manga Archives

The PARCO department store was closed for renovation, and Katsuhiro Otomo and collage artist Kosuke Kawamura seized on the opportunity to stretch Otomo's landmark manga AKIRA across the barriers separating the construction site from the bustling nightlife of Shibuya, Tokyo When the project was completed, it was 2019: the very year the story of AKIRA[...]

The celebration of Toonami's 25th anniversary has made its way over to the world of a highly anticipated horror anime, Uzumaki based on the manga of the same title by Japanese manga artist Junji Ito. Source: Uzumaki/Twitter If you're a fan of the twisted and insane imagery as well as the storyline of Uzumaki like I am, seeing a[...]

Iconic Events Releasing, a distribution company specializing in special engagement theatrical events, joins with Anime Expo ® to present the first-ever AX Cinema Nights featuring a new full-length anime film adventure adapted from the bestselling manga Screenings will start on May 12th at theaters nationwide On-sale dates and theaters will be announced shortly. Poster art courtesy[...]

The "Dragon Ball" phenomenon began in 1984 in Japan when the original manga series from Akira Toriyama premiered in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump." It quickly became a top-ranked title throughout its ten and a half years of publication and its popularity has not waned with an astonishing record of 260-million copies sold worldwide and counting[...]

A little more than a month ago, we learned that Netflix, Tomorrow Studios (Netflix's Cowboy Bebop, TNT's Snowpiercer, Amazon Prime's Hanna), and publisher Shueisha's upcoming live-action series based on author Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece had officially kicked off production Now we're getting a chance to meet the newest cast members, with Morgan Davies (The[...]

Yen Press has announced the voice actors who will be reading three anticipated new audiobook adaptations of beloved light novel series, Spice and Wolf, So

ABLAZE publishing announced two new titles from the East this week: the hit Korean webtoon Heavenly Demon Reborn! and a manga centering on chess that sets out to teach the reader how to play chess like a grandmaster We can certainly get behind that latter title. "Heavenly Demon Reborn!" cover art: ABLAZE HEAVENLY DEMON REBORN!, Vol[...]

These acquisitions included an omnibus edition of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, and the debut of the manga series Heroine No More, Unnamed Memory, and Gahi-chan! Cover art: Yen Press Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Story by Seiko Tanabe Art by Nao Emoto "Josee has been in a wheelchair since she was a child and has lived her[...]

Yen Press announced The Infernal Devices: The Complete Trilogy, a collection of The Infernal Devices graphic novel adaptation written by Cassandra Clare

The groundbreaking anime movie directed by Mamoru Oshii came out in 1995, adapted from Masamune Shirow's seminal manga It's probably the most complete and complex realization of the Cyberpunk genre as originated by William Gibson in his first novel Neuromancer The anime TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex premiered in 2002 and[...]

In 2016, Dustin Bolton debuted his comic book creation Kudzu at Onyx Con as an afrofuturist manga, in which humanity struggles to survive after the great flood and a boy, Kudzu, finds himself protecting the world's last hope when he finds earth's last guardian The comic was then meant to be published by Boom Studios[...]

This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch? In Shops: May 25, 2022 SRP: 10.99   #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

Here's a look at the new collection, and everything else Viz has for the month. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ DEATH NOTE SHORT STORIES GN VIZ LLC MAR222060 (W) Tsugumi Ohba (A) Takahiro Obata Kira's story is over, but the Death Note's is not…In[...]

Yen Press, an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group, also contains the imprints Yen On light/graphic novel line and the JY middle-grade graphic novel line Here is their May 2022 solicits and solicitations through Diamond Comic Distributors for May 2022 And with Lost Lad, Shinya Shima bringing[...]

The Witches of Adamas is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Imai It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Young Magazine since July 2018 and concluded last November, collected into seven individual tankōbon volumes And now Witches of Adamas has been licensed for English language translation from Seven Seas[...]

Vaughan and Niko Henrichon, a solo project by Jen Bartel, a collaboration between Tom King and Elsa Charretier, a new publication from Khary Randolph and Joanne Starer, and Mangasplaining will be launching a Substack Indeed, that last one seems to be the odd one out as it is not specific-creator focused nor are they actually[...]

Yen Press announced a slate of 8 upcoming titles that includes manga (Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet; Kowloon Generic Romance; and Tales of the Kingdom), novels (Silent Witch; Kakuriyo Shinjuki: God's Doctor Starts a Practice in Another World; Higehiro: After Getting Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway; and Tower of the Sun), and the highly anticipated release of the Delicious[...]

The film is based on JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (JUMP COMICS / Shueisha), a prequel manga to the smash hit supernatural adventure series from Gege Akutami that is currently one of the most popular manga and anime series in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGiUXKgdIu4  As the movie's synopsis goes: "When they were children, Rika Orimoto was killed in a traffic accident[...]

Between WEBTOON and Tapas as apps on people's phones, manhwa is reaching tens of millions of readers worldwide, far more than manga or DC and Marvel comics When you read enough of a particular country's stories and pop culture, you start to see the themes the culture is more obsessed with In Korean comics, the[...]

That's the second half of the final season that adapts the endgame of the manga Everything has been leading to this All hell is breaking loose with heel-turns, all-out war, and fan-favourite characters dying up the wazoo This is hardly a spoiler It already began in the first half of the season. Key art courtesy of[...]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has a long-running manga adaptation that is finally approaching its conclusion The manga's creators, the writer and artist team that has fused into a single hivemind pseudonymously named Akira Himekawa, tweeted they have submitted a draft of the final chapter before starting work on it. "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight[...]

Uzumaki, the upcoming anime adaptation of Junji Ito's classic Lovecraftian horror manga, has a new surprise: it looks like the sensei himself is going to have a voice role in the show This was revealed in a 2-minute behind-the-scenes video shared on the anime's official Twitter account. "Uzumaki" panel, courtesy of Viz Media "Uzumaki" means "spiral" in[...]

TokyoPop is to translate and publish the French manga series Guardian Of Fukushima by Naoto Matsumura for Free Comic Book Day in May, as well as the rest of TokyoPop's March 2022 solicits and solicitations below   FCBD 2022 THE GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA TOKYOPOP JAN220041 March 11th, 2011: a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a devastating tsunami[...]

But first, Jin and Rindo need to have a little chat with a handful of familiar Neighbor invaders from Galopoula…about Yotaro. For teen audiences. In Shops: Mar 02, 2022 SRP: 9.99 #gallery-7 { margin: auto; } #gallery-7 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-7 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-7 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ OROCHI PERFECT ED GN VOL 01 VIZ LLC JAN221791 (W)[...]

As well as every manga volume Yen Press has lined up in their March 2022 solicits and solicitations, below. FCBD 2022 ENEMIES BY SVETLANA CHMAKOVA YEN PRESS JAN220046 (W) Svetlana Chmakova (A / CA) Svetlana Chmakova Felicity's sure she's going to do something big Exactly what is still a mystery, but she'll figure it out Her sister, Letty, teases Felicity[...]

Kodansha previews two new manga series, Wandance and Blackguard in their Free COmic Book Day volume in May, as well as everything Kodansha and Vertical has for March 2022 solicits and solicitations, below. FCBD 2022 WANDANCE & BLACKGUARD SAMPLER KODANSHA COMICS JAN220008 (W) Coffee, Ryo Hanada (A) Coffee, Ryo Hanada Exclusive previews of two new Kodansha manga[...]

Yen Press announced a new slate of books that includes manga (Magical Explorer; The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend; Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included; Shadows House; and Mato Seihei no Slave) and a novel (Yokohama Station SF National) All announced titles are scheduled for June 2022 release. Cover art courtesy of[...]

The collection of Attack on Titan OAD episodes will also be made available to stream on Crunchyroll. Episodes 1-3 will feature Hange attempting to capture their first live Titan along with a look back at the 104th Cadet Corps' training; episodes 4 and 5 are based on the Attack on Titan: No Regrets spinoff manga, written[...]

Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame is a new manga novel translated by Anne Ishii, to be published by Pantheon in May The follow up to his Eisner Award–winning My Brother's Husband, it's another queer drama set in contemporary Japan, featuring a closeted young painter with synesthesia. A mesmerizing coming-of-age and coming-out graphic novel by the genius writer-artist[...]

One Piece released its 1,000th episode last weekend, and to celebrate that milestone, Crunchyroll has launched a new clothing line featuring the