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Yu Yu Hakusho to get live-action series on Netflix

Yu Yu Hakusho to get live-action series on Netflix

One of Netflix’s official accounts posted this tweet early on Wednesday, announcing that the Yu Yu Hakusho manga series is getting a live-action adaptation, which will be available simultaneously on Netflix worldwide. Yoshihiro Togashi‘s manga series, which was published in the Shonen Jump magazine, will be getting Netflix’s Director of Content Acquisition, Kazukata Sakamoto (Aggretsuko,…

Kimetsu no Yaiba’s final volume has bonus content

Kimetsu no Yaiba’s final volume has bonus content

Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga has been wildly popular, and the entire franchise—the manga, the anime adaptation, and its movies, have been very successful, and continue to break records. Mugen Train, the latest movie, became the number one animated movie worldwide and has grossed more than 25 billion yen so far. And…

Masashi Kishimoto Becomes Writer For Boruto Manga, Kodachi Retires

Masashi Kishimoto Becomes Writer For Boruto Manga, Kodachi Retires

The Twitter account for Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto franchise posted this tweet on Monday: It states that Ukyō Kodachi, who has been the writer for the monthly Boruto manga series, will be retiring—and that Kishimoto himself will be taking up that position. This change, which has apparently been “scheduled from the beginning”, will start from the…

Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2 Manga Creator To Receive Japan Medal

Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2 Manga Creator To Receive Japan Medal

Manga creator Rumiko Takahashi will be awarded the fall 2020’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, which is given to “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” The Japanese government made this announcement on Monday, 02 November 2020. Takahashi began her 40-year career back in 1978 at the age of 21, right…

“Beast Complex” To Get New Manga Mini-Series In January 2021

“Beast Complex” To Get New Manga Mini-Series In January 2021

For those of you familiar with the BEASTARS anime series on Netflix, and with its original manga series by author Paru Itagaki— “Beast Complex”, as described by Akita Shoten‘s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine, is “the origin of BEASTARS”. And now, “Beast Complex” is set to get a new manga mini-series in January 2021. This news was…

EVERYTHING About The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train

EVERYTHING About The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train

Demon Slayer is one of the more popular manga-turned-anime properties to make it over to U.S. shores courtesy of Viz Media. The original manga, entitled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in Japan, is written and drawn by Koyoharu Gotōge and ran in the popular Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 2016 to 2020. Its plot follows…