Manga

Japanese actor Takeru Satoh will not only be busy with his Rurouni Kenshin Live action sequels, but he has a few other projects in his sleeves. Just recently, a trailer for the live action film adapation of Kotomi Aoki’s manga Kanojo Wa Uso wo Ai Shisugiteru has begun streaming on the film’s official website. Along with the release of this teaser was the song featured in the film, “Sayonara no Junbi wa Mou Dekiteita” by a band called Crude Play. Keep Reading

A gamer’s life always have its ups and downs, but it’s nothing boring. Sure, we’ve seen otakus sitting on their couches and holding their game console all day—sometimes without food, water, sleep, or even going to the rest room for one! But we all know that the adventure exists right inside those monitors, unknown to us, they live in another world. Now, it wouldn’t be surprising if they said they all came from a supernatural alter-dimension and then comes back to live in the reality. Keep Reading

There’s always fun when you’re in high school, and for a group of lads studying in an all-boys school, fun is just an understatement. The Japanese film website Eiga.com has begun streaming the first trailer for the gag comedy manga Danshi Kokosei no Nichijo (Daily Lives of High School Boys) recently. Featuring the theme song “Maji Kansha” from Team Shachihoko, one can take a glimpse of what fun these high school boys have in and out of the class. Keep Reading

Victor Hugo’s well-acclaimed novel Les Miserables will soon be adapted into manga, as revealed in the August issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Magazine. Just this Friday it was announced that artist Takahiro Arai will be launching a new manga series based on this classic French novel.

It must be noted that Arai has previously drawn a manga adaptation of another popular book, Darren Shan’s Cirque du Freak novel. This manga series ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, from 2006 to 2009. Keep Reading

Kenshin Himura fans will be delighted to hear that there will be another cover for the well-loved Rurouni Kenshin manga coming their way. In the August issue of Shueisha’s Jump Square, it has been announced that not one but two live action Rurouni Kenshin films are slated for the next summer. These projects will cover further arcs of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s original manga, the Great Kyoto Fire and the Legend’s End storylines. Keep Reading