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North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 22-28
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Loner Life in Another World anime; Fluffy Cafe in Another World, Statues: Junji Ito Story Collection manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Himouto! Umaru-chan Season 1 Collection BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 March 24 Loner Life in Another World Limited Edition Steelbook BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$99.98 March 24 RWBY: Volume 9 BDAnimeNew...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses After School Invaders, Black Witch Mirror, Ifrit of the Sea Sand, 1 More Manga
Also: The Obsession of Red Riding Hood
― Titan Manga revealed to ANN on Friday that it will publish the following manga: Title: After School Invaders
Author: watanao
Release Date: November 3
Pre-Order: Amazon, Forbidden Planet
Summary: When the final bell rings, most students head home, but for some, school is only just beginning. In After School Invaders Vol. 1, a seemingly ordinary school becomes t...
Atamoto's Tanuki to Kitsune Manga Gets TV Anime in October
Franchise previously inspired web anime shorts in 2018
― Frontier Works announced on Friday that Atamoto's Tanuki to Kitsune (Raccoon Dog and Fox) manga is getting a television anime series that will debut in October, to celebrate the franchise's 10th anniversary. The manga's story centers on the daily lives of a raccoon dog who is not quite with it and a mischievous fox who likes to tease the raccoo...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Darwin's Game Omnibus Edition, Resident Evil: Death Island, Egnaro the Star-Eating Killer, 3 More Manga
Titan Manga also licensed: Even After Doronjo-sama Was Reincarnated She Remained a Villainess, 'Nova, Little Girl in the Monster Forest,' The Legendary Witch is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess manga
― Titan Manga revealed to ANN on Thursday that it will publish the omnibus volume of FLIPFLOPs' Darwin's Game manga, and the first volume of Arata Yamaji's Egnaro the Star-Eating Killer; Shin Kazuki's Eve...
Fūto Tantei Manga Ends Current Arc, Returns in May With New Arc
Manga previously went on hiatus in August 2025
― This year's 17th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine published the final chapter of the latest arc of Riku Sanjō and Masaki Satō's Fūto Tantei manga on Monday. The manga will go on hiatus, and will return in May with a new arc.The manga previously went on hiatus in August 2025 and returned with a new arc in fall 2025.The series entered its...
Shangri-La Frontier Manga Exceeds 16 Million Copies Worldwide
Ryōsuke Fuji's manga adaptation of Katarina's web novel launched in 2020
― This year's 17th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on Wednesday that Ryōsuke Fuji's manga adaptation of Katarina's Shangri-La Frontier web novel series has exceeded 16 million copies in circulation worldwide. Kodansha USA Publishing publishes the manga adaptation and describes the story:Second year high scho...
Seven Seas Licenses Trapezium, A Quirky Girl is Inviting Me to Bed, 5 More Titles
Also licensed: The One-Eyed, One-Armed, One-Legged Sorcerer; Your Meteor, Hidden in Flowers; more
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! audiobook
Creator(s): Haka Tokura, Eiri Shirai
Release Date: April 16 (volume 1, Siren imprint)
Summary: Wim Strauss isn't a flashy fighter—he's a granting cast...
Ao Kojima's Hon Nara Uru Hodo Manga Wins 19th Manga Taisho Awards
Tooru Seino's Danmitsu comes in 2nd
― The executive committee for the 19th Manga Taisho awards announced the winner and full points breakdown for the awards on Thursday during the award ceremony. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.") Ao Kojima's Hon Nara Uru Hodo (As Many Books as You Want) won this year's award. The anthology story manga centers on the second-hand b...
Blue Archive: Problem Solver 68 Business Diary Spinoff Manga Ends
Manga launched in October 2022
― Bushiroad Works' Comic Growl (formerly Comic Bushiroad Web) manga website published the third and final part of the final chapter of Kaede Nogiwa's Blue Archive: Problem Solver 68 Business Diary (Blue Archive: Benriya 68 Gyо̄mu Nisshi) spinoff manga, based on Yostar and Nexon Games' Blue Archive smartphone role-playing game, on Monday.Kaiten Books is releasing the man...
Aya Shouto Launches New Historical Romance Manga
Metorimetorareai aisu ~Kamen Fūfu wa Soitogeru!? debuted on Wednesday
― Aya Shouoto announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday a new manga Metorimetorareai aisu ~Kamen Fūfu wa Soitogeru!? (A Loving Love of Marry and Married: Will This Fake Marriage Last a Lifetime!?), which launched on Kadokawa's Comic Walker platform under the Comic Aily label on the same day.The story takes place during a trans...
Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa Manga Goes on Hiatus
Detective Conan spinoff, which inspired 2022 TV anime, does not specify return date
― The May issue of Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday S magazine announced on Wednesday that Mayuko Kanba's Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa (Meitantei Conan: Hannin no Hanzawa-san) spinoff manga will go on hiatus in the next issue on April 24. The magazine asked readers to look forward to the manga's return, but did not ...
Silent Hill f Game Gets Manga Adaptation
Game's Ryukishi07 writes new ending, Ame Gokin draws manga
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Silent Hill f, the recent spinoff game in the franchise, announced on Wednesday that the game will receive a manga adaptation to celebrate its half-year anniversary. The game's story writer Ryukishi07 is writing an exclusive new ending for the manga, and Ame Gokin is drawing the manga. The manga...
Shadow Skill Manga Gets New Series After 12 Years
Shadow Skill Dawn debuts on April 24
― The X (formerly Twitter) account for Tokuma Shoten's Comic Ryu platform announced on Saturday that Megumu Okada's Shadow Skill series will receive a new manga titled Shadow Skill Dawn beginning April 24. Okada ended the original Shadow Skill manga in 2014. Okada began his Shadow Skill manga as a self-published dōjinshi, and began serializing it in Takeshobo's ...
Mahjong Pros Licenses Crybaby Mermaid, Getter Robo High, Vermilion Stella Manga
Reform with No Wasted Draws - The Legend of Koizumi previously licensed
― Mahjong set company Mahjong Pros' Mahjong Pros Publishing imprint announced three new licenses and confirmed the previously announced No Wasted Draws - The Legend of Koizumi manga on Tuesday.Title: Crybaby Mermaid - Illustrated Memoir of Yuumi Uotani
Authors: Yoshiki Suda, Mio Junta (art) Release Date: April 28
Synopsis:Crybaby...
Manga UP! Global Adds The Baron's Daughter's Childish Transformation, A Certain Magical Index Manga
The Baron's Daughter's Childish Transformation: An Envious Princess's Curse and the Platinum Knight's Proposal?! debuts in English
― Manga Up! Global added Chisato Nesumi's manga adaptation of Kanae's The Baron's Daughter's Childish Transformation: An Envious Princess's Curse and the Platinum Knight's Proposal?! (Hime-sama no Shitto de Yōjo ni Sareta Danshaku Reijō Desu.) light novel series on Tuesda...
Giant Killing's Masaya Tsunamoto Launches New Baseball Manga
Senshu no Kōtai o Oshiraseitashimasu manga launches on April 2
― This year's 16th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion magazine revealed on March 19 that writer Masaya Tsunamoto and illustrator Yūichirō Oka will launch a new baseball manga titled Senshu no Kōtai o Oshiraseitashimasu (A New Player is Substituting In) in the magazine's 18th issue on April 2. The manga is seen in the upper rig...
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Box Set Manga Review
At times, Gabimaru’s surprisingly vulnerable, and even a little adorable – like a white-haired, fluffy murder-puppy.
― It's telling that the Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga is unavailable to read directly on the Shonen Jump app, at least not on Apple devices. It can only be read digitally via the Shonen Jump website. This is no doubt due to the manga's much higher-than-average (at least for Shonen ...
Answerman - Hiding Behind Pen Names
How did the MangaONE scandal happen? Jerome explains.
― A Reader asks: "How does someone convicted of a serious crime simply reappear in manga under a pen name, and nobody raises a flag? Do publishers run any checks on the actual person behind the pseudonym, and why are pen names becoming more and more popular for manga creators, writers, and artists? Should proper background checks become a regulat...
DanMachi: Astrea Record Spinoff Light Novels Get Manga
Karu Yoneshiro draws prequel manga launching on May 25
― The official X/Twitter account for Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine revealed on Saturday that Fujino Ōmori's Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Astrea Record (Astrea Record Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka) spinoff light novel series is inspiring a manga adaptation that will debut in the magazine's ...
Crossed Hearts' Glam Beat! Label for Yuri Works Licenses Afternoon Tea for Two Manga
Mei Fujimatsu, Satsuki Haru's manga is 3rd license in new imprint
― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, announced on Wednesday that Mei Fujimatsu and Satsuki Haru's Afternoon Tea for Two (Futari de Afternoon Tea wo) manga is the third license in its new Glam Beat! imprint, which will carry Japanese yuri, Chinese baihe, and Korean girls' love titles.The company describes t...
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Volumes 7-10 Manga Review
Building on earlier information and seemingly throwaway comments and characters, the story continues to delight as it pushes its characters to develop in meaningful ways.
― One of the strengths of Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun is that it rarely lets anything become a one-off joke. Ameri's surprisingly demure alternate self in volume six not only makes Ronové look even more ridiculous, but it als...
Manga Plus Releases Maki Kanemaki's The Hero's Bereaved Family Manga in English
Manga about inheritance battle between "womanizing hero's love-starved children" launched in January
― Manga Plus added Maki Kanemaki's The Hero's Bereaved Family (Yūsha Izoku) manga in English on Thursday. The platform is hosting the first seven chapters of the manga as of press time. Manga Plus describes the story:
The hero who defeated the Demon King and saved the world has died. Gil, a half-elf w...
One Piece's Chopper Supports Doctors Without Borders
“A small doctor with a big heart embarks on a humanitarian journey”
― The One Piece franchise and humanitarian medical care charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) announced on Friday that One Piece character Tony Tony Chopper is joining the organization as an official supporter. One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda personally drew an original illustration of Chopper sporting the ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 15-21
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-, The Boy and the Beast anime; Sakamoto Holidays, OMORI manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Boy and the Beast BDPlease Shout! Factory US$26.98 March 17 Food Wars! The Third Plate Complete Collection BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$89.98 March 17 Green Green: Complete BDAnimeNewsNetwork Media Blasters US$39.99 March 17 So...
Yen Press Licenses I'm Just in a Faux BL, Servant Beast, Spy Classroom 4th Period: Blazing Fire, More Manga
Also: Ayakashi à la Mode, Why Run? My Summoned Beast Is Cute! novels
― Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed 13 manga and two novel series for release in September. Title: JUDGE Omnibus Edition manga
Creators: Yoshiki Tonogai
Summary: Envy, lust, sloth, wrath, gluttony, pride, greed. A group of sinners who bear the guilt of the seven deadly sins has been gathered in an old courthouse to ...
tearontaron Launches New Manga About Historical Surgeon John Hunter
Resurrection -Kindai Igaku no Kaijin John Hunter- manga launches on April 6
― This year's eighth issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Bull magazine revealed on March 13 that tearontaron will launch a new manga titled Resurrection -Kindai Igaku no Kaijin John Hunter- (Resurrection -John Hunter: The Mystery Man of Modern Medicine-) in the magazine's next issue on April 6. The manga will have a color ope...
Pink & Habanero's Mika Satonaka Launches New Manga on April 3
New manga titled Wana ni Kakatta Villain-kun
― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Margaret magazine revealed on Thursday that Mika Satonaka will launch a new manga titled Wana ni Kakatta Villain-kun (The Villain Caught in a Trap) in the magazine's next issue on April 3. The manga will have a color opening page, and will feature in the issue's front cover.The manga's story begins when Nono, who wa...
Tokyopop Licenses My One-Sided Love, Blue Spring in Your Eyes, Spicy Milk Candy, More Manga
Also: If I Could Write My Love Into You, How to Befriend a Demon, Our Lucky Future Together, more
― Tokyopop announced on Thursday the following licenses: Title: My One-Sided Love
Author: Lemon Fujikura
Summary: The hit manga artist, Kaede, and his editor, Eiji, are childhood friends of 19 years. As a talented and successful editor, Eiji's biggest concern is how clingy Kaede can be! Title: If I Could...
Food Diary of Miss Maid Volumes 1-4 Manga Review
Despite it being about food, whether or not this manga will have you eating well is something up for debate.
― Oftentimes, my dinner is the biggest highlight of my day. I get so hungry that my appetite becomes insatiable, resulting in that moment mid-afternoon where I inevitably scroll through whatever food porn comes across my YouTube home feed (we're up to taking up a good third of the page). There...
Zetsubou-Sensei's Kōji Kumeta Injures Finger, Goes on Hiatus
Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine to run 1-shot prototypes for Shibuya Near Family in coming weeks
― This year's 16th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Kōji Kumeta has suffered a finger injury. This has led to no new chapter for his Shibuya Near Family manga this week.In lieu of a new chapter, Kumeta instead published a long and humorous apology note. He expl...
Space Brothers Manga's Finale Slated After 3 More Chapters
46th & final volume ships on July 23
― The official X/Twitter account for Chūya Koyama's Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai) manga confirmed on Wednesday that the manga will end in three chapters. The announcement does not clarify whether or not these three chapters include the manga's new chapter in the most recent issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine, which shipped on Thursday. If that number includes the...
K Manga Adds Destiny Unchain Online, Ura-Tokyo Manga
Ura-Tokyo: Exorcist City released simultaneously in Japan
― Kodansha's K MANGA service announced on Saturday and Monday that it has added Yachimoto's Destiny Unchain Online: How I became the Crimson Devil manga and Kojiro's Ura-Tokyo: Exorcist City manga in English, with the latter being a simulpub. The company describes Destiny Unchain Online: How I became the Crimson Devil (Destiny Unchain Online ~...
Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru Artist Yayū Murata Launches Kickstarter for Across the Strange Edge
Project funds English version of 1st volume
― Yayū Murata announced on Tuesday a Kickstarter project to fund an English version of the first volume of his Across the Strange Edge (Okashiki Sekai no Kyōkaisen) series. The project will launch on April 1, with plans to fulfill physical awards by Autumn 2026 if the project is successful. The project's page describes the story: Misuzu has lived her life w...
Read it First: Manga, Light Novel Sources for Spring 2026 Anime
Not sure what to watch in the coming anime season? Read our reviews of the manga and light novels that inspired the shows from Witch Hat Atelier to Daemons of the Shadow Realm!
― It's hardly a rule that you have to read the source material before you watch the adaptation, but what if you want to? A decade ago, anime fans who wanted to read the manga or light novel before the show debuted were out of...
Manga UP! Global Adds At Home with a Girl in Her Cute Pajamas Manga
Sisseki, Kizu Kanoda, Yukiko Tadano's manga debuted in January 2025
― Manga UP! Global announced on Wednesday that it has added artist Sisseki (or Shisseki), author Kizu Kanoda, and character designer Yukiko Tadano's At Home with a Girl in Her Cute Pajamas (Mubōbi Kawaii Pajama Sugata no Bishōjo to Heya de Futarikiri) manga. The company describes the story: All his life, Manamichi has only known how ...
Saint Seiya Episode.G: Requiem Manga Resumes After 3-Month Hiatus
Manga resumed with 71st chapter on Monday
― Megumu Okada's Saint Seiya Episode.G: Requiem manga resumed on Monday with its 71st chapter on Akita Shoten's Champion Cross website. The manga had been on hiatus since its 70th chapter in December 2025.Saint Seiya Episode.G: Requiem is the final arc of Okada's Saint Seiya Episode.G manga. The arc launched in January 2020. Akita Shoten published the manga's...
Oshi no Ko Volumes 3-8 Manga Review
This is a dark, haunting revenge tale with a side order of unsettling insights into the murkier side of the Japanese entertainment industry.
― Oshi no Ko is what Kaguya-sama: Love is War's author Aka Akasaka did next, this time delegating artistic duties to Scum's Wish creator Mengo Yokoyari. Those expecting another light-hearted romcom are likely to be surprised: this is a dark, haunting revenge tal...
Comic Alunna Magazine Ceases Publication
Its manga will move to Comic Flapper magazine or Kadocomi site
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Comic Alunna magazine announced on Tuesday that the magazine will cease publication, with the April issue as the magazine's last issue.Some of the manga serializing in the magazine will either move to Comic Alunna's sister magazine Comic Flapper, or Kadokawa's Kadocomi website.Kadokawa launched Comic Alunna...
Manga Creator Majuro Kaname Dies
Kaname died in February while drafting 14th chapter of new manga
― The editorial staff of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on Tuesday that manga creator Majuro Kaname died in February. Kaname had been in the middle of working on the draft for the 14th chapter of their Doku o Kurawaba Sakura Made manga when they died. Their family held a private funeral.The staff of Weekly Shōnen Magazine a...
Kill Blue Volumes 3-5 Manga Review
Even if Fujimaki’s love of sports gets in the way at times, these three volumes of Kill Blue still make for a fun read.
― This trio of manga volumes rises and falls on its sportsy aesthetic. It's here where you can really, really tell Kill Blue was penned by the same mangaka who did Kuroko's Basketball (Tadatoshi Fujimaki), and he's definitely not gunshy about showing off his roots. He's got characte...
Gachiakuta Ranks #1 on Bookscan's January Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S.
18 manga including Jujutsu Kaisen, Steel Ball Run, The Summer Hikaru Died, more rank on list
― The first volume of Kei Urana's Gachiakuta manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for January. This month's list featured 18 manga volumes, including: #1 — Kei Urana's Gachiakuta volume 1 #2 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 28 #3 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volum...
Mahiro Satou's Alkali Rettōsei Manga Ends in 3rd Volume
Adaptation of Kairiki Bear's vocaloid song of same title launched in 2023
― Kadokawa is listing the third compiled book volume of Mahiro Satou's Alkali Rettōsei manga, the adaptation of Kairiki Bear's "Alkali Rettōsei" (Alkali Underachiever) Vocaloid song, as its final volume. The volume is slated for release on April 27.The manga launched in Kadokawa's Comic Gene magazine in August 2023. Kadokawa pu...
Naoki Urasawa's Asadora! Manga Resumes After 8-Month Hiatus
Manga will be serialized for at least 2 consecutive issues
― This year's 16th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine revealed on Monday that Naoki Urasawa's Asadora! manga will resume in the magazine's next issue on March 23. The manga will have a color opening page in the next issue, and will be serialized for at least two consecutive issues (the manga is serialized every two weeks ...
Yuka Kitagawa's Ai ga Nakereba Idol Dekinai Manga Ends on April 13
Manga about "special relationship" between introvert otaku girl, famous idol boy launched in 2024
― The April issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine revealed on Friday that Yuka Kitagawa's Ai ga Nakereba Idol Dekinai (Without love, I can't be an idol.) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on April 13. The manga's story centers on Noa Kuroda, a hardcore fan of Ibuki, a member of the super...
Haruhisa Nakata's Night Light Hounds Manga Ends on April 11
Series about gang member who gets involved in fight between creatures of the night debuted in October 2024
― Haruhisa Nakata announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday the Night Light Hounds manga will end in the next chapter on April 11. Nakata launched the series on the Shonen Jump+ platform in October 2024. Shueisha shipped the third compiled book volume on January 5.Manga Plus is releasing the...
5th Girls und Panzer das Finale Film Opens on October 9; Final Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Film Includes Ribon no Musha Pilot Video
Pilot video adapts Takeshi Nogami, Takaaki Suzuki's Girls und Panzer: Ribon no Musha manga
― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Sunday the fifth film in the six-part Girls und Panzer das Finale film series will open in Japan on October 9. The film will screen in Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, 4DX, and MX4D, in addition to normal screenings. This will mark the first time the film series is playing in Dol...
Ace of the Diamond Volumes 1-5 Manga Review
If there’s one thing that shines through in these first five volumes, it’s how much creator Yuji Terajima loves baseball.
― Do all sports manga about scrappy kids from tiny teams in the middle of nowhere start the same? It can certainly feel like it at times, and you could be forgiven for thinking that Ace of the Diamond is just Ao Ashi with baseball instead of soccer or [insert name here] with baseb...
JoJo's, Slam Dunk, Blood, Gundam Artists (& You) Draw Kingdom Manga Panels
One Piece's Eiichiro Oda & Naruto's Masashi Kishimoto will not take part this time around
― The Kingdom manga franchise announced the second “Social Kingdom” campaign to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Yasuhisa Hara's manga on Thursday. The “Social Kingdom Saien” (Reignited) project will begin on March 19 at midnight Japan Time (March 18 at 11:00 a.m. EDT). Fans will be able to choose and redraw th...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 8-14
MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season, Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time anime; Akira Failing in Love, Demi-Human Sharehouse manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi? BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 March 10 MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season BDCite Aniplex of America US$127.98 March 10 Possibly the Greatest Alc...
Jujutsu Kaisen, Gachiakuta, More Manga Rank on NYT Bestseller Lists in January-March
The 29th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #2 on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. The first volume of Kei Urana's Gachiakuta manga ranked at #5 on February's list. The first volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #13 in early January. The manga on this month's list include: #2 — Gege Akutami's Jujuts...
Dark Horse to Release Gou Tanabe's H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror Manga in Deluxe Edition in September
Dark Horse to release manga in hardcover, 650-page book
― Dark Horse Comics announced on Friday it will release Gou Tanabe's H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror manga in a Deluxe Edition on September 29. The hardcover, 650-page book will retail for US$49.99. Dark Horse Comics describes the manga: The horror was born before dawn on February 2, 1913—the feast of Candlemas, although the people of Dunwic...
Exclusive: Nakama Press to Launch New Casshan Manga on September 15 (Updated)
God Tier's Mario B. Long writes, Kusanagi draws manga based on Tatsunoko Production's Shinzō Ningen Casshan original anime
― Mad Cave Studios' imprint Nakama Press, in partnership with Tatsunoko Production, announced on Friday that it will release the first volume of its Casshan manga by writer Mario B. Long (God Tier) and Kusanagi on September 15. The new manga is based on Tatsunoko Production's Shi...
BluPetal Launches Kickstarter for Sakura Kurihara's Let Me Fix You Yuri Manga
Campaign launched on Thursday, already reached goal & several stretch goals for Kurihara's other short stories
― English manga publisher BluPetal launched a Kickstarter campaign on Thursday to release Sakura Kurihara's Let Me Fix You (Kimi o Tsumugu) yuri manga in English. The campaign seeks to raise US$3,000 by April 11, an amount that it reached within hours, including reaching the campaign's first...
K Manga Adds Flower and Wolves, 1 More Title in English
Also: From Ditched to Happily Hitched! Do You Regret It? Who Cares!
― Kodansha's K MANGA service announced Monday and Thursday on X/Twitter that it has added Ayase Tsukinagi's Flower and Wolves and artist Denkyu Umino, writer miniko, and storyboarder Ikura's From Ditched to Happily Hitched! Do You Regret It? Who Cares! manga in English as simulpubs. The company describes Flower and Wolves (Gunrō ni H...
Kadokawa Releases 'Exiled? So What! A Genius Saint Can Shine Anywhere!,' Love Tattoo Manga in March
Seven Seas has also licensed Love Tattoo BL manga
― Kadokawa revealed on Thursday that it will release the following manga digitally in English in March: Title: Exiled? So What! A Genius Saint Can Shine Anywhere! (Tsuihou jyoutou! Tensai seijyo no watakushi ha, dokodedarouto kagayakemasu node.)
Creators: Lap Tsutsumi (art), Yukari Sakura (story), Soytarou (character design)
Release date: March 13
Sum...
Crossed Hearts' Glam Beat! Label for Yuri Works Licenses Time is a Closet Manga
Mei Fujimatsu's manga is 2nd license in new imprint
― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, announced on Wednesday that Mei Fujimatsu's Time is a Closet manga second license in its new Glam Beat! imprint, which will carry Japanese yuri, Chinese baihe, and Korean girls' love titles. The company describes the manga:
This charming yuri manga follows two time travellers with an...
You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Chapters 1-47 Manga Review
It's a miracle that I didn't hate MY childhood friends by the time I sat down to write this review.
― We're all familiar with the childhood friend trope, right? Often, this is an element or subtrope of a larger trope that a slice-of-life or romantic comedy series revolves around. For example, a childhood friend may be one of the girls in a harem or the main love interest in a slow-burn romance. Howev...
Gazing at the Star Next Door Manga Resumes with New Arc on April 13
Manga went on hiatus in December 2025
― The April issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine revealed on Friday that Ammitsu's Gazing at the Star Next Door (Tonari no Stella) manga will resume in the magazine's next issue on April 13 with a new arc in Chiaki and Subaru's third year of high school. The manga will have a color opening page, and will be featured on the issue's front cover.The manga w...
This Week in Anime - The Failings of Industry
Sylvia and Coop break down recent unfortunate developments in the manga industry.
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Sylvia and Coop break down recent unfortunate developments in the manga industry. CONTENT WARNING: This edition of This Week in Anime features discussion of real-life sexual abuse involving minors. Reader discretion is advised. The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of ...
Dorohedoro Manga Gets New 1-Shot on April 11
New 1-shot story to commemorate 2nd season anime's start on April 1
― The April issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Thursday that Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga will get a new one-shot story in the magazine's next issue on April 11, to commemorate the start of the anime adaptation's second season. The science-fiction manga debuted in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine in...
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's Giniro no Michi Short-Term Manga Ends on March 19, Acting Out Manga Ends in Young Jump
Magazine published final chapter of Hiromi Ichikawa's The Nito Exorcists; writer Kokokako, artist Sumi Misumi's Acting Out manga on Thursday
― This year's 14th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine announced on March 5 that Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's Giniro no Michi -Handa-yama Ibun- (Silver Road -Strange Stories of the Handa Silver Mine-) short-term series manga will end on March 19. The manga's ...
Yumi Unita's Nekomata Shirushi no Somemonoya-san Manga Ends in April
Manga about dye shop owner, nekomata monster launched in November 2023
― Yumi Unita revealed on her X/Twitter account on Wednesday that her Nekomata Shirushi no Somemonoya-san (The Dye House with the Nekomata Mark) manga will end in the next issue of Takeshobo's Manga Life Original magazine on April 11.The manga centers on Mashiro, a young man who runs a dye shop, and the nekomata monster that lives ...
Hiromi Ichikawa's The Nito Exorcists Manga Ends
Series debuted in October 2024
― This year's 15th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump published the final chapter of Hiromi Ichikawa's The Nito Exorcists (Nito no Joreishi) manga on Thursday. The sixth and final volume will ship in May. MANGA Plus publishes the series in English and describes the story: Exorcists Gotsuji and Uruka spend their days exorcising evil spirits on request, inching ever c...
Masami Kurumada to Launch New Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen Manga on May 14
Also: "Saint Seiya Then" 3rd installment "Saint Seiya Then III: Ketsui" published on Thursday
― This year's 15th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on Thursday that Masami Kurumada will start the new series Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen (Saint Seiya: The Heavens Arc) in the magazine's 24th issue that will ship on May 14. Additionally, the magazine published the third installmen...
Creator yoruhashi Indicates End of Nemureru Mori no Rega Manga
Manga with twisted take on Sleeping Beauty tale launched in August 2025
― Manga creator yoruhashi indicated in the April issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on Monday that the Nemureru Mori no Rega (Sleeping Rega, or literally, Sleeping Rega in the Woods) manga has ended, but also said the story is only halfway through its journey. The magazine also asked readers to look forward to yoruhashi...
Takako Shimura Launches Manga Based on Danchi no Futari Novel
Manga based on Chiya Fujino's novel about 2 women in their 50s launches on April 2
― The April issue of Futabasha's Jour magazine revealed on March 3 that Takako Shimura will launch a manga adaptation of Chiya Fujino's Danchi no Futari (The Pair at the Apartment Complex) in the magazine's next issue on April 2.【新連載】ただいま発売中のJOUR4月号に予告カット掲載中です。5月号より藤野千夜先生原作『団地のふたり』のコミカライズ連載が始まります。どうぞよろしくお願いします！ pic.twi...
Kazumi Kazui's nest Manga Ends
Manga launched in May 2024
― The April issue of Shogakukan's Petit Comic magazine published the final chapter of Kazumi Kazui's nest manga on March 6.The manga centers on a woman named Nanami, who had to stop living with her boyfriend due to an awkward situation at work. Spending her time feeling like she has nowhere to go, a former classmate from her hometown named Hiro, now an artist, calls her abo...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Huck the Air Pirate and the Princess of Steam, The Regalia of the Underdog, 1 More Title
Also: Taiwanese creator Chang Sheng's Baby
― Titan Manga revealed to ANN on Wednesday that it will publish Taiwanese creator Chang Sheng's Baby, Tomonori Inoue's Huck the Air Pirate and the Princess of Steam, and Shinachiku's The Regalia of the Underdog manga for release in late 2026. Titan Manga describes the story of Huck the Air Pirate and the Princess of Steam (Kūzoku Huck to Jōki no Hime): In a ...
Taku Kawamura Ends Yonehara-kun wa Tsuyo Tsuyo Gyaru kara Hanarerarenai Manga
Manga's 2nd volume by My Clueless First Friend creator ships in May
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine published the final chapter of Taku Kawamura's Yonehara-kun wa Tsuyo Tsuyo Gyaru kara Hanarerarenai (Yonehara-kun Can't Get Away from Strong Girls) manga on Monday. The manga's second compiled book volume will ship in May.The manga's story is about Yonehara and two girls — w...
RuriDragon Manga Goes on Hiatus Until April 27
Manga returns in combined 22nd/23rd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump
― The official X/Twitter account for Masaoki Shindō's RuriDragon manga announced on Monday that the manga will go on a short break and will return in the combined 22nd and 23rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump on April 27.The manga took two one-week breaks early in July 2022, due to the author's "sudden illness," before announcing ...
Sweetness & Lightning's Gido Amagakure Launches Tomoshibi Kara Sparkle Manga on April 7
A Galaxy Next Door creator's new manga follows piano-playing old lady with runaway granddaughter
― The April issue of Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine revealed on March 6 that Gido Amagakure will launch a new manga titled Tomoshibi Kara Sparkle (The Sparkle From the Lamp) in the magazine's next issue on April 7. The manga's story centers on an old lady who practices piano despite being unskilled, ...
Chainsaw Man Manga's 2nd Part Ends on March 24 (Updated)
Part 2 started in July 2022
― The 231st chapter of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga revealed on Tuesday that the second part of the manga will end in the next chapter on March 24 (March 25 in Japan). Update: ANN reached out to Viz Media, who stated that the Shonen Jump team has confirmed that the manga is ending, but did not have any more details. Update on March 24: The overall manga ended on M...
Dangers in My Heart Volumes 1-8 Manga Review
Where Kyotaro is prone to over-thinking and wrongly attributing negative motivations to others, Anna is almost pathologically open, and endearingly quirky.
― It's telling that author Norio Sakurai uses the German loanword “karte” instead of “chapter” for every installment of her most famous manga, The Dangers in My Heart. It's used in Japan to refer to a hospital inpatient's medical chart. Second-yea...
Crunchyroll Manga Adds Sanda, Saint Seiya: Dark Wing, More Titles from Titan, J-Novel Club, Compass
Also: The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, Gamera - Rebirth: Code Thyrsos, more
― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it has added the following titles from Titan Manga, J-Novel Club, and Compass to its Crunchyroll Manga app: A Pale Moon Reverie A Royal Rebound: Forget My Ex-Fiancé, I'm Being Pampered by the Prince! Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup B...
Baki The Grappler Volume 7-8 Manga Review
When beating the crap out of other people just isn’t enough, Baki turns to a giant ape for help getting stronger.
― Narrator Disclaimer: Baki The Grappler is not intended to illustrate martial arts in any meaningfully realistic way. Check with your doctor before continuing physical activity with broken bones and ruptured limbs. Baki The Grappler is a primer in unrealistic bloodsports. It's both amazi...
Elex Media Licenses Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Manga
Release of 1st volume tentatively set for May 1
― Indonesian publisher Elex Media Komputindo announced last week that it has licensed Jinushi's Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (Super no Ura de Yani Sū Futari) manga, and will tentatively release the manga's first volume on May 1. Manga Up! Global added the manga digitally in English in April 2023 and describes the story: Meet Sasaki, an overwo...
Needy Streamer Overload's nyalra Launches Stray Boy Overkill Manga
Manga launches on April 7
― Kodansha's Afternoon magazine announced on March 6 that the Needy Streamer Overload game's (Needy Girl Overdose in Japanese) writer nyalra will launch a new manga titled Stray Boy Overkill in the May issue of Kodansha's good! Afternoon magazine on April 7. Though the manga's description does not explicitly state that the manga is connected to Needy Streamer Overload, the m...
Cosplay Animal's Watari Sakou Launches New Spy Manga on April 1
Spy romance focuses on female spy trying to learn honey traps to succeed her family
― The 113th issue of Kodansha's Ane Friend magazine revealed on March 1 that Watari Sakou will launch a new manga titled Honeytra Married (Honey Trap Married) in the magazine's next issue on April 1. Sakou also stated on X/Twitter the manga will debut on the Palcy service on March 15.新作、進行中です〜3/15からPalcyさんで連載開始、4/1から姉...
In This Corner of the World's Fumiyo Kōno Launches New Manga
Imeru Fūri manga launched on March 6
― The 2,987th issue of Nihonbungeisha's Manga Goraku magazine began serializing a new manga by Fumiyo Kōno titled Imeru Fūri last Friday. The manga debuted with two chapters, and features on the issue's front cover. The manga is an original fantasy work set in Japan's Tohoku region, and centers on the rebirth of a giant bird.Kōno serialized the In This Corner of t...
comici Manga Adds The Virgin of Eden, Uraraka na Haiiro, My Sweetheart Addiction, More Manga in English
The Sweet Villainess Who Lost Everything and Found a Sweet-Tooth Prince also gets release in English
― English-language manga platform comici Manga announced on Thursday the service has added the following manga this month: The Virgin of Eden by Usoumi Watanabe Uraraka na Haiiro by Yoko Shima My Sweetheart Addiction by Nokiwami The Sweet Villainess Who Lost Everything and Found a Sweet-Tooth Prince ...
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Spinoff Manga Ends
Manga launched last September; final volume ships on May 1
― This year's 15th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter on Monday of Jujutsu Kaisen manga creator Gege Akutami and Cipher Academy manga illustrator Yuji Iwasaki's Jujutsu Kaisen ≡ (read as Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo) manga. The manga's third and final volume will ship on May 1. The manga launched last Septemb...
BEASTARS Volumes 5-22 Manga Review
This is not a series that will make it clear everything will be all right, as it doesn't offer solutions to its problems, even by the very end.
― BEASTARS is such a fascinating series on paper, with themes and setups that are beginning to seem more commonplace. Using anthropomorphic, furry characters as an allegory for real-world issues can have mixed results, especially when the separation between s...
Manga UP! Global Adds The Kind Adventurer and the Reincarnated Girl in English
Manga centering on C-class adventurer who saves reincarnated girl launched in 2024
― Manga UP! Global announced on Saturday it has added author Heiseiowari, original character designer U35, and artist Yuya Takano's The Kind Adventurer and the Reincarnated Girl (Ohitoyoshi Bōkensha, Tensei Shōjo o Hiroimashita) manga to its service. The platform describes the manga: Sirius, an endlessly kind C-class a...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7—Steel Ball Run Volumes 1-5 Manga Review
Steel Ball Run is easily Jojo’s most bizarre adventure yet.
― Even by Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (JJBA) standards—which, to be clear, is an absurdly high bar to clear—Steel Ball Run (SBR) is absolutely, positively, aggressively, relentlessly, and lovably capital-W Weird. As vast as it is, the world of manga simply doesn't get wilder than this. Dare I say, SBR is easily Jojo's most bizarre adventure yet...
Comici Manga English Manga Platform Launches in India
Platform launches The Virgin of Eden, Uraraka na Haiiro, My Sweetheart Addiction, The Sweet Villainess Who Lost Everything and Found a Sweet-Tooth Prince this month
― English-language manga platform comici Manga confirmed on Friday that it has launched in 12 countries so far including India. The service has added the following manga this month: The Virgin of Eden by Usoumi Watanabe Uraraka na Haiiro ...
Yukino Sonoyama's Bless Manga Gets TV Anime in 2027
A-1 Pictures produces anime based on fashion manga
― A-1 Pictures announced on Friday it is producing a television anime adaptation of Yukino Sonoyama's Bless manga that will debut in 2027. Shōtarō Kitamura (Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures, and Takayuki Kikuchi (episode director for Solo Leveling, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) is the assistant director. Fukurou ...
'The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen' Manga Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want to See Animated' Poll
Strikeout Pitch, Ketsu Battler were close behind
― The AnimeJapan event announced on Wednesday the results for this year's “Manga We Want to See Animated” poll with 222,758 votes cast. The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen by mmk took the top spot. Kyu Sumiyoshi's Strikeout Pitch and Naotaka Takade's Ketsu Battler placed second and third, respectively. The creators of the top 10 manga gave messages to...
'Unjō ni Utaite, Kimi wo Matsu' Manga Ends
Manga debuted in July 2024
― The March 13 issue of Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times magazine revealed on February 27 that Yayū Murata's Unjō ni Utaite, Kimi wo Matsu (I'm singing above the cloud, waiting for you.) manga ends in the magazine's next issue on Friday. Murata debuted the manga in July 2024. Houbunsha published the manga's fourth compiled book volume on November 14, and it will publish the f...
Get Married So I Can Curse Your Firstborn and Finally Be Free! Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Shinobu Inokuma, TABIKO debuted manga in November 2023
― This year's April issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Spirits magazine announced last Friday that Shinobu Inokuma and TABIKO's Get Married So I Can Curse Your Firstborn and Finally Be Free! (7-dai Tatarimasu node Hayaku Kekkon Shite Kudasai!) manga will end in two chapters. Seven Seas licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Kuro, a black cat,...
NIUHI Adds Indie Manga from Manga Mavericks
ALTERNATIVE, BONDS, Great Metal God, more manga
― Game publisher KOMODO's new digital manga platform NIUHI announced on Thursday that it has added indie manga from Manga Mavericks in English. The platform will also release the manga's Japanese versions soon. ALTERNATIVE by Chiaki Yagura BONDS by ZENZO Great Metal God by Iwakuni Kogyo First Time in Taiwan: A Delicious Adventure by Muta Yuki Princess D...
Jun Kirarazaka Launches New Buyotopia Manga on March 13
Bone Collection creator launches manga about former hero
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga service announced that Jun Kirarazaka is launching a new manga titled Buyotopia on March 13. The story follows a former hero who must now face social life. Kirarazaka launched the Bone Collection manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in April 2020, and ended it in August 2020. Kirarazaka published a one-shot with the same ...
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Volumes 2-6 Manga Review
Iruma’s early adventures fully coalesce in this set of volumes with its shorter arcs.
― It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that, since Ameri's father's name is Henri, her name is almost certainly meant to be Amélie. That's really neither here nor there, but it does add an interesting extra layer to one of the major plotlines in this set of volumes: Ameri is a closet shoujo manga fan. N...
Comic Garden Magazine Ceases Publication
Series to transfer to Mag Comi, MAGKAN online platforms
― The April issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden magazine revealed on Thursday the magazine will cease publication, with the April issue as the magazine's final issue. The majority of manga currently being serialized in the magazine will continue in Mag Garden's Mag Comi online platform. Shinachiku's Kamaseinu no О̄ukan series will move to the MA...
Onaji Semi no Someya-san ga AV Joyū datta Hanashi. Manga Gets AnimeFesta Anime
Nigō Shōji manga centers on college student discovering classmate is adult actress
― AnimeFesta announced on Thursday that it is producing an anime adaptation of Nigō Shōji's Onaji Semi no Someya-san ga AV Joyū datta Hanashi. (The Story of Someya, My Classmate in a College Seminar, Was an AV Actress) manga titled Onaji Semi no Someya-san ga Sexy Joyū datta Hanashi. (The Story of Someya, My Classmate ...
Hideo Shinkai's Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi Manga Ends
Final volume ships on April 3
― The April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hideo Shinkai's Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi series on Wednesday. The fifth and final compiled book volume will ship on April 3.Shinkai debuted the series in Saikyo Jump in April 2024. Shueisha shipped the fourth volume on December 4.The manga is based on a one-shot manga "Okumanshōja Tu...
Servamp's Strike Tanaka Launches New Manga on April 3
New manga is titled Oda Rock
― The April issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine revealed on Wednesday that Strike Tanaka will launch a new manga titled Oda Rock in the magazine's next issue on April 3.【新連載のお知らせ】来月4月3日(金)発売の【ジャンプSQ.】５月号より、新連載『オダロク』が始まります！ジャンプSQ.という新天地にて、また新たな気持ちで頑張ります。異能怪盗活劇🪭どうぞよろしくお願いします！本日発売のSQ４月号にも予告カットが載ってます📚 pic.twitter.com/IErfPlFdhI— 田中ストライク (@tanaka_strike) March 3, 2026 Tanaka...
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