Mizushima was best known for his popular baseball manga
Yet another popular Japanese manga is coming to an end
Kenya Suzuki admitted to not being able to control himself in an affidavit
A couple of titles dominated the Japanese charts this year
The movie will hit Japanese theaters in April 2022
Billions of dollars worth of manga content are estimated to have been pirated online
The suspect has confessed to repeatedly stealing manga to support his living expenses
Manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi is called "The King of Hiatus" for good reason
A statement was issued after an official Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid cosplay didn't go over well with some fans
The tale remains unfinished after creator Kentaro Miura's sudden passing
The popular manga went on hiatus in June in the wake of health concerns
The Man of Steel? More like, the Man of Meals. Heh.
One Piece, Demon Slayer, and Gintma were all in the top spots
The official reason given is Gege Akutami's poor physical health
Last week, the Tokyo District Court (pictured above) ruled that publishing manga dialogue online without permission is copyright infringement. According to NHK (via ANN), a “spoiler site” published almost all the dialogue verbatim from manga between January 2019 and May 2020. In total, 63 volumes were uploaded. The manga in question is Kengan Omega, and…
Are you a big Attack on Titan fan? Like a really big one? Well, enjoy this enormous version of the popular manga. Kodansha is releasing a huge compilation of the first and second instalments of Attack on Titan. (Full disclosure: Kodansha International originally published my first two books.) The 96-page jumbo manga measures over 3…
Debuting in November 1997, Yukiru Sugisaki’s manga D.N.Angel will draw to a close in the March issue of Monthly Asuka The manga tells the story of a schoolboy who transforms into a phantom thief whenever he has romantic feelings about his crush. An anime adaptation was broadcasted on Japanese TV in 2003, and a PlayStation…
To mark One Piece reaching 1,000 chapters, there was YouTube live-stream earlier this week with the staff at the Weekly Jump offices. The editor of One Piece showed his smartphone screen. On it, viewers could see his browsing history. Oh dear. Most of it was rather pedestrian—Yahoo! Japan, One Piece sites, etc.—but one entry was for a…
Back in July 1997, Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump. Now, twenty years later, it has become the biggest-selling manga series ever. Last summer, it was announced that One Piece was entering its final arc, which should take four or five years to wrap up, and this month the manga reached…
Last year, the unthinkable happened. The One Piece manga was knocked from the top spot for the first time in twelve years. In its place was a new manga sales champion: Demon Slayer. That was no fluke. As Kotaku reported earlier this year, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba dominated Japan’s Oricon sales chart for…
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