Manga, manhwa and light novel news — new licenses, volume releases, serialisations, endings, adaptations and publisher announcements.
The editorial department of Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine apologized last week after admitting it used Ieri Komen’s character designs in a manga adaptation without her permission. The apology, posted through the magazine’s Web Ace channel, covers Kei Natsumi’s manga version…
The Art of Manga exhibition opened at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3 and stays up until January 31, 2027. It is the show’s East Coast debut after a run at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and it…
Comikey has licensed Mato Kauta’s The Wolf King’s Bride (Ōkami-Heika no Hanayome), a shōjo series that ran in Hakusensha’s LaLa magazine from 2009 to 2018 and never had an English release. The company announced the pickup on Friday and released…
Peow2 has licensed three manga for English release, and the list reads like a short tour of everything mainstream publishers tend to skip. The Sweden-based publisher announced the acquisitions across Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Jiro Matsumoto’s Jyoshikohei, Hitoshi Tomizawa’s Alien…
Viz Media laid out its summer 2027 lineup on Friday, and the biggest name on the list is JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 8—JoJolion. Hirohiko Araki’s series will finally get an English release in a deluxe hardcover edition with color pages,…
Ei Ohitsuji’s Ochibure Zeus to Dorei no Ko is moving publishers. The November issue of Asahi Shimbun Publications’ Nemuki+ magazine announced on Tuesday that the manga, also known as Fallen Zeus and the Slave Boy, will shift to Ichijinsha’s Zero-Sum…
Kodansha USA Publishing rolled out a big batch of announcements on Thursday. The publisher revealed a new slate for its Kodansha Print Club and a stack of fresh licenses, ten titles in all, most of them due between January and…
Golden Kamuy is heading back to live action. WOWOW announced on Friday that it will stream a new series based on Satoru Noda’s manga, titled Golden Kamuy: Karafuto Tsuiseki-hen (Golden Kamuy: Karafuto Pursuit Arc), starting January 24 at 10:00 p.m.…
The anime adaptation of Umihoshi Nanai’s Wound & Bandage has a date. The show’s official website posted a teaser promotional video on Friday and confirmed the series will debut on January 9. Hisako Kanemoto voices Riyo Washizu. Chikahiro Kobayashi plays…
A feature-length documentary about Osamu Tezuka is trying to fund itself through Kickstarter. Tezuka: God of Manga opened its campaign on Wednesday, and it has until November 13 to hit a US$49,999 goal. As of this writing, it has raised…
Two manga from Kadokawa’s Monthly Dragon Age are closing out. The magazine’s November issue carried the final chapter of Tsūkaku Tantei Tsūtenji Natsume, and the same issue confirmed that Isekai Yurutto Survival Seikatsu will end in the next one on…
Seven Seas Entertainment announced six new licenses on Wednesday, spread across five manga and one light novel series. Release dates run from June to August 2027, so none of these are landing soon. The batch leans on the publisher’s usual…