manga Archives

At this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019, Warren Ellis and the team from "Castlevania" offered their thoughts on season 3, favorite scenes, and more.

Fans of mega-popular anime "My Hero Academia" were treated to both a panel as well as a screening of the first three season 4 episodes at NYCC 2019.

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

As revealed at the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at New York Comic Con… Viz Media are to publish the Star Wars adaptation, The Legends Of Luke Skywalker: The Manga Not the first Star Wars manga adaptation… not the second, third or fourth either But this has a specific lineage. Adapted from the novel by Ken Liu, with[...]

This can add not extra excitement to fans of the show or manga This is a must-have for any Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood fan! The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Edward & Alphonse Elric Two-Pack is priced at $279.99 and they are scheduled for release May 2020 Preorders are live and you can lock down yours here. "Can't find a[...]

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. Viz[...]

With less than a month to go before the cosplay showcase that is NYCC 2019, here's some solid advice on how (and how not) to interact with cosplayers.

Dark Horse publishes a manga called The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Kurosagi (writer: Eiji Otsuka, penciller: Housui Yamazaki) is a warm and funny horror comic that's one of my favorite things Dark Horse ever released It ran in single volume form for 10 years, but lost money badly A subsequent reissue in an omnibus format[...]

It's full of themes now common in manga and anime: the aftermath and consequence of war and threat of a new war The abuse and weaponization of children I wonder why Japanese comics is so obsessed with child abuse and child endangerment considering Japan is one of the safest countries on Earth for children Evil[...]

They're woven so deeply into the fabric of Japanese society and cultural myth now that they're normalized. Viz Media There are a lot of Yakuza comedy manga series out there, though not all of them have been translated into English The other recent example is Hinamatsuri, a screwball comedy manga about a Yakuza who becomes the reluctant[...]

Haruhisa Nakata's manga Levius is both derivative and unique It's a beautifully-drawn epic of Steampunk martial arts fighters. Viz MediaLevius Cromwell is a sullen teenager who fights in MMA areas, dishing and receiving pain in an endless ritual of atonement and martyrdom. If you just stuck with that, you'd have an MMA manga, but this story just[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Marvel Comics and Shonen Jump would be collaborating on a new series of manga published in Japan, with a first chapter being written and drawn by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi.  And, it seems the final chapter Because we now have more details These will be a series of seven[...]

Uzumaki (translation: "Spiral") is the manga that introduced horror master Junji Ito's works to the West It's not his first or earliest work, but it was the perfect entry point for his themes of cosmic horror, paranoia, madness and squishy, slimy body horror. Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has announced that it would be co-producing a new[...]

Marvel Comics has partnered with Shonen Jump Plus for the release of six new manga stories using Marvel characters The first will be written and drawn by Kazuki Takahashi, who created the world-famous Yu-Gi-Oh Expect to find out a lot more this week. And it kicks off with a promo Manga title where the Shonen Jump[...]

It will also be the season where our hero Deku finally keeps all his limbs in one piece… at least we're seriously hoping. My Hero Academia We get a good look at Overhaul and the Shie Hassaikai – and I am so excited to see how this story arc plays out in the anime over the course[...]

Viz Media released their November list of upcoming manga and art books this week Look over their dizzying array of genres, ranges and stories There's bound to be something for everyone. Shonen Jump   Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol 9 By Koyoharu Gotouge Tanjiro and his friends accompany the Hashira Tengen Uzui to an entertainment district where Tengen's female ninja[...]

Thesis anime/manga series has been amazing and fans can finally have something to own from it This Fire Force Statue shows off the main character Shinra Kusakabe! Who is a third-generation pyrokinetic youth who gained the nickname "Devil's Footprints" for his ability to ignite his feet at will Shown off in this statue the flames[...]

"My Hero Academia" season 3 has some rough spots - but just like Deku, the show's earned the right to some "growing pains" and it's still pretty "heroic."

Major anime buffs may not be familiar with the name, but Otomo is responsible for the manga series that inspired an anime movie that revolutionized the industry That manga (and movie) was Akira. //Credit: Toho Co., Ltd. Katsuhiro Otomo started Akira in 1982, and the manga series ran in Young Magazine until 1990 The series was then[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] The Cherryton Academy is a typical school with not-so-typical students.  At the particular institution, the scholars are split into two very specific classes; predator and prey.  The anthropomorphic divide spreads even further in this story written and illustrated by the very talented Paru Itagaki, being the first Akita Shogen to ever win the prestigious[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] A father, in the midst of fighting against a military coup, negotiates the safety of his infant daughter, Valer, with the enemy Yakuza house.  Ryuko, the daughter of the Yakuza leader takes the young baby under the umbrella of her safety, kick-starting a legacy that opens up in the next chapter set eighteen years[...]

To celebrate the success of "Aggretsuko" season 2, Netflix released a very surreal behind-the-scenes video interview with director Rarecho and artist Yeti.

Bad news, "Evangelion" fans: Netflix's streams of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" have the cover of Frank Sinatra's “Fly Me to the Moon” removed. Here's why...

Adapted from Yaró Abe's manga series Shinya Shokudó, the series takes place in an all-night hole-in-the-wall diner where the owner cooks special requests for his customers That often forms the launchpad for a different customer's story in each episode – very often quirky shaggy-dog stories involving lost love, LGBTQ issues, moral dilemmas, ghost stories, nostalgia for[...]

But that's not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world's most prestigious hero academies. TOHO Along with a new trailer, a new poster, and a release date, the new season of My Hero Academia also sees voice actor Shinichiro Miki join the cast as Sir Nighteye: All Might's former sidekick whose quirk, "Foresight",[...]

Netflix has released the full first season of the new Ultraman anime series, adapting the first eight volumes of the recent manga series published in English by Viz Media It's not only a sequel to the original live action 1966 show, but also an Ultimate Marvel-style reboot of the entire franchise. Ultraman is one of the[...]

There are a bunch of new additions coming this summer to Crunchyroll's already massive collections of anime and manga! Let's take a look at what's coming our way as the summer months roll in: Are You Lost? Because of a plane crash…starting today, we're spending the springtime of our lives on a desert island!! There's nothing here,[...]

Ito is arguably the best writer and artist of horror comics in the world. [rwp_box_recap id="1"]   // SMASHED ©Junji Ito Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. Ito is not the only Japanese mangaka who specializes in horror stories, but he's probably the best He's probably the reigning king of horror manga, and certainly the only one famous in the West,[...]

After all, her first makeout session couldn't have been with her brother. Thankfully, Line Manga has announced a new Princess Leia comic by Haruichi starring Leia as a 16-year-old training to become ruler of Alderaan when she falls in love with a boy named Kia The first issue is set to come out on May the[...]

Kazuo Koike, the creator of Lone Wolf and Cub (along with artist Goseki Kojima) and one of the most prolific creators of manga, has died His official Twitter account and various news outlets reported that Koike, 82, was hospitalized for pneumonia and passed away on Wednesday. Koike is the creator of Lone Wolf and Cub and[...]