“Anime is Running Out of Ideas”

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The anime industry has completely run out of ideas of its own and is being forced to plunder manga at an ever increasing pace to make up for it, runs a recent critique.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 1, 2011 15:11

    I love that shit... More

  • TyRANT commented on September 25, 2010 16:18

    It's pretty late to say here, but I'm pretty sure mikan means orange, am I wrong?... More


Mangaka Busted for Schoolgirl Sex

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A mangaka has been arrested for having paid sex with a schoolgirl.

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  • Sylar commented on September 15, 2010 04:39

    Since 17 is illegal the correct term should have been underage and not child since one thing is certain and that is that a 17year old is not a child.... More

  • Pyrus commented on September 13, 2010 10:31

    Why did he have to say he wasn't gettin' along with his girl? He should've said he was doin' research for his next manga series.... More


Marksmanship, Mayu-tan Style

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Shoujo mangaka Mayu Shinjo, or Mayu-tan, recently obtained a sniper rifle, using it to take aim at her critics.

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  • Tex_Arcana commented on August 5, 2012 02:40

    Don't mind if I do!... More

  • Anonymous commented on May 29, 2012 07:24

    First, its your right not to love her painting style and her manga, that's your taste. I have no problem with it. But ... 1. Not all women and men are the same in all... More


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Black Lagoon mangaka Rei Hiroe has told manga pirates in no uncertain terms that they are thieving swine and that “I hope these guys pirating manga get pancreatic cancer soon.”

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  • Anonymous commented on April 1, 2013 02:09

    As long as there's a treasure in the sea, The Pirates will taking it for free....... More

  • Erranty commented on September 2, 2012 10:16

    And those who truly love it will buy hard copies.... More


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Battle Angel Alita – Last Order has been forced out of publication due to Shueisha’s objection to such unacceptably discriminatory language as “psycho” and “crazy” – its mangaka’s refusal to bow before publisher pressure has resulted in publication being cancelled.

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  • Sylar commented on September 8, 2010 07:04

    The reasons are irrelevant. This is nothing more than dictatorship shit. A man should be free to say whatever the fuck he wants to say.... More

  • Sylar commented on September 8, 2010 07:02

    That tells you what? That they lost all sense of logic. So basically they are complete psychos. No wonder they have such a problem hearing the word.... More


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The mangaka responsible for Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) has excoriated fans who persist in expressing their love for her works to her whilst blithely admitting to her face never actually paying for them, calling them “thieves” and “morally degraded” whilst exhorting fans to support the works they supposedly love.

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  • Anonymous commented on December 18, 2010 20:10

    Seriously, I think alot of readers would like to support the writers. Honestly I read a ton of manga however I can't read jap lol. Learning it is totally not worth the time, money and... More

  • Anonymous commented on September 21, 2010 07:06

    This must be the STUPIDEST argument EVER. She doesn't earn AT ALL everything by selling books or DVD. There's TONS AND TONS AND TONS of merchandise with Kuroshitsuji. I'm SURE she could survive on just that. If she... More


US Military Moe Mangaka Harassed

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The mangaka responsible for illustrating the US military’s recent moe manga (visible here) has been receiving defamatory mail.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 19, 2011 12:56

    Using the opinion of Sankaku Complex as a representative for the collective opinions of Japan would be a mistake.... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 18, 2011 14:25

    That was a very retarded comment coming from you. What a failure.... More


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A ranking of the top 10 mangaka to have changed the history of manga reveals some distinctly uncontroversial choices.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 28, 2011 20:32

    THEY ARE ALL SHIT... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 11, 2011 08:19

    PWNED. Go CLAMP!!!... More


Top Mangaka: “Publishers Are The Ones Raping Us!”

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Blockbuster mangaka Shūhō Satō was so disgusted by the exploitation he endured at the hands of big publishers that he exposed them in a series of damaging online revelations, and then started his own online manga distribution service in competition.

He lays bare the exploitative publishing industry straitjacket forced on mangaka in a candid interview, reproduced below.

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  • alidan commented on June 25, 2010 14:51

    if you can describe something as a cluster fuck wall of text, you have problems.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 25, 2010 08:20

    We're talking about Japan, though. It's probably a good assumption that the average Japanese manga reader is considerably more internet-affine than the average American bookstore dweller.... More


JINKI Becomes Eroge: “JINKI EXTEND Re:VISION”

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In a practically unheard of example of anime franchise development, mecha series Jinki, originally a general manga which was then adapted to an anime, is to be adapted into an adult game for the PC with character designs provided by the original author.

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  • Shinji103 commented on June 24, 2010 19:23

    Mmm, that's sort of true. "Sort of" as in they kind of started, but didn't actually get past the first....well, there's no real "politically" decent" way of putting it, so I'll just say it.... More

  • Shinji103 commented on June 24, 2010 19:17

    Just an fyi since some people seem to have the wrong idea, Jinki: Extend isn't selling badly, at least not the manga, which this is clearly more based on. (they wouldn't make any kind of... More


Kentaro Miura vs Tokyo Loli Ban

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Berserk mangaka Kentaro Miura has attracted much attention with a manga taking aim at the efforts to censor manga in Tokyo – fans however take more notice of the appearance of characters from IdolMaster, K-ON!, Strike Witches and others, as well as Comic LO itself…

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  • Anonymous commented on January 15, 2011 19:24

    Your Berserk is too busy staring at little kids.... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 5, 2010 02:56

    Look at the last Picture - It is Comic LO No. 18 (August 2005) - and the Otaku in Tissue time! => Clearly, Miura Sensei is now in deep love with Loli Characters so he... More


Ero-Manga Blamed for Polish Schoolgirl Group Sex Scandal

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Taiwanese mass media have been blaming Japanese ero-manga for inspiring a recent school school sex scandal in Poland, mentioning the mangaka responsible for the above illustration, Kisaragi Gunma, by name.

Meanwhile the Japanese and Chinese media have yet to report that the original story is widely considered to be a fabrication.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 30, 2010 04:27

    I bet you don't even know WHERE it is :/... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 30, 2010 04:22

    Maybe polish media have more important matters to discuss than some hentai no one has ever heard about here :/... More


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