Manga

Yen Press released its complete list of manga and light novels coming out in July. Once again, there's a wide and varied list for everyone to sink their teeth into. For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams, Vol. 5 By Kei Sanbe On Sale Date: July 21, 2020 $17.00 USD, $22.50 CAD, £12.99 GBP […]

Yen Press announced more October titles today, including a new Sword Art Online spinoff, a new fantasy manga, a josei manga, the artbook for a popular video game, and a kid's funny comic strip collection. Sword Art Online Progressive Transient Barcarolle Story by Reki Kawahara Art by Shiomi Miyoshi Original Illustration by abec "Though the […]

Yen Press continues to prepare new manga and Light Novels for publication, which is a boon for a content-hungry readership. Four new titles due for release in October were announced on Yen Press' twitter feed earlier today. These include the first light novel spinoff of popular manga series High School DxD, a new spinoff from […]

Golgo 13, the famed hitman manga by Takao Saito, is going on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. This is the first time the series has suspended publication in its entire 52-year run. According to Anime News Network, the Japanese newspaper the Sankei Shimbun reported last Friday that Golgo 13 was going on hiatus in Shogakukan's Big […]

Yen Press has announced two new Star Wars manga titles to be published later this year. Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray and Haruichi Furudate and Star Wars: Rebels by Akira Aoki. Star Wars Leia, Princess of Alderaan A manga adaptation of the beloved YA Star Wars novel, Leia, Princess of Alderaan, by Claudia […]

Yen Press, the prolific publisher of manga and light novels in English, has an imprint devoted to titles for middle-grade readers called JY. JY announced this week that they would be publishing The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods, the first volume in a brand new series by Svetlana Chmakova, the […]

It's that time again. Yen Press released their manga and light novels that will be published in June for pre-orders. The Weirn Books, Vol. 1, Be Wary of the Silent Woods  By Svetlana Chmakova On Sale Date: June 16, 2020 Hardcover $24.00 USD, $31.50 CAD Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Ages […]

Yen Press just announced that they would be publishing the official English translation of Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai. The light novel (Japan's version of the Young Adult genre) is a comedy about a high school student who discovers he's the only one who can see a famous female schoolmate. A minor […]

As Season 2 of the hugely popular Fruits Basket anime premieres, Yen Press announced that it will publish new Fruits Basket manga content on digital platforms. New chapters of the spinoff series Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers and Fruits Basket Another will be released around the same time as their Japanese release. Series creator Natsuki […]

Yen Press proudly announced this week the launch of I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet. Yes, that's the full title of the series. It's pretty self-explanatory. It began life as a light novel series, which is the Japanese version of Young Adult novels. […]

The prolific Yen Press has announced their manga and light novel titles that are out in May 2020. Read below for full details, ISBN and order numbers for the books. There's something for everyone here. Aoharu X Machinegun, Vol. 17 Naoe 9781975308803 | 1975308808 Yen Press Paperback May 5, 2020 Comics & Graphic Novels / […]

I may be the wrong guy to review a Transformers comic – I grew up with Japanese giant robot anime, so I always thought Transformers was a US toy company trying to ape them. I consider the Michael Bay movies crimes against Cinema and Storytelling. But I never sniffed at the fans – I envied […]

Yen Press, the US publishing venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group, is the most prolific publisher of manga next to Viz Media. They are also the biggest Western publisher of Light Novels, the Japanese designation for Young Adult novels. They've just released seven new titles to be published in August 2020. Feast your […]

What happens when you're no longer the wunderkind comic creator whose bestselling manga series was the toast of the industry? That's what Downfall is about. And it's not pretty. Well, the artwork is pretty and naturalistic without exaggerated cartoon eyes and faces. That only makes it even darker and more depressing. Kaoru Fukazawa is the […]

Death Note was one of the seminal manga and anime series of the early 2000s. It was the ultimate "what if?" story – what if you could kill anyone you wanted by writing their name in a demonic notebook? Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata engaged in an epic crime thriller ran 12 volumes. That's over […]

Christmas is coming up, and Viz Media have sent along their suggestions for their coolest manga and anime-related gifts. We like Viz. They put out the best quality books and titles, so we're happy to present them. There should be something here for you or the manga and anime lover in your life. Anime Gift […]

It's that time of the month, even if it's Thanksgiving, where we bring you Viz Media's upcoming manga titles for February 2020. As ever, there's something for everyone here. Shonen Jump Twin Star Exorcists, Vol. 17 By Yoshiaki Sukeno While Rokuro and his clan expend the last of their spiritual power battling vicious Hijirimaru, Arima […]

We're running this a bit late, but Viz Media released their full list of titles coming out in January. Shonen Jump   Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 10 By Koyoharu Gotouge Despite some comic misunderstandings that almost blow their cover, Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu smoke out Daki, a demon that has been devouring the […]

It appears that publisher Yen Press is to retranslate the title of their upcoming light novel series, previously known as The Greatest Mao is Reborn to Get Friends by Myojin Katou and Sao Mizuno. Both the solicited first volume published in a week's time and the second, scheduled for the New Year, will be retitled […]

Taiyo Matsumoto is one of the more unpredictable and unusual manga creators out there. Past titles like Tikkonkinkreet and Ping Pong suggest his ideas are outliers in manga canon. They don't have the usual codified cute faces or awkward teen dramas of many series. Cats of the Louvre might be his most unexpected story yet. […]