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An appeal for monetary support is currently underway, led by the renowned 87-year-old creator of the “Ashita no Joe” comics, Tetsuya Chiba.

Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his “Ashita no Joe” series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in July.

A manga film adaptation by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has emerged as one of the frontrunners for prizes at the Venice Film Festival this week.

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his “Ashita no Joe” series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in July.

When I first took a gander at the upcoming slate of manga announcements this fall, Sound Of A Blinkcaught my eye. It was in the macro overlaying sketches gracing its cover, its provocative title, and the eyebrow raising prospect of it being a semi-autobiographical work by the author who penned one of my favorite psychological…

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Tokyo, Sept. 8 (CNA) Taiwanese manga creators Eli Lin (依萊) and MurJi attended the Kadokawa World Manga Contest awards ceremony in Tokyo on Monday, where they received the gold and bronze prizes, respectively, in the contest’s Wordless Manga category.

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has transformed a beloved manga into cinematic art in his latest project, ‘Look Back.’ Inspired by a chance discovery of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kore-eda saw this as a perfect opportunity to express his appreciation through film.

Manta, a global content platform, has struck worldwide deals to distribute manga from major Japanese publishers including KADOKAWA, Square Enix, Inc. and Manga UP!, Square Enix’s global manga platform, picking up a deep slate of in-demand IP, the company announced on Friday, August 7.

Titan Comics has locked in September 29 for the English-language print debut of the Resident Evil: Death Island manga, a 224-page black-and-white volume from artist Zino adapting Capcom’s 2023 CG film of the same name. The physical paperback runs $12.99, with a digital edition at $8.99, according to Titan’s own product listing and confirmed independently…