General Manga News & Discussion

[size=16]Toshiaki Iwashiro’s Kagamigami Manga Ends on Monday[/size]
posted on 2015-11-12 06:45 EST
Psyren author launched series about Shikigami users in February 2014

[size=16]Dark Horse Comics Licenses Kenji Tsuruta’s Wandering Island Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-12 12:35 EST
1st volume slated for July with 8 color pages

[size=16]Fairy Tail Gaiden: Kengami no Sōryū Spinoff Manga Ends[/size]
posted on 2015-11-14 06:00 EST
New Fairy Tail Gaiden: Lord Knight spinoff manga centering on Gajeel debuts on November 18

[size=16]Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, Working!! Authors to Each Launch New Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-14 08:00 EST
Kakashi Oniyazu, Nanagō Hoshikuzu to also launch new manga in magazine

[size=16]Spriggan’s Minagawa Launches Kaiō Dante Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-14 10:00 EST
Manga set during the 18th century in European Age of Sail debuts on December 12

[size=16]Love Roma’s Toyoda Draws Series of 1-Shot Manga Starting in February[/size]
posted on 2015-11-14 10:00 EST
Taishi Mori, Sai Sasano, Kōtarō Takata, more to also launch new series in Monthly Shonen Sunday

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/14/blue-exorcist-manga-celebrates-6th-anniversary-with-werewolf-game-release
November 14, 2015 8:40pm CST
Demons & exorcists-themed variant of popular party game will be released on December 21, 2015

[size=16]Press Release: VIZ Media and Simon & Schuster Renew Successful International Sales and Distribution Partnership[/size]
Nov 14th 2015
Global Publishing Leader To Continue To Offer Retail And Wholesale Distribution And Develop New Markets in the United States and United Kingdom For North America’s Foremost Manga Company

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/15/splatoon-gets-new-manga-one-shot
November 15, 2015 9:02am CST
New one is published in the December issue of young-audience magazine “CoroCoro”

[size=16]Kodansha Comics Adds Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail Zero Prequel Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-15 15:30 EST
1-volume manga depicts founding of Fairy Tail guild

[size=16]NisiOisin’s Himeiden, Shōjo Fujūbun Novels Get Manga Adaptations[/size]
posted on 2015-11-15 16:30 EST
Osamu Mitsutani debuts Himeiden on December 4, Sankarea’s Hattori debuts Shōjo Fujūbun on November 23

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2015/11/15-1/feature-monthly-mangaka-spotlight-5-naoki-urasawa
November 15, 2015 7:05pm CST
A look at the works of Japan’s master of suspense

[size=16]Coppelion Manga Creator to Draw Last Chapter Live in Free Seminar[/size]
posted on 2015-11-16 00:00 EST
Final chapter to be published in February

[size=16]Mayo Chiki!'s Asano Launches New Light Novel Series in December[/size]
posted on 2015-11-16 01:00 EST
Series centers around former top student who turns into gyaru

[size=16]Investor Z’s Mita Launches New Manga on Saturday[/size]
posted on 2015-11-16 03:00 EST
The Great War of Archimedes manga focuses on Imperial Navy mathematician in 1933

[size=16]Alice in Borderland’s Haro Aso Publishes 1-Shot in Young Magazine[/size]
posted on 2015-11-16 04:00 EST

[size=16]Terraformars Gets Keiji Onizuka Spinoff Manga by Saki Nonoyama[/size]
posted on 2015-11-16 11:00 EST
Manga to debut in Miracle Jump in December

[size=16]Full Moon’s Tanemura Ends Neko to Watashi no Kinyōbi on Friday[/size]
posted on 2015-11-17 06:30 EST
Final chapter’s issue to bundle 16-page all-color book with epilogue

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/17/translator-discussing-wandering-son-manga-status
November 17, 2015 9:10pm CST
Scholar/translator Matt Thorn explained when asked about plans for the series following the June 2015 release of the eighth English hardcover.

[size=16]World Trigger Manga Takes 1-Week Hiatus Due to Author’s Health[/size]
posted on 2015-11-18 13:04 EST

[size=16]Press Release: Viz Media Recommends Titles For Holiday Wish Lists[/size]
Nov 18th 2015
2015 Holiday Highlights Include Manga Box Sets, Shojo And Action/Horror Manga Series Launches, A Fantastical Crime And Mystery Anthology, New NARUTO Titles And Other Unique Gift Ideas For That Special Fan!

[size=16]Best Blue Swimming Manga to End in Shonen Jump[/size]
posted on 2015-11-18 13:23 EST
Manga began in July

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/18-1/one-punch-man-makes-amazon-top-graphic-novels-of-2015-list
November 19, 2015 12:05am CST
Viz’s North American release of the series was the only manga in the Best Books of 2015: Comics & Graphic Novels

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/18/strange-manga-way-book-celebrates-4-famous-horror-comic-authors
November 19, 2015 12:55am CST
Publication looks at the creative processes of Junji Ito, Kanako Inuki, Shinichi Koga, and Hideshi Hino

[size=16]New Web Manga Anthropomorphizes Girls Out Of Cigarettes[/size]
posted on 2015-11-19 02:00 EST by Carlos Cadorniga
In a bizarre new web manga, girls are getting smoked left and right.

[size=16]Kadokawa’s English BookWalker App Adds 35 Manga Volumes from Shonengahosha[/size]
posted on 2015-11-19 04:15 EST
Titles include And Yet the Town Moves, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, more

[size=16]Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician to Appear in Monster Hunter X[/size]
posted on 2015-11-19 05:00 EST by Eric Stimson
… Albeit in Felyne form

[size=16]Viz Media Comments on Digital Piracy After Manga Uploader Arrests[/size]
posted on 2015-11-19 12:45 EST

[size=16]Browse Nakayoshi’s 60-Year History Through Its January Covers[/size]
posted on 2015-11-20 01:00 EST by Eric Stimson
Watch magazine get more crowded, pricey

[size=16]Viz’ Haikasoru to Release Miyuki Miyabe’s The Gate of Sorrows Novel[/size]
posted on 2015-11-20 09:00 EST
Sequel novel to The Book of Heroes novel slated for summer 2016

[size=16]Press Release: VIZ Media Launches Vampire Shojo Manga Series - Bloody Mary[/size]
Nov 20th 2015
Supernatural Drama Debuts In Print And Digitally, And Offers A Blood Pounding Tale Of An Unorthodox Alliance Between A Vampire And An Exorcist

[size=16]Kohske’s Gangsta. Action Manga Goes on Hiatus[/size]
posted on 2015-11-21 02:45 EST
Anime’s drama CDs, home videos also delayed

[size=16]Gunslinger Girl’s Aida Puts 1518! Manga on Hiatus Until Spring[/size]
posted on 2015-11-21 04:45 EST
Manga about high school student council resumed from previous hiatus in October

[size=16]Tachibana Higuchi Writes 2-Chapter Gakuen Alice Spinoff Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-21 06:45 EST

[size=16]Shiro Amano: Kingdom Hearts Manga Series is Finished[/size]
posted on 2015-11-22 15:00 EST
Illustrator finished his Kingdom Hearts II serialization in May

[size=16]Imōto Sae Ireba Ii. Light Novels by Haganai’s Hirasaka Get Manga Adaptation[/size]
posted on 2015-11-22 17:00 EST
HENNEKO’s Kantoku provides illustrations for novels

[size=16]Little Witch Academia Manga Ends in Ultra Jump[/size]
posted on 2015-11-22 19:00 EST
“Short intensive” manga began in August

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/23-1/amazon-japan-releases-limited-yotsuba-danboard-box-ver20-manga-boxed-set
November 23, 2015 7:30am CST
13 volume boxed set includes special Danboard-themed packaging with new illustrations by Kiyohiko Azuma

[size=16]The Familiar of Zero Light Novels’ 1st Volume After Creator’s Passing Scheduled[/size]
posted on 2015-11-24 23:25 EST
21st volume’s simultaneous global release will continue series after Noboru Yamaguchi’s 2013 passing

[size=16]Ushio & Tora Creator Kazuhiro Fujita to Launch Horror Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-25 01:00 EST
Early 2016’s “astonishing modern spectacle horror” story about facing yourself in the darkness

[size=16]Hiromu Arakawa’s Silver Spoon Manga Returns in January[/size]
posted on 2015-11-25 01:30 EST
Series went on hiatus in May

[size=16]Cheeky Angel’s Hiroyuki Nishimori to Start Mysterious Slice-of-Life Comedy Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-25 02:00 EST
Hiiragi-sama wa Jibun o Sagashiteiru to begin in Shonen Sunday in February

[size=16]Yuki Kure to Draw La Corda D’Oro 4 Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-25 18:40 EST
Series slated for February 10, ahead of upcoming PS Vita game

[size=16]Akiko Higashimura’s Kakukaku Shikajika Manga Wins Media Arts Award[/size]
posted on 2015-11-27 04:30 EST
The Case of Hana & Alice, Typhoon Noruda, Awajima Hyakkei, Otōto no Otto, more also win awards

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/27/kiyohiko-azumas-yotsuba-manga-printing-13-million-copies-worldwide
November 27, 2015 4:45am CST
Slice-of-life comedy series has been translated into 13 languages

[size=16]GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class Manga to End in December[/size]
posted on 2015-11-27 17:00 EST
Manga began in 2006

[size=16]Kingdom Manga Manuscript Lost in Mail[/size]
posted on 2015-11-27 17:15 EST by Eric Stimson

[size=16]Nozoki Ana’s Wakoh Honna to Launch Fureru to Kikoeru Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 00:30 EST
Also: 1-shot by Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei’s Kumeta, other new titles

[size=16]Sugar Sugar Rune Manga’s Full-Color Revival Project Revealed[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 02:30 EST

[size=16]Iwahara’s Dimension W Manga Changes Magazines[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 06:30 EST
Manga moves to Monthly Big Gangan, new chapter on December 25

[size=16]Rose of Versailles Gets 2-Chapter ‘Oscar Volume’ Manga Starting in December[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 08:30 EST

[size=16]Atsushi Suzumi’s Tokyo Ravens Manga Resumes in December[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 09:30 EST
Adaptation of Kouhei Azano’s light novels went on hiatus in September

[size=16]Gang King Manga Resumes After 2-Year Hiatus, Changes Magazines[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 12:30 EST
Yanauchi to resume manga on January 20 in Kodansha’s Magazine Special

[size=16]Bandai’s Geki Drive Customizable Car Toys Get Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 15:00 EST
Series began in Corocoro this month

[size=16]I Am a Hero in Osaka Manga Ends in December[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 16:00 EST
Yuuki Honda’s spinoff zombie manga debuted in June

[size=16]Maō Da Ze! Oreca Battle Spinoff Manga Ends[/size]
posted on 2015-11-28 17:00 EST
Manga to get special chapter in December

[size=16]Koi Ikeno Begins Autobiographical Manga in Digital “Cookie” Magazine[/size]
Paul Chapman - November 28, 2015 3:36pm EST
New series about the life of “Tokimeki Tonight” author premieres in electronic issue for March 2016

[size=16]“One-Punch Man” Artist Shares Unused Tatsumaki-Fubuki[/size]
Scott Green - November 29, 2015 1:50am EST
With volume 10 and OVA, manga is breaking 8 million copy milestone

[size=16]“Himouto! Umaru-chan” Spin-Off Manga Scheduled [/size]
Scott Green - November 29, 2015 2:40am EST
The launch will be accompanied by the announcement of what’s promised to be significant news

[size=16]Yozakura Quartet Manga Volume 18 Also Bundles Swimsuit Calendar[/size]
posted on 2015-11-29 22:15 EST by Lynzee Loveridge

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/29/one-piece-dominates-2015-manga-sales-in-japan
November 29, 2015 11:30pm CST
“The Seven Deadly Sins” takes 2nd place from “Attack on Titan”

[size=16]Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral Shōjo Spinoff Manga Ends[/size]
posted on 2015-11-30 11:30 EST
Rui Watanabe’s spinoff about dragon slayer wizard girl Wendy Marvell ends in 4 volumes

[size=16]Seven Seas Licenses Lord Marksman and Vanadis Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-11-30 14:28 EST
Original fantasy light novels also inspired 2014 TV anime

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/30-1/tokyo-ghoul-manga-author-pays-tribute-to-shoujo-manga
Scott Green - December 01, 2015 2:22am EST
“Tokyo Ghoul” Manga Author Pays Tribute to Shoujo Manga

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/01-1/amazon-japan-announces-top-selling-anime-disc-and-manga-of-2015
December 01, 2015 8:00am CST
Total sales from November 17, 2014 to November 15, 2015

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/01/big-comic-spirits-begins-simultaneous-digital-distribution
December 01, 2015 11:53am CST
Shogakukan’s seinen manga magazine begins electronic distribution with January 2016 issue

[size=16]Seven Seas Adds Love in Hell: Death Life Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-12-01 15:16 EST
Companion manga can be read independently of Love in Hell

[size=16]Seven Seas Licenses My Pathetic Vampire Life Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-12-01 16:30 EST
Comedy manga about bored vampire repeating high school slated for October

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/02/attack-on-titan-manga-editor-inviting-questions-to-the-author-on-twitter
December 02, 2015 8:50am CST
Latest 18th volume will be released next Wednesday

[size=16]Kodansha Comics to Offer Manga eBooks in N. American Public Libraries[/size]
posted on 2015-12-02 16:10 EST
Distribution deal includes more than 50 series

[size=16]Seven Seas Adds Holy Corpse Rising Manga From Ninja Girls’ Hosana Tanaka[/size]
posted on 2015-12-02 16:16 EST
Young man must marry 12 witches to revive them and win war

[size=16]Yen Press Licenses Asterisk War, Re:Zero Manga, Light Novels[/size]
posted on 2015-12-02 17:15 EST
Also adds Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? spinoff light novels

[size=16]Viz Adds Crown of Thorns, Man of Many Faces Manga Digitally[/size]
posted on 2015-12-03 01:30 EST
Crown of Thorns debuts on December 8, Man of Many Faces on December 15

[size=16]Hakusensha Awards Yona of the Dawn as Bestselling Digital Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-12-03 05:15 EST
Kamisama Kiss, Berserk, Futari Ecchi also nominated

[size=16]Medaka Box Creators NisiOisin, Akira Akatsuki Reunite on New Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-12-03 10:00 EST
Shōnen Shōjō to launch on January 4

[size=16]Yen Press to Publish Baccano!, Jun Mochizuki’s Memoir of Vanitas Manga Simultaneously With Japan[/size]
posted on 2015-12-03 16:22 EST
New Baccano! manga launched in October; simulpub to begin in January

[size=16]Seven Seas Licenses The Seven Princes of the Thousand Year Labyrinth Manga[/size]
posted on 2015-12-03 17:05 EST
Fantasy manga from Dark Edge/Butterfly writer slated for December 2016

[size=16]Manga Editor Provides Glimpse of Lolicon Magazine’s Standards[/size]
posted on 2015-12-03 21:15 EST by Eric Stimson
“8 is too young!”