General Manga News & Discussion

###Fire Emblem Manga by Fire Emblem Fates Creators Suspended
posted on 2016-12-28 15:15 EST
Manga by Yuusuke Kozaki, Shin Kibayashi was slated to launch last year

###Manga About Fire Emblem Fates’ Leo Begins Next Month
posted on 2016-12-28 15:20 EST
Tama Yugyōji draws Fire Emblem if: Nibelung no Hōkan

###“Tokyo Ghoul” Author Returns To Twitter
December 28, 2016 5:10pm CST
The return was in time to celebrate his December 28th birthday

###Naked Ape End Manga of Rampo Edogawa’s Kotō no Oni Novel
posted on 2016-12-29 13:00 EST
Adaptation of 1929-1930 mystery novel launched in January

###Manga Anthology Showcases the World of Canned Meat
posted on 2016-12-29 13:45 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness to Have ‘Important Announcement’
posted on 2016-12-29 16:10 EST

###Yuki Yuna is a Hero Manga Resumes From Hiatus
posted on 2016-12-29 17:40 EST
Manga went on hiatus in September 2015 due to author’s health

###10th International Manga Award Winners Announced
posted on 2016-12-29 18:50 EST
Contest for foreign artists held annually in Japan

###Kazuhiko Shimamoto Releases Sequel to Shin Godzilla Dōjinshi
posted on 2016-12-29 23:45 EST by Eric Stimson
Depicts tweets with Hideaki Anno

“Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san” Celebrates 1 Million Copies Milestone with New Year’s Art

December 30, 2016 8:15am CST
Web comic by Souichirou Yamamoto is now serialized in Shogakukan’s “Monthly Shōnen Sunday” magazine

D.Gray-Man Manga Resumes From Hiatus

posted on 2016-12-30 10:15 EST
Katsura Hoshino continues manga after 1-issue break

Kabukibu! Light Novel Series Gets Manga

posted on 2016-12-30 11:15 EST
Anime adaptation of Yuuri Eda’s light novels premieres in April

Shonen Jump Giga Magazine Returns This Spring

posted on 2016-12-30 13:15 EST
Magazine initially ran for 4 issues in 2016

####Sherlock Manga Begins ‘A Scandal in Belgravia’ Episode
posted on 2016-12-30 14:15 EST
Manga adapts 1st episode of 2nd season of BBC’s Sherlock TV series

RightStuf’s Top Ten Manga of 2016

December 30, 2016

Ro-Kyu-Bu, Garakowa Manga End in Dengeki G’s Comic

posted on 2016-12-30 18:45 EST
Yuuki Takami’s Ro-Kyu-Bu! manga began in 2010

###Fate/Zero Manga Ends in 14th Volume in 2017
posted on 2016-12-31 02:30 EST
Shinjirō’s adaptation of Gen Urobuchi’s light novel series debuted in 2011

###Overlord Gets Overlord: Fushisha no Oh! Spinoff Manga in January
posted on 2016-12-31 11:00 EST
Jūami’s 4-panel gag comedy celebrates Overlord: Fushisha no Ō anime film

###Gangan Online Magazine’s Website Launches 2 Countdowns
posted on 2017-01-01 07:00 EST

###Heart of Thomas Manga Creator Moto Hagio Wins Asahi Prize
posted on 2017-01-02 02:00 EST
Hagio recently drew 1st new chapter of Poe no Ichizoku manga in 40 years

###Watch Kazuya Minekura Draw Saiyuki’s Sanzo in 4.5 Hours
posted on 2017-01-02 13:45 EST by Eric Stimson
Artwork to be on display at Saiyuki Festa 2017

###Kaiji Manga Gets New Spinoff About Ōtsuki
posted on 2017-01-02 13:55 EST
Tonegawa spinoff’s Hagiwara writes story, original creator Fukumoto collaborates

###The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Rockin’ Girl Manga Ends This Month
posted on 2017-01-02 16:30 EST
Manga launched in 2012, focuses on Riina, Kanako, Rika

###Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits Manga Magazine Likes Cats
posted on 2017-01-02 19:45 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###Webcomic Shows Comiket Fanatic Transported Back to Warring States Era
posted on 2017-01-02 21:45 EST by Eric Stimson
“Over a thousand soldiers?.. That’s really small-scale!”

###Bokurano’s Mohiro Kitoh Launches New Manga
posted on 2017-01-02 22:00 EST
Manga featuring winged heroine launches next Tuesday in Evening magazine

###Fan Mixes “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders” With AmeComi For Brilliant Mash-up
January 02, 2017 9:50pm CST
Speaking of Jojo’s, there’s New Year’s art from the DIU anime crew

###Moto Hagio Wins The Asahi Prize for Her Contributions to the Art of Manga
January 03, 2017 5:05am CST
After Osamu Tezuka in 1987 and Shigeru Mizuki in 2009, Hagio is the 3rd recipient of the prestigious award

###Hunter × Hunter’s Yoshihiro Togashi Draws Avant-Garde Musicians
posted on 2017-01-03 21:45 EST by Eric Stimson

###Ace of Diamond’s Daiya no B!! Concert Band Spinoff Manga Ends
posted on 2017-01-04 01:00 EST
Comedy focuses on Seidō’s concert band

###Go Ikeyamada Ends Seka-Chu!! Manga, Launches Sequel
posted on 2017-01-04 12:10 EST
Satō, Watashi o Sukitte Barechau yo begins in February

###Psycho-Pass 2 Manga Ends in February
posted on 2017-01-04 16:10 EST
Adaptation of 11-episode sequel anime series ends in Monthly Comic Garden magazine

###Shosen Book Tower Ranks Top 10 Best Selling Light Novels of 2016
January 04, 2017 2:55pm CST
Web-published novels and novels with anime adaptations continue to dominate

###Tokyo ESP’s Hajime Segawa Launches New Manga on January 26
posted on 2017-01-05 00:00 EST
Ga-Rei creator’s “battle action” story opens with boy meeting girl, transforming world

###Shosen Book Tower Store Reveals Top 10 Best-Selling Light Novels of 2016
posted on 2017-01-05 01:30 EST
Konosuba, Grimgar, Sword Art Online top store’s list from December 2015-November 2016

###Psycho-Pass Writer Makoto Fukami Launches New Manga About Boy Who Commits Mass Murder
posted on 2017-01-05 06:00 EST
Cruel Method to Make the World Better manga features art by Kōsuke Yamanami

###Watch “Knights Of Sidonia” Manga Author Draw Tsumugi
January 05, 2017 7:38pm CST
There’s also a sweepstakes to a special T-shirt Nihei himself designed for his clothing brand, Toha Heavy Industries.

###I Am a Hero Manga Resumes With Final 7 Chapters
posted on 2017-01-06 10:00 EST
Kengo Hanazawa’s zombie horror manga resumes on January 16

###BTOOOM! Manga Enters Final Arc in 23rd Volume
posted on 2017-01-06 12:00 EST
Junya Inoue’s series launched in 2009, announced final arc in 2014

###Both Chapters of “Rurouni Kenshin” Spinoff Now Available in English
January 06, 2017 1:50pm CST
Digital Shonen Jump subscribers can jump right on with latest project.

###Made in Abyss Dōjinshi Gets Praised by Manga’s Creator
posted on 2017-01-06 19:45 EST by Eric Stimson
“Too helpful… I plan to use it a lot”

###M-ON! Entertainment’s “Love Live!” Music Collection Book Sold Out in One Week
January 07, 2017 12:30am CST
Kadokawa will also release the “Love Live! The Movie” official book on January 30

###Kuma Miko’s Masume Yoshimoto Launches New Magical Girl Manga in February
posted on 2017-01-07 01:00 EST
Mahō Shōjo Omatsu series described as “magical girl historical drama”

###Salaryman Kintaro’s Hiroshi Motomiya Launches Manga About Xu Fu
posted on 2017-01-07 02:00 EST
Series about Chinese explorer arriving in Japan in search of elixir of life to launch this month

###RWBY Gets ‘Red Like Roses’ Manga Anthology in Spring
posted on 2017-01-07 03:00 EST
Character designer Ein Lee draws anthology’s cover

###“Black Butler” 24th Volume Tops Japan’s End-of-Year Manga Sales Chart
January 07, 2017 4:15am CST
New anime film “Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic” hits theaters January 21

###Flowers of Evil’s Shūzō Oshimi Publishes 1-Shot in Feel Young Jōsei Magazine
posted on 2017-01-07 06:00 EST

###Satoko Kiyuduki’s Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro Manga Approaches ‘Climax’
posted on 2017-01-07 10:45 EST

###The List : 7 Tezuka Manga for Grown-Ups
by Lynzee Loveridge, Jan 7th 2017

###The Legend Of Zelda: Legendary Edition Ranks #9 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan December List
posted on 2017-01-09 10:45 EST
Tokyo Ghoul, One-Punch Man also rank on top 20 list

###sola Artist Abeno Launches Trinity Seven: Liese Chronicle Spinoff Manga
posted on 2017-01-09 13:30 EST
Spinoff centering on mage Lieselotte Sherlock debuts on February 9

###Seven Seas Licenses Absolute Duo Manga
posted on 2017-01-09 13:58 EST
Manga adapts fantasy light novels that inspired 2015 anime

###Seven Seas Licenses Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea Manga
posted on 2017-01-09 15:59 EST
Series adapts indie game about a witch searching for her memories

###Ice Blade’s Tsutomu Takahashi Draws ‘NeuN 9’ 1-Shot Manga
posted on 2017-01-09 16:30 EST

###Seven Seas Licenses Hatsune Miku Presents: Hachune Miku’s Everday Vocaloid Paradise Manga
posted on 2017-01-09 18:06 EST
Ontama’s full-color manga ran from 2008-2011

###Biohazard: heavenly Island Manga Listed as Ending in 5th Volume
posted on 2017-01-09 18:10 EST

###Crunchyroll Dabbles in High School Romance and Tiny Undead with More Manga Volumes
January 09, 2017 11:33pm CST
Volume 04 of “Momokuri” and Volume 03 of “How to keep a mummy” now available for premium members

###CLAMP Draws Manga Adaptation For Live-Action HiGH&LOW Franchise This Spring
posted on 2017-01-10 10:05 EST
4th HiGH&LOW film premieres on August 19 in Japan

###A Certain Magical Index’s Kazuma Kamachi Teases Big Project in 2017
posted on 2017-01-10 10:35 EST

###Dragon’s Dogma Online Game Gets Manga Series
posted on 2017-01-10 15:20 EST
Dragon’s Dogma Revives focuses on herbalist, Arisen childhood friends

###Horimiya’s Daisuke Hagiwara Starts New Manga Serialization Next Month
posted on 2017-01-10 16:20 EST
Shizuku Totono writes romantic comedy about masked man, young wife

###Seven Seas Licenses Unmagical Girl Manga
posted on 2017-01-10 16:25 EST
Manga about the everyday life of a magical girl ships on September 12

###Seven Seas Licenses Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka Manga
posted on 2017-01-10 17:41 EST
Military magical girl series launched in July 2015

###Seven Seas Licenses Alice & Zouroku Manga
posted on 2017-01-10 18:19 EST
Old man meets girl who can turn her thoughts into reality in series with anime in the works

###“Katanagatari” Artist Celebrates 10th Anniversary
January 10, 2017 5:41pm CST
Starting in January 2007, writer Nisio Isin and artist take released a series of light novels with their unique respective on the historical wandering swordsman

###January & February’s Light Novel Titles are Really Weird
posted on 2017-01-10 19:45 EST by Eric Stimson
They include longest light novel title ever

###Kamome Hamada Launches 1st Boys-Love Manga Based on True Story
posted on 2017-01-10 21:45 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###“The Other Side Beyond the Last Boss” Light Novel Includes Audio Drama CD
January 11, 2017 7:15am CST
Fantasy book written by Noir Amane and illustrated by Goiyou won the 4th annual Net Novel and Media Awards

###“Shinobumonogatari” Novel To Kick Off Monster Season
January 11, 2017 9:05am CST
The “Off Season” sub-series wraps up with Musubimonogatari (“Binding Story”), out on January 12th

###Seven Seas to Release Classic Novels With Illustrations By Manga Artists
posted on 2017-01-11 15:35 EST
The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, The Princess and the Goblin, A Little Princess, Pollyanna

###Seven Seas Licenses Devilman G Manga
posted on 2017-01-11 16:38 EST
1st volume of spinoff manga series slated for October

###Seven Seas Licenses Ena Moriyama’s The Count of Monte Cristo Manga
posted on 2017-01-11 18:03 EST
Adaptation of classic novel ran from 2014-1015

###Seven Seas Licenses Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage Manga
posted on 2017-01-11 20:42 EST
1st volume of series by Leiji Matsumoto, Kōichi Shimahoshi ships in October

###Servamp Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Author’s Health
posted on 2017-01-12 00:35 EST
Strike Tanaka suffering from pain in intervertebral disk, shoulder

###“Blue Exorcist” 18th Volume Jumps Up to Top of Weekly Manga Sales Chart
January 12, 2017 4:15am CST
“Attack on Titan” 21st volume has stayed in the Top 10 for five weeks

###“Monthly Shōnen Sunday” Holds Contest to Create Manga Spin-Off
January 12, 2017 7:38am CST
Winner of the “Takagi-san Cup” will be recruited to create a side-story manga for “Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san”

###“One Piece” Says Goodbye To The Year Of Sanji
January 12, 2017 2:00pm CST
Time to put a wrap on Sanji’s year and celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary

###Seven Seas Licenses Hatsune Miku: Bad∞End∞Night Manga
posted on 2017-01-12 17:13 EST
Manga based on Hatsune Miku song/video ships on May 2

###Seven Seas Licenses The Testament of Sister New Devil Storm! Spinoff Manga
posted on 2017-01-12 19:23 EST
Seven Seas also announces eBooks for global distribution

###Viz Media Debuts Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 Manga Series
Jan 13th 2017

###Seven Seas Entertainment Moves to the Head of the Class with a Full-Color Edition of Hollow Fields Graphic Novels
Jan 13th 2017

###Seven Seas Licenses Sleeping Beauty Manga by Bunny Drop’s Yumi Unita
posted on 2017-01-13 14:24 EST
Fantasy manga follows high school girl who loves to sleep

###Seven Seas Licenses Dragon Half Manga
posted on 2017-01-13 15:04 EST
1989 manga about half-dragon girl inspired 1993 OVA

###Seven Seas Licenses Cutie Honey A Go Go! Manga
posted on 2017-01-13 17:33 EST
Hideaki Anno collaborated on Shinpei Ito’s 2003 manga based on Go Nagai’s story

###Seven Seas Licenses Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch Novel
posted on 2017-01-13 18:06 EST
Original stories by Ryo Mizuno inspired anime, manga adaptations

###Seven Seas Licenses Spirit Circle Manga by Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer Creator
posted on 2017-01-13 19:25 EST
Manga about a boy and a ghost slated for October

###“Oreimo” Creator Teases Something “Fun” for 10-Year Anniversary
January 13, 2017 9:40pm CST
“My Little Sister” can’t have debuted ten years ago.

###Comico Classifieds: ‘Extra’ Manga Character Wanted
posted on 2017-01-14 00:15 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Spinoff Manga Ends
posted on 2017-01-14 12:00 EST
Kadokawa to release spinoff as 10th volume of main manga on March 27

###Bandai Namco Holds Retro Game Manga/Writing Contest
posted on 2017-01-14 15:45 EST by Eric Stimson
Game Center CX host Shin’ya Arino judges

###“Please Tell Me! Galko-chan” Manga Author Offers An Amazing Look At Development of Art Technique
January 14, 2017 9:58pm CST
Kenya Suzuki from high school through their latest release

###Iron Wok Jan! Chinese Cooking Manga Gets New Series
posted on 2017-01-15 12:45 EST
Shinji Saijyo’s original manga was published in English from 2002-2007

###Kakegurui Manga Gets 4-Panel Comedy Spinoff Series
posted on 2017-01-15 16:45 EST
Spinoff manga appears alongside original series in Gangan Joker magazine

###Fist of the North Star Returns to Puzzle & Dragons with All-New Characters
Jan 15th 2017

###Watch Spriggan’s Minagawa Draw His Latest Manga Kaiō Dante
posted on 2017-01-15 21:45 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

###Minami Mizuno’s Rainbow Days Manga Approaches ‘Climax’
posted on 2017-01-16 01:30 EST

###Chinese Translators Rebel Against Long Light Novel Titles
January 16, 2017 2:45am CST
Limited space for catalog descriptions leads to light novels being harder to translate and market.

###Shrine of the Morning Mist’s Ugawa Ends Nekogoze Manga
posted on 2017-01-16 14:00 EST
Manga about female assassin, blind shamisen player began in 2014

###Steve Jobs Manga’s Authors Ume Tour Akihabara, Talk Tech in French TV Program
posted on 2017-01-16 14:45 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

###Viz’s Shonen Jump to Run Nisekoi/Haikyu!! Crossover, Naoshi Komi 1-Shot
posted on 2017-01-16 15:00 EST
Komi’s “Tokidoki” 1-shot ran in October

###‘your name.’ Meets Fist of the North Star in Fan-Made Manga
posted on 2017-01-16 20:15 EST by Jennifer Sherman

###English “Shonen Jump” Plans “Nisekoi” Crossover With “Haikyu!!” Along With Author’s New One Shot
January 16, 2017 8:50pm CST
Both to be featured in next week’s digital manga magazine

###Meet “Karada Sagashi” and “Foodfighter Tabelu” Manga Authors in “Shonen Jump +” New CMs
January 17, 2017 12:40am CST
Tagline: “Manga artist is the worst and best job.”

###Kei Toume Launches Revival of Kurogane Manga in February
posted on 2017-01-17 10:30 EST
Del Rey published Toume’s original 5-volume manga in English, manga has been on hiatus since 2001