In 1988, a disturbing new manga called Parasyte hit the stands. 30-plus years later, Hitoshi Iwaaki’s sci-fi horror story is considered a classic of the genre, having produced spinoffs, live-action and animated adaptions, the most recent being the 2015 anime that ran on Toonami shortly afterward. Now Kodansha is bringing
Toru Fujisawa’s dark comedy GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka is a staple of most manga collectors’ shelves, but soon it will enter the digital space as well. Kodansha has the rights and is adding the series to their virtual lineup. It’s been 25 years since the debut of the first volume
Shuichi Shigeno is probably best known for Initial D, the iconic street racing manga he wrote and drew for nearly 20 years. Four years after retiring Initial D, Shigeno stated focusing on a new story, albeit with similar themes: MF Ghost, which began in 2017. It’s still running today, serialized
Kodansha will be giving the manga market an extra KICK this summer when they release the US version of the hit sports manga Blue Lock. The publisher made the announcement today that the property has been acquired by them for a 2022 Western release. Blue Lock is a soccer story,
Hey, friend! Have you recently been reincarnated with OP invincibility, so you’re beating things up your way as an action-adventurer? Then you’ll be able to identify with at least one of the digital manga volumes Kodansha has announced for next month. This one specifically: I Was Reincarnated with OP Invincibility,
Looking for some light reading? With one purchase you could be buried in it. Manga publisher Kodansha has teamed up with Humble Bundle to produce a giant digital bundle dedicated to the works of NISIOISIN, creator of the light novel series BAKEMONOGATARI. Over 40 NISIOISIN titles are being offered in
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It’s been a fun ten years of running from giant naked man-eating giants, but Attack On Titan will be wrapping up its story very soon. We’ve learned the secrets of the Titans and followed the characters from childhood to adulthood (the survivors anyway). But the war is almost over and
Though Nintendo is usually stingy about who gets to play with their IP, holding tight controls over what Mario does and says outside of a game, the one area they’ve always been lax about is the manga industry. In the right-to-left paper universe, Nintendo characters are allowed to have non-canon
Kodansha has published its list of manga that are getting English translations next month. All of the books listed are digital-only. If you like long titles, they don’t get longer than “I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability.” There is
We know summer has just kicked into gear, but Viz Media has plenty in store for the back end. Their August lineup, revealed today, has plenty of returning favorites, a new Star Wars adventure with your favorites from Rogue One, two volumes about Pokemon and one set in the world
There’s early, and then there’s Kodansha. The manga localizer put out a press release this morning detailing the properties and book volumes they just licensed to debut in the spring of 2022 — almost a whole year from now. What do they have in mind? Quite a few intriguing items,
