Weekly round-up
Hello there everyone! This week we’ve finally been getting in on the whole Garden of Sinners series. And what took us so long? We’ve loved Fate/stay for ages and [...]
Shonen Jump
One Piece editor not so sure that manga will end in five years
Back in September, One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda gave a statement that he wants “to end it in five years”. But in a more recent update, the manga’s editor [...]
Shonen Jump’s first female editor would need to “understand the hearts of boys”
Huffington Post Japan have recently investigated the matter of whether a woman could be an editor at Weekly Shonen Jump. This came off the back of an anonymous tweet which [...]
Shaman King celebrates 20th anniversary with new manga
Kodansha brought in the new year by announcing that the Shaman King manga will get a whole new lease of life for its 20th anniversary. First published in Weekly Shonen [...]
Shonen Jump sets up one-shots for Bleach, Nisekoi and more
Weekly Shonen Jump has closed out its 2017 year with a cover celebrating 20 years of One Piece, and good news involving some much-missed creators. A handful of heavy hitting [...]
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS slates its time to duel
This Saturday’s issue of Weekly Shonen Jump will announce that Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS, the sixth anime in the franchise after Arc V, will premiere in May. Moving from a [...]
Update: One Piece bids farewell to Toonami, slates three-week run for Marine Rookie arc
As the Zou arc heads towards closure with the wind in its sails, One Piece is set to embark on its next anime-original arc. Shonen Jump magazine announced last week that [...]
My Hero Academia updates: manga hiatus, FUNimation streaming, possible two-cour season 2
We’ve got a triple-whammy of My Hero Academia updates for you today. But there’s good news and bad news, so let’s get the bad out of the way. This [...]
Shaman King mangaka turned down new anime
There were twitterings about a new Shaman King anime, and it seemed like it would go ahead, but now it appears it was not to be. Yesterday, the manga’s creator [...]
Update: Promo for Gintama’s return welcomes old friends, previews new theme song
In September, Shonen Jump proved correct our thoughts that the anime series that closed in March wouldn’t be the last we’d see of our Odd Jobs pals. After [...]
