This year’s 49th issue of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed that the magazine will launch two new manga in the next two issues. Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi will launch the “architecture battle” manga Build King in the magazine’s 50th issue on November 16. Shimabukuro published a one-shot titled “Build King” (pictured […]
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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 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, […]
The teen girl magazine Seventeen featured Kimetsu no Yaiba on the cover of its November issue. The magazine gives fashion tips based on the aesthetics of the popular shonen manga, and even a diet based on “Full Concentration Breathing.” 福岡本社の女子スタッフがセブンティーンを買ってたので中身を見せてもらったけど、想像の遥か斜め上をいく内容で驚愕した。 こ、こんなことになってたのか。 つかこれを高校生が読むの？#鬼滅の刃 pic.twitter.com/m0lv4MxAxp — 松山洋＠チェイサーゲーム (@PIROSHI_CC2) October 22, 2020 The […]