General Manga News & Discussion

###Viz Media Licenses Junji Ito’s Tomie Manga
posted on 2016-03-26 14:45 EDT
Also plans compiled volume for Platinum End, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders deluxe edition

###Review: Shuriken and Pleats (GN 1)
Mar 26th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/27-1/sekai-project-announces-new-visual-novels-manga
March 27, 2016 4:42pm CDT
New batch of announcements revealed at Sakura-Con

###Book Design Blog Names Best-Designed Manga of 2015
posted on 2016-03-27 18:15 EDT by Eric Stimson
The Black Museum: Ghost & Lady takes top spot

[size=16]Shonen Jump Magazine Teases ‘Jump CS’ Project[/size]
posted on 2016-03-28 04:45 EDT

[size=16]One Piece Manga Enters ‘VS. Four Emperors Arc’[/size]
posted on 2016-03-28 06:45 EDT

[size=16]4 Weekly Shonen Jump Manga Get Spinoff Chapters in April[/size]
posted on 2016-03-28 08:45 EDT

[size=16]Twin Star Exorcists Manga Gets 1-Shot in Weekly Shonen Jump[/size]
posted on 2016-03-28 09:45 EDT

[size=16]PREVIEWSworld: Indie Edge April 2016: Mike Montesa[/size]
Mar 28, 2016

[size=16]Viz’s Shonen Jump to Run Assassination Classroom Side Story Spinoff[/size]
posted on 2016-03-28 12:40 EDT
4-week spinoff explores Koro-sensei’s private life outside school

[size=16]Press Release: VIZ Media To Debut Junji Ito’s Tomie, Takeshi Obata’s Platinum End, And More This Fall[/size]
Mar 29th 2016

Shonen Jump Podcast Episode 149

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/29/preview-showcases-latest-modern-horror-from-ushio-and-tora-author
March 29, 2016 10:45pm CDT
Kazuhiro Fujita, creator of “Ushio & Tora” and “Karakuri Circus,” returned to Shonen Sunday (out on Wednesdays) last week with his latest modern horror “Souboutei Kowasu Beshi”

###Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy Wins 9th Manga Taisho Award

posted on 2016-03-30 00:30 EDT
Manga about Russo-Japanese war veteran, Ainu hunter teaming up to find criminal’s gold stash

###The File of Young Kindaichi Returns Manga Goes on Hiatus Until June

posted on 2016-03-30 03:15 EDT
Authors preparing new arc in detective manga

###Japan Cabinet Office Posts Manga to Convey the Dangers of Drug Use
posted on 2016-03-30 17:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###Press Release: VIZ Media Acquires Publishing Rights To SUSHI: JIRO GASTRONOMY
Apr 1st 2016

###Digital Manga Launches Kickstarter For Kimagure Orange Road Manga
posted on 2016-04-01 00:44 EDT
Company plans to release 1984-87 romantic comedy series in 6 omnibus volumes

###Saiyuki Reload Blast Manga Goes on Hiatus
posted on 2016-04-01 10:45 EDT
Magazine editors cite Kazuya Minekura’s health as reason

###Answerman: Why Don’t We Have A Subscription Manga Service Yet?
by Justin Sevakis, Apr 1st 2016

###Prince of Tennis Creator Will Sing Jump Shops’ Theme Song
posted on 2016-04-01 21:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###Whistle’s Daisuke Higuchi Launches New Soccer Manga Series
posted on 2016-04-02 03:30 EDT
New series to launch on Shogakukan’s Manga ONE app with new protagonists

###Kenji Taguchi Ends Ane Log Sibling Comedy Manga This Month
posted on 2016-04-02 10:30 EDT
Manga inspired 6 Flash anime shorts, 3 OVA episodes

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/02-1/tokyopop-schedules-release-of-disney-alice-in-wonderland-adaptation
April 02, 2016 9:37am CDT
The “special collector’s manga” will be released as a “limited hardcover print run” on May 25

###Corporate Twitter Accounts Get Their Own 4-Panel Manga
posted on 2016-04-02 20:45 EDT by Eric Stimson
Sharp and Tanita personified as handsome young men

###Beet the Vandel Buster Manga Returns on April 15
posted on 2016-04-03 07:15 EDT

###Fairy Tail Gaiden: Rhodonite Spinoff Manga Ends
posted on 2016-04-03 09:15 EDT
New spinoff manga focusing on Luxus Dreher to start soon

###Weekly Shonen Jump’s ‘Jump CS’ Project Launches on April 18
posted on 2016-04-03 13:15 EDT

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/03/prince-of-tennis-author-treats-fans-to-a-special-look-at-the-greek-national-team
April 03, 2016 1:00pm CDT
Prince Of Tennis is gearing up for the U-17W (under 17, worlds) finals in the next chapter

###Tetsu Kariya Plans Oishinbo Manga’s End After Returning From Hiatus
posted on 2016-04-03 17:15 EDT
Cooking manga went on hiatus after Fukushima controversy in 2014

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/03-1/eiichiro-oda-reveals-the-secret-of-drawing-of-the-one-piece-way-of-drawing-the-female-form
April 04, 2016 12:30am CDT
Oda keep Jump’s juvenile spirit alive in reader question responses

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/04/attack-on-titan-manga-19th-volume-cm-posted-for-april-8-release
April 04, 2016 3:30am CDT
Mega hit manga series has printed over 50 million copies in Japan

###Nioh PS4 Game Gets Manga Adaptation
posted on 2016-04-04 08:45 EDT

Shonen Jump Podcast Episode 150

###40th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards’ Nominees Announced
posted on 2016-04-04 14:30 EDT

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/04-1/shogakukans-manga-one-app-serializes-the-lost-village-and-magi-adventure-of-sinbad-manga
April 04, 2016 4:55pm CDT
Digital publications will parallel the anime broadcasts on MBS / TBS’s late-night “Animeism” block

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/04-1/espers-in-love-dmp-kickstarts-kimagure-orange-road-manga-project
April 04, 2016 7:37pm CDT
Series featuring romance and psychic powers originally ran from 1984 - 1987 in Shueisha’s “Weekly Shōnen Jump”

###Digital Manga’s Kimagure Orange Road Kickstarter Funds 1st Omnibus Volume
posted on 2016-04-05 00:00 EDT
Company plans to release 1984-87 romantic comedy series in 6 omnibus volumes

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/05-1/fate-apocrypha-teases-major-announcement
April 05, 2016 7:55pm CDT
Spin-off light novel series set in an alternate timeline originally ran from 2012 - 2014

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/05/fairy-tail-author-shares-discard-april-fools-gag-sketch
April 05, 2016 10:30pm CDT
Fairy Tail author Hiro Mashima rarely misses a holiday, but with April Fool’s things got a bit scrambled

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/06/project-h-asks-fans-how-they-want-their-kodomo-no-jikan
April 06, 2016 3:45am CDT
Publisher has confirmed that they have the license

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/06-1/yu-gi-oh-manga-full-color-edition-promoted-with-video
April 06, 2016 4:45am CDT
All 22 volumes are available at Japanese digital stores

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/06/jojolion-featured-in-latest-ultra-jump-commercial
April 06, 2016 8:56am CDT
For the last four years, manga magazine “Ultra Jump” has been running a series of animated commercials, staying a couple parts ahead of the anime

###Dance in the Vampire Bund’s Tamaki Starts New Manga
posted on 2016-04-06 10:45 EDT
Soul Liquid Chambers “gothic cyberpunk action” manga launches in April

###Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Manga Ends on June 7
posted on 2016-04-06 15:30 EDT
10th and final volume to ship this summer

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/06/amanchu-x-aria-collaboration-drama-cds-to-be-bundled-with-next-tankobons
April 06, 2016 9:50pm CDT
Collaboration event is also scheduled to be held on June 12

###Press Release: Digital Manga, Inc. - Sights Now Focused on Kimagure Orange Road Stretch Goals!
Apr 7th 2016
Initial Goal Funded! DMI’s Crowd Funding For A Favorite 80’s Classic Is On Its Way!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/07-1/bakemonogatari-light-novel-makes-it-into-college-syllabus
April 07, 2016 12:06pm CDT
Instructor previously assigned “Sword Art Online” novels

###Dark Horse Comics Licenses Hatsune Miku: Mikubon Manga
posted on 2016-04-07 13:45 EDT
4-panel manga by creators of Miku’s “Ievan Polkka” video to debut in October

###Review: Princess Jellyfish [Omnibus] - GN 1
Apr 7th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman /ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/07-1/berserk-manga-38th-volume-set-to-be-released-on-june-24
April 08, 2016 1:55am CDT
New TV anime series will premiere in July

###Matsuri Hino Launches New Vampire Knight Manga in June
posted on 2016-04-08 07:00 EDT
Sequel series following Yūki, Zero launches in LaLa DX magazine

###Anthropomorphized Version of Sanrio’s Fillet Mascot Kirimi-chan Gets 2 Manga in April
posted on 2016-04-08 13:45 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Kirimi-chan credited for 1st manga, Soyogo Iwaki draws 2nd manga

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/08/crunchyroll-adds-piacevole-manga
April 08, 2016 7:00pm CDT
First volume is now available worldwide

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/08-1/nichijou-my-ordinary-life-premieres-at-top-of-new-york-times-manga-best-sellers-lists-princess-jellyfish-hits-too
April 09, 2016 1:55am CDT
Elsewhere, Vertical has launched their latest licensing survey and series author Keiichi Arawi has been Tweeting plenty of fun stuff

###Kodansha USA Announces 35th Anniversary Set for Akira Manga, Vinland Saga Book 8
posted on 2016-04-09 03:40 EDT
Also: Sam Humphries, Simon Spurrier produce works for Attack on Titan Anthology project

###One-Punch Man Ranks #2 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan March List
posted on 2016-04-09 07:45 EDT
5 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, 1 Naruto volume, 1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal volume also rank

###Working/Wagnaria!!'s Karino Takatsu Launches My Monster Girl’s Too Cool for You Manga Prequel
posted on 2016-04-09 10:45 EDT
Hyōtenka no Kanojo ni Nanika Yōkai launched 1st chapter on Monday

###Makoto Sanda Pens Rental Magica Short Story
posted on 2016-04-09 22:45 EDT
Short story is set 10 years after the main story’s ending, focuses on Ren Nekoyashiki

###Joshi Kōsei Girls-High Manga’s 13th Volume Will Be Last
posted on 2016-04-10 08:15 EDT
Joshi Kōsei Girls-Live sequel is still running in Comic High! magazine

###Japan’s Highway Service Stations Get Anthropomorphized in Web Novel
posted on 2016-04-10 15:45 EDT by Eric Stimson
Character designs by Mel Kishida and Noizi Itō

###Japanese Readers Pick Shonen Jump’s Most Erotic Manga
posted on 2016-04-10 17:45 EDT by Eric Stimson
Masakazu Katsura does well

Tsubasa Hazuki’s Sword Art Online: Mother’s Rosary Manga Ends

posted on 2016-04-11 02:00 EDT
3rd volume of manga adapting 4th arc of Sword Art Online novels slated for June 10

Kadokawa Purchases 51% Stake in Yen Press

posted on 2016-04-11 03:31 EDT
Hachette Book Group, Kadokawa to rename Yen Press as Yen Press, LLC in May

Ryōsuke Fuji’s Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Manga Ends in May

posted on 2016-04-11 05:30 EDT
Fujicue!!!, Sekitō manga, Bokura wa Satsui Biytori novel also end in May

“Sword Art Online” Spin-Off Nabs Distinction of “Longest Light Novel Title of 2015” (NSFW-ish)

April 11, 2016 10:02am CDT
“Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online - Third Squad Jam Betrayer’s Choice” uses 57 katakana characters

“Fairy Tail” Author Shares Stone Age Short Story

April 11, 2016 12:50pm CDT
On Friday, Fairy Tail author Hiro Mashima caught a perfomance he Mystery of Edwin Drood featuring none other than Lucy Heartfilia voice actress Aya Hirano

Shonen Jump Podcast Episode 151

‘Recently, my sister is unusual.’ Manga Ends in May

posted on 2016-04-11 18:45 EDT
Manga inspired television anime, live-action film adaptations in 2014

Manga’s Most Frightening Monsters Team Up For “TerraFormars” x “I Am A Hero” Cross Promotion

April 11, 2016 5:56pm CDT
Two series have live-action movies out this month

###Takako Shimura, Fumiko Fumi Both Launch New Series in May
posted on 2016-04-12 01:00 EDT
New series launching in Be x Boy magazine

###Kendi Oiwa, Makoto Fūgetsu Launch Granblue Fantasy Manga
posted on 2016-04-12 01:30 EDT
1st chapter available now for manga drawn by Welcome to the N.H.K. artist

###Tatsuya Egawa Launches New Bōkyaku no Hate Manga on Club Sunday Site
posted on 2016-04-12 02:00 EDT

###Yuri Kuma Arashi Manga Ends on April 30
posted on 2016-04-12 02:30 EDT
Akiko Morishima’s manga adapts Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Yuri Kuma Arashi anime

###Usumaru Furuya Ends Joshikōsei ni Korosaretai Manga in July
posted on 2016-04-12 03:00 EDT
Furuya’s Teiichi no Kuni manga ended in Jump Square last week

###Press Release: Government of Japan’s 10th International MANGA Award
Apr 12th 2016

###Sengoku Basara Dokugan Spinoff Manga Begins on April 26
posted on 2016-04-12 15:00 EDT
Story takes place in the future, follows one-eyed man on a motorcycle

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/12-1/kadokawa-takes-a-position-in-north-america-manga-market-through-yen-press
April 12, 2016 3:05pm CDT
Kadokawa has been busy making moves to bolster its position in the North America market

###Wolf Girl & Black Prince Manga Ends on May 13
posted on 2016-04-12 16:20 EDT
Shojo series inspired anime, upcoming live-action film

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/12-1/emiri-kat-and-soma-saito-star-in-karakai-jzu-no-takagi-san-cm
April 12, 2016 5:05pm CDT
Classroom comedy web manga by Souichirou Yamamoto is also published in print by Shogakukan

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/12/kenji-taguchis-ane-log-comedy-manga-to-end-next-week
Three-episode OVA was animated by Brain’s Base in 2014 and 2015
April 12, 2016 11:55pm EDT / by Mikikazu Komatsu

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/12-1/new-sword-art-online-light-novel-spin-off-rumored
Hints of a curious detective pursuing a SAO mystery has fans speculating that it might involve information broker background character Argo
April 12, 2016 10:42pm EDT / by Scott Green

###Santa Inoue Draws 3 New Chapters for Tokyo Tribe Manga
1st chapter debuts April 30
posted on 2016-04-13 02:30 EDT / ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/13/manga-to-adapt-fateapocrypha
April 13, 2016 9:30am CDT
Adaptation from Akira Ishida, the “Oninagai” and “Maoyu” manga artist who has been illustrating for “Fate/Grand Order”

###Character Designer Akio Watanabe Draws Cardcaptor Sakura at Official Café
posted on 2016-04-13 17:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/13/flash-poll-ranks-top-4-manga-artists-that-readers-were-surprised-to-learn-are-women
April 13, 2016 5:35pm CDT
500 Japanese fans weigh on which female artists publishing under male pseudonyms surprised them the most

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/13/jump-welcomes-spring-with-fire-demon-nuns-and-harem-thrillers
April 13, 2016 7:11pm CDT
Japan’s Jump+ digital Shonen Jump spin-off is springing out this season with six news series, introduced between now and the beginning the May

###Which Shonen Jump Series Hooked You?
Apr 13th 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/14/dark-horse-preview-release-of-acclaimed-zombie-manga-i-am-a-hero-manga
April 14, 2016 6:04am CDT
A 2-in-1 connection is coming from Dark Horse is out in coming shops April 13th and everywhere the 26th

###Viz Media Licenses Naruto: Itachi’s Story, Tokyo Ghoul Novels, Gangsta.: Cursed Manga
posted on 2016-04-14 15:03 EDT
Also adds Naruto: Sasuke’s Story novel

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/14/inori-minase-cheers-for-the-kyoto-international-manga-anime-fair-2016
April 14, 2016 4:17pm CDT
Voice actress tries her hand at character design at press conference for annual industry trade show

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/14-1/japanese-anime-magazine-pash-launches-english-language-site
April 14, 2016 9:39pm CDT
Shufu to Seikatsusha’s monthly magazine covers anime and related interests (voice actors, singers), skewed towards a female audience

###Answerman: Why Are Some Manga Printed In Such Limited Quantities?
by Justin Sevakis, Apr 15th 2016

###Mr. Osomatsu Brothers Cosplay as Sailor Guardians for YOU Magazine
posted on 2016-04-15 21:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

###Review: Forget Me Not (GN 1)
posted Apr 14th 2016 / by Rebecca Silverman / ANN

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/16/sword-art-online-girls-dream-of-more-deban
April 16, 2016 10:51am CDT
The running gag continues in volume 17

###Benesse’s Shinken Zemi Manga Inspires KANA-BOON Music Video
posted on 2016-04-16 23:45 EDT
Music video starring Yūna Taira premieres on Japanese television as commercial on Friday

###Press Release: UDON Entertainment Releases 2nd Volume of Kill la Kill in Stores
Apr 17th 2016

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/17/manga-author-draws-bear-mascot-to-support-earthquake-effected-region
April 17, 2016 4:44pm CDT
Offering moral support for those affected, boxing manga artists George Morikawa and Tetsuya Chiba took to Twitter to begin cheering for the Kumamon

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/17/hunter-x-hunter-volume-33-hits-japanese-bookstores-in-june-of-2016
April 17, 2016 9:09pm CDT
The previous entry, Volume 32, was released in Japan in December of 2012