Attack on Titan is approaching its end, both the original manga and the anime series The anime is currently adapting the start of the story's final act originally serialized in the manga series The manga itself is literally hitting its endgame final chapters Fans have been wondering how many chapters the manga had left, considering[...]
Remina is one of Junji Ito’s latest horror manga stories, and it’s utterly nuts In a good way A horror story should be utterly insane, nightmarish, and irrational Ito understands this better than most storytellers He might have taken a few years off horror to draw a manga about his cat, but he’s come back[...]
Kodansha USA, the publisher of some of the most popular manga series in English, has expanded its partnership with INKR Comics, the new comics reading and publishing app, to increase its current library of fan-favorite manga to over 400 volumes This week marks the debut of popular series including Attack on Titan, To Your Eternity,[...]
On the 3rd of May, 2019, Marvel EIC C.B. Cebulski tweeted out "The last comic to sell a million copies was Star Wars #1, which was almost five years ago. I feel it's about time we publish another title that sells over seven figures. And I think I have an idea…" I understand that this […]
The manga has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and is currently enjoying an anime adaptation The prequel will be by Gege Akutami and released on January 5th, 2021.[caption id="attachment_1309693" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" cover art courtesy of Viz Media[/caption]Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is the supernatural story that sparked the creation of the Jujutsu Kaisen[...]
Chainsaw Man, Tatsuki Fujimoto’s wildly popular and bloodily ultraviolent manga series, ended with its final chapter this week but turned out to be just the end of “Part One: Public Safety Arc.” There will be a sequel series coming in the new year.[caption id="attachment_1275840" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "Chainsaw Man" Vol 1 cover, Viz Media[/caption]The concluding chapter[...]
They’re not prose adaptations of the manga or anime stories, but brand-new, original stories In Japan, popular manga series become full-on multimedia franchise factories, and apart from anime, toys, and merchandise, prose spinoffs are also commonplace It makes sense Fans can’t get enough of their favourite series and characters, so light novels – the Japanese[...]
Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution is a partial sequel to the groundbreaking 80s manga and anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena Unfortunately, unless you’ve followed the original series, you’ll probably feel lost at sea with After the Revolution[caption id="attachment_1299676" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution" covert art, Viz Media[/caption]The original series was[...]
Spice and Wolf fans can celebrate the beloved manga series with Holo once again with Good Smile Company The company has put up a rerelease of their 10th Anniversary statue featuring the wonderful and adorable Holo The statue is based on Juu Ayakura's specially drawn illustration that was made for the 10th Anniversary of Spice[...]
And minor Urusawa is still fun.[caption id="attachment_1299190" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "Sneeze" by Naoki Urusawa, cover art from Viz Media.[/caption]Urusawa is a sort of Alan Moore-esque manga creator best known for long-running series like Pineapple Army, Yawara!, and the latter deconstructionist epics Pluto, which reimagined an old Astro Boy story into a Science Fiction saga about war[...]
I wonder why they don’t mention there was a manga series as well, drawn by Ryoichi Ikegami, creator of Crying Freeman, in one of his first-ever jobs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8cnPDNyF9cThe show ran from May 1978 to March 1979 It was shot on a tiny shoestring budget Time and money were tight[...]
Hajime Isayama reported on Sunday that his megahit manga series Attack on Titan is now about 1 to 2% away from completion This means the manga is just months away from publishing its finale.[caption id="attachment_1293358" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "Attack on Titan" vol 1 cover art, Kodansha[/caption]Anime News Network found the Nishi Nippon Shimbun report, where Isayama[...]
King of Eden is a new horror manga written by Naoki Urusawa's frequent co-author Takashi Nagasaki Nagasaki was the co-writer of Urusawa's most recent hit series, including Monster, 20th Century Boys, Master Keaton, Billy Bat, and Osamu Tezuka's reimagining's Astroboy storyline Pluto.[caption id="attachment_1273929" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "King of Eden" Vol 1 cover courtesy of Yen Press.[/caption]The series is actually another[...]
Josei manga, or manga for an adult female audience, is still rare in the US My Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako is special not just for being that rarity but also in its unique story and tone It’s an explosive wail of grief and pain with madcap humour and raw emotion.Editor's Note: Adding a trigger[...]
Available on iOS, Google Play and through web browsers, they have signed up a number of manga publishers What is especially impressive is that they used to be comic book pirates.[caption id="attachment_1291309" align="aligncenter" width="600"] How INKR Switched From Comics Piracy To Global Digital Publishing[/caption]Beginning as a college project in 2009, Manga Rock was one-stop app[...]
Viz Media officially released their list of manga titles coming out in February 2021.
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[caption id="attachment_1288693" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" cover art, Viz Media[/caption]JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol 8
Story and Art by Hirohiko ArakiWhat kind of weirdo lives on a transmission tower?! An all-new enemy Stand attempts to trap, outwit[...]
One Piece is approaching a very special and impressive milestone —1,000 chapters of the manga! After more than 20 years of continuous weekly serialization, the manga will hit its 1,000th chapter very soon Of course, Viz Media is going to celebrate this historic occasion![caption id="attachment_1288209" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "One Piece," Viz Media[/caption]Eiichiro Oda premiered his goofy pirate[...]
Gunjo, Nakamura Ching’s cult lesbian manga series, is getting a live-action movie adaptation from Netflix that will premiere in Spring 2021 Crunchyroll reported that the title of the movie will be Kanojo (translation: “She”) It will star Kiko Mizuhara and Honami Sato as the couple on the run Acclaimed director Ryuichi Hiroki is attached to[...]
Comixology and Kodansha Comics announced the release of volumes 23-33 of the international bestseller The Drops of God manga series in English for the first time These 11 new volumes join the 22 previously released, all of which can be read digitally as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive content at no additional cost for[...]
The series has spawned manga and anime spinoffs The relaunch of the iconic series will start with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya, scheduled for January 2021 release Two additional volumes will be released every month from February 2021 to May 2021.Yen Press also announced the print release of The[...]
