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Captain Tsubasa is lacing up again. The official X account for Yōichi Takahashi’s long-running soccer franchise announced on Monday, September 28, 2026, that Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun Finals will resume serialization on October 6, with new chapters arriving on Tuesdays.…
Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius is giving Cells at Work! one more part of the body to explore. The magazine’s November issue has announced Hataraku Saibō Dental (Cells at Work! Dental), a brand-new spinoff written and drawn by Koma Warita and…
Shinya Murata has a new series. Kadokawa announced on Friday, September 25, 2026, that Murata has launched a manga titled Shinoblade (SHINOBI BLADE) with artist Daichi Matsuse in Manga BAR, the e-manga magazine run by Kadokawa and Kakao Piccoma. The…
Tetsuya Chiba’s manga Hinemosu Notari Nikki is going on hiatus. This year’s 19th issue of Shogakukan’s Big Comic magazine announced on Friday, September 25, 2026, that the series will pause due to the 87-year-old creator’s poor health. The magazine’s editorial…
Manchuria Opium Squad is returning to serialization. The manga’s official X account announced on Monday, September 28, 2026, that the series will resume in the 45th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine, which ships on October 5, 2026, with manga…
Himouto! Umaru-chan is coming back. Sankaku Head announced in a livestream on the Niconico streaming service on Saturday, September 26, 2026, that a new series titled Umaru-chan 100 will launch on Shueisha’s Young Jump+ platform on October 1, 2026. The…
Glacier Bay Books’ manga catalog has a new digital home. The Sweet Shop comics platform is now hosting Glacier Bay Books manga titles, with more releases said to be on the way. For readers outside the small-press print circuit, the…
Chizu Kamikō’s Seijo Mellia to Sennen Ōkoku no Kishi (Saint Melia and Knight of the Millennial Kingdom) has ended. The series wrapped on the KadoComi website on Friday, September 25, 2026, bringing a run that began in 2021 to a…
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is getting its first feature film. The anime’s “DEVIL’S PARTY! 2” event at Nippon Engineering College Arena in Tokyo on September 27 closed with a promotional video announcing a film project, and the video teases…
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End has revealed a special new visual marking the third anniversary of the anime’s first broadcast. The artwork was unveiled during a Season 2 screening event attended by the main voice cast, and the official account used…
October 10 has officially been registered as “Gintama Day” by the Japan Anniversary Association, the organization that certifies commemorative dates in Japan. The date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of Gintoki Sakata, the protagonist of Hideaki Sorachi’s long-running…
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu is entering a partnership with Kodansha that will give potential clients across North and South America direct access to a portfolio of Kodansha intellectual properties, Variety reported on Friday. Under the arrangement, Dentsu becomes the central…