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Manga

SuBLime Licenses 3 Manga for Print & Digital

Viz Media’s SuBLime imprint has just announced a major boys’-love (BL) manga licensing drop for English-language release in late 2026. The imprint picked up three high-profile titles—Puling’s Sunshine in Hades, Fumi Tsuyuhisa’s Robin in the Veil of Night (Komadori wa, Yoru no Tobari), and Natsuki Kizu’s Given 10th Mix—for both digital and physical distribution. For […]

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Manga

Spanish Mangaka Juan Albarrán’s “A Mangaka’s Road to Japan” Manga Ends

Juan Albarrán’s brief but heartfelt essay manga A Mangaka’s Road to Japan has reached its conclusion on Kodansha’s Comic Days platform. The short series — part of Kodansha’s Manga Academy initiative — documented Albarrán’s real-life journey as a Spanish artist pursuing a mangaka debut in Japan. Though compact in length, the series resonated with aspiring […]

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Manga

The Elusive Samurai Manga Ends – Yusei Matsui

This week brought bittersweet news for fans of Yūsei Matsui’s historical samurai drama The Elusive Samurai (Nigejōzu no Wakagimi): the manga has reached its final chapter in Weekly Shonen Jump’s current run, and Shueisha’s upcoming tankōbon schedule confirms the series will wrap with volume 27. For readers who discovered the story through the print volumes, […]

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Manga

Manga Plus Adds Karuho Shiina’s Gusts and Beats

Karuho Shiina — best known for the beloved shojo hit Kimi ni Todoke — is back with a fresh series, Gusts and Beats (Toppū to Beat), now available in English on MANGA Plus. Blending Shiina’s gentle character work with a slightly eerie, slice-of-life mystery setup, this new manga marks her first original serialized project in […]

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Manga

World’s End Harem: Fantasia Manga Spinoff to End in 10 Chapters

LINK and SAVAN’s fantasy spinoff World’s End Harem: Fantasia (Shūmatsu no Harem: Fantasia) has entered its final stretch — chapter 90 revealed that the series will conclude in 10 chapters. After multiple hiatuses and a long-awaited return to its final arc, the news brings both closure and high expectations from readers who have followed Arc, […]

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Manga

K Manga Adds “Playing the Vixen to Find Happiness” in English

Kodansha’s K Manga officially announced on January 31 that Ichiha Hiiragi (author) and Nagi Ōkawa (artist)’s rom-com fantasy manga Playing the Vixen to Find Happiness (Itsuwari no Akujo Desu ga Suenagaku Shiawase ni Narimashō) is now receiving an English publication on the K Manga service. The announcement brings attention to a lighthearted, character-driven title that […]

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Manga

Tarō Yuri (Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary) Launches New Manga in March

Tarō Yuri is back with fresh supernatural comedy energy: a brand-new manga titled Ponkotsu Akuryō Anko-chan (Clumsy Evil Spirit Anko) will launch in the April issue of Comic Beam on March 12. After a one-shot last year and the conclusion of Yuri’s previous series, this new serialized work promises more of the author’s trademark mixture […]

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Manga

Yama Wayama (Let’s Go Karaoke!) Announces New Manga for 2027

Manga fans have fresh reasons to celebrate and to look ahead: acclaimed creator Yama Wayama has wrapped up her sequel manga Fami-res Iko. (Let’s Go to a Family Restaurant) and announced a brand-new project slated to begin in 2027. The finale lands alongside the release of the second and final physical volume on March 12, […]

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Manga

Dead Mount Death Play Side Story Manga to End with Volume 5

Fans of Dead Mount Death Play have reason to celebrate—and to prepare their shelves. Retail listings now show that the fifth and reportedly final compiled volume of Yata Sugami’s spinoff manga Dead Mount Death Play Gaiden: Kaijin Solitaire no Shinsen Kijutsu (Dead Mount Death Play Side Story: Phantom Solitaire’s Art of Disguising Oneself as a […]

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Manga

Abrams ComicArts’ Kana Licenses: Hideout, Bye-Bye Beanbag & The Gentleman, the Cat, and the Tearoom

Kana (Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint in English territories) has quietly expanded its English-language manga lineup with four distinctive releases that stretch across horror, memoir, slice-of-life, and art instruction. From Masasumi Kakizaki’s atmospheric thriller Hideout to Chiharu Yumenouchi’s professional-level How to Draw Chibi guidebook, these licenses offer something for collectors, casual readers, and aspiring artists alike. […]