Ken Akamatsu Reflects on 27 Years Since Love Hina Began Serialization: “Back Then, Magazine Surpassed Jump in Circulation”

Ken Akamatsu marks the 27th anniversary of Love Hina, recalling how Weekly Shonen Magazine once surpassed J...

Celebrating 40 Years of Back to the Future: Legendary Manga Artists and Illustrators Pay Tribute with Special Artwork

Tokyo Comic Con 2025 celebrates Back to the Future’s 40th anniversary with exclusive art by 10 legendary Ja...

Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri Event to Reveal New Developments on January 25, 2026

The Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event, marking the climax of the Dragon Ball 40th anniversary, will be held ...

Latest: Japan Weekly Manga Sales Ranking As of October 20 2025 Announced by Oricon

Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly manga ranking for the week of October 20 2025.

Rie Takahashi and Yurie Ikoma Star in IDOLatry Manga PV Released with Volume 1

To celebrate the release of Volume 1 of the manga IDOLatry, currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine,...

The Fourth Husband Wins at 2025 WORLD WEBTOON AWARDS — First Main Prize for a Japanese Creator

Chinami Akio’s webtoon The Fourth Husband, published on LINE Manga, has won a main award at the 2025 WORLD ...

My Hero Academia WORLD BEST HERO Top 10 Illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi in Shonen Jump GIGA 2025 Autumn

The 2025 Autumn issue of Shonen Jump GIGA, released on October 30, features My Hero Academia in a special e...

Yoshihiro Togashi Finds Lost HUNTER×HUNTER Manuscript No.424 and Resumes Work

Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of the manga HUNTER×HUNTER, announced on X that the manuscript he had misplaced ...

“Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android?” TV Anime Premieres in January 2026: A Yuri Story of an Office Lady an...

The yuri manga Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? by Yakiniku Teishoku receives a TV a...

Fumiya Takahashi Cast as Shin Asakura in Live-Action SAKAMOTO DAYS Film Starring Ren Meguro

Fumiya Takahashi has been cast as Shin Asakura, the partner of protagonist Taro Sakamoto, in the live-actio...

[This Week in Japan] Manga Creator Hisashi Eguchi Faces Backlash Over Tracing Scandal

This week, Japan was abuzz over a controversy involving manga artist and illustrator Hisashi Eguchi, known ...

Latest: Japan Weekly Manga Sales Ranking As of October 13 2025 Announced by Oricon

Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly manga ranking for the week of October 13 2025.

WIND BREAKER Live-Action Film Starring Koshi Mizukami Unveils New Scene Photos of Drama and Action

Eight new stills have been released from the live-action adaptation of Satoru Nii’s manga “WIND BREAKER,” s...

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Surpasses 8 Million Copies; 47 Newspaper Ads and Special Video Released

The manga “The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity” has surpassed 8 million copies with the release of its ...

Strobe Edge Returns After 10 Years With New One-Shot Starring Ando

A new one-shot of Io Sakisaka’s manga “Strobe Edge” will appear in the November 2025 issue of Bessatsu Marg...

Yoshihiro Togashi Shares Rough Sketch for “HUNTER×HUNTER” Chapter 414: Fans Rejoice Over the Update: “Just This One Cut Speaks ...

Yoshihiro Togashi reveals a rough sketch from HUNTER×HUNTER Chapter 414, exciting fans with progress update...

All New Weekly Young Jump Series to Be Translated into English and Released Worldwide Simultaneously — New Arc “BUNGO -unreal-”...

Weekly Young Jump launches global English releases of all new manga, beginning with BUNGO -unreal- on MANGA...

Cells at Work! Creator Akane Shimizu Celebrates Nobel Laureate Shimon Sakaguchi with New Illustration Featuring Regulatory T Cells

Cells at Work! creator Akane Shimizu celebrates Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi with an illustration of the...

Kore Kaite Shine (Draw This and Die) Anime Set for 2026 Release, Teaser PV Reveals First Footage with Director Comment

The TV anime adaptation of Kore Kaite Shine (Draw This and Die)—winner of the Manga Taisho 2023—has been co...

Why Taisho-Era Romance Manga Trend Rises in Japan’s Digital Comics Scene?

A wave of Taisho-era romance manga is sweeping through Japan’s digital comic platforms.