Weekly Shonen Jump was feeling a bit less heroic than usual this week. That’s because it was missing My Hero Academia, which went on a one-week hiatus due to its author, Kohei Horikoshi, falling ill. This is not the first time Horikoshi has taken time …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish , the popular manga from Akiko Higashimura about a group of otaku women living together in Tokyo, will return from hiatus this June, it has been announced. The manga , which debuted in 2008, went on hiatus in January 2016. Higashimura is returning …Read more »
Noragami: Stray God will be going on extended hiatus, it was announced in the latest issue of Monthly Shonen Magazine. Noragami is written by Adachitoka, a two-woman team made up of character illustrator Adachi and background illustrator Tokashiki. ANN reports the hiatus is due to …Read more »
Back in 2015, it was announced popular crime manga Gangsta. would be going on hiatus while author Kohske dealt with health issues. Now, almost two years later, Gangsta. is back. The manga, which runs in magazine Monthly Comic @ Bunch, will return in that magazine’s …Read more »
The two members of Trustrick, the musical duo that’s contributed songs to anime like Danganronpa , My Love Story!! , and Shonen Maid , are going their separate ways, at least for now. The duo, vocalist Sayaka Kanda and guitarist Billy, will pursue separate solo …Read more »
World Trigger fans might have a while to wait until the next chapter. Writer and illustrator Daisuke Ashihara is going on indefinite hiatus to deal with ongoing health issues, it was reported in this week’s issue of Shonen Jump, in which World Trigger is published. …Read more »
Eir Aoi, the singer who has contributed themes for anime like Kill la Kill , Sword Art Online and The Heroic Legend of Arslan , has performed her final concerts before going on indefinite hiatus, reports Anime Anime. The two-day event, which took place November …Read more »
Another one for the “get well soon” files. Voice actress Risa Taneda, who is currently appearing on-air as Erina Nakiri in Food Wars! The Second Plate , has gone on hiatus to recover from an illness, it was announced today. The actress, 28, had apparently …Read more »
There are manga that last a long time, and there are manga that last a long time . While series like Dragon Ball and Naruto went on for over a decade, their creators eventually brought them in for a landing. On the other hand, there …Read more »
Best-selling J-pop singer/songwriter Utada Hikaru is set to return to the Japanese music scene after a five-year hiatus. Utada, whose last album, This is the One , was released in 2009, is one of Japan’s best-selling artists. Born and raised in the U.S., Utada’s debuted …Read more »
Gangsta. , the definitively-punctuated manga recently adapted into an anime series, is going on hiatus due to author Kohske’s poor health, reports Monthly Comic Bunch magazine. The manga, which has been serialized in Bunch since 2011, is being released by Viz in North America. Gangsta. …Read more »
Pictured: a disgruntled Berserk fan. For every manga artist who faithfully turns in their work on time month and after month, there are definitely a few that subscribe to Douglas Adams’ philosophy about deadlines whooshing by and all that. Some delays are unavoidable, like when …Read more »
On the final eve of her first arena tour, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu spent a few moments telling the audience what’s been on her mind lately. “Lately a lot of bad things have been happening to me. The entertainment industry is really difficult. Just going outside …Read more »
According to Young Animal magazine, the next chapter of Kentarou Miura’s long-running manga Berserk is set to appear in the magazine September 26. Miura, infamous among fans of Berserk for taking frequent breaks, simultaneously pleased and enraged readers this year by writing a new manga, …Read more »
The Hunter x Hunter manga, which returned after a two-year hiatus back in June, is... back on hiatus. The problem at hand is the lower back pain being suffered by the manga's author, Yoshihiro Togashi, which, yeah, would make it pretty hard to draw. The …Read more »
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