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It has been revealed that popular manga K-ON! will be coming to an end this year. The two final volumes of the high school and college editions of the manga will be released on September and October. More »

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It was recently announced that popular manga “BTOOOM!” will be getting TV anime adaptation! Written by Inoue Junya, the manga tells the story of Sakamoto Ryota, one of the top players of online survival game “BTOOOM!,” who is forcibly taken to an isolated island to battle in a real-life version of the game. More »

From Rekuru: Looking for manga to read this Summer? Here is a list of manga you should check out!

Arisa

Tsubasa Uehara has a twin called Sonoda Arisa but has been separated since young due to their parent’s divorce. Tsubasa is a delinquent while Arisa is a good student. One day they trade places in school to experience each other’s lives. Tsubasa envies her sister but Arisa disagrees that she has a good life and attempts suicide. Tsubasa disguises as Arisa to figure out why Arisa tried to commit suicide to find out there is a person called King which people can send wishes to. The lucky ones will have their wish granted and Tsubasa sees the true faces of Arisa’s classmates.

Kodomo no Omocha (Kodocha)

Sana Kurata is a child actress and goes to a school where the girls and the boys in her class are at war with each other. While she helps lead the girls, she challenge Hayama Akito, the boy leader. In there disagreements they slowly become closer and find each others past. This manga is rather funny but also has it’s share of drama.

Shouri no Akuma

Tanakamori Asami, tranfers to another school due to her father’s debt. She use to be rich and finds her new school weird because she like studying. She meets Akira who is really popular in school and is shocked of Akira’s real gender. She slowly finds herself getting along with the people at the school and falls in love.

Wallflower (Perfect Girl Evolution)

Sunako Nakahara became obsessed with horror and darkness after she was called ugly and was rejected after confessing her love. Her aunt owns a mansion and agrees to give 4 popular boys with different pasts free rent if they accomplish at making Sunako a perfect lady. The 4 naturally agreed and try their best to turn her to a lady. One of the boys, Kyohei Takano, always fights with Sunako, and while love blossoms between the two they are always in denial of it.

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle

This series follows the journey of Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, and Kurogane. Sakura lost her soul and her soul turned into feathers that were sent to different dimensions. Syaoran meets Yuko the dimensional witch who helps send him travel to different dimensions. They join up with Fai and Kurogane for the journey and each time they travel to another dimension, they have to pay a price. This series includes lots of characters from other famous CLAMP works.

Which manga would you like to recommend?

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From Rekuru: The trailer and behind the scenes clip for the live action of Helter Skelter has been revealed. More »

Today’s photo of the day, courtesy of Garbo, features DBSK in a manga. Although the two current members Yunho and Changmin are focused on here, I think the other picture with five people is a picture of all the original members. Props to Yuuki Nachi’s “Boku wa Ookami” (I am a Wolf) for getting us Cassies attention!

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Manga is Japanese word which means cartoons or comics. Mangas are very well known in Japan mainly because of the good story plots and drawings. Sometimes its what producers and directors get for their anime and drama series. So below are some of the must read mangas I have chosen. More »

From Rekuru: This February, Bandai Entertainment will stop producing new anime and manga releases. More »

From Rekuru: With the demand for e-readers nowadays, it’s no surprise that an airline has decided to build in a reader into their seats. But this one isn’t just any e-reader, it’s a manga reader! More »

From Rekuru: It has been announced that Kyoto Seika University will begin offering the first Manga Ph.D. to students starting next April. Very exciting. More »

I’m a girl who loves to eat delicious food. Whether it’s American, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, I love it all. Especially when it comes to foreign delicacies, the presentation really affects my appetite. Nothing looks better than some scrumptious food that’s arranged beautifully! More »

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From Rekuru: The 16th issue of Kodansha’s Good! Afternoon magazine announced on Saturday that Blade of the Immortal creator Hiroaki Samura will be ending his Halcyon Lunch manga in the next issue which will be published in July. Samura launched the manga in the magazine’s premiere issue in 2008. The story is about Gen, a 38 year old man who looses everything and then meets a girl who will eat everything and anything.

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From Rekuru: Here is this week’s manga best-seller list from New York Times! More »

From Rekuru: The month of May has commenced and the anime and manga companies have been busy. Lots of new releases have been scheduled this month and the animenewsnetwork has listed them. Check them out below! More »

From Rekuru: The story creator of Bamboo Blade, Masahiro Totsuka and the manga creator of Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi manga, Yu Minamoto has announced in a combined April 7th blog post that they will be launching a brand new manga series titled Haru Polish! It will officially be launched in the June issue of Akita Shoten’s Monthly Shonen Champion magazine on May 6th. More »

From Rekuru: Japanese publisher Kadokawa Shoten has confirmed that the creator of Future Diary, Sakae Esuno will be launching a new manga in Monthly Shonen Ace magazine this summer. More »

From Rekuru: The June issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Ikki magazine has announced that the creator of Saturn Apartments, Hisae Iwaoka will be ending her manga series in the next issue in May. More »

From Rekuru: 4Kids. The media distributor that aired all your favorite cartoon shows when you were a kid. Like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, and Shaman King. Well, it seems like those good ole days are over as 4Kids has just filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. More »

From Rekuru: Bokurano is a Shounen science fiction manga, with the title meaning “OURS“. It surrounds a group of middle-school students and their task to fight against the invaders and to save Earth. They need to pilot a robot, named “Zearth“, who would then help them fight the invaders off. More »

From Rekuru: Fans of Blood: The Last Vampire, rejoice! The hit anime movie will receive a spin-off series known as Blood-C. And the best part? It has been revealed that legendary manga artists quartet, CLAMP and production studio Production I.G. will collaborate once more for this series! More »

From Rekuru: According to Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday Magazine, Yellow Tanabe’s Kekkaishi supernatural action manga will reach its end in the next issue, set for a release on April 6. More »