Fullmetal Alchemist (2nd series) and Hayate no Gotoku episode director Hiroshi Ikehata and the animators at Toei have produced a three-minute anime short based on Minori Kagura’s new slice-of-life comedy web manga series Nogyo Musume! (Agricultural Girls!). The promotional “episode zero” will screen in bookstores and anime specialty stores, stream on the manga’s official website, [...]
Mayu Watanabe, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, and Rino Sashihara, members of the popular AKB48 pop group, will each create original manga stories for publication in Weekly Young Jump Magazine. The tentatively titled manga stories Mayuyu: Mangaka Debut Keikaku, Yukirin no THE Idol Quest, Kitarie no Mousou Bungaku Shoujodou, and Sasshi Bishoujo-ka Keikaku will rotate weekly [...]
The Tokyo District Court has ordered publisher Kodansha to pay a 550,000 yen ($6,300 USD) fine to an individual who successfully sued the publisher for unauthorized use of his likeness. Specifically, an October 2009 chapter of manga artist Atsushi Kase’s ongoing comedy manga series Zero Sen included an “oraora-kei car gang” leader distinguished by sunglasses [...]
