MANGA

To commemorate the release of his latest book, we sat down with Hiroyuki Asada, the man behind such popular series as *I’ll* and *Tegami Bachi*, and asked him about his life as a manga artist.

• 10 years ago

A two-part movie sequel based on the popular manga *Rurouni Kenshin*, which was serialized in *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha) from 1994 to 1999, will be releasing this summer.

• 10 years ago

The third PV has been released for the project in which trick shots from the world of *Captain Tsubasa* are recreated in real life by top J. League athletes.

• 10 years ago

Kodansha’s new monthly subscription service Joshi Comi will launch on the Yahoo Bookstore on June 5.

• 10 years ago

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the TV anime for the hit *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha) basketball manga *Slam Dunk*.

• 10 years ago

Over 3 million total volumes have been published of Yūnosuke Yoshinaga’s popular manga *Broken Blade*, Comic Meteor revealed. The milestone was reached in one fell swoop with the release of the 13th volume on May 12.

• 10 years ago

A video for Part 2 of “J. League × Captain Tsubasa Dream Shoot,” a collaboration between J. League and the manga *Captain Tsubasa*, was released on May 1.

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The final volume of Kadokawa Corporation’s hit comic series *Neon Genesis Evangelion*, which has totaled over 23 million copies sold, is set to be released.

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The rebooted TV anime *Fairy Tail* began broadcasting in April. Fans are casting an enthusiastic gaze on the anime due to it being the first new TV anime for the series in about a year.

• 10 years ago

It’s been announced that after a long hiatus from *Weekly Shonen Jump*, Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga *Hunter x Hunter* will resume serialization.

• 10 years ago

Shueisha has linked up with the free manga site Garaku no Mori and launched a new manga magazine called *Garaku.mag*. It is a rare occurrence for Shueisha to coordinate with another company’s site.

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On April 9, a digital version of Kodansha’s popular monthly manga magazine *Bessatsu Shonen Magazine* began.

• 10 years ago

The tankōbon version of Akira Toriyama’s newest manga *Jaco the Galactic Patrolman* was released by Jump Comics on April 4.

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*Visual Book Roman Album: Samurai Champloo*, a fanbook to the series *Samurai Champloo* which broadcast in 2004, will be republished.

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On March 27, the award ceremony was held for the Cartoon Grand Prize, for which recommended works from 2013 are chosen from different categories by mainly bookstore employees. Winning the Grand Prize this year was Kaoru Mori’s manga *The Bride’s Stories*.

• 10 years ago

Daimaru Matsuzakaya, a major department store in Japan, has released on a special site its original manga *Nija & Jani*.

• 10 years ago

Yōichi Takahashi’s manga *Captain Tsubasa* is collaborating with Japan’s pro soccer league, J. League.

• 10 years ago

It has been decided that the latest works in Nisio Isin’s *Monogatari* series, *Owarimonogatari (Vol. 3)* and *Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Books Vol. 5: Senjougahara Hitagi*, will both be released on April 3.

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A manga by Sayaka Suwa, a widely active illustrator who has created frontispieces for novels and held exhibitions at Shibuya Parco, has begun serialization in *sKILLupper*.

• 10 years ago

Vocaloid, which was raised up within the music culture, is spreading into yet another area.

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