manga Archives

A couple months ago we received a few manga books from the awesome people at VIZ Media One of the books that caught our eye was the first volume of stories from the Children of the Whales series, created by Abi Umeda If that name sounds familiar, it's because she was the creator of the Kujira[...]

Career Beauty has been making The Rose of Versailles-themed cosmetics for some time now. From mascara to sheet masks, they've used this property well.

3  Writer: Moe Harukawa Artist: ZUN Paperback $13.00 USD, $17.00 CAD Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 17 In a certain era, the land of Gensokyo was separated from the rest of the world by a barrier and it built up its own unique culture One day, people start buzzing about strange phenomena[...]

Cremisi #1 brings the story of Shay, an alien on a border planet between two factions. He is after a bounty, but the town is dangerous enough for people not actively waving a gun. Does it make for a good read?

Manga creator Yusuke Murata is working on a manga series called BTTF, which will be based on the original 1985 movie Supervising the production is Bob Gale, the original film's writer Murata revealed the news at a press event for Ready Player One, as reported by Anime News Network. The comic will be published online as[...]

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon, I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years, Stupid Love Comedy, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, and more new novels and manga series launch this April courtesy of Yen Press Details below. Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon, Vol[...]

Tokyopop is bringing out a new trilogy for Evie of the Disney Descendants, new series Kamo is launching, and The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey begins. All these will be released in April. Details here.

Why waste time leveling Tokyo for the millionth time when you can upgrade your stomping grounds to include the entire planet? While probably not the basic premise that the proposed trilogy's creators had in mind, it's where we find ourselves with Netflix's new anime, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.

An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins! More than 63 million copies of the original manga series have been printed and the series will be comprised of 26 episodes for Netflix, produced by TMS Entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu533OKYHycVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Pegasus Fantasy – Saint Seiya –[...]

For Free Comic Book Day 2018, Tokyopop is bringing out Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey #0 by Dj Mikly and Kei Ishiyama. Plus Goldfisch Manga gets a second volume and the Disney Fairies Manga gets a fifth volume. JAN180043 FCBD 2018 NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ZEROS JOURNEY #0 (W) Dj Milky (A/CA) Kei Ishiyama When Jack Skellington's faithful pet Zero gets lost, the ghost pup must get the help[...]

New manga As Miss Beezlebub Likes, by matoba, Mermaid Boys, by Sarachiyomi, and Monster Tamer Girls, by Mujirushi Shimazaki, are coming out in the upcoming March of 2018 by Yen Press This is alongside other series like A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!, Accel World, Magic Girl Raising Project, Strike the Blood, and more[...]

After the disappointing reception for Ghost in the Shell's big live-action adaptation, fans of manga have been waiting for a glimpse of the upcoming Alita: Battle Angel film The first trailer for the James Cameron-produced film from 20th Century Fox just hit. https://youtu.be/CqYfXOYqzy4 Directed by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, From Dusk Til Dawn) from a script by Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Terminator Genisys) and James[...]

Back at New York Comic Con, we had the chance to speak with the mysterious duo known as Akira Himekawa, the primary creative force behind The Legend Of Zelda manga series for over 18 years We had a chance to chat with them briefly about their time on the series, the success of Twilight Princess, Akira Himekawa credit//VIZ[...]

The live-action film is based on the popular manga by Hiromu Arakawa, which led to two anime series that aired on Cartoon Network late-night blocks in 2004-2006 and 2010-2011 (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which was firmly based on the source material) Director Fumihiko Sori talked with the audience through a translator before and after the screening[...]

I've said before that I'm not especially into manga and anime, and this one definitely seems more geared towards high schoolers — girls in particular That being said, I will try to give the best evaluation that I can. The setup about a bullied high school girl who is more artsy and writing-oriented than others isn't[...]

However, I thought I'd go ahead and point that out. Centralia takes a lot of tropes from its manga peers, including the slightly air-headed, impulsive, and very naïve Midori and the quiet, too-serious, and definitely hiding a personal tragedy Grey There are some fairly clichéd moments, like when Midori is on the roof grabbing for a[...]

An adaptation of the Disney Descendants by Natsuki Minami and a manga adaptation of Pixar's Wall-E  by Shiro Shirai are being launched in the upcoming February of 2018 by Tokyopop Read below for more details. DEC171877 DISNEY DESCENDANTS EVIE VS EVIL GN VOL 01 (OF 3) (C: 0-1-2) (A/CA) Natsuki Minami As a talented designer, Evie can't wait to enter Auradon's national design competition, traveling and challenging[...]

VIZ Media, one of the biggest manga publishers in the world, is launching a new series called Takane & Hana by Yuki Shiwasu Plus, activity books are being put out for Pokemon and Neko Atsume Kitty Collector This is in addtion to volumes for My Hero Academia, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, One Piece, and more. POKEMON SEEK & FIND HC KANTO (C: 1-0-1) Find your favorite[...]

2 By Koromo Paperback $15.00 USD, $19.50 CAD Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Ages 8 And Up, Grades 3 to 17 A polar bear has fallen in love with a seal, but the seal is terrified of being eaten! To make matters worse, a rival for the bear's affections arrives just as the pair go on their first date… ACCA 13-Territory[...]

Other fans see the announcement as a sign that Wit Studios might be committing to longer episode and a longer season; since early word had the series returning April 2018. ●  To coincide with the Season 3 announcement, Wit Studios also released an amazing image that highlights Eren Jaeger and gives fans a tease of what's to[...]

Sofia Annunziata reporting from NYCC for Bleeding Cool In the coming months TOKYOPOP is bringing translated editions of both manga already released in Japan well as all new original works to America.  During their panel at New York Comic Con, they presented just some of what we have to look forward to, including: Beauty and the Beast–[...]

(Since her college thesis, she's featured these four mediums in all of her solo shows.) Within the next few years, she signed with New York's Castor Gallery, participated in a myriad of art fairs, group shows, and, in 2015, created the annual artist book for Purple Magazine." And her most recent work, which includes taking other famous[...]

In a story sure to bring a smile to Dan Slott's face, five people have been arrested in Japan for scanning and uploading pages from the manga One Piece before its release date. Though One Piece is a comic about pirates — the kind that have eye patches and peg legs and say "arrrrrrrr," — that[...]

Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy Rush is a new manga series from Kōhei Uchida, licensed from Marvel and available on DeNA's free Manga Box app every Wednesday. Only available in Japan — and in Japanese — it's a result of his winning the "Marvel" Special Prize manga contest held by Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine earlier this year. The story sees the Guardians enter[...]

Keiichi Tanaka has had a pretty cool career being an artist for manga, anime, and video games You probably recognize him best from his work in Doctor Chichibuyama Tanaka has put up a new web manga that video game fans may be interested in, as it documents pieces of his career, specifically a pivotal moment in[...]

Yusuke Murata is a Japanese manga artist known for drawing the digital manga remake of One's One-Punch Man, and for the football manga Eyeshield 21 But his latest illustration is American superhero comic icon Spider-Man, for a movie poster promoting Spider-Man: Homecoming in Japan. The poster comes from Japan's official Spider-Man movie twitter account, and ComicBookMovie[...]

Black Hook Press/Gallery Hakusen are exhibiting, for the first time in the UK, original art from the 1980s slice of life manga series Dokudami Tenement at Orbital Comics in London, right now. Dokudami Tenement tells the fortunes of a group of single room dwellers who live on the margins of Tokyo society The series ran in[...]

Best-selling manga series One Piece will be the next comics property to make the jump from page to screen, as Marty Adelstein's Tomorrow Studios has announced they are partnering with One Piece publisher Shueisha to adapt the comic for a live-action television series. The new One Piece series is expected to be executive-produced by Shueisha and[...]

Manga publisher Tokyopop is producing a follow-up to Tim Burton's 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. The comic sequel, titled Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey, will reportedly star Jack Skellington's dog, Zero, according to a report from THR From the creative team of DJ Milky and Studio DICE, the book will be released as full-color floppies, then collected into[...]

The set will be available this holiday season and pre-orders will include a special Sailor Moon sun catcher. Coming in January 2018 is the Sailor Moon Eternal Edition of the original manga The Eternal Edition will be a new translation of the series collected in 10 volumes, each with their own new cover The collected volumes[...]