Given is a Boys’ love drama authored by Natsuki Kizu, and delves into the topics of romance, music and passion. It was serialized in the magazine Cheri+ in 2013 and has been collected into six tankobon volumes by Shinshokan. Due to its intense storyline and perfect soundtracks and lighting design, the show has received high…
Kaguya-sama: Love is War fans are not new to hiatuses in the series be it in the anime or the manga. Aka Akasaka has taken several hiatuses in the past. The 26th issue of Young Jump has announced on 27 May (Thursday) that the Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga will go on yet another hiatus….
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor is a light novel series written by Taro Hitsuji and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. A manga adaptation by Aosa Tsunemi started its serialization in Kadokawa’s Shonen Ace magazine. The original light novel series was first launched in July 2014, with 18 volumes and eight short story collections released so…
Uma Musume Pretty Derby is a franchise that displays humanoid, female forms of racehorses, known as horse girls. The game was originally slated for release in 2018 but was delayed to raise the quality of the game. It was launched for iOS and Android on February 24, 2021, while the PC version on March 10,…
Tokyo Revengers Manga Finally Entering the Final Arc! Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine declared on 26 May (Wednesday) that Tokyo Revengers Manga will enter the final arc. The first volume of the final arc will be published on June 2, 2021. It will be available on Kodansha a couple of days later. The manga by Ken…
Kentarou Miura’s Berserk manga published by Dark Horse Comics had over 50 million copies in circulation, as of May 2021, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. It was also reported in 2018 that Berserk is Dark Horse Comics’ best selling product of all time. As of now, eight deluxe volumes…
Jérôme Alquié, a French artist, is in a highly enviable position, working alongside popular mangaka Leiji Matsumoto. His series had characters from Captain Harlock by Matsumoto, serialized in Akita Shoten’s Manga Cross website. Initially, it began as just a heartfelt tribute to his childhood favorites, Captain Harlock and Saint Seiya. But this nostalgic project led…
The anime community is feeling the brunt of the release of their favorite anime shows getting delayed or even canceled. The enforcement of multiple lockdowns due to the relentless spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that for many people, anime is their only solace. However, life refuses to give any of us solace….
Hakusensha, the Japanese publishing company made an announcement on Thursday that the creator of the manga, Berserk, Kentarou Miura passed away on May 6 in the afternoon because of acute aortic dissection. He was of age 54. His family held a small private service for his funeral. Born on July 11, 1966 in Chiba prefecture,…
Spriggan manga became a sensation during the 1990s, and is soon coming to Netflix as an anime series. The manga was adapted into a film in 1998, followed by a Playstation game called “Spriggan: Lunar Verse” in 1999. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming series ranging from the cast and staff members….
The winners of the 45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards were announced recently. This announcement made ripples across the manga/anime community and the excitement was palpable. The Kodansha Manga Awards are an annual award ceremony held to give recognition and encouragement to manga serialized the previous year. These awards are awarded in mainly three categories:…
The Isekai Genre is growing rapidly as many creators produce manga and light novels based on this theme. And the anime community seems to just love it since the popularity of these shows keeps proliferating. Homura Kawamoto who gave us the mind-boggling psycho-thriller Kakegurui is back with another manga Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi- Cheat Slayer (The…
Golden Kamuy is a great historical manga that has created ripples in the manga community for its entertaining and educational plot. Satoru Noda wrote the plot of the story and even did the illustrations himself. This manga Golden Kamuy has won numerous coveted prizes including the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and Manga Taisho. It…
Tower of God is an immensely popular South Korean Manhwa that has boomed into a huge franchise. This franchise consists of anime, merchandise, and mobile game, which have been received well. The illustrations and writing for the Tower of God Manhwa were done by SIU. In South Korea, it is available for reading on…
In an exciting and slightly unexpected turn of events, acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa announced that he’s creating his own YouTube channel. This announcement was unusual, in the sense that it came on the same day his currently-airing series Asadora‘s fifth volume was released. His YouTube channel has a quirky and simple name “Urasawa Channel”….