping to Make the World a Better Place

May 09, 2017 5:01pm CDT
Yoichi Takahashi’s “Captain Tsubasa” originally debuted in 1981

Manga Publishers Discuss Legal Action Against Upload Site

posted on 2017-05-09 21:00 EDT
FreeBooks allegedly hosted titles from Kodansha, Shogakukan, other publishers

“Magical Girl Apocalypse” Manga Artist Shares Tribute To Rangiku From “Bleach”

May 09, 2017 10:40pm CDT
Kentaro Sato, who has been traumatizing readers with mahou shoujo horror manga, goes for a subject more eye-catching and less gratuitously grisly with his take on the popular, lazy drinker

###Hunter x Hunter Manga’s 34th Volume Listed for June 26
posted on 2017-05-10 11:20 EDT
Yoshihiro Togashi’s series went on indefinite hiatus in June

###Yūki Kumagai’s Re:Creators Spinoff Manga Debuts in June
posted on 2017-05-10 12:20 EDT
Series with new story focuses on female character

###“Dagashi Kashi” Author Has A Perfect Hump Day Message For Readers
May 10, 2017 3:25pm CDT
It’s halfway through the work-week and there are manga magazines getting released. More the latter than the former has prompted Dagashi Kashi author Kotoyama to stretch their English skills

###Chibi Vampire’s Kagesaki Launches Manga Based on The Witch’s House Prequel Novel
posted on 2017-05-10 17:30 EDT
Original novel tells prequel to 2012 horror game

###Kodansha USA to Publish Neo Parasyte m Tribute Manga
posted on 2017-05-10 21:30 EDT
Volume collects short stories by Hiro Mashima, Akira Hiramoto, Peach-Pit, more

###Voice Actors Take a Bite Out of Time in “Sengoku Vamp” Audio Drama
May 11, 2017 9:30am CDT
CD release features 6 original stories based on Sora Honooki’s “forbidden time slip love” shōjo manga

###Kickstarter to Publish Delico Psyche’s Boys-Love Manga in Print Meets Goal
posted on 2017-05-11 15:00 EDT
Project has 2 stretch goals, ends May 17

###“Squid Girl” Compares Initial Drawing On Invader From the Deep To Latest Sketch
May 11, 2017 2:27pm CDT
The first volume of Masahiro Anbe’s new Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyu-bu/Assemble! Mysterious Research Club was released April 7th

###Monochrome Factor’s Kairi Sorano Starts New Series
posted on 2017-05-11 19:00 EDT
Previous series Croa Chimera ended abruptly in September

###Yowamushi Pedal Manga Has 17 Million Copies in Print
posted on 2017-05-11 22:00 EDT

###Review: Smokin’ Parade (GN 1)
May 11th 2017

###Titan’s “Robotech” Comics Now Available for Digital and Print Pre-Order
May 11, 2017 11:15pm CDT
First issue of new line goes live in late July.

###Corpse Princess’ Akahito Ends Saisei no Phantasma Manga
posted on 2017-05-12 00:30 EDT / ANN
Battle fantasy manga follows criminal’s daughter, super-powered bodyguard

###Happy Birthday To “Mob Psycho 100” Shigeo Kageyama
May 12, 2017 11:05am CDT
Chapter 99 of ONE’s Mob Psycho 100 manga was published online on May 12th. Notably, according to a volume 12 character profile, May 12th is also Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama’s birthday

###Seven Seas Entertainment Licenses Okayado’s MaMaMa, Coolkyoushinja’s Mononoke Sharing, More Manga
posted on 2017-05-12 18:49 EDT
DNA Doesn’t Tell Us, Sorry for My Familiar, Crisis Girls, High-Rise Invasion licensed

###Neko Danshi Nyankee High School Project Adds More Cat Delinquents
posted on 2017-05-12 19:45 EDT

###Viz Media Announces Expansion Of Digital Manga Library Available Through Overdrive
May 12th 2017

###Fanfare, Ponent Mon Publish Jiro Taniguchi’s Venice Travel Book Manga
posted on 2017-05-13 05:15 EDT
Companies set release period for Furari manga, plan to reprint The Walking Man

###“Re:Zero” Publisher Seeks Editors
May 13, 2017 9:10pm EDT
Begin your light novel career with work at MF Bunko J.

###‘Another’ Manga Artist Hiro Kiyohara Ends Tantei no Tantei Manga
posted on 2017-05-14 14:45 EDT
Manga centers on 2 women who investigate corrupt detectives

###Viz Previews Release Of Award-Winning Historical Manga “Golden Kamuy”
May 14, 2017 6:10pm CDT
In 2016, Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy beat Erased, Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi and more for Manga Taisho award

###“Yuruyuri” Manga Author Covers “Kemono Friends” Anthology
May 14, 2017 9:50pm CDT
On May 29th, a new MF Comics Kemono Friends Anthology will collect new manga tributes to the animal girl phenomenon

###Kinpuri! 4-Panel Comedy Spinoff Manga Ends
posted on 2017-05-15 03:00 EDT
Manga based on KING OF PRISM franchise launched in June 2016

###Kochikame Creator Draws Denzel Washington in Collab Illustration
posted on 2017-05-15 17:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###Meiji University to Hold “Locke The Superman” 50th Anniversary Exhibition This Summer
May 16, 2017 2:45am CDT
67-year-old manga author will join a talk session on September 2

###Vice & Luna - 05/16/2017
May 16th 2017

###Re:Zero EX" Prequel Light Novel Listed For North American Release
May 16, 2017 11:59am CDT
s. Tappei Nagatsuki’s first EX, The Dream the Lion King Saw, explores the background and motivations of Crusch Karsten and Felix Argyle

###Kodansha USA Publishes Ema Toyama’s Aoba-kun’s Confessions Manga Digitally
posted on 2017-05-16 17:00 EDT
Missions of Love creator draws manga about shy girl, basketball star

###Weekly Shonen Jump’s Circulation Drops Below 2 Million
posted on 2017-05-16 20:00 EDT
Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday, Kodansha’s Shonen Magazine circulation also drops

###World Embryo, Chrono Crusade’s Daisuke Moriyama Launches Manga
posted on 2017-05-17 10:50 EDT
Mourning Bride centers on mafia brothers, grandfather’s mysterious fiancé

###Gantz’s Hiroya Oku to End Inuyashiki Manga in Volume 10
posted on 2017-05-17 16:50 EDT

###Do You Like Your Mom? Light Novel Sales Exceed 100,000
posted on 2017-05-17 19:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###Kodansha USA to Release Kasane, Real Girl, This Is a Love Story Manga Digitally
posted on 2017-05-17 20:50 EDT
3 shojo series launch May 30

###“Action Heroine Cheer Fruits” to Get “Comicalized” This Summer
May 17, 2017 8:50pm CDT
New anime will receive a manga adaptation in Young Champion Retsu