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Major Kusanagi stands at the ready on Masamune Shirow's cover to Ghost in the Shell Ch. 8 "Dumb Barter" (1990), Kodansha / Eren Yeager bellows on Hajime Isayama's cover to Attack on Titan Vol. 25 (2018), Kodansha / Lucy Heartfila and Wendy Marvell hit the beach on Hiro Mashima's cover to the Fairy Tail: Fantasia Artbook (2012), Kodansha

Kodansha To Replace Previous Simulpub Programs With New English-Language Distribution Platform ‘K MANGA’

March 24, 2023

After Kodansha devastatingly terminatinated of their fan-favorite simulpub agreement with Crunchyroll and Azuki, the publisher has finally announced a new platform on which English-language readers can get thei...

Tamaki Kotatsu on Atsushi Ohkubo's cover to Fire Force Vol. 5 (2020), Shueisha

Crunchyroll And Azuki Forced To Drop Kodansha Manga Series After Publisher Announces End Of Simulpub Services

Nerdigans Inc.

January 25, 2023

Manga

On January 12th, 2023, online manga distribution platforms Azuki and Crunchyroll manga broke the unfortunate news to their subscribers that Kodansha has decided to end their popular manga simulpub partnership p...

Tokyo Mew Mew New Anime Confirms Release Date In First Trailer Since Death Of Original Manga Artist Mia Ikumi

Nerdigans Inc.

June 3, 2022

Anime

In its first update since the tragic passing of series co-creator and artist Mia Ikumi, the upcoming Tokyo Mew Mew New anime has released a new trailer both confirming the series' release date and revealing two...

Fire Force Anime Announces Third Season And New Mobile Game

Nerdigans Inc.

May 24, 2022

Anime, Manga

Among last week's bevy of anime announcements, Weekly Shonen Magazine has announced that both a third season of the Fire Force anime (Enen no Shouboutai) and a completely original video game are now in producti...

Blue Lock Anime Adaptation Receives First Trailer, New Key Visual, And Official Release Date

Nerdigans Inc.

May 17, 2022

Anime, Manga

The highly anticipated Blue Lock anime adaptation has received its first trailer and key visual, as well as an official release date. Source: TVアニメ『ブルーロック』第1弾PV EMOTION Label Channel Youtube RELATED: Crunc...

Rent-A-Girlfriend Mangaka Shares Stunning New Drawing Of Chizuru To Celebrate 10 Million Copies Sold Milestone

Spencer Baculi

December 11, 2021

Anime, Manga

Just a little over a year after reaching the 5 million mark for total copies of the series sold, Rent-A-Girlfriend has officially doubled this already impressive sales height, with physical printed copies of Re...

Sentai Romcom Anime Love After World Domination Headed To Funimation In 2022

Spencer Baculi

August 31, 2021

Anime

Sentai heroes are known for their ability to transform from regular, everyday people into extraordinary heroes in the blink of an eye, but can such a hero transform the heart of a supervillain? It may be pos...

Marvel And DC Comics Fail To Crack July’s Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels List, My Hero Academia Takes 5 Spots

John F. Trent

August 9, 2021

Comic Books, Manga

Marvel and DC Comics once again failed to crack NPD BookScan's Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels list in July. Source: Chainsaw Man Vol. 1 While Marvel and DC Comics didn't crack the list, for the first time i...

The Joker Raises A Baby Batman In Official DC Comics And Kodansha Manga Series ‘One Operation JOKER’

Spencer Baculi

June 25, 2021

Manga

DC Comics has officially released the first volume of the ‘One Operation JOKER’ series, a spin-off manga which sees the Joker responsible for raising a Batman-turned-baby into the Dark Knight he was meant to be...

Japanese Studios Team Up To Launch Free Anime Streaming YouTube Channel AnimeLog

Spencer Baculi

August 17, 2020

Anime

Thirty Japanese animation studios have joined forces in order to launch Animelog. This will be a new YouTube channel that will allow users to stream various anime titles free of charge. On August 6th, th...

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