We’ve all heard all about dainty girls, princesses and damsels in distress, and there are heroines who are strong, fierce and confident. In the world of manga, women are unstoppable, which leads to a great number of stories within the bishoujo section of the illustrated world. girls, no matter what age they are in, come to defy their current situations and magically turn into an overnight superhero, and extraordinary princess, a crime fighting officer, and most recently, a detective. Keep Reading

Mangaka Natsumi Ando has announced that she will be ending her shoujo manga Arisa in the September Issue of the Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine. Ando has launched this manga in Nakayoshi in December 2008, to which Kodansha has published the 10th book volume of the title past April. North America distribution was led by Del Rey, but Kodansha USA took over the title along with other Del Ray publications in 2010. Keep Reading

It has been revealed that this year’s 40th issue of the Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits manga series will begin its new installment on Dragon Head mangaka Minetaro Mochizuki’s new title, Chiikasobee. This story is based on the historical novel created by the great writer Shuugorou Yamamoto, whose plot follows a young carpenter who cares for children, orphaned by a tragedy which struck their community. The Chiikasobee novel will begin on September 3. Keep Reading