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Titan Manga, Newtype to Release Five Star Stories Manga in English Starting in March 2026
Science fantasy manga launched in 1986, inspired anime film in 1989
― The Newtype panel at Anime Expo on Friday announced that Newtype and Titan Manga will release Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories manga in English starting in March 2026. Nagano launched his science fantasy manga series in Kadokawa's Newtype magazine in 1986, although the series has been running intermittently since then. To mark...
N LITE Plans Remake of Tezuka's Jungle Emperor Leo Anime
Tezuka's manga ran in 1950 to 1954, inspired numerous TV anime, film adaptations
― Christiano Terry from multimedia company N LITE announced at NLITE's panel at Anime Expo on Friday that the company is working on a remake of Osamu Tezuka's Jungle Emperor Leo/Kimba the White Lion. N LITE did not mention the format of the remake, and which part of the story it will tackle (the numerous anime adaptation...
Kodansha USA Licenses GALAXIAS, OMORI, Fruit of the Underworld, More Manga for Spring 2026
Also: Wicked Spot, Drawing From Your Memory, Love at First Memory, more
― Kodansha USA Publishing announced during its Anime Expo panel on Friday new releases for spring 2026. In addition, the company is releasing the Mushishi Collector's Edition manga in November 2025. Title: Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition
Author: PEACH-PIT
Summary: Relive the magic of self-discovery with Amu Hinamori and fri...
Manga Mavericks Licenses First Time in Taiwan, Great Metal God, Princess Da Huang Manga
Manga Maverics also collaborates with Red String localization company to release I'll See You at Ebisu Studios
― Manga Mavericks Books, the new publishing division of the Manga Mavericks website and podcast, announced new licensed titles during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday. Subscribers of the Manga Mavericks Substack newsletter will be able to read the titles earlier (the newsletter will add a m...
Spacewalking With You Volume 1 Manga Review
This American Manga Awards nominee is an unflinchingly honest and compassionate look into the lives of two neurodivergent teens just trying to get through life.
― Recently, I've found myself searching for works that leave me with a sense of catharsis—stories that send me through emotionally wrought tunnels and leave me coming out of it like I'd just gotten something off my chest. Thanks to a strong r...
'There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her' Novels, Manga Get TV Anime
Romantic comedy fantasy series centers on man reincarnated as demon lord's underling, falls in love with priest
― Futabasha announced on Friday that Suisei's Yūsha Party ni Kawaii Ko ga Itanode, Kokuhaku Shite Mita (There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her) light novel series and Kairi's manga adaptation are getting a television anime series. Kairi's manga adaptation is...
Ink Pop, Inklore Announce Partnership With Webtoon to Release 14 Titles in Print
Inklore to release ELECEED, I LOVE YOO, Midnight Poppy Land in print
― Inklore and Ink Pop, both imprints of Random House, announced on Thursday at Anime Expo that both imprints have entered into an extended partnership with WEBTOON Entertainment to bring 14 of WEBTOON's webcomics into print over the next five years. These titles will include manga, manhwa, manhua, and webcomics. Inklore will release...
Yen Press Licenses Wonder Boy, Hinatsugimura, Out of the Cocoon, More Manga/Novels
Also: Scenes from Awajima, Please Look After the Dragon, Animan, more
― Yen Press announced during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday that it has licensed nine manga and four light novels for release in December 2025 and January 2026. In addition, the company revealed audiobook releases for the Secrets of the Silent Witch, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean...
Yen Press Licenses 3 New Manga, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Art Book
Even a Replica Can Fall in Love, Demon Lord 2099 omnibus volume, Divine Incursion manga
― Yen Press announced on Thursday, as part of its "Anime Expo Day 0 announcements," three new manga licenses and the Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian: Momoco's Art Book. Yen Press licensed Momose Hanada's manga adaptation of Harunadon's Even a Replica Can Fall in Love light novel series. Yen Press prev...
J-Novel Club Adds 9 New Light Novels, 5 New Manga Titles
Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty's Blade; Worthless at Home, Whiz to the World; The Crown of Rutile Quartz; more titles added
― J-Novel Club announced during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday that it has licensed nine new light novel and five new manga titles. The new light novel titles include: Title: Guild Handyman? More like Mastermind! Using My Hidden Skills in the Shadows (Guild ...
Junji Ito Crimson Anime Announced With Theme Song by Yumi Matsutōya (Updated)
Music video of Matsutōya's theme song "Karasu Ageha" also revealed
― A panel at the Japan Expo 2025 event in Paris, France on Thursday announced that a new anime based on horror manga artist Junji Ito's various stories titled Junji Ito Crimson is in the works. Singer Yumi Matsutōya will perform the new anime's theme song "Karasu Ageha." A music video of the theme song was also released, featuring ill...
Macross Frontier Manga to Be Published by Udon in English
Macross Delta Blu-ray also slated for next year by Anime Limited
― The Bigwest Macross Panel at Anime Expo announced on Thursday that Udon Entertainment will publish Hayato Aoki's Macross Frontier (Macross F) manga in English next year. The panel also confirmed that the Macross Delta television series and films will be available on Blu-ray Disc from Anime Limited next year, as well as the Macross Fro...
BookWalker Adds Over 300 Volumes of Manga Titles from Square Enix Manga & Books
Titles include My Dress-Up Darling, The Apothecary Diaries, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
― Kadokawa's BookWalker Global store announced on Thursday that it will release over 300 volumes of manga titles published by Square Enix Manga & Books, including popular titles such as Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling, Nekokurage's manga adaptation of The Apothecary D...
The New Prince of Tennis Manga to End Within a Year
Creator Takeshi Konomi marks original manga's 26th anniversary, plans sequel's end after 16 years
― The Prince of Tennis manga creator Takeshi Konomi posted on Tuesday that he plans to end the serialization of The New Prince of Tennis (Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama) manga within a year. His post commemorated the 26th anniversary of the original Prince of Tennis manga, and he noted that The New Prince of Te...
Kotoyama Launches New Short Series for Call of the Night Manga
Yofukashi no Uta -Rakuen-hen- launches July 2
― This year's 30th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on June 25 that Kotoyama will launch a short manga series with a new story for the Call of the Night (Yofukashi no Uta) manga, titled Yofukashi no Uta -Rakuen-hen- (Call of the Night -Paradise Arc-), in the magazine's next issue on July 2. Viz Media licensed the Call of the Ni...
Morihiro Hayashi's Star of Beethoven Manga Ends
Manga about young piano prodigy with Beethoven as mentor launched on February 10
― This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Morihiro Hayashi's Star of Beethoven (B no Seisen) manga, on Monday. VIZ Media and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publish the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the story:
The door of fate now opens... Piano pro...
BLACK BLOOD Manga Review
If you are or have ever been a connoisseur of the clang-clang, rest assured that Kuku gets it, and has provided a book that delivers.
― The surface-level selling points of a story can often be all it needs. The premise of Hayate Kuku's BLACK BLOOD certainly lends itself to the potential of denser themes: the nature of the human soul, the validity of suppressed and manipulated emotions that make peopl...
Experience Live Boxing Action at Hajime no Ippo's 1st 'Dynamite Glove' Event on November 18
7 live boxing matches to take place at manga's real-life boxing venue Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with appearance by Joji Morikawa
― You have read the manga, watched the anime, and this year, fans can get a chance to experience the world of Joji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga through a live boxing event titled "Dynamite Glove 2025," on November 18 at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall — the real-life venue where many...
K Manga Adds Solo Camping for Two, Dekin no Mogura in English
Both manga have TV anime adaptations premiering in July
― Kodansha USA's K MANGA subscription service announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday and Thursday that it has added Yūdai Debata's Solo Camping for Two (Futari Solo Camp) manga and Natsumi Eguchi's Dekin no Mogura (The Banned Mole, or The Banned Mogura) manga in English. Debata launched the Solo Camping for Two manga in Kodansha's Evenin...
Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible's Nene Yukimori Launches New Manga on July 3
Yukimori to launch Osananananajimi manga about close childhood friends who grew apart in high school
― This year's 30th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine announced on Thursday that manga author Nene Yukimori (Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible) will launch a new manga titled Osananananajimi in the magazine's next issue on July 3. The new manga's story centers on childhood friends Yūichi Momo...
Hotel Inhumans Anime Casts Kōki Uchiyama
Uchiyama plays an assassin in episode 1 on July 6
― The official website for the television anime of Ao Tajima's Hotel Inhumans manga unveiled on Sunday the episode visual, teaser promotional video, and cast member for the anime's upcoming first episode titled "Sister Sister." 🛎request「シスター・シスター」特報PV🛎request「シスター・シスター」特報PVを公開しました！二人のコンシェルジュと、シャオとの一期一の物語をぜひお楽しみください🖊◆YouTubehttps://t.co/IM7cfsajNH#ホテル・...
Senpai is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate Volume 1 Manga Review
This is the sort of series I fully expect to see evolve over its ten-volume run. It’s as much about learning comfort levels and respect as it is about learning who it is you are or want to be.
― Note: I will be using he/him pronouns in this review, since as of this volume, that's what Makoto uses. Gender can be a performance. Because of socially mandated gender norms, that's true even if you identify...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 22-28
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3, The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained To Death By The Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible anime; Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the week of July 6-12, and may also be off next week. Either way, the article will retu...
Emaqi Service Releases Dealing With Mikadono Sisters is a Breeze Manga in English
1st 2 volumes available to read for free for limited time
― AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on Friday that its emaqi e-bookstore service has added Aya Hirakawa's Dealing With Mikadono Sisters is a Breeze (Mikadono San Shimai wa Angai, Choroi) romantic comedy manga in English. The first two volumes are available now, and are available to read for free for a limited time. emaqi describes ...
Watari-kun's ***** is About to Collapse Volume 1 Manga Review
This book felt like watching somebody slowly wind a guitar string. Are they tuning the instrument, or do they want the wire to snap?
― Have you ever finished reading a volume of a manga where you just feel unnerved by the end? When I first picked up Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse, I was expecting a semi-tragic story about two siblings trying to persevere in a new environment after losing th...
Yōko Nogiri's Bokura no Suki wa Warikirenai Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Manga launched in November 2022
― The August issue of Kodansha's Dessert magazine revealed on Tuesday that Yōko Nogiri's Bokura no Suki wa Warikirenai (Our love is not that simple) manga will end in two chapters, not including the 25th chapter that Kodansha published on Tuesday. The story follows a girl whose divorced parents have remarried after eight years. Her handsome big brother and childhood fr...
Oblivion Battery Manga Goes on Hiatus, to Return on September 4
Baseball manga launched in 2018; English simulpub started on June 26
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service announced on Thursday that Eco Mikawa's Oblivion Battery (Bōkyaku Battery) baseball manga will go on hiatus, and will return on September 4. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service started publishing the manga simultaneously with its Japanese release on Thursday, and describes the story:
The monster battery d...
Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc Manga Resumes on July 4
Manga went on extended hiatus in May 2024 due to Nobuhiro Watsuki's poor health
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine revealed on Thursday that Nobuhiro Watsuki and his novelist wife/story collaborator Kaoru Kurosaki's Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc (Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Hokkaidō-hen) manga will resume serialization in the August issue of the ...
Tokyopop to Release Disney Alice in Wonderland Manga, Disney Pixar: The Manga Collection, More
Also: Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Full-Color Manga Edition
― Tokyopop announced the following Disney manga releases for summer: Title: Disney Pixar: The Manga Collection Box Set
Creators: Various
Release Date: June 24
Summary: Enjoy Disney Pixar's most enchanting stories in The Disney Pixar Manga Collection, a box set featuring manga adaptations of these beloved classics: Toy S...
LDK's Ayu Watanabe Launches New Manga
Kokoro, Ai ni Arazu. manga launches on July 25
― The August issue of Kodansha's Kiss magazine revealed on Wednesday that manga author Ayu Watanabe will launch a new manga titled Kokoro, Ai ni Arazu. (Kokoro is not in love.) in the magazine's next issue on July 25. The manga centers on Kokoro, a woman who is a bit feared by her younger co-workers, but ends up living with a younger bartender in her own...
Manga Plus Adds Simulpub of Eco Mikawa's Oblivion Battery Manga
Manga's simulpub release starts on June 26
― Shueisha's MANGA Plus service announced on Tuesday that it will simultaneously release Eco Mikawa's Oblivion Battery (Bōkyaku Battery) baseball manga starting on Thursday. New English Series Starts 6/26!(JST)🚨Simultaneous release with Japan✨JUMP+ new manga: "Oblivion Battery" 📚Don't miss it‼️ pic.twitter.com/STrroYiLQM— MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA (@mangaplus_o...
Manga Up! Global Adds My Boss Only Gets Flustered Around Me, 2 More Manga in English
Also: 'Dungeon Farm: Kicked Out of My Home, So I'm Homesteading in a Dungeon!', The Record of a Fallen Vampire
― Manga Up! Global added Isuzu's My Boss Only Gets Flustered Around Me manga last Thursday, Mozukuzu's manga adaptation of Ryuichi Suzuki's Dungeon Farm: Kicked Out of My Home, So I'm Homesteading in a Dungeon! light novel series on Tuesday, and Kyo Shirodaira and Yuri Kimura's The Record of...
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Manga Resumes After 2 Years
Manga last published chapter in 2023
― Koma Warita and Riku Tsuchida's manga adaptation of ZAG Entertainment's Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir series resumed on Kodansha's Palcy app after two years with its 40th chapter on June 18. The 39th chapter appeared in the manga's third and most recent compiled book volume in June 2023 (the chapter was published as the 14th chapter in the volume, due ...
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens Author's DOPE Narcotics Crime Novel Gets Manga
Makimayo launches manga of Chiaki Kisaki's novel on July 15
― The June issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Gene magazine revealed on June 13 that manga creator Makimayo will launch a manga adaptation of Chiaki Kisaki's DOPE Mayaku Torishimari-bu Tokusōka (DOPE Narcotics Control Department Special Investigations) novel in the magazine's next issue on July 15. The novel is set in a near-future Japan suff...
It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love Manga Ends in 5 Chapters
Manga launched in 2020, inspired live-action film on March 7
― This year's 14th issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine revealed on Friday that Karin Anzai's It Takes More than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love (Kao Dake ja Suki ni Narimasen) manga will end in five chapters. Comikey and Seven Seas Entertainment both publish the series in English, the former digitally and the latter in print. Seven Se...
The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Gets New Chapter in July
Manga went on hiatus in May 2024
― The July issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine announced on Friday that it will publish a new chapter of Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte) manga in the next issue on July 22. The manga went on a two-month hiatus in May 2024. The manga then extended its hiatus until July that same year, but has not published a new chapter since the i...
Aoashi's Yūgo Kobayashi to Launch New Manga Next Spring
New series to run in Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine
― This year's 30th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine announced on Monday that manga creator Yūgo Kobayashi will launch a new series in the magazine in spring 2026. Kobayashi just ended the Aoashi soccer manga in the same issue. Kobayashi launched the Aoashi manga in Weekly Big Comic Spirits in January 2015. Naohiko Ueno is c...
New Neon Ichiban Comic Book Service to Host Digital Works From Kodansha, Dark Horse
Service to offer digital comic books, manga in standard editions, limited editions with "verified signatures, custom sketches" from creators
― U.S. publisher DSTLRY announced its new digital comic book service Neon Ichiban on Thursday. The service has launched a website where it is accepting registrations for its waitlist. The official service is coming this summer. The service will offer digital com...
Glacier Bay Books Releases Tada Yumi's True Blue Never Fades Manga in English
Yumi Tada's manga originally launched in March 1995
― The America-based independent bookstore Glacier Bay Books announced on Thursday that it has licensed Yumi Tada's True Blue Never Fades (True Blue wa Kesshite Iroasenai) manga for an English release in the fourth quarter of 2025. Matthias Hirsh will translate the manga. Glacier Bay Books describes the story:
Bonny and Mickey are young and in love, ...
Akira Amano's Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective Manga Ends on July 6
Manga launched in 2020; inspired stage play, 2-season anime adaptations
― Shueisha revealed on Sunday that Akira Amano's Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri) manga will end in its next chapter on July 6. MANGA Plus is releasing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the story: This unusual duo brings the hidden truth into the light! Ron Kamonohashi, a privat...
Vinland Saga Manga Ends on July 25
Manga launched final arc in 2019; series inspired 2 TV anime in 2019, 2023
― Manga creator Makoto Yukimura confirmed on X/Twitter on Friday that his Vinland Saga manga will end in the September issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine on July 25 with its 220th chapter. The manga will not have a new chapter in the August issue that releases on June 25. Yukimura launched the series in Kodansha's Weekly S...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 15-21
WIND BREAKER, My Hero Academia Season 7 anime; Senpai is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate, Outsiders manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date My Hero Academia Season 7 Part 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 17 A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose BDCite SkySet US$23.99 June 17 Towanoquon Complete Collection BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 June...
Laughing Salesman Manga Gets Live-Action Series on July 18
12-episode series to stream on Amazon Prime Video
― TV Tokyo and Amazon Prime Video announced on Friday that Fujiko Fujio A's (Motoo Abiko) Warau Salesman (The Laughing Salesman) manga is inspiring a live-action series that will debut on Amazon Prime Video on July 18. The staff will reveal the actor for the protagonist Fukuzō Moguro on June 25 at 7:00 p.m. JST. #笑ゥせぇるすまん が実写ドラマ化！7月18日(金)よりPrime Video...
Yawora Tsugumi's Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō Manga Gets TV Anime in Winter 2026
Dark workplace comedy series centers on part-time workers at torture company
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that Yawora Tsugumi's Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō (The Everyday Life of Torture Part-Time Workers) manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will debut in winter 2026. Kadokawa also revealed the main cast, a teaser visual, and a teaser promotional video. Tsugumi drew an illustration to...
Black Lagoon Manga Returns With 1st New Chapter in 7 Months
Manga's previous chapter debuted in December 2024
― The July issue of Shogakukan's Sunday GX magazine revealed on Thursday that Rei Hiroe's Black Lagoon manga will return with a new chapter in the magazine's next issue on July 18. The manga will feature on the issue's cover, and will have a color opening page. The previous three chapters for the manga ran in May 2024, August 2024, and December 2024, ...
Coolmic Website Adds 6 Manga from Shinchosha in English
I Started a Dating Agency in a Different World, Pieces: A Story of Vengeance, Bro × Sis Complex, more exclusively available on website for 3 months
― WWWave Corporation's Coolmic website announced on Friday that it has exclusively released six manga titles in English from Japanese publisher Shinchosha. The following titles are now exclusively available on the Coolmic website for three months: Title: ...
The Irregular at Magic High School: Isolation Arc Manga to End in July
Tsuna Kitaumi launched manga adaptation of 23rd novel volume in February 2023
― The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine confirmed on Wednesday that Tsuna Kitaumi's Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Koritsu-hen, the manga adaptation of the 23rd novel volume of Tsutomu Satou's The Irregular at Magic High School light novel series, will end in the magazine's next issue on July 18. The manga la...
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Manga's Rin Ono Launches New Manga
The Truth Is, I Want to Enjoy My Youth Too debuts in Comic Yuri Hime on July 17
― The August issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine announced on Wednesday that Rin Ono will launch a new manga titled The Truth Is, I Want to Enjoy My Youth Too (Watashi Datte Seishun Shitai yo, Hontō wa) manga in the magazine's next issue on July 17. The manga will have a color opening page. Ono's first series i...
The Villainess Stans the Heroes Manga Ends in 6th Volume
Volume 6 ships on August 8
― Retailers are listing the sixth compiled book volume of Tsubasa Takamatsu's The Villainess Stans the Heroes, the manga adaptation of Yamori Mitikusa and Kaoru Harugano's Akuyaku Reijō wa Kyō mo Kirei ni Anyaku suru light novel series, as the final volume. The volume will ship on August 8. Yen Press is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: What's a gi...
Gou Tanabe's Manga Adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu Story Wins Bram Stoker Award
Manga wins Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel award
― Zack Davisson, the translator for Gou Tanabe's manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu story, announced on Thursday that the manga has won the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel award in this year's Bram Stoker Awards. The winners were announced on June 14 at the StokerCon in Connecticut. Dark Horse Comics licensed the m...
This Week in Anime - Anime News Network's Summer Manga Reading List
Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read!
― Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read! Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Coop School's out for summer, Chris! Wit...
Masaaki Nakayama Launches New Action Horror Manga on August 12
Also: Kōko Shirakawa's Hanabishi Fusai no Taimajō novel gets manga
― The July issue of Asahi Shimbun's Nemuki+ magazine (issue cover pictured at right) revealed on June 13 that Masaaki Nakayama and Ai Saotome will launch a new manga titled Matsudai no Honoka (The Eternal Honoka) in the magazine's next issue on August 12. The action horror manga centers on a girl named Honoka, who protects the weak, b...
Kōtarō Yamada Launches Manga of SHIMONETA Author's Fantasy Comedy Novels
[Hihō] Ojōsamakei Teihen Dungeon Haishinsha, Haishin Kiriwasure ni Kizukazu Dōgyōsha o Bokotteshimau novels get manga
― Kōtarō Yamada launched a manga adaptation of Hirotaka Akagi and Kitsune Fuku's [Hihō] Ojōsama-kei Teihen Dungeon Haishinsha, Haishin Kiriwasure ni Kizukazu Dōgyōsha o Bokotteshimau ([RIP] A D-Tier Pampered Lady-Type Dungeon Streamer Forgets to End Her Stream and Beats Up a Colleague...
Hideaki Yoshikawa's Kokuen no Ō Zelk Manga Ends With 2nd Volume
Manga launched on February 26
― Retailers are listing the second compiled book volume of Hideaki Yoshikawa's Kokuen no Ō Zelk (Zelk the Lord of Dark Flame) manga as the final volume. The manga centers on a cute boy named Natsuki, who goes to a technology park with his older neighbor Nanaka. However, their trip is interrupted when the sky splits open and a black ball of flame descends on him, making h...
Manga Planet Licenses Thanat's Here and There and Us, More Manga for Print Release in English
Company also licenses Mitsuaki Asou's The Farthest Love in the World, Sonoo Michiru's KOH-BOKU
― Manga Planet announced on Saturday that has licensed four manga volumes for print releases in English: Title: Here and There and Us volumes 1 and 2
Creator: Thanat
Description: One day, Majima, one of everyone's favorite person in class, gets to see a surprising side to Sonoki, the class introvert. Since ...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS Short Manga Series Ends on June 25
Manga about untold stories in Domori Town launched on May 14
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website revealed on Wednesday that Takeshi Okano and Shō Makura's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS short manga series will end in its next chapter on June 25. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga and describes the story:
The legendary horror manga returns with treasured stories to add to the colle...
Yellow Tanabe's Kai-hen Wizards Manga Goes on Hiatus Until Fall
Manga recently returned on April 9 from previous January hiatus
― This year's 29th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Yellow Tanabe's Kai-hen Wizards (Kaihen no Mahōtsukai) manga will go on hiatus starting in the magazine's next issue on June 25, and is scheduled to return this fall. The manga recently returned on April 9 from its January 15 hiatus. Tanabe...
Shin Kibayashi, Gohoubi's Blue Fight Manga Ends
Manga adaptation of live-action film also written by Kibayashi launched in October 2024
― Kodansha's YanMaga Web website published the final chapter of Shin Kibayashi and Gohoubi's Blue Fight: Aoki Wakamono-tachi no Breaking Down (Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Youths) manga, the adaptation of the live-action film of the same title, on June 14. The youth martial arts drama centers on two young men ...
Outsiders Volume 1 Manga Review
Outsiders is a book that should have been better.
― Does this sound familiar? A teenage girl with a sense of being disaffected and socially dislocated, one day discovers that there's a whole supernatural world right under her nose, and becomes involved with a hot werewolf and a handsome vampire. It's not just Twilight that uses that setup, although it probably remains the most famous example of the p...
This Week in Anime - Manga to Show Your Pride
Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration.
― Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Lucas Steve, I know you an...
Akinari Asakura's Ore de wa Nai Enjō Novel Gets Manga Adaptation on July 15
Novel also inspires live-action film adaptation premiering on September 26
― This year's 13th issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine announced on Tuesday that Akinari Asakura's Ore de wa Nai Enjō (It's Not Me in Flames) novel will get a manga adaptation by manga artist Ōtori556 (read as Kokoro) in the magazine's 15th issue on July 15. The original novel is about a sales manager named Taisuke Yama...
My Twisted Eating Disorder's Kabi Nagata Launches New Manga on June 20
Ganbarisugi Jigoku kara Dasshutsu Shimashita Repo follows Nagata's recovery from mental, emotional breakdown
― This year's 13th issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine revealed on Tuesday that Kabi Nagata will launch a new manga titled Ganbarisugi Jigoku kara Dasshutsu Shimashita Repo (A Report on Escaping From the Hell of Trying Too Hard) on Futabasha's Web Action manga website on June 20. The ne...
Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Manga Goes on Hiatus to Prepare for Final Arc
Manga returns with final arc on July 17
― This year's 27th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine revealed on June 5 that Taiyo Kuzumi's Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray manga based on Cygames' Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise will go on hiatus and will return with its final arc on July 17. The manga will also publish all-new side stories on June 19 and July 3. The manga also ended its fourth arc...
Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister Manga to End in Volume 22
Series launched in April 2021
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The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Marcey Naito's Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister (Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi) manga confirmed on Monday that the series will end with 22 volumes. The announcement is part of a giveaway of three QUO prepaid cards to promote the June 17 release of the manga's 20th volume. The staff plan to extend the campaign with more ...
Bamboo Blade Manga Gets 20th Anniversary 1-Shot
Square Enix released 1st part of anniversary 1-shot manga on June 6, releases 2nd part on June 20
― This year's 12th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine published on June 6 the first part of the two-part 20th anniversary one-shot manga of Masahiro Totsuka and Aguri Igarashi's Bamboo Blade manga. Square Enix will publish the special one-shot manga's second part in the magazine's next issue on...
Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Ranks #2 on NYT June Bestseller List
― The 26th 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 June. The manga on this month's list include: #2 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 26
#5 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 18
#11 — Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run Hardcover volume 1
#14 — Takeru Hok...
Pocket Comics Platform Ends English, French, Korean Services on October 31
Manga, webtoon platform launched English service in 2020, French service in 2022
― Global webtoon platform Pocket Comics announced on Monday that its English and French platforms, and the Korean Comico platform will all end service on October 31, due to "business reasons." Coin purchases on the platform are available until July 15, and Coins can be used until the service ends on October 31. End of pu...
Taishi Tsutsui Ends Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery Manga in Shonen Jump
Manga about great detective yearning for romance launched in Shonen Jump on November 18
― This year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Taishi Tsutsui's Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery (Syd Craft no Saishū Suiri) manga on Monday. Viz Media and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service both release the manga in English simultaneously with the Japanese release. MANGA ...
Jujutsu Kaisen Tops Bookscan's May Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S.
13 manga rank in list including Chainsaw Man, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kagurabachi, Blue Lock, Frieren, Dragon Ball Super, more
― The 26th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for May. This month's list featured 13 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 26
#2 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man vo...
Maeil Economy Report: Pocket Comics Considers Exiting France as Webtoon Platforms Struggle in Europe
Service halted all new content uploads in France earlier this year
― According Korean business media website Maeil Economy, Pocket Comics, the global webtoon platform operated by NHN, is considering shutting down its French service, signaling a broader pullback of Korean digital comics from the European market. Although the service is still technically live, Pocket Comics has halted all new content ...
Yasuo Ohtagaki's Gundam Thunderbolt Manga Ends in 8 Chapters
Manga resumed from 3-month hiatus on Friday
― Yasuo Ohtagaki revealed on X/Twitter on Thursday that his Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga has entered its final arc and will end in eight chapters. Shogakukan published the manga's 222nd chapter in the Big Comic Superior magazine on Friday. The manga returning from a three-month hiatus with the new chapter. Ohtagaki posted a video to accompany the an...
Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health
Manga is scheduled to return on June 23
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga announced on Thursday that the manga is taking an unplanned one-week break from this year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday due to Hokazono's "sudden illness." The manga is slated to return in the 30th issue, which will release on June 23. Hokazono...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 8-14
DAN DA DAN, Dungeon People anime; Girl Crush, Sweet or Bitter Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date DAN DA DAN Season 1 BDPlease Shout! Factory US$34.98 June 12 DAN DA DAN Season 1 - Collector's Edition BDCite Shout! Factory US$64.98 June 12 Dungeon People BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 June 12 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail ...
Yūki Dōmoto's I Want to End This Love Game Manga Gets TV Anime
Romantic comedy manga about childhood friends playing love game until high school launched in 2021
― Shogakukan announced on Thursday that Yūki Dōmoto's I Want to End This Love Game (Aishiteru Game o Owarasetai) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Dōmoto posted an illustration to commemorate the announcement. Dōmoto launched the manga on the Sunday Webry website in 2021. Shogakukan publis...
Seven Seas Licenses Koharu and Minato: My Partner is a Girl, They Are Still Being Shaken This Morning. 5 More Titles
Also licensed: I Have a Secret & Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch audiobooks, Exotic Animal Doctor, more
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Koharu and Minato: My Partner is a Girl manga
Creators: Hyaluron, Daruma
Release Date: April 2026 (volume 1, Seven Seas GL label)
Summary: Koharu and Minato are two women who met online. Despite there being a ten-year age gap b...
Manga Up! Global Adds I'm the Catlords' Manservant, Betrothed to a Fox Demon Manga
3rd volume of Anju Hino's ongoing Betrothed to a Fox Demon manga shipped on May 22
― Manga Up! Global added Rat Kitaguni's I'm the Catlords' Manservant manga on Friday and Anju Hino's Betrothed to a Fox Demon (Kyōganeke no Hanayome) manga on Tuesday. Manga Up! describes I'm the Catlords' Manservant:
Yukiharu Izumi just wants one thing-to be a normal high school student. But homeless, penniless, and w...
Fruits Basket's Natsuki Takaya Ends In Such a Small World Manga
Romance manga about neigbors in apartment building launched in 2023
― Hakusensha's Manga Park app (not yet available on the website) published the final chapter of Fruits Basket manga creator Natsuki Takaya's Kakumo Chiisaki Sekai ni te (In such a small world.) manga on Monday. The romance manga centers on Sui Onodera, a 23-year-old who lives in an apartment. One day Sui's neighbor Kaoru Seto barges ...
The Dangers in My Heart Manga Gets New Spinoff on July 22
Haika Nanasaka to launch Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Love Comedy ga Hajimaranai spinoff featuring Kyōtarō's older sister Kana
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Norio Sakurai's The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu) manga revealed on Friday the manga's new spinoff series titled Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Love Comedy ga Hajimaranai (The Dangers in My Heart: A Romantic...
Atsushi Uchiyama's Irozuku Monochrome Manga Ends on June 11
Manga about guy possessed by demon of lust launched in August 2024
― This year's 27th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on June 4 that Atsushi Uchiyama's Irozuku Monochrome manga will end in the magazine's next issue on Wednesday. The romantic comedy manga centers on protagonist Isshiki, who falls in love with a virgin who is maintaining her chastity. Unfortunately, Isshiki gets pos...
Shun Numa's Super Psychic Policeman Chojo Manga Ends; 4 New Manga Launch in Weekly Shonen Jump
Phantom Seer manga duo Tōgo Gotō, Kento Matsūra to launch new manga Harukaze Mound on June 16
― This year's 28th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Shun Numa's Super Psychic Policeman Chojo (Chōjun! Chōjō Senpai) manga, and also revealed four new series on Monday. Viz Media and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service started publishing chapters of the manga simultane...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime Reveals Theme Songs in New Video
-SKS- ZIGZAG, Chilli Beans perform themes; anime to have panel at AX
― The staff for the television anime adaptation of Takeshi Okano and Sho Makura's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (Jigoku Sensei Nube) manga revealed the show's new trailer, main visual, and theme song information on Saturday. Video available worldwide outside of Japan Video available in Japan only -SKS- ZIGZAG performs the opening...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 1-7
I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol, Log Horizon anime; Kill Blue, The Bugle Call: Song of War manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol BDPlease Anime Limited US$49.99 June 3 The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 June 3 Log Horizon Season 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 3 Log Horizon Sea...
Viz Media Reveals Releases for Bug Ego, Super Psychic Policeman Chojo, Sakamoto Holidays, More Manga
Also: Magical Girl Dandelion, Statues, The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen, more
― Viz Media announced the following new physical and digital licenses and releases on Friday: Title: Bug Ego
Authors: ONE (story), Kiyoto Shitara (art)
Release: Spring 2026
Summary: A new series from ONE, the creator of One-Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100! Two students find “hacks” that change reality, but it takes only one...
Initial D, MF Ghost Manga Get Subaru and Subaru Sequel in July
Shuuichi Shigeno's new story follows 2 drivers linked to previous manga's characters
― The official website for Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine announced on Friday that Shuuichi Shigeno will launch the Subaru and Subaru (Subaru to Subaru) manga series in the magazine in July. The new manga continues the shared storyline of Shigeno's Initial D and MF Ghost manga, and it follows two characters named S...
Kaiju No. 8 Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Next chapter launches on June 20
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website announced on Friday that Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga will end in two chapters. The next chapter (128) will launch on June 20, and the 129th chapter will be the final one. Matsumoto launched the manga in July 2020 on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website. Shueisha published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on March 4. Viz Media ...
Stay By My Side After the Rain Volumes 1-3 Manga Review
Stay By My Side After the Rain is a remarkably well put together story. While each volume is more or less self-contained, they all build together to form a picture of two people overcoming their hurdles and finding happiness together.
― If there are two persistent narratives that queer fiction is beholden to, they're coping with homophobia and coming out. Both are real and significant in fiction and ...
Kadokawa Publishes Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey-, Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right, The Fallen Saint Dances in Vortex of War Manga in English
Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey- chapter release on BookWalker Global site starts on Saturday
― Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that it will release three manga in English on the BookWalker Global site and other stores this June. Kenta Ishizaka's Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey- manga will release on the BookWalker Global site in chapter format on Saturday. Kadokawa describes the story:
Chika, who just started...
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni Manga Resumes After 4 Months on Hiatus
Previous chapter debuted on January 28
― Asahi's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni manga resumed with its 22nd chapter on Tuesday, five months after the 21st chapter debuted on January 28. The manga tells the "missing link" in the Higurashi: When They Cry story, with the tagline: "The final demon awakens. A new Higurashi toward the truth." The manga is set in the Taisho Era in 1923. A certain tragedy in ...
Seven Seas Licenses 'Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer' Manga, 3 Other Titles
We Are Not Beasts & Perfect Addiction manga, Fluffy Café in Another World novel & manga also licensed
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer (Konya mo Serial Killer to Machiawase) manga
Creators: Kon Iguchi (writer), Yūji Nakamura (artist)
Release Date: March 2026
Summary: Crime is ever-rising, a fact that police officer Shiro Is...
Setta Kobayashi, Hachi Mizuno's Spider-Man: Kizuna Manga Ends
Manga about young boy suddenly fused with Spider-Man's powers launched in 2023
― The July issue of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine published the final chapter of Setta Kobayashi and Hachi Mizuno's Spider-Man: Kizuna (Spider-Man: Bonds) manga on Wednesday. Viz Media licensed the manga and will release the first volume on July 8. Viz Media describes the story:
Yu is a young boy suddenly bestowed with t...
Shinichirō Ōe's Mitsuru Quest! Manga Ends
Manga about boy, middle-aged man trying to clear game together launched in 2023
― The July issue of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine published the final chapter of Shinichirō Ōe's Mitsuru Quest! manga on Wednesday. The manga's story is about a boy who enters a game world, and he aims to clear it with a 30-something middle-aged man who also loves playing games. Ōe first published the story as a one-sho...
Uglymug, Epicfighter Manga Chapters 1-10 Review
OK, what if someone was transported to another world but they were ugly? No seriously, that's it.
― OK, what if someone was transported to another world but they were ugly? No seriously, that's it. Is the story going to be some kind of biting social commentary about how beauty is in the eye of the beholder and how we don't give people a chance due to their physical appearances? Maybe the story is a c...
Rockin' Out With Sumiko Arai, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All Manga Creator
In her first-ever English-language interview, Green Yuri creator Sumiko Arai talks about WLW stories, the inspiration for her characters, and what's on her music playlist.
― When Sumiko Arai launched The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All on her Twitter account in 2021, she couldn't have predicted its meteoric rise in popularity. From social media to Pixiv Comic, the four-page serializatio...
Tease Me Harder: A Sweet and Kinky Romance Manga's Fumika Minami Launches New Series
Minami to launch Kawaii Dōmei manga on June 6
― Shogakukan's Manga ONE app revealed on Monday that Fumika Minami will launch a new manga titled Kawaii Dōmei (Cute Alliance) on Friday. Manga ONE teases the manga's story about a boyish girl and a gentle girl that are in a secret relationship. Minami's Tease Me Harder: A Sweet and Kinky Romance (Ijimete Gokko) serialized on Hakusensha's Kuromitsu digita...
Jujutsu Kaisen Tops Bookscan's April Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S.
Solo Leveling takes 6 spots; One Piece, Blue Lock, Dragon Ball Super, more rank
― The 25th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for April. This month's list featured 11 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 25
#5 — Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 1
#6 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 1
#7 ...
Otona no Susume Manga Moves to Mecha Comic Platform
Series launched in April 2024
― This year's 13th issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine announced on Wednesday that Fumio Obata's Otona no Susume (An Adult's Recommendation) manga will move to the Mecha Comic platform beginning with the 22nd chapter. The series is a "violence suspense" series, in which a father attempts to rescue his son from a life of organized crime. Obata launched the series in ...
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