Production of Netflix’s One Piece Is Underway
Production is officially underway on Netflix’s Hollywood live-action series of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The confirmation came from the streaming site's “Netflix Geeked” Twitter account on Tuesday. The account also gave...
Manga Dominates New York Times’ Best Seller List for February
February was a very good month for manga. The New York Times’ Graphic Books and Manga list was dominated by manga on its release today. The highest on the list was Koyoharu...
Voice Actor Sean Schemmel Talks New Projects and Playing Goku (Interview)
There will always be those voice actors in the anime industry and beyond who stand the test of time as household names. It's safe to say that one such person is the legendary voice...
Toei Animation to Produce Series Based on NFTs by Zombie Zoo Keeper
Everyone is keen to get on board with the hype behind NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). But Toei Animation, the studio behind Dragon Ball, One Piece, and more seems to be the first to...
Mangaka Tetsuya Chiba Comes Out of Hiatus After Successful Heart Surgery
The manga creator Tetsuya Chiba revealed on his personal blog last Saturday that he had successfully undergone heart surgery. The 82-year-old gave details that on Thursday he underwent an operation to install...
Keiko Nobumoto Writer of Cowboy Bebop, Tokyo Godfathers Passes Away
Anime screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto has passed away. It was reported that Nobumoto passed on December 1 at the age of 57. The news was broken publicly by anime screenwriter and long time...
Chainsaw Man Anime and New Manga Details Revealed
The Jump Festa '22 event on Saturday revealed that the television anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga will premiere in 2022. The event streamed a video that announced the news...
Junji Ito Horror Manga Wins 2021 Eisner Awards
The 2021 Eisner Award winners were announced on July 23, 2021 during the Comic-Con@Home event. As we previously shared, several manga creators and series were nominated. There is also an entire category...
Manga Shortage Faced By Publishers and Retailers in North America
Back in May, we reported that US manga sales were up but that publishers were facing supply issues. While publishers had a positive outlook at the time, a new report sheds more...
Russia Bans KonoSuba and More Isekai Anime Over Suicide Concerns
The Kolpinski District Court based in St. Petersburg, Russia has made further rulings regarding the distribution of anime in the country. The new ruling placed a limited ban on certain anime series...
