Women in Animation (WIA) honored Kyoto Animation with the 2020 WIA Diversity Award for Corporate Achievement at its fourth annual WIA Diversity Awards on October 28. The awards are part of the Spark Animation 2020 event, which runs virtually from October 29 to November 8. The WIA Board of Directors […]
Kodansha‘s cover image for Nanashi‘s ninth Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro ) manga volume shows the manga’s wraparound jacket band, which lists the anime’s cast and spring 2021 premiere date. The cast includes: Daiki Yamashita as Senpai Mikako Komatsu as Gamo-chan Aina Suzuki as Yosshii Shiori Izawa […]
Kodansha is holding a student-only art contest to find the best anime chalk artist. Participants can chose choose from two anime muses: The Quintessential Quintuplets or Shingeki no Kyojin. The contest launched on October 21 and will run until November 11. The contest idea stemmed from a request received by […]
Kodansha awarded Kimetsu no Yaiba‘s manga creator Gotouge Koyoharu in its second Noma Publishing Culture Awards on Monday, Nov 2. The award honors those who have made excellent contributions to publishing, particularly to “reinventing publishing.” Gotouge won the award due to the circulation of the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga topping […]
Shueisha revealed that Furudate Haruichi‘s Haikyu!! manga will have more than 50 million copies in circulation when the 45th and final Volume ships on Wednesday. Furudate launched the original manga in 2011, and ended the series on July 20. Shueisha published the manga’s 44th volume on August 4. Viz Media […]
The Japanese government announced on Monday that mangaka Takahashi Rumiko is receiving the fall 2020 Medal with Purple Ribbon. The medal is awarded to “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” Since making her debut in 1978, Takahashi has created such manga as Urusei Yatsura, […]