Manga

Sekina Aoi’s Manga Green Lit for Anime Adaptation

Seitokai no IchizonFall is a season filled with old anime favorites and new releases. Just recently, the Japanese production group Kadokawa, has began streaming an interesting promotional teaser for their upcoming new project, Sekina Aoi’s Seitokai no Ichizon (The Discretion of the Student Council). The series, illustrated by Kira Inugami, has been first released on 2008 and was published under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko brand—a label created by Fujimi Shobo.

Originally known as the Hekiyou Gaien Seitokai Gijiroku (The Minutes of the Hekiyou Academy Student Council), the title was changed according to the subtitle of the series’ first volume, to which it has been presently known as the Seitokai Series. Keep Reading

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Kodoku no Gourmet Ready for Second Season

Kodoku no GourmetIt has been recently revealed that Masayuki Kusumi and Etsuko Mizusawa’s Hana no Zubora-Meshi – a story which centers in gourmet food and a lonely wife, is slated for a live action. However, food themed live action favorite is coming back to the small screen. The live action TV adaptation of Jiro Taniguchi and Masayuki Qusumi’s gourmet manga Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet) will return for a new dose of interesting recipes and sumptuous meals in its second season. Keep Reading

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Kaho Miyasaka Launches New Series, Akai Ito

Akai ItoPopular shoujo romance manga writer Kayo Miyasaka had just launched a new series called Akai Ito (Red Thread). This was revealed in the October Issue o the Shogakukan’s Cheese! Publication on Friday. The print has a special 40-page preview, dubbed as Akai Ito: Innocent Scene, has appeared in the magazine’s September issue released on July 24.

Akai Ito trails around the story of a girl who serves as the manager her high school’s popular sword-fighting group, the kendo club. Keep Reading

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Kana Kurashina Casted For Lead Role In Hana No Zubora Meshi

Kana KurashinaWhen your loved one is not at home, whom should you look out for? Yourself, of course! This is the main theme of the up and coming live action adaptation of the cute little wife cooking for herself sloppy meals. The series, Hana no Zubora-Meshi (Hana’s Sloppy Cooking) is named after the manga itself. It follows the story of the sweet and vibrant Hana, who is a stay at home wife. Keep Reading

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Mainichi Kaa-san And My Three Daughters in A Crossover Manga

What happens when two amazing manga authors face down and hit off? After meeting in real life this July, mangakas Rieko Saibara and Prets Matsumoto creates a whole new collaboration between manga families. Two worlds which concern the ups and downs of being in a kin collide in this one amazing project that will set the comedy and virtue for the readers who loves family stories.

Mainichi Kaa-San and Uchi no 3 Shimai are two popular series which can be associated with the family theme. Keep Reading

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Sugar Sugar Rune Author to Launch New Manga

sugar sugar runeSugar Sugar Rune has been a well-loved shoujo series featuring the adventures of Chocolat Meilleure and Vanilla Mieux, two witches from the Magical World which are sent to compete who can collect the most hearts from human boys. The winner of this contest becomes the next Queen of the Magical World. This manga was so popular that it was turned into an anime series which is greatly received by fans from the local and international scene, especially those who love shoujo themes. Keep Reading

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Kimi Wa Petto Creator To Launch New Manga

September is going to be a big month for Yayoi Ogawa, creator of the hit series Kimi Wa Petto / You Are My Pet / Tramps Like Us. On Wednesday, the mangaka revealed that she will be launching a new series in the Kodansha’s women’s manga magazine Kiss on that month. Ogawa hints that she had just decided on the new series’ title, which is composed of four Chinese-derived kanji characters—her first kanji title ever. Keep Reading

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