TOKYOPOP announced that their acclaimed manga, A Smart and Courageous Child, has been nominated for a 2025 American Manga Award in the category of Best One-Shot. Created by Miki Yamamoto, the manga poignantly examines how a first-time mother works through her fears of bringing a child into a dangerous and uncertain world and learns to […]
TOKYOPOP and the American wing of Japan's biggest bookstore chain, Kinokuniya USA, are launching an art gallery roadshow for Lullaby of the Dawn. The manga series' depiction of a romance between a shaman and a loyal villager won first place in the Best Comic category in the 2022 Chill Chill BL Awards. The story, by creator Ichika Yuno, […]
Manga Mavericks has announced release dates for three new manga titles set to debut in print and digitally this summer. These are being sold in partnership with the Japan-based localization company, Red String, and include the queer self-discovery drama, Now No One Lurks Beneath the Snow, the yuri psycho-horror, The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire, and the […]
Yen Press and Kodansha USA announced they will be publishing two CLAMP Official Art Books for release this November. The art books, named KURO (which will be published by Yen Press) and SHIRO (which will be published by Kodansha), were created as companions to the CLAMP Exhibition that ran at The National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan, from July 2024 to […]
Live-action K-drama adaptations of popular South Korean digital comics are standard procedure these days. Dear Hongrang is an interesting case study in the change from comic to live-action television. Both the comic and the K-Drama hit all the tropes of romantic melodrama, tell the same story, but in different ways, and both versions come with trigger warnings that […]
Ize Press revealed the release date for the English print edition of the 7FATES: CHAKHO webnovel made in collaboration with 21st century K-pop icons BTS. Since its digital serialization in 2022, the webnovel has received a total of more than 5.1 million views on Wattpad for English and Spanish readers, and an additional 1.6 million views […]
Japanese manga creator Ryo Tatsuki, dubbed "Baba Manga", has seen predictions from her comic book work, the 1999 manga The Future I Saw, play out in reality, including a catastrophic tsunami in July 2025. And it's enough to get the Japanese to change their travel and holiday plans. Events attributed to this work and others […]
TOKYOPOP is kicking off Summer with 16 upcoming manga and Light novels, many of them part of the publisher's LoveLove imprint which centres of Boy's Love. Starting with June, the new titles kick off with the June release of Wails of the Bound: Return, the latest chapter in creator Keri Kusabi's ongoing BL manga series […]
Inklore, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, will publish Heaven Official's Blessing (The Comic), the official manhua adaptation of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's New York Times bestselling danmei novel series. Illustrated by STARember and originally produced as a webtoon by BILIBILI COMICS, Inklore will publish Heaven Official's Blessing (The Comic) for […]
TOKYOPOP has announced it will be hosting the first European destination for the world tour of NARUTO THE GALLERY. The blockbuster exhibition, which features seven meticulously curated galleries that trace the epic journey of Naruto and Sasuke, will open in Berlin, Germany, on August 27th, 2025, and run until November 24th, 2025. At the exhibition, NARUTO fans will […]
At MCM London Comic Con, Yen Press announced three new fall titles that include some new looks for familiar favorites and an ecchi rom-com. The lineup will be released in November 2025 and features three manga, the latter two for the first time in English (Fruits Basket: The Complete Box Set, The Terrifying Students at Ghoul […]
At the MCM London Comic Con this weekend, Yen Press announced that it has acquired the rights for the English adaptation of the popular manga Love Bullet by inee. The first volume will be released in print and digital in November 2025. This supernatural, gunslinging series is heralded for its unique art style, fun premise, and […]
At the annual MCM Comic Con in London, where all the cool kids are this weekend, Yen Press announced the audiobook adaptations of two current licenses: I've Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too, and If the Villainess and Villain Met and Fell in Love. An action fantasy and romance fantasy, […]
eigoMANGA has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring Oldman, the critically acclaimed steampunk fantasy series from Taiwanese creator Chang Sheng, to readers worldwide in an all-new complete hardcover edition. Oldman is an award-winning, dark fantasy manga series that blends political intrigue, rebellion, and the haunting price of immortality, set in a visually stunning steampunk world. The series […]
Hit manga series From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman is now available on WEBTOON's English-language platform. Adapted from the light novel of the same name, the manga has been reformatted for WEBTOON's vertical scroll format and in full color. The story began as a light novel written by Shigeru Sagazaki and illustrated by Tetsuhiro […]
At Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington, Yen Press announced twelve new titles, which include its first manga coloring book, a dangerously delicious Boys Love, and the supernatural. Slated for future release are titles that include three novels (Lila and the Winds of War, Divine Incursion, and Bone Ash) and nine manga ([Oshi no Ko] "Coloring x Idol" Color Activity […]
Manta Comics' hit webnovel Under the Oak Tree may have concluded its story, but it isn't over. A brand-new bonus side story for Suji Kim's hit webnovel, titled Under the Oak Tree: One Peaceful Afternoon in Anatol, will be released on April 19th. Fans can read the side story, along with the full Under the Oak Tree webnovel […]
TOKYOPOP has lined up a slate of fresh new manga and light novel releases to delight a wide range of readers for Spring 2025. The new titles begin with a trio of April debuts under the LoveLove imprint that includes We're Not Cut Out To Be Lovers, the one-shot The Little Bird Sleeps By The […]
Yen Press, LLC is kicking off the fall season with its first wave of announcements, including steamy romances, foodie vampires, and girls who rock. Releasing in September 2025, the starting lineup includes six manga (I Don't Know How to Love; Lilies Blooming in 100 Days; Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: Repeat; My Beloved Supper; Rock Is a Lady's Modesty; […]
Japanese-British author and illustrator Mina Ikemoto Ghosh has written a stunningly illustrated, high-fantasy debut novel with Hyo the Hellmaker. It is the most unique new book in the Asian-flavoured Western fantasy novel world, with a unique antiheroine at its centre. Meet the Hakai Family Hellmakers are purveyors of artisan hells and unlucky days to inflict […]
