Manga in America have age ratings like All Ages or 16+, but who decides these ratings, how do they decide them, and how consistent are they? Some schools have pulled manga from the shelves over ...

It’s the 2080s. Climate change has done away with the seasons, and the birth rate is so low that children are Japan’s top commodity. Also, Christmas is a thing of the past. But that doesn’t stop ...

Abrams recently expanded into the world of manga by launching its own manga imprint, Kana (pronounced con-uh). To learn more about what’s going on and what makes this imprint different, Otaku USA ...

Kodansha’s Young Magazine got started in 1980 in Japan, and has since launched titles like AKIRA and Ghost in the Shell. To celebrate its 45th anniversary, it’s making a special edition magazine aimed ...

A young boy named Saber and his village were cut off from the rest of the world for decades, communicating only with sign language to avoid being detected by the monsters. When a young woman named ...

Shirobako has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the anime season: a delightful office comedy about the work of actually putting together anime. This is a very meta premise, with more than its ...

Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of YuYu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter, is obsessed with power. It’s an unsurprising fascination for the author of escapist fantasies that center on young boys of ...

A poster that has the Japanese Red Cross Society teaming up with manga Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! has stirred up debate online. The poster encourages readers to donate blood with a picture of Uzaki-chan ...

Koneko Hoshitsuki’s The Villager of Level 999, also known in Japan as Level 999 no Murabito, is officially getting an anime! Kadokawa made the announcement today, lining the light novel adaptation up ...

Season 2 of Kaiju No. 8 premiered today… just two days after the original manga came to an end. While we can still enjoy the anime adaptation of Kafka Hibino’s monstrous adventures, it’s sad to know ...

After almost 50 years, the annual Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan’s most prestigious, well, manga awards. The winner of this year in all three categories were just announced, so let’s check ‘em ...

I Was Sold Dirt Cheap But My Power Level Is Off the Charts is a fun isekai manga involving mecha. Since the first day of school, Yuta has been waiting for the annual class trip to reveal his feelings ...