Manga
Zoids Wild Project Announced
Takara Tomy recently held a press conference where they revealed that a new Zoids project is the works. The project will be known as Zoids Wild. Under this project several products and productions will be made including a new anime series, new model kits, a video game for the Nintendo Switch, and more. The anime series is currently in production and is currently set for a Summer 2018 release and a manga series will also be released in the Corocoro magazine. Takara Tomy also provided a trailer for the series on their official Twitter page.Read More
Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Gekkō & Beltorchika’s Children Manga Ending in March
The recent issue of the Gundam Ace magazine has revealed that the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Gekkō (Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans Gekkō) and the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack Beltorchika’s Children manga series will be ending in the next issue of the magazine, which will be released on March 26. The next issue will also feature the epilogue for the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Gekkō manga. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Gekkō was written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Dango & Hirosuke Terama. The manga series served as a side story to the Mobile Suit Gundam: IronRead More
Fist of the Blue Sky Anime Amazon Prime Premiere Date Announced
The recent issue of the Tokuma Shoten’s Monthly Comic Zenon magazine that the Fist of the Blue Sky Regenesis anime series. For those who are unaware, the series is based on the c (Souten no Ken Re: Genesis) manga series created by Buroson, Nobuhiko Horie, and Tetsuo Hara. The series will debut in Amazon Prime Video in Japan on April 2 at 12:30 A.M. JST. The anime will also air on Television starting on April 9 at 12:30 A.M. JST on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS Fuji. The Fist of the Blue Sky Regenesis (Souten no Ken Re: Genesis) manga series debuted in the Comic Zenon magazine last October. Buronson worked as the editorialRead More
Cardfight!! Vanguard Spin-Off Manga Announced
A spin-off manga based on the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise was recently announced. The spin-off manga titled, “Another Vanguard: Seido no Asuka,” will launch in the January issue of the Monthly Bushiroad magazine, which will be released on Friday. The manga continues the events that was featured in the Cardfight!! Vanguard SS (Shooting Star) manga, which was featured in the Monthly Bushiroad magazine earlier this year. The manga was written by Haruha Misukoshi and was composed by Kabuto Chujo.
Mobile Suit Gundam UC Bande Dessinée Prequel Manga Released
Recently a new prequel manga for Gundam Unicorn launched in the December issue of the Monthly Gundam Ace magazine. The manga is titled, “Mobile Suit Gundam UC Bande Dessinée Episode: 0,” and is written by Kouzo Oomari. Mobile Suit Gundam UC Bande Dessinée Episode: 0 takes reference from “The Postwar War” (Sengo no Senso) short story that was featured in the 11th volume of the original Mobile Suit Gundam UC novels. The manga focuses on the Neo Zeon remnants as they steal the Sinanju Stein mobile suit. The manga’s character illustrations were designed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki worked on the mechanical designs. The original Mobile Suit Gundam UC Bande Dessinée manga seriesRead More
Kodansha to Publish Mazinger Z Alter Ignition Manga
Kodansha has recently confirmed that they will be publishing the Mazinger Z spin-off one-shot manga, Mazinger Z Alter Ignition. The single volume will be released on December 20. Mazinger Z Alter Ignition was written by Yu Kinutani and was originally launched on the Dynamic Planning’s official website on May 19. A separate manga series titled, “Mazinger Z Interval Peace,” by Takahiro Ozawa, also launched in the Monthly Young Magazine on the same day. The manga showcases an alternate take on the events featured in the original Mazinger Z manga series. The original manga series focuses on a high school boy named Koji Kabuto and his powerful robot called the Mazinger Z. He faces offRead More
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension Manga Continues Next Spring
The recent issue of the Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine has announced that the next chapter for Masami Kurumada’s Saint Seiya: Next Dimension – The Myth of Hades will will return “around next Spring.” The magazine also announced that another project by Kurumada will be released in the January issue of Champion RED, which will be released on November 19. Masami Kurumada’s Saint Seiya: Next Dimension – The Myth of Hades manga series serves as a prequel to the original Saint Seiya manga series. The series features the previous “Holy War” that took place during the 18th Century between Athena and Hades alongRead More
Viz Media Licenses 2 Pokémon Sun & Moon Manga
Viz Media has announced at New York Comic Con 2017 that they have licensed two new Pokémon Sun & Moon Manga titles. The first manga series is the Pokémon Sun & Moon (Pocket Monsters Special Sun Moon) manga series by Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto. The second title is Pokémon Horizon: Sun & Moon by Tenya Yabuno. They have also licensed the Pompom Pokémon craft book. The Pokémon Adventures (Pocket Monsters: Special) manga series’ Sun/Moon arc debuted in the CoroCoro Ichiban! magazine on November 21, 2016. Viz Media will be releasing the first volume of the arc in Spring 2018. The Pompom Pokémon craft book will be released in Summer 2018. The craftRead More
Kodansha Comics to Release Complete Rave Master Manga Series Digitally
Kondasha Comics has updated their official Website with an announcement that they will be releasing the entirety of the Rave Master manga series digitally. As a part of their Fairy Tail conclusion celebration the 35 volume run of the manga will be released on BookWalker, comiXology, Crunchyroll, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook on October 3. Those who are interested can pre-order their copies via the various digital platforms. For those who are unaware Rave Master is a manga series created by Hiro Mashima who also worked on the Fairy Tail manga. The Rave Master manga series was published in the Weekly Shonen Jump MagazineRead More
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Spin-off Manga Series Announced
Recently Kōhei Uchida launched a spin-off manga series on DeNA’s free Manga Box app based on the Guardians of the Galaxy films. The spin-off series titled, “Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy Rush,” is the serialized version of Uchida’s winning submission in the “Marvel” Special Prize contest that was held earlier this year by the Weekly Shonen Magazine. New chapters will be added to the service every Wednesday. The manga features an original story were the Guardians of the Galaxy enter a dangerous battle-royale style race called Galaxy Rush in where the victor is deemed the fastest in the galaxy. It has also beenRead More
Mobile Suit Gundam Walpurgis Manga Announced
It was recently announced in the September issue of the Gundam Ace magazine that a new Gundam manga series titled, “Mobile Suit Gundam Walpurgis,” will be launching in the next issue of the magazine. The next issue of the magazine will be released on August 26. The manga will be illustrated by Hiyon Katsuragi and written by Reiji Kaito. ANN provided a story synopsis for the manga series. The story takes place in Universal Century 0089. The magazine describes the manga’s protagonist Mashiro Oaks as a high school student on Side 2 Colony “Olympus.” He gets the high score on a gameRead More
Corocoro Announces Splatoon Anime
Corocoro has announced that they will be streaming a net anime based on the Splatoon manga series. The series will be streamed exclusively on the Corocoro Youtube channel on August 12. The manga series is created by Sankichi Hinodeya and is currently running in the Corocoro magazine. For those who are unaware, Splatoon is a third person shooter video game that debuted on the Wii U in 2015. The sequel, Splatoon 2 will be released for the Nintendo Switch on July 21.
Fairy Tail Dragon Cry “Action” Trailer
We have another trailer for the upcoming Fairy Tail film entitled “Fairy Tail Dragon Cry” this trailer I’ve dubbed it as the “action” trailer. Given the prior trailers and teasers, this one is the most action heavy. Personally, I have to catch up on Fairy Tail, so I don’t have any critical thoughts or theories. However, I’m digging the animation style of this film. Herotaku Nation anime fans, let us know what you think. I’m XBen3000 and I’m out!
Fairy Tail Authors Talks Manga Ending
We have some news for all of the Fairy Tail fans out there. We’ve learned that the Fairy Tail manga will end in about two more volumes. This information coming from Hiro Mashima, author of the series. The news was posted in a postscript made by Hiro himself. In it he also talked about what he has planned for the future. I’ll post the translated script that was posted by Twitter user Yonkou Productions and translated by Twitter User KenXyro. While I’m sad by this news, I’m happy to seeRead More
Viz Media Announces Splatoon Manga Release
Viz Media has updated their official twitter page with an announcement that they will be releasing the Splatoon manga series. The manga series will be released later this year. No other details are confirmed so stay tuned for updates. Announcement: SPLATOON, the manga series inspired by the hit Nintendo game makes it's debut late 2017! Join the Turf War!🦑 pic.twitter.com/kmOGQJaMf7 — VIZ Media @ SDCC (@VIZMedia) April 21, 2017