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Twin-Tail Red suits up for battle on Ayumu Kasuga's title page illustration to Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! Vol. 16 (2023), Shogakukan
August 5, 2024
Western localizers are unhappy with Shogakukan's decision to use AI translations for their new light novel app Novelus.
Frieren remembers what it's like to have friends on Abe Tsukasa's cover to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Art Works Volume 1 (2023), Shogukaku
August 3, 2024
Two prominent Japanese conglomerates, both of whom are all in on DEI and ESG principles, are getting in on the…
Ayame stands for freedom on Eito Shimotsuki's cover to Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist Vol. 8 (2015), Shogakukan
August 3, 2024
Shogakukan will be launching Novelus, a light novel reading app which will use AI translation technology to localize its featured…
Lilysa Amano (Kaori Maeda) unveils her Lillyel cosplay in 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Anime Episode 1 "New Student from Another Dimension" (2024), JC Staff
July 29, 2024
Sentai Filmworks' English subtitles for '2.5 Dimensional Seduction' has been botched by one of the West's most notorious localizers.
The titular heroes stand united in Tomo Hirokawa's key visual to Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man (2024), Shogakukan
July 26, 2024
For the first time ever, 'Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man' will see Marvel's web-slinger teaming up with Tsuburaya Pr's alien…
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July 3, 2024
'Cyberpunk Edgerrunners Showrunner Rafal Jaki' series No\Name becomes first Manga Plus Creators series published in Jump+
June 21, 2024
Kodansha's 'Gachiakuta' manga will finally be making landfall on the small screen courtesy of noted anime studio Bones.
King Canute contemplates his next strategic move on Makoto Yukimura's cover to Vinland Saga Vol. 11 (2012), Kodansha
June 11, 2024
'Vinland Saga' editor Akira Kanai says Japanese manga should not attempt to cater to Western "political correctness".
Stussy (Mami Kingetsu) enjoys Sanji's (Hiroaki Hirata) puppy-dog eyes in One Piece Episode 1107 "A Shudder! The Evil Hand Creeping Up on the Laboratory" (2024), Toei Co. Ltd.
June 10, 2024
Toei has censored Eiichiro Oda's original design for Stussy's Vegapunk research outfit in recent episodes of the 'One Piece' anime.
Yumeko and Mary are ready to play on Tōru Naomura's cover to Kakegurui Yorozu (2017), Square Enix
June 1, 2024
Netflix has given the green-light to 'Bet', a live-action and race-swapped version of the fan-favorite manga 'Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler'.