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9 Cute Romance Manga that Avoid Frustratingly Dense MCs
A common complaint levied towards the romance genre is the density of the main characters. Often times, a character’s obliviousness to other people’s emotions can lead to unnecessary melodrama and can...
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‘Tokyo Ghoul:re’ Manga is Entering its Final Arc
Sui Ishida is preparing to write the final arc for Tokyo Ghoul:re. A wrap-around jacket for volume 14 reads “The evolving dark fantasy is rushing towards its ultimate final arc!.” Ishida or Shueisha...
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Mangaka Suffers Major Heart Attack Then Apologizes to Fans for Delay
Mangaka Yuki Hijiri revealed to fans that he is recovering from a major health scare which caused a sudden hiatus to his Choujin Locke (Locke the Superman) manga series....
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‘Darling in the Franxx’ Has a Manga & It’s Super Ecchi
Darling in the Franxx has the feeling of a classic Gainax series. You have teenagers piloting mechs fighting bizarre creatures while exploring their sexuality. In fact, the Gainax feel isn’t surprising...
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Manga Meltdown: Today 6 Series Announce They’re Ending
Today has been a little rough for manga fans because at least six different series have announced that they will be ending soon. This biggest announcement is ReLIFE, which will end this March! Here are...
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5 Reasons Seinen Fans Should Read ‘Me and the Devil Blues’
Akira Hiramoto is internationally known for creating Prison School. The sexual comedy won fans for Hiramoto’s detailed art, absurd humor, and a willingness to cross the line. Prison School brought...
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‘Btooom!’ Manga Will Get a Rare Light & Dark Ending This July
Junya Inoue’s Btooom! manga is getting a unique gimmick for its final volume – there will be two different endings! Two versions of volume 26 will ship this July: a “light” ending culminating in the...
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Mangaka Criticizes Manga Publishers For Attacking Pirate Sites
Physical manga sales fell 12% in Japan last year, with publishers pointing fingers at an increase in piracy. However, mangaka Takashi Yoshida feels the blame game is causing more harm as publishers...
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‘Ashita no Joe’ Creator Claims Piracy is Killing Young Creators
It’s no secret that a large chunk of anime and manga fans visit pirate sites to consume content. Fans will give you a variety of reasons for their actions, with lacking disposable income, no official...
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Light Novel Author Visits Twitter HQ After Harem Cover is Banned
Mahiro Kisaragi is a light novel author fighting a unique enemy – Twitter! Kisaragi paid to promote a tweet for volume 2 of Yamato Isoko no Ketsudan (The Decision of Isoko Yamato), which is a...
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Age Gap Romance ‘After the Rain’ Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Jun Mayuzuki’s age-gap romance After the Rain (Koi wa Ameagari no youni) manga is ending in two chapters. The manga’s ending will be published in issue 14 of Big Comic Spirits. After the Rain has been...
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8 Popular Manga Creators That Became One-Hit Wonders
One-hit wonders get a bad rap and it’s not only limited to music. It’s fairly common for a mangaka to become a one-hit wonder due to the strenuous nature of the industry and the length of their hit...
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Teenager Makes Manga Debut With a Age-Gap Romance Series
The newest big name in manga can come from the most unlikely places. Manga app Comico announced that’ll debut a series of high school mangaka Kishiwo, who won the 2016 National Student Championship...
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‘Attack on Titan’ Creator Says the Anime Improved on the Manga
One question has ragged on since the beginning of time: anime or the source manga? Anime and manga fans fighting it out for the truth. Both sides have dedicated fans with convincing arguments. Anime...
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Relive Your Childhood with an All-New ‘Zoids’ Anime
Zoids is a making a comeback with an all-new Zoids Wild multimedia project. It’s the franchise’s newest line since 2005’s Zoids Genesis. The mecha-beast series is based on Takara Tomy’s line of model...
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Hit Yaoi Manga ‘Doukyusei -Classmates-‘ Gets a New Series
Asumiko Nakamura is continuing her hit Doukyusei -Classmates- series with an all-new sequel. Blanc is the latest entry in the yaoi series that follows the lives of Rihito Sajo and Hikaru Kusakabe. The...
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‘Air Gear’ Creator Oh! Great Revealed as ‘Bakemonogatari’ Manga Artist
Kodansha has been having fun teasing Monogatari fans the past two weeks. They’ve been hosting a social media campaign asking fans to guess the mangaka who’ll be adapting NisiOisin’s Bakemonogatari into...
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Musical ‘Sound! Euphonium’ Series Gets New Novel About Seniors & Alumni
Ayano Takeda revealed that she will release a novel in her hit Sound! Euphonium series. Sound! Euphonium ~True Stories~ (Hibike! Euphonium ~Honto no Hanashi~), which will be released on April 5, will...
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A ‘Star Wars’ Princess Leia Manga is Being Produced by LINE
Star Wars has a huge and dedicated following in Japan – eagle-eyed viewers can also see the influence Akira Kurosawa had on George Lucas during the original trilogy’s production. That fandom is about...
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‘Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple’ Anime Movie Gets a Manga Adaptation
Kadokawa’s Young Ace Up revealed that mangaka Ganjii is adapting the Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple anime movie into a manga. Serialization will begin on the Young Ace Up website on March 9th....
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