Shintaro Kago's 'Blood Harvest' Short Story Manga Wins Eisner Award
Kago's win marks the first Eisner for the artist, whose surreal and grotesque short-form work has long been a cult favorite in translated manga.
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Udon Entertainment Licenses Hiromi Matsuo's Department Store Waltz and Rondo Manga
Udon continues to expand its catalog of all-color manga and art books, picking up two of Hiromi Matsuo's works and a multi-volume anthology series that had not previously been available in English.
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ANN's Summer 2026 Light Novel Guide Lists New Premieres
The guide provides a curated overview of new light novel releases for the season, helping readers identify promising series.
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Manga Mavericks Licenses Our Insignificant Justice, Launches Independent Manga Alliance
The Independent Manga Alliance formalizes a distribution and marketing network for small publishers and self-published creators, addressing a structural gap in the English manga market.
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Mahjong Pros Licenses Bird and Akayoroshi Manga
The licensing of two gambling-themed manga, one centered on mahjong and one on hanafuda, expands Mahjong Pros Publishing's niche focus on localized gambling manga beyond its core mahjong brand.
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Titan Manga Licenses LastBoss LoveDeath and The Rabbit Circle
Titan Manga expands its catalog with two distinct genre titles, one blending magical girls with idol culture and the other a dark fantasy about rabbit hybrids.
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Yen Press Licenses Three New Manga and Light Novel Titles
The three new licenses expand Yen Press's catalog with a mix of isekai-style light novels and a historical fantasy manga, while the audiobook signals continued investment in audio adaptations of popular anime-adjacent novels.
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Yellow Tanabe's Kai-hen Wizards Manga Resumes on July 29
The series returns after a five-month hiatus, continuing a pattern of short breaks since its 2024 debut.
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Liar Game: The Last Game Manga Concludes
The sequel manga wraps just months after its launch and while the anime adaptation is still airing, making the October volume a likely endpoint for the entire Liar Game story.
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Cross Infinite World Licenses Four Light Novels for August-October
The four-title slate expands Cross Infinite World's catalog with a mix of isekai, villainess, and fantasy romance light novels, all debuting in quick succession.
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Live-Action Wandance Film Adds 4 New Cast Members
The casting rounds out the supporting dance club roster for a film that already has a boy band lead and a rising star in the female lead, with a November release date now locked.
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Flanagan Boone Chronicle Volume 7 Releases August 5
This volume introduces a three-way conflict over a mysterious Gundam in the Arctic Ocean, expanding the narrative of the Flanagan Boone side story without revealing the pilot's allegiance.
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Ippatu's Shōjōhime Manga Moves to YanMaga Web on August 2
The move to digital-only serialization on YanMaga Web signals a shift in the manga's distribution model and the start of a new story arc.
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Detective Marnie Returns With First New One-Shot in 12 Years
The return of Detective Marnie after 12 years, with a planned three-month run of new one-shots, marks a rare revival for a series that ended in 2014 and recently saw renewed attention from a Kindle sale.
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Mutsumi Aoki Launches New Seinaru Hime No Kakushigoto Manga
Aoki returns to Comic Yuri Hime with a new fantasy series after wrapping a spinoff manga in 2022.
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Kadokawa Releases Educational Manga Teaching Japanese Geography Through Scary Stories
The book uses horror folklore as a hook to teach children geography and history, a format that turns curiosity about scary stories into structured learning.
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Heisei Haizan-hei Sumire-chan Manga Goes on Hiatus for Author's Maternity Leave
The three-month hiatus pauses a relatively new series that was already nominated for Kodansha's Best General Manga award this year, making its return in October a key checkpoint for its momentum.
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Summer Time Rendering Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2027
The live-action film confirms a long-dormant project from 2021 is moving forward, with a director attached and a release year set.
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Jagaan Creator Kensuke Nishida Launches New Manga Yūsha Yukio
The announcement gives Nishida a new platform for a solo dark fantasy isekai after his co-created horror series Jagaan concluded five years ago.
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Pumpkin Night Manga Resumes Serialization on August 19
The return ends a 16-month pause caused by the artist's health, restoring a regular release schedule for a long-running horror manga that has shifted platforms and gone on hiatus multiple times since its 2016 debut.
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The Vampire Dies in No Time Stage Play Returns for Revival Run
The revival confirms continued interest in the property despite the manga's health-related hiatuses and the creator's ongoing medical condition.
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Drawn Deep Manga Ends With 13th Chapter
The supernatural romance manga, published in English by Kodansha USA, wrapped up after just over a year of serialization, with two compiled volumes released in Japan.
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Live-Action Wandance Film Casts Anji Ikehata as Wanda
The casting of Ikehata, known for roles in Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi and Lonely Castle in the Mirror, gives the film a key performer for the character who drives the story's central relationship.
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Sakamoto Days Manga Heads to Climax
The announcement signals that one of Shueisha's popular action-comedy series is approaching its conclusion, with the anime adaptation still ongoing and a live-action film already released.
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