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One Piece Manga Takes 3-Week Break in April (Updated)
Original author Eiichiro Oda states he is taking the hiatus to "undergo maintenance"
― The official Twitter account for the One Piece franchise announced on Thursday that Eiichiro Oda will put his One Piece manga on hiatus for three weeks, starting with the 18th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump that will release on April 1. The manga will then return in the magazine's 21st issue on April 22. The manga wil...
Shimauma Creator Fumio Obata Launches New Suspense Manga
'Violence suspense' series Otona no Susume launches on April 3
― The eighth issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump revealed on Tuesday that Fumio Obata will launch a new series Otona no Susume (An Adult's Recommendation) in the magazine on April 3. The announcement teases the series as a "violence suspense" series, in which a father attempts to rescue his son from a life of organized crime. Obata launched t...
Satoshi Miyakawa, Kawa Launches New Manga about Former Pro-Baseball Player Hiromitsu Ochiai
Series launches on March 28
― The 16th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine revealed on Thursday that Kawa (Shōwa no Gurazeni) and Satoshi Miyakawa (Space Battleship Tiramisu) will launch a new series Ochiai Hiromitsu no Oreryū tensei (Hiromitsu Ochiai's Self-Reincarnation) in the 17th issue on March 28. The series is based on the "legend" of the famous former professional baseball manager and playe...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Nebukuro's Welcome to Ghost Mansion Manga
Company to release 1st volume of horror comedy manga in December
― Titan Comics' Titan Manga imprint announced on Thursday that it has licensed Nebukuro's Welcome to Ghost Mansion (Wakeari Shinrei Mansion) manga and will release the first volume on December 10. The manga is available to pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, and Forbidden Planet in the U.K. The company describes the ma...
Shun Matsuena's Kimi wa 008 Manga Ends in 5 Chapters
Spy action manga launched in 2018; entered climax in 2021
― This year's 17th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Tuesday that Shun Matsuena's Kimi wa 008 (You Are 008) manga will end in five chapters. The manga entered its climax in 2021. The spy action story centers on high school student Eito Akashi, who is discouraged about the prospect of failing his exams. Although he...
Tama Azuma's VTuber wa Mama Naranai! Manga Ends on April 19
Manga about 2 classmates creating VTuber artist together launched in 2021
― The April issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine revealed on Tuesday that Tama Azuma's VTuber wa Mama Naranai! (A Virtual YouTuber Can't Be a Mom!) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on April 19. Azuma launched the manga in Ultra Jump in December 2021. Shueisha published the manga's third compiled book volume in Oct...
Writers Tohokō, Kiraku Kirishima, Artist XPierrot Launch New Manga in April
Manga about women's bachelor battle royale launches on April 19
― The May issue of Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine announced on Tuesday that writers Tohokō and Kiraku Kirishima, and artist XPierrot will launch a new manga titled Tsuma ka Shi ka ~Haisenkoku no Onna-tachi~ (Become a Wife or Die ~Women of Defeated Countries~) in the magazine's next issue on April 19. The manga (top left in image ab...
Yasutaka Fujimi, Shu Hirose's The Island of Giant Insects Sequel Manga Heads to 'Final Battle'
Dai Kyochū Rettō sequel manga launched in 2019
― The wraparound jacket band of the 12th compiled book volume of Yasutaka Fujimi and Shu Hirose's Dai Kyochū Rettō (Die! The Island of Giant Insects) sequel manga teased on Monday that the manga is headed to its "final battle." Fujimi also posted an image of the volume's cover on Saturday, which includes the teaser for the final battle, "The final war be...
Hajime Bako's Killer Vamp Manga Enters Final Arc on March 26
Manga went on hiatus in January to prepare for final arc
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Shogakukan's Manga ONE app revealed on Tuesday that Hajime Bako's Killer Vamp (Chi to Hai no Joō) manga will start its final arc in its next chapter on March 26. The manga went on hiatus in January to prepare for its final arc, and resumed serialization on February 20. Bako launched the manga on Sh...
Fate/Grand Order From Lostbelt Manga Ends
Nakatani launched series in December 2019
― Type-Moon Comic Ace, Kadokawa and Type-Moon's free manga website featuring Type-Moon manga published the final chapter of Nakatani's Fate/Grand Order From Lostbelt manga on March 14. Kadokawa will ship the sixth compiled book volume on April 26. The manga is an anthology story centering on the Crypters, the betrayer agents of Chaldea that are the center of ...
Revenger Manga Ends in Next Chapter on April 18
Anime premiered in January 2023
― The April issue of Square Enix's G-Fantasy magazine revealed on Monday that Ryūsei Yamada's manga adaptation of Nitroplus and distributor Shochiku's Revenger original television anime will end with its final chapter on April 18. Yamada launched the manga adaptation in G-Fantasy in February 2023. The anime premiered in Japan in January 2023. Crunchyroll is streaming ...
Kei Sasuga Launches Tokyo R.I.P. Manga
Paranormal manga debuts on Manga Box on March 23
― The Twitter account for DeNA's Manga Box app announced on Friday that Kei Sasuga will launch a new series titled Tokyo R.I.P. on the platform on March 23. The story follows Sou Kanbara and his siblings, who make a living as exorcists despite their lack of spiritual power. This all changes when Sou's powers are awakened by an encounter with the spirit...
Shimekiri Mae ni wa Yuri ga Hakadoru Manga Starts Final Chapter
Manga adaptation launched in October 2021
― Square Enix's Manga UP! platform published the first part of the final chapter of Saki Sakida and Manatsu Suzuki's manga adaptation of Yomi Hirasaka's Shimekiri Mae ni wa Yuri ga Hakadoru (Making Progress on Yuri Before the Deadline) light novel series on March 16. The "girls-love comedy" story centers on Ayu Shirakawa, who has run away from home. Through ...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Releases Corpse Blade Manga in English on October 15
Hajime Segawa's manga launched in June 2020, ended in November 2021
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Titan Comics' Titan Manga imprint announced on Monday that it has licensed Hajime Segawa's Corpse Blade (Shikabane-Gatana) manga. The publisher will release the first volume of the manga in English on October 15. The manga is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, and Forbidden Planet in the U.K. Titan...
I'm a Behemoth Light Novels Get TV Anime
Tasuku Hatanaka, Riho Sugiyama, Hinaki Yano to star
― Hakusensha announced on Monday that Nozomi Ginyoku's I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet (S Rank Monster no “Behemoth” dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet Toshite Kurashitemasu) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. The anime will star Tasuku Hatanaka as Tama, ...
The Bottom-Tier Baron's Accidental Rise to the Top Manga Ends
Manga adaptation launched in October 2020
― Overlap's Comic Gardo platform published the final chapter of Manzi Mazi, Parabora, and Falmaro's The Bottom-Tier Baron's Accidental Rise to the Top (Teihen Ryūshu no Kanchigai Eiyūtan) manga on March 14. Kaiten Books publishes the series in English and describes the story:
Welcome to the Barony of Babalon, where barbarians battle and blasphemous believers...
Shōichi Taguchi's The Pension Life Vampire Manga Ends
Final compiled volume of manga ships on April 4
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Shōichi Taguchi's The Pension Life Vampire manga ended in its 24th chapter on Saturday. The fourth and final compiled volume of the manga will ship on April 4. Taguchi launched the manga in April 2023 in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+. Manga Plus released chapters of the manga in English as they released in Japan. It describes the manga:
Vampires and werewo...
Coolkyoushinja, Johanne's Peach Boy Riverside Manga to End in 16th Volume
Final volume scheduled to release mid-September
― The 15th compiled book volume of Coolkyoushinja and Johanne's Peach Boy Riverside manga revealed on Friday that the manga series will end in its 16th volume. The manga's final volume is scheduled to release in mid-September. Kodansha USA Publishing will release the manga's 14th volume in English on June 18. the company describes the story:
Sartrienne ...
Gushing Over Magical Girls Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Author's Poor Health
Manga's return to be announced at a later date
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Takeshobo's Storia Dash manga website announced on Friday that Akihiro Ononaka's Gushing Over Magical Girls (Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete) manga will go on hiatus due to Ononaka's unspecified illness. Storia Dash will announce the manga's return once the date is decided. J-Novel Club licensed the manga, and it de...
Psycho-Pass Anime Writers Makoto Fukami, Ryō Yoshigami Launch New Manga with Psycho-Pass Manga Artist Natsuo Sai on March 26
Trio to launch near-future SF Police Tribe K-9 manga
― This year's seventh issue of Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine revealed on Tuesday that writers Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass) and Ryō Yoshigami (Psycho-Pass 3) and manga artist Natsuo Sai (Psycho-Pass: Kanshikan Kōgami Shinya manga) will launch a new manga titled Police Tribe K-9 in the magazine's next issue on March 26. The manga's story is d...
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga Goes on 1-Month Hiatus
This year's 16th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga will go on hiatus until the magazine's 21st issue in mid-April. Viz Media has licensed the manga, and it describes the story: The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living...
Anashin's How I Met My Soulmate Manga Resumes Serialization
Series returns on April 12
― The April issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine revealed on Wednesday that Anashin's How I Met My Soulmate (Unmei no Hito ni Deau Hanashi) manga will resume serialization in the May issue on April 12. The comic entered a 3-month hiatus in July 2021 after the author gave birth. Anashin debuted the manga in Kodansha's Dessert magazine on April 24. Kodansha published...
Sangatsu no Phantasia Singer Mia Debuts New Manga Series
Kimi to Blue ni Somaru Koro launches in Comic Alunna in April
― The Twitter account for Kadokawa's Comic Alunna magazine revealed on March 10 that Sangatsu no Phantasia vocalist Mia will launch a new series Kimi to Blue ni Somaru Koro (When I Was Dyed Blue With You) with art by Shiori Saito in the May issue of the magazine in April. The manga will be based on a short story by Mia and is also connecte...
Shogakukan Asia Releases Beyblade X Manga in April
Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, Posuka Demizu lauinched manga in June 2023
― Shogakukan Asia announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, and Posuka Demizu's Beyblade X manga, and will release the first volume in April. The manga's story centers on a young boy who aims to be a professional Beyblade player. He aims to get to X Tower, where professional Beyblade players gathe...
Elex Media Licenses Chika Iwa's High School Fiance Manga
1st volume ships on March 20
― Elex Media revealed on Wednesday that it has licensed Chika Iwa's High School Fiance (Konyakusei) manga, and will release the first volume on March 20. The manga centers on Sachi Hanaoka, who is left alone after her parents passed away. Her fellow high schooler Koichi Saionji happens to own the apartment building where Sachi lives, and proposes that they marry as a way ...
I Wanna Do Bad Things with You Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Yutaka launched manga in October 2022; Viz Media releases 1st volume in English in August
― This year's 16th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Yutaka's I Wanna Do Bad Things with You (Kimi to Warui Koto ga Shitai) manga will end in two chapters. If there are no delays, the manga will end on March 27. Viz Media has licensed the manga, and will release the f...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 10-16
Suzume, The Legendary Hero Is Dead! anime; One Piece: Shokugeki no Sanji, The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Akiba Maid War BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 March 12 The Legendary Hero Is Dead! BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 March 12 One Piece Season 13 Voyage 6 BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$44.98 March 12 Suz...
When We Shout For Love's Yuka Kitagawa Launches New Manga on April 12
Manga centers on relationship between introvert otaku girl, idol boy
― The April issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friends magazine revealed on Wednesday that manga creator Yuka Kitagawa will launch a new manga titled Ai ga Nakeraba Idol Dekinai (You Can't Be an Idol Without Love) in the magazine's next issue on April 12. The magazine teases the manga's story as centering on a "special relationship" betwe...
Ranjō Miyake's fish Manga Ends
Supernatural psychic suspense manga launched in 2021
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam magazine revealed on Tuesday that Ranjō Miyake's fish manga will end in the magazine's next issue on April 12. The supernatural psychic suspense manga's story starts with a man named Kingy, a rich man who created a company that engages in acquisitions and mergers of companies. Whenever he has diffi...
Tsuyokute New Saga's Jun Miura Launches New Manga on April 9
Miura launches manga about high school boy who gets reincarnated as villainess in otome game
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine revealed on Friday that Jun Miura will launch a new manga titled Danshi Kōkōsei, Otome Game no Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Suru. (A High School Boy Gets Reincarnated as the Villainess of an Otome Game.) in the magazine's next issue on April 9. The manga'...
My Housemate Sano-kun Is Just My Editor! Manga Listed as Ending in 5th Volume
Final volume ships on May 11
― Amazon Japan is listing that Nozomi Uda's My Housemate Sano-kun Is Just My Editor! manga will end with the fifth compiled book volume on May 11. Square Enix's Manga UP! publishes the series in English and describes the story: Shinomiya Teiichiro is a prolific, workaholic novelist who is too consumed with writing to take care of himself. To prevent him from neglecting h...
Manga Up! Global Adds Cha Kurii's See Only Me Me Me Me Me in English
Kurii launched comedy manga in 2016
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global added Cha Kurii's See Only Me Me Me Me Me (Mememememememememe Menhera) manga in English on Tuesday. Manga Up! describes its story:
Fellas, is it normal for a girl to ask for baby twins on their 18th birthday? How about surprising you with a marriage certificate when your big day comes around? These are questions university freshman ...
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan February List
13 manga including Dragon Ball Super, Jujutsu Kaisen, Berserk, Oshi no Ko make list, Solo Leveling manwha takes 6 spots
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for February. This month's list featured 13 manga volumes, including: #1 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 14
#2 — Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super volum...
'Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru.' Gets Spinoff Manga
Hatsukoi Aite no Kimi wa Dare? manga debuted on March 8
― Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times magazine published last Friday a spinoff of Yayū Murata's Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru. (If my wife [became] an elementary school student.) manga in the March 22 issue titled Hatsukoi Aite no Kimi wa Dare? (Who Are You, My First Love?). The story of the spinoff follows high-school student Takeru who, while in elemen...
Susumu Higa's Okinawa Manga Makes ALA's Graphic Novels for Adults 2023 Top 10 List
Full list also includes Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye, Eri manga
― The American Library Association's (ALA) Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) announced on February 9 its Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List for 2023, and the top 10 list includes Susumu Higa's Okinawa manga. The full list, consisting of 32 fiction titles and 19 non-fiction titles, also includes Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye...
Insomniacs After School Manga Makes YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top 10 List
Akane-banashi, Break of Dawn, The Summer Hikaru Died, Dai Dark, The Tower of God, more make full list
― The American Library Association's (ALA's) Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) released its 2024 list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens on February 9 and the first two volumes Makoto Ojiro's Insomniacs After School manga made the top 10. The full 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens li...
Chainsaw Man, Dragon Ball Super, More Manga Rank on NYT March Bestseller List
― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. Chainsaw Man volume 14 ranked at #3, Dragon Ball Super volume 20 at #10, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #11. The 13th volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #9 on February's list....
Digimon to Launch Web Manga Platform With Manga in Japanese, English
1st "digital issue" releases this summer, will have new manga by Tenya Yabuno
― The "Digimon Con 2024" livestream event on Sunday revealed that the franchise staff will launch a web manga platform on the main Digimon website and will release manga on the platform in English and Japanese (the livestream was unclear whether all manga on the platform will get releases in both languages). The first "digi...
Digimon Liberator Webcomic Launches on April 25
Also: Digimon Seekers novel gets epilogue, 25th anniversary anime video streamed
― The "Digimon Con 2024" livestream event on Sunday revealed that the previously announced Digimon Liberator vertical-scrolling webcomic will launch on April 25. The event previewed the prologue for the webcomic, which will be available on the Digimon Liberator website later on Sunday. The webcomic will also release in E...
Exclusive: Titan Manga Licenses Somali and the Forest Spirit Manga (Updated)
1st print volume of manga in English launches on November 12
― Titan Comics' Titan Manga imprint announced on Thursday that it has licensed Yako Gureishi's Somali and the Forest Spirit manga. It will release the first volume of the manga in print in English on November 12. Titan Manga confirmed with ANN it will be releasing a new translation. The manga is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & N...
At 25:00 in Akasaka Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Series
Taisuke Niihara, Kiita Komagine star in April 18 series based on Hiroko Natsuno's manga
― TV Tokyo announced on Friday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Hiroko Natsuno's At 25:00 in Akasaka (25-Ji, Akasaka de) boys-love manga that will premiere on April 18. Taisuke Niihara (left side, black hair in image below) and Kiita Komagine (ash blonde) play main characters Yuki Shirasaki ...
Shizuki Fujisawa's The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation
Manga's anime adaptation premiered on October 5
― NHK announced on Friday that it is producing a 32-episode live-action series based on Shizuki Fujisawa's Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon-Kyōdai (Youth Story of a Family or literally, The Four Yuzuki Brothers) manga that will premiere on May 27 and will air on Mondays through Thursdays each week. Each episode will be 15 minutes long. The series' cast includes: ...
The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend Manga Ends
Manga adaptation launched in 2020
― The 10th compiled book volume of You Midorikawa's manga adaptation of Kennoji and Fly's The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend light novels revealed on February 10 that the series will end with the 11th volume in June. Yen Press publishes the series in English and describes the story: As children, Ryou Takamori and Hina Fushimi were thi...
Ryūta Suzuki 'Aims' to Finish Worst Gaiden: Guriko Spinoff Manga in 33rd Volume
Suzuki aims to end manga in same number of volumes as Worst original manga
― The 26th compiled book volume of Ryūta Suzuki's Worst Gaiden: Guriko spinoff manga revealed on Thursday that Suzuki plans to end the series in its 33rd volume. According to Suzuki, the spinoff manga was originally planned to end in two months with just 10 chapters. But the series has now been ongoing for five years, and Suzu...
Anonymous Noise's Ryoko Fukuyama to Release New 1-Shot Manga in April
Fukuyama also teases about separate, new series
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine revealed on Tuesday that it will publish a new one-shot manga for Ryoko Fukuyama titled "Kōchō no Hanashi ga Nagai" (The Principal's Speech is Long) (pictured below, lower left) in the magazine's ninth issue on April 5. Fukuyama announced the one-shot manga on their X acco...
Seven Seas Licenses 'Hate Me, But Let Me Stay,' How My Daddies Became Mates, 3 More BL Manga
Also: Hatsukoi Note, Our Sweet One-Room Apartment, At 25:00 in Akasaka
― Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the following boys-love titles. The first three titles have multiple volumes, and the last two are each one volume long. Title: Hate Me, But Let Me Stay
Creators: Hijiki
Release: August
Summary: Ever since the assault that led to his unexpected pregnancy as a teen, Koga Naot...
Ishura Novels' Manga Ends 1st Arc on May 7
Manga launched in March 2021
― The April issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Meguri's manga adaptation of Keiso's Ishura light novel series will end its first arc, corresponding to the first novel "The New Demon King War" on May 7. The manga will go on hiatus next month. Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the series: In a world where the ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 3-9
RWBY: Ice Queendom, Insomniacs After School anime; Medalist, A-DO manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Insomniacs After School BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 March 5 Redo of Healer BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 March 5 RWBY: Ice Queendom BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$49.99 March 5 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A-DO Graph...
Hiroshi Motomiya's Mirai Banashi Manga Ends
Manga launched in December 2023
― This year's seventh issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hiroshi Motomiya's Mirai Banashi (Stories of the Future) manga on Wednesday. Motomiya launched the manga in the first 2024 issue of Grand Jump on December 6, after ending his Mukashi Banashi (Stories of the Past) manga in November 2023. That previous manga launched in Grand Jum...
Viz Media to Release Kagurabachi Manga in Print in Fall
Also: Spy x Family: The Official Coloring Book
― Viz Media announced on Wednesday that it will publish Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga in print this fall. The company will also release Spy x Family: The Official Coloring Book this fall. Viz Media's Shonen Jump and Shueisha's Manga Plus are releasing the Kagurabachi manga digitally in English. Manga Plus describes the story:
Young Chihiro spends h...
Kuramerukagari Anime Film Gets Manga
Sanatsu draws manga launching on April 5
― The April issue of Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden magazine revealed on Tuesday that Shigeyoshi Tsukahara and Twiflo's new spinoff full-length anime film Kuramerukagari is inspiring a manga adaptation (lower left in image below) that will launch in the magazine's next issue on April 5. Sanatsu is drawing the manga. The full-length anime film Kurayukaba and...
Manga Up! Global Adds Sukedachi Nine, The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier Manga
Crunchyroll previously released both 2014 titles in English
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global added Seishi Kishimoto's Sukedachi Nine manga on Saturday. It added Irono's The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier (Shinigami to Gin no Kishi) manga on Thursday. Manga UP! describes Sukedachi Nine:
Growing murder rates have forced the Japanese government to resurrect a Meiji-era penal code called “Death by Re...
Yukiko Natsume's Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan Manga Ends on April 1
Series about penguin chick launched in 2016
― The April issue of Kodansha's Be Love magazine revealed on Friday that Yukiko Natsume's Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan manga will end in the May issue on April 1. Natsume's original "soothing short" manga follows Chitose, a fluffy Emperor penguin chick living in Kyoto. The stories depict such familiar Kyoto locales as Togetsu-kyō bridge, Arashiyama Bamboo Grov...
Shūzō Oshimi's Chi-chan Manga Ends on March 11
Prequel spinoff manga based on film character Oshimi designed launched on January 15
― This year's 14th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine revealed on Monday that Shūzō Oshimi's Chi-chan manga — the prequel spinoff manga based on the character Oshimi designed for the Doku Musume (Poison Girl) horror film — will end in the magazine's 15th issue on March 11. Oshimi launched the manga in Weekly Y...
Kodansha USA Publishes 'Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For!' Manga
Manga debuts digitally on March 12
― Kodansha USA announced on Tuesday that it has licensed author Shikiso Utsuzawa, artist Mokuba Matsu, and character designer Pukyunosuke's Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! (Shin no Seijo de Aru Watashi wa Tsuihō Saremashita) manga. The company will release the manga's first volume digitally on March 12. The company describes the st...
Pumpkin Scissors Manga Resumes After 4 Years
Series entered hiatus in 2020
― Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine announced on March 6 that Ryoutarou Iwanaga's Pumpkin Scissors manga will return to serialization in the May issue on April 6. Kodansha USA publishes the series in English and describes the story: The bitter war between the Empire and the Republic of Frost has ended, but three years after the ceasefire, the Empire is still ravaged by...
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy Manga Ends
Natsumi Hokami launched manga about Demon Slayer characters at school in August 2021
― This year's April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine published on Monday the final chapter of Natsumi Hokami's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy manga based on the "Kimetsu Gakuen" spinoff anime shorts of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga. The manga's sixth and final compiled book volume wi...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Manga Ends
4th volume for Naoya Sugita's manga launches on April 4
― This year's April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine published on Monday the final chapter of Naoya Sugita's Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! manga for the anime series of the same name. The manga's fourth and final compiled book volume is scheduled for release on April 4. Sugita (Majin Bone, Muttsuri Shinken, Zan) launched the manga in April 2022 in...
Hideo Shinkai Launches New Manga on April 4
Earthchild creator launches Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi financial manga
― This year's April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Hideo Shinkai will launch a new manga titled Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi in the magazine's next issue on April 4. The manga is based on a one-shot manga "Okumanshōja Tutorial!!" by Shinkai, and it centers on financial literacy at a joint-stoc...
Ruka Tōdō's Jigoku Kura Yami Hana mo Naki Manga Ends on April 4
Manga adaptation of Yoru Michio's light novel series launched in 2020
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Monday that Ruka Tōdō's Jigoku Kura Yami Hana mo Naki (Hell Is Dark with No Flowers) manga, the adaptation of Yoru Michio's light novel series of the same title, will end in the magazine's next issue on April 4. Tōdō launched the manga adaptation in Young Ace in 2020. K...
sora's Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi Manga Ends in 5 Chapters
Manga launched in 2017
― This year's seventh issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine announced on Tuesday that sora's Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi (Fallen High School Girl and Disabled Teacher) manga will end in five chapters. The manga's story begins right when high school student Mikoto Ochiai is attempting to take her own life by jumping off the school's roof, but a teacher named Jin Haiba wal...
Not Your Idol Manga Returns from Hiatus
Series suspended serialization in 2019
― The website for Shueisha's Ribon magazine revealed on Friday Aoi Makino's Not Your Idol (Sayonara Miniskirt) manga will return to serialization in the May issue on April 3. The series entered a hiatus in the July 2019 issue of the magazine. The manga also runs on Shonen Jump+, and Shueisha published the latest chapter in June 2019. Viz Media publishes the ser...
Bentame Jump Educational Manga Magazine Returns With New Manga
Seiji Hayashi's I'm From Japan returns; Ryō Nakama launches Kotobadō manga
― The April issue of Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine and this year's 14th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed new manga that will launch in the spring 2024 issue of Shueisha's Bentame Jump magazine, which will ship on March 15. The titles include: A new serialization for Seiji Hayashi's I'm From Japan
Ryō...
Summer Time Rendering's Yasuki Tanaka Announces New Manga
"Unrealistic calibration action" series launches March 22
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump revealed Summer Time Rendering creator Yasuki Tanaka will launch a new manga series in Shonen Jump+ titled Ghostfixers on March 22. The announcement teases it as "unrealistic calibration action." Tanaka's Summertime Rendering inspired an anime in 2022. Disney+ streamed the anime worldwide and exclusively in Japan. Ayum...
Cat Planet Cuties Light Novel Author Launches New Manga
Series features Japanese company iLand's mascot Aira
― Kadokawa announced on Tuesday that Asobi ni iku yo! light novel creator Okina Kamino and artist Yomiya Ririura have launched a new manga titled Demon Girls Guardians on the Newtype Comic website featuring the mascot character Aira of Japanese company iLand. The story follows an ordinary girl who is orphaned after the death of her parents, and the...
Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Ashu Tokuiten IV Kinki Kōrin Teien Salem: Itan Naru Salem Manga Starts Final Arc
Aoi Ohmori launched series based on game in January 2019
― The April issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Rex magazine published the 58th chapter of Aoi Ohmori's Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Ashu Tokuiten IV Kinki Kōrin Teien Salem: Itan Naru Salem (Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Subspecies Singularity IV: Taboo Advent Salem: Salem of Heresy) manga on Tuesday, which signals the start of the ...
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory's Ikumi Hino Launches New Manga
Manga launching on March 27 adapts Yukito Mukaihara's story
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Comic Rex magazine revealed on Tuesday that Ikumi Hino will launch a manga adaptation of Yukito Mukaihara's Kabeyaku nado Fuyō to Tsuihō Sareta S-kyū Bōkensha, Dorei Kaihō Skill o Kushi Shite Shijō Saikyō no Kunizukuri (An S-Rank Adventurer Tank is Kicked from the Party and Uses His Slave Release Skill to Buil...
Yagyu's Shinzo Tomi Launches New Manga
Manga based on short story by Shigurui's Norio Nanjo launches on March 27
― The April issue of Bungeishunju's Comic Ran magazine revealed on Tuesday that Shinzo Tomi will launch a new manga titled Rendai o Katsugu Kenshi (A Palanquin-Carrying Swordsman) in the magazine's next issue on March 27. Late writer Norio Nanjo is credited for the original work. The short story "Rendai o Katsugu Kenshi" appear...
Mahō Tsukai no Yakusoku - Promise of Wizard Game Gets Manga Adaptation
Shibatarō Nakamura launches series in June issue
― The April issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Zero-Sum magazine revealed on Wednesday the Mahōtsukai no Yakusoku - Promise of Wizard game is getting a manga adaptation by Shibatarō Nakamura in the June issue. Ichijinsha will publish the prologue in the May issue. Coly and Bunta Tsushimi are credited with the original story and scenario, while Dangmill is cr...
Shueisha's Young Jump Launches Shueisha Seinen Manga Newcomer Award with 45 Themes
New award celebrates 45th anniversary of Weekly Young Jump
― Shueisha announced on Thursday the Shueisha Seinen Newcomer Manga Award to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Weekly Young Jump magazine. The contest is based on the 100 Million Yen 40 Manga Award, which the company ran in 2019 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the magazine. The contest will have 45 different themes for artists to par...
Jirō Sugiura's My Wife Has No Emotion Manga Gets TV Anime
Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Konomi Inagaki voice Takuma, Mina in July anime
― Kadokawa and Wright Film announced on Friday that Jirō Sugiura's My Wife Has No Emotion (Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjō ga nai) manga is inspiring a television anime adaptation that will premiere in July on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS Asahi. Sugiura drew the below image to celebrate the anime's announcement. Toshiyuki Toyonaga voices Takuma (lef...
Mayu Murata's Honey Lemon Soda Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
Hiroshi Nishikiori directs anime at J.C.STAFF
― Wright Film announced on Friday that Mayu Murata's Honey Lemon Soda manga will get a television anime adaptation, and revealed a teaser visual. Murata also drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement: Hiroshi Nishikiori (A Certain Magical Index, IDOLiSH7 the Movie LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD) is directing the anime at J.C.STAFF. Akiko Waba (Blu...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 25-March 2
I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills, Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army anime; The Blue Wolves of Mibu, A Kingdom of Quartz manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 February 27 Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure SDB...
Tokyopop Licenses A Smart and Courageous Child, Watch Dogs Tokyo, A Beast's Love Is Like the Moon, More Manga
Also: The Man Who Shattered My World, The Genius Puppeteer Loves the Holy Knight Fiercely
― Tokyopop revealed on Monday that it has licensed the following manga: Title: A Smart and Courageous Child (Kashikokute Yūki Aru Kodomo)
Creator: Miki Yamamoto
Release: June 18
Summary: Every young couple has high hopes for their unborn child, and Sara and Kouta Takano are no different. But only days away from ...
Exclusive: Titan Manga to Release Working for God in a Godless World Manga in English
Aoi Akashiro, Sonshō Hangetsuban's manga's 8th compiled book volume launched in Japan on December 27
― Titan Comics' Titan Manga imprint announced on Thursday that it will release Aoi Akashiro and Sonshō Hangetsuban's Working for God in a Godless World (Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudō) manga in English on October 29. The first volume of the manga is now available on pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & N...
Hiromasa Okujima's Baban Baban Ban Vampire Manga Gets Live-Action Film, TV Anime Adaptations in 2025
Manga about vampire protecting boy's virginity launched in 2021
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Hiromasa Okujima's Baban Baban Ban Vampire manga announced on Thursday that the series will get a live-action film and television anime adaptation in 2025. The live-action film is a joint production between Shochiku and TV Asahi. The announcement coincides with Japan's Garlic Day celebration...
Toworu Miyata's Living With Him Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series
Ryūga Satō, Shō Sakai star in series premiering on April 11
― NBC Universal Entertainment Japan announced on Thursday that Toworu Miyata's Living With Him (Kare no Iru Seikatsu) boys-love manga is getting a live-action series adaptation. The live-action series will premiere on Tokyo MX on April 11, and will also stream online. The series will star Ryūga Satō as Kazuhito Tanaka and Shō Sakai as Ryota ...
Keiji Nakazawa Inducted into Eisner Hall of Fame
Late Barefoot Gen manga creator was previously nominated in 2020, 2023
― The 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards will induct late manga creator Keiji Nakazawa into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year. The judges will also induct Ron Turner, the founder of Last Gasp Publishing which released Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen and other manga in English. Nakazawa was previously nominated but no...
Seven Seas Licenses Alpha Wolfgirl x Omega Wolfboy, Killer Shark in Another World Manga, More
Also: She's the Strongest Bride, But I'm Stronger in Night Battles: A Harem Chronicle of Advancing Through Cunning Tactics, Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed
― Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the following titles: Title: She's the Strongest Bride, But I'm Stronger in Night Battles: A Harem Chronicle of Advancing Through Cunning Tactics manga
Creators: Singyougaku (art)...
Sundome's Kazuto Okada Launches New Manga on March 12
Okada to launch ecchi comedy Surikomi!
― This year's sixth issue of Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine revealed on Tuesday that Kazuto Okada will launch a new manga titled Surikomi! (pictured right in image below) in the magazine's seventh issue on March 12. The ecchi comedy manga centers on Kenta, who is instilled with sensual memories during the summer of his fifth year in elementary. Now a hig...
Boichi, In-Wan Youn's SuperString: Isekai Kenbunroku Manga Ends
Series launched on April 19
― Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday will publish the final chapter of Boichi and In-Wan Youn's SuperString: Isekai Kenbunroku (Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to the Multiverse) manga on March 6. The LINE manga app is also publishing the final chapter. Boichi and Youn (Defense Devil, Island, Shin Angyo Onshi) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in April 2023. The...
Coffee Moon Manga Ends in March
Supernatural series launched in 2020
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine revealed Mochito Bota's Coffee Moon manga will end in the next issue on March 27. Yen Press publishes the series in English and describes the story: Pieta, a Normal Girl, leads a normal, uneventful life in a world of constant black rain. As the rain pours down, like it always does, she takes her usual route to...
Fate/Apocrypha Manga Ends
Manga adaptation of light novels launched in 2016
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine revealed on Monday that the Fate/Apocrypha manga adaptation by Akira Ishida and Yūichirō Higashide will end in the next issue. Ishida launched the manga adaptation in Comp Ace in June 2016. Kadokawa shipped the 15th compiled book volume on October 26. Higashide first published the Type-Moon series as ...
Manga Plus Adds Set it and Forget it, The Days of Diamond, Catenaccio Manga
Set it and Forget it debuted on Thursday
― Shueisha's Manga Plus announced on Wednesday that it is publishing the Set it and Forget it, The Days of Diamond, and Catenaccio manga. The company has posted chapters up to the latest one for each series. Kakaru and Kiri Tono debuted the Set it and Forget it (Hottarakashi Meshi) with five-star rice meister Rie Shibuya on Shonen Jump+ on Thursday. Manga Plus...
M&C! Releases The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague Manga
Manga launched in August 2018, inspired January 2023 TV anime
― Indonesian publisher M&C! released the first volume of Miyuki Tonogaya's The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl (Kōri Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Dōryō Joshi) manga in Indonesi on February 21. The "workplace fantasy romantic comedy" revolves around Himuro-kun, a modern-day descendant of the Snow Woman from Japanese folklore, and his seemingly aloof...
Dopeman's Yūhei Ogino, MITA Ends Kodoku no Immortal Manga
Series launched in December 2022
― The 21st issue of Kadokawa's Young Dragon Age magazine published the final chapter of Yūhei Ogino and MITA's Kodoku no Immortal on Monday. The second and final compiled book volume is scheduled for April 8. The manga's "immoral x suspense" story is about a man who entered the world of compensated dating or dating for money. He gets caught up in women's desire and l...
Gundam F90 FF Manga Ends on March 26
Manga launched in June 2019
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine revealed on Monday that Kiyoshi Imanoya, Nobuyoshi Ino, and Sejoon Kim's Mobile Suit Gundam F90 FF (Fastest Formula) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 26. The manga's 11th and final compiled book volume will also ship on the same date. The manga launched on Gundam Ace in June 2019. Nobuyoshi Ino is writ...
Hiroaki Magari, Yukiarare Launch New Manga in March
Heroine wa ×× wo Kasegitai debuts in Magazine Pocket on March 2
― The Twitter account for Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app announced on February 23 that Yukiarare and Hiroaki Magari will collaborate on a new manga Heroine wa ×× wo Kasegitai (Heroines want to earn xx) that will debut on the service on March 2. Magari ran a successful Kickstarter project to animate Shunji Enomoto's Enomoto: New Elements ...
Futari H Creator Aki Katsu Launches New Manga About Memories
Wasurena Tsuma no Kimi to premieres on March 27
― The April issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits magazine revealed on Tuesday that Aki Katsu will debut a new manga Wasurena Tsuma no Kimi to (With You, My Forgetful Wife) in the May issue on March 27. The announcement teases a story about the aftermath of loved ones when someone loses all of their precious memories. Katsu (Psychic Academy, T...
ACCA's Natsume Ono Ends Badon Manga
Manga ends on March 25
― This year's March issue of Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine revealed on Saturday that Natsume Ono's BADON manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 25. Ono launched the manga in Monthly Big Gangan in January 2019. Square Enix published the manga's eighth compiled book volume on October 25. The story follows four ex-convicts who met in prison. Upon release,...
Cocoon's Machiko Kyō Launches New Manga
Orizuru manga debuts on March 26
― This year's April issue of Akita Shoten's Elegance Eve magazine revealed on Monday that Machiko Kyō (Cocoon) is launching a new manga titled Orizuru in the magazine's next issue on March 26. Kyō released the Cocoon manga in 2010, 65 years after the end of World War II. The manga is inspiring an anime (pictured right) that will air on NHK in summer 2025. Hitomi Taten...
Tsukasa Fushimi, Hiro Kanzaki's Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Dare ni mo Ienai Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Jako draws manga debuting on March 8
― This year's fifth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Thursday that Jako will launch a manga adaptation of writer Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrator Hiro Kanzaki's Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Dare ni mo Ienai (My First Love is So Embarrassing, I Can't Tell Anyone) light novel. The manga will launch in the sixth issue on March 8. The ...
Kadokawa Launches Vertical-Scrolling Webcomic Adaptation of Elden Ring Game on March 29
Artist Hand Punch will draw webcomic available on Tatesc Comics website
― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that it will release a vertical-scrolling webcomic adaptation of FromSoftware's Elden Ring game titled Elden Ring Become Lord on March 29. Artist Hand Punch will draw the webcomic, which will be available on the Tatesc Comics website as well in several ebook stores in Japan. Kadokawa told ANN a re...
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent Mobile RPG's Manga Adaptation Ends
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent ~The story of Bargello family~ prequel manga launched on January 30
― Square Enix's Manga UP! app and website published the fifth and final chapter of manga artist ot's Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent ~The story of Bargello family~, the manga adaptation of Square Enix's Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent mobile RPG, on Wednesday. ...
New Shinkalion Change the World Anime Gets Manga Adaptation in April
Saikyō Jump to launch Shinkalion Dive the World manga on April 4
― The official Twitter account of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine announced on Thursday that the manga adaptation of Shinkalion Change the World — the new television anime of Takara Tomy's Shinkalion toy line — titled Shinkalion Dive the World, will launch in the magazine's May issue on April 4. Mashino Sawazaki is credited for the orig...
Taku Kawamura's False Child Manga Ends on March 22
Human drama manga launched in November 2022
― The March issue of Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine revealed on Thursday that Taku Kawamura's False Child (Uso no Kodomo) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 22. Square Enix's Manga UP! Global, Kadokawa's BookWalker Global Store, and Comikey publish the manga digitally in English. Manga UP! Global describes the story:
Imagine i...
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