20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (173+ words) The circulation of a popular Japanese weekly manga magazine has fallen below one million for the first time. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump once boasted a circulation of 6.5 million copies. Data released by the Japan Magazine Publishers Association show the title's…...

1+ day, 17+ min ago   (171+ words) Japanese retailers Melonbooks and Gamers have unveiled preview illustrations for the upcoming A Certain Magical Index Genesis Testament volume 16. These previews highlight artwork that will appear in the novel itself, and the shops are offering it as mini acrylic panels…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (139+ words) FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! It’s time for another exclusive preview today at BF as part of our Fantagraphics celebrations. Today’s it’s the turn of Shintaro Kago’s The Ultra Power Mongol Invasion (translated by Zack Davisson). Don’t forget that our Lydia Turner reviewed…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (146+ words) Yi Yang‘s strength is her handling of the high school outcast social dynamic among the five members of the Comet Club. The whiplash dialogue between Kuaikuai and Li drives the narrative, but it’s the interplay between Qu Yu and…...

3+ day, 5+ min ago   (196+ words) Trails through Daybreak Promotional Manga ‘Unmistakably Agnès’ Is Getting an English Release noisypixel.net The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak ~Unmistakably Agnès~ is officially getting an English release. The manga was originally created years ago as promotional material for…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (204+ words) According to the JMPA, Weekly Shonen Jump has fallen below 1 million copies for the first time under the current reporting method. Previously, concerns have been raised about younger readers moving away from print manga, and judging by JMPA’s recent report,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (664+ words) Once reaching a peak circulation of 6.35 million copies, the print run of Weekly Shonen Jump has now fallen below 1 million copies. According to Japan Today, Weekly Shonen Jump has long been regarded as the “crown jewel” of the manga industry....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (632+ words) Accueil LNT News Stache The World’s Biggest Manga Publisher Just Made Nearly 400 Series Free — Legally Shueisha might have just given you the biggest legal alternative of the year. The Japanese publishing giant behind some of the biggest manga franchises on…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (734+ words) Why Jump's Print Drop Isn't a Manga Industry Crisis Weekly Shonen Jump’s average print circulation fell to 985K copies for the April-June window in 2026, dropping below 1 million for the first time since the 1970s, when it first achieved the 1M circulation peak. Japan…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (144+ words) Viz Media is set to kick off a new manga series called Lynx. Not only is Lynx billed as a neo-noir mash-up of Blade Runner and Pluto, it even features a detective heroine with a talking, crime-fighting cat for a…...