Mangaka Makuno has decided to terminate her contract with publisher Fantasista over her doujinshi work, alleging the company has not been treating her right. Fantasista has the BL manga subscription service futekiya. Makuno put out a statement in both English and Japanese. “Even before futekiya …Read more »
The doujinshi convention Comiket decided to go fully online to avoid the spread of COVID-19 and were quite thorough in their digital world. However, Comitia, another doujinshi convention, is hoping they can have a physical con in November. Comitia is holding a crowdfunding campaign to …Read more »
Earlier this month, we posted about a Comiket alternative that was coming just in time to make up for the lack of a physical doujinshi event this year. ComicVket 1 ended up being held from August 13 to 16 in a virtual reality space, and …Read more »
While COVID-19 is causing many events to be cancelled, it’s also showing how creative people can be in what they’re doing to make up for public events. Because Comiket—Japan’s major convention for doujinshi (self-published manga)—is a potential breeding ground for COVID, we’re instead offered Comic …Read more »
When you’re serious about your hobby, you won’t let anything get in the way, and that definitely applies to one particularly dedicated Comiket 96 attendee. This summer’s event was met with record high temperatures and record attendance, so it’s understandable that some otaku succumbed to the …Read more »
If there’s one thing past Comiket events have proven, it’s that the Fate franchise is one of the most popular subjects for doujinshi circles. This summer’s Comiket 96 has been no different, and the series has had no trouble topping the list as the most represented among …Read more »
Melonpan is a Swiss otaku who’s built an internet following over the last several years publicizing his “perverted” antics. Posing with his anime merch in his underwear (or bare-ass) for selfie tweets is a regular thing for him. In 2013 he filmed himself licking nearly …Read more »
Dragon Garow Lee is a manga artist with a particularly adaptable visual style. He became internet-famous drawing mashup and doujinshi like One-Punch Man x Dragon Ball, and his sense of humor and ability to match the drawing style of so many different series landed him …Read more »
Pixiv Zingaro, a anime and manga-centric gallery in Nakano, Tokyo, is this month the host of an exhibition of works by Yoshitoshi ABe, character designer and doujinshi artist responsible for anime like Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei . The exhibition marks 20 years since …Read more »
Photo credit: Guilhem Vellut Most fans interested in doujinshi – self-published amateur comics – are likely familiar with the name Comic Market, or Comiket, the twice-annual Tokyo meetup devoted to buying and selling doujinshi. It’s been around since 1975, and with over 500,000 attendees per …Read more »
For Matsumoto, it’s love at first sight. Actually, it’s love at first bloody sight because he accidentally cuts his senpai, Mizushima. And in the midst of stopping the bleeding and getting the wound wrapped up, Matsumoto notices that Mizushima is pretty good-looking. (There’s some “But …Read more »
Two unrelated pieces of news about Kuroko's Basketball out today. The first is a bit of sad news for fans of the most popular basketball manga since Slam Dunk : Kuroko's will be coming to an end in the next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, …Read more »
Excellent news out this week for fans of Kuroko’s Basketball (or as it’s officially awkwardly translated, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays ). Comic Market, the twice-yearly Tokyo doujinshi (fan comics) event will be holding a special extra event next year focused solely on Kuroko's . …Read more »
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