Starting in July, Dragon Ball is back in the form of Dragon Ball Super! The exciting announcement was made last month by the Japanese animation studio behind the franchise, Toei Animation, who mentioned Dragon Ball Super would be an anime…
Kodansha Comics has announced plans to publish a Fairy Tail Master’s Edition collection in North America this October. Along the lines of their Attack on Titan: Colossal Edition, the Master’s Edition will collect the first five volumes of the manga in a large-sized, high-quality paper package for $39.99.…
It’s no secret that Japan is sexist (ranked 104 worst out of 142 countries for gender equality) and this spills over into anime, most prominently in the lack of ladies that have directed anime. Fortunately, things have been changing in the industry. We…
Viz Media is bringing a host of Naruto goodies to North America and in English starting later this year! The two big ones many fans have been curious about are the Uzumaki Naruto illustration book, which was the 114-page art…
Real life looks different from anime and manga. That’s okay! But here’s what three dimensional humans might look like if they were two-dimensional drawings. This is called “nijigenka” (二次元化) or “2D-ification” in Japanese. It’s not only popular in Japan, but…
Hollywood anime/manga adaptation films have failed miserably at the box office for a long time. If you know anything about how those animated movies’ box office numbers and how inflation works, you will know that what big failure they are.…
After eight months hiatus, the 111th episode of Hiromu Arakawa’s farming-themed manga Gin no Saji/Silver Spoon was published in the 21st issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday released officially today in Japan. Back in August 2014, it was announced that…
Australian distributor Madman has posted a selection of English-subtitled trailers for features that include Boruto – Naruto The Movie and acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast, which they’ll be bringing to regional theaters, as well as Madoka Magica: Rebellion, 009 Re: Cyborg and the…
While this week’s Shonen Jump was sans One Piece and Bleach, Viz added some excitement to the relatively quiet edition of the manga magazine with a gallery of Naruto fan art, selected and commented on by series creator Masashi Kishimoto. That was followed by the series that the Naruto…
Can you imagine if animation studio, Ghibli, best known for their family-friendly movies like My Neighbor, Totoro and Castle in the Sky, were the ones to adapt Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte, a manga known for being bloody and violent, into an anime?…
The 16th volume of Hajime Isayama’s mega hit manga series Attack on Titan was released in Japan in two editions on April 9. According to the Oricon’s latest report, the 463-yen regular edition sold 868,694 copies, while the 3,067-yen limited…
Daigo was born as the son of Goro, a father who is too great. What path will Daigo, who is burdened with great expectations, take in baseball? – Baka-updates Major 2nd is the sequel to the hugely popular series Major,…
It looks like Weekly Shonen Jump is about to go into another eventful period. Next week’s issue 21 has a Nisekoi cover/color page with One Piece and Bleach absent. That might be the calm before the storm. The following is a Golden Week 22/23 double issue with the cover…
The 10th issue of Shueisha’s biweekly manga magazine Grand Jump, which is published today, announced that Kei Toume’s Yesterday wo Utatte (Sing “Yesterday” for Me) will end its 18-year serialization in its 13th issue to be published on June 3.…
Josei manga magazine Be Love recently teased big Chihayafuru news for its 9th 2015 issue, on sale April 15th, but an early look at the series’ 27th volume, due to be released April 13th, gave away the headline. The story of a young woman…
