Weekly Shonen Jump Archives

One Piece Fans Pour Out In Support of Mangaka Eiichiro Oda Following Delay Apology!

October 21, 2020

One Piece fans have offered their support and encouragement to series creator Eiichiro Oda after the mangaka apologized for a recent delay in the manga’s publishing schedule. Related: Netflix’s Live-Acti...

One Piece Mangaka Eiichiro Oda Reveals Series Has “4-5 Years Left”

Spencer Baculi

August 31, 2020

Anime, Manga, Television

In a recent interview, One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda has recently announced that the end is in sight for his long-running Shonen Jump series. Related: Exclusive: Plot Details Revealed For Netflix’s One Pi...

Act-Age Artist Shiro Usazaki Releases First Statement Following Partner’s Arrest: “Ending The Work Was Appropriate”

Spencer Baculi

August 25, 2020

Manga

Act-Age artist Shiro Usazaki has released her first statement regarding the recent arrest of the manga’s author, Tatsuya Matsuki. That arrest as many know resulted in the cancellation of Act-Age. Matsuki...

Act-Age Officially Cancelled Following Mangaka Tatsuya Matsuki’s Arrest

Spencer Baculi

August 11, 2020

Anime, Manga

Act-Age has been officially canceled following the arrest of writer Tatsuya Matsuki on suspicion of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Related: Act-Age Manga Writer Arrested on Charges of “Indecent A...

Act-Age Manga Writer Arrested on Charges of “Indecent Act” Against Teenage Girl

Spencer Baculi

August 9, 2020

Manga

Tatsuya Matsuki, author of the popular manga Act-Age, has been arrested on suspicions that the mangaka committed an “indecent act” against an unsuspecting teenage girl. According to the NHK, Japan’s stat...

Prominent Shonen Jump Pirate Handed Prison Sentence by Chinese Court

Spencer Baculi

April 30, 2020

Manga

The administrator of a prominent Chinese manga piracy site has been sentenced to three years in prison for regularly leaking scans of Weekly Shonen Jump manga issues. https://youtu.be/L0siCcxjWdw The deci...

Dr. Stone Mangaka Apologizes to Fans as Weekly Shonen Jump Delayed Due to COVID-19

Spencer Baculi

April 10, 2020

Manga

Weekly Shonen Jump will face a delay to their publishing schedule due to a possible COVID-19 Coronavirus infection at their offices, prompting one creator to apologize to fans for the inconvenience. https://...

Bleach Anime to Return with Adaptation of Thousand-Year Blood War Arc

Spencer Baculi

March 18, 2020

Anime

Almost eight years after its cancellation, the anime adaptation of Tite Kubo’s seminal work Bleach is returning to air, in celebration of the series’ 20th anniversary. The anime’s return was revealed in the ...

Weekly Shonen Jump And Kohei Horikoshi Update Maruta Shiga’s Name In My Hero Academia Following Accusations Of WW2 War Crime References

Spencer Baculi

February 13, 2020

Anime, Manga

Weekly Shonen Jump has officially updated the name of a My Hero Academia villain as promised after some readers perceived his original name as a reference to Japanese war crimes committed during World War 2. ...

My Hero Academia Mangaka Issues Official Apology as Outrage Against Perceived War Crime Reference Grows and Fans Destroy Manga Collections

Spencer Baculi

February 7, 2020

Anime, Manga

Fans unsatisfied with My Hero Academia mangaka Kohei Horikoshi’s initial apology for the name of a villain which some perceived as a reference to Japanese war crimes during World War II have taken to demanding ...

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