Manga

We have seen many live action series based on manga and television anime, and many of them have indulged the fans with in-the-flesh journey of the characters they used to only read. Through live-action, we can thoroughly feel the character’s emotions, attitudes and reactions towards everything that is happening to them. It’s a great spin off to any written work, having a true human input to every given feeling.

Here’s another live action series coming your way, and it’s sure to make you relate to the entire story. Keep Reading

And another new manga is coming your way, this time, from the renown Miki Yoshikawa, creator of Yankee-kun to Megane-chan and Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo series. Yoshikawa has announced on her twitter account on Monday that she will start an all new series this February. Followers are pleased with this news, and Yoshikawa has given her gratitude for the support of her fans. It was this support, she says, that led her to a new serialization. Keep Reading

2013 gears up for the arrival of new series, not only hitting television screen but manga pages as well. There is a new series in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi Magazine, and it centers on something surprisingly different—ballroom dancing! The February issue of the Nakayoshi Shoujo manga anthology has began the serialization of Natsumi Ando’s newest title, Waltz no Ojikan (trans., Waltz of Time).

The new manga revolves around a boy who used to love ballroom dancing, but has lost interest in it for a particular reason. Keep Reading

Inspired by the original Rozen Maiden series, manga creator Choboraunyopomi will debut Maite wa Ikenai Rozen Maiden, a spin off from the series. This new story will arrive in Shueisha’s Miracle Jump magazine this December 27. Just like the original manga, this new plot will revolve around the dolls of Rozen Maiden, who will fight off each other until there is only one of them left, the doll called “Alice.” Keep Reading

A popular, yet unfinished manga, is relived into another perspective, this time, in 3D form. Moyoco Anno, known for her works Sakuran, Sugar Sugar Rune and Hataraki Man, has her yet-to-be-finished manga Buffalo Gonin Musume (Five Daughters of Buffalo), into a live action adaptation. And Japanese pop music lovers, rejoice! For this series will be adapted into a music video of one of the queens of JPOP, Kumi Koda! Keep Reading