#BOCCHI THE ROCK! Director Helms Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End TV Anime

#BOCCHI THE ROCK! Director Helms Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End TV Anime

“BOCCHI THE ROCK! Director Helms Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End TV Anime”   The journey of Frieren’s self-reflection in the TV anime adaptation of the Kanehito Yamada-written, Tsukasa Abe-illustrated Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End manga was announced today to be beginning this fall. Alongside the released period announcement, the first teaser trailer and new visual were released…

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#Luffy and Conan Share Combined Magazine Covers in Next Week’s Shonen Jump, Shonen Sunday

#Luffy and Conan Share Combined Magazine Covers in Next Week’s Shonen Jump, Shonen Sunday

“Luffy and Conan Share Combined Magazine Covers in Next Week’s Shonen Jump, Shonen Sunday”   It’s not often that two manga magazine covers line up perfectly, let alone two covers over two different manga magazine companies, but for next week’s issues of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump and Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday, the two covers were…

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#Rent-a-Girlfriend Character Designer Shares a New Year’s Illustration of the Girls Going ‘GAO!’

#Rent-a-Girlfriend Character Designer Shares a New Year’s Illustration of the Girls Going ‘GAO!’

“#Rent-a-Girlfriend Character Designer Shares a New Year’s Illustration of the Girls Going ‘GAO!’”   It may be nearly a week since the new year began but that didn’t stop the Rent-a-Girlfriend TV anime character designer Kappe (full name Kanna Hirayama) from drawing the four main girls of the romantic-comedy series as three of the cutest tigers in existence…

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#Rent-a-Girlfriend Manga Reaches Over 10 Million Copies Printed and Sold

#Rent-a-Girlfriend Manga Reaches Over 10 Million Copies Printed and Sold

“#Rent-a-Girlfriend Manga Reaches Over 10 Million Copies Printed and Sold”   It seems people can’t get enough of rental girlfriends, with Reiji Miyajima announcing on his Twitter account tonight that the Rent-a-Girlfriend manga series has exceeded 10 million copies printed (physically) and sold (digitally). To celebrate the news, Miyajima released a visual of Chizuru in a dress that…

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#Weekly Shonen Jump’s Physical Magazine Circulation Drops to Under 1.4 Million in Late 2021

#Weekly Shonen Jump’s Physical Magazine Circulation Drops to Under 1.4 Million in Late 2021

“#Weekly Shonen Jump’s Physical Magazine Circulation Drops to Under 1.4 Million in Late 2021”   The Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA) released their circulation figures for physical copies of Japanese magazines on November 13, revealing that the downward readership trend for some of the biggest names in manga continues well into 2021, with Weekly Shonen Jump dipping…

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