


The debut of Shonen Jump’s new food manga Shokugeki no Soma, illustrated by noted ero-mangaka Tosh (aka Shun Saeki), is being hailed as the sexiest manga to debut in Jump for some time, and has wasted no time filling its pages with tentacles and scantily clad girls…
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Artistic manga appreciators are agog at Blade of the Immortal mangaka Hiroaki Samura‘s video of himself illustrating one of his trademark immaculate artworks.
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An unknown maniac has been threatening to use chemical warfare on schools attended by Kuroko’s Basketball mangaka Tadatoshi Fujimaki if he does not stop parodying other manga in his work.
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An aspiring ero-mangaka faces criminal charges after sharing his “old-fashioned” works with an unwilling public, Comiket and the Internet having apparently proven unsuitable venues for establishing his fame.
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Fans of top ramen manga Naruto have been heartened to hear the title’s much feared ending will not come any time soon, and there are even hints it could drag on for decades in Bleach fashion…
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Naruto mangaka Masashi Kishimoto has been busily embarrassing Narutards with his first ever TV interview, revealing that he initially planned Naruto “to be about ramen” and that “it is aimed at boys in middle school.” Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Dec 10, 2011 11:22 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Comparison, Copyright, Crime, Food, Internet, Law, Mangaka, Plagiarism, Shueisha

Grand Jump serialised gourmet manga “Dashi Master” is the latest manga to fall victim to the temptations of Google Images, with the publishers suspending its publication after its author was accused of tracing a significant number of images.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Dec 9, 2011 10:10 JST
- Tags: Ero-manga, Fashion, Idol, Image Gallery, Mangaka, Prostitution, Tochigi, Touhou, Visual Kei


Ero-mangaka, visual-kei poseur and former host Pikupikun has been hailed as Japan’s hottest mangaka, and, perhaps unsurprisingly given his current and former line of work, also one of its most perverse…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Nov 22, 2011 16:40 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Fine Art, Image Gallery, Interviews, Mangaka, Plastic Surgery, Sculptures, Shoujo


Mangaka and artist Rokudenashiko (“rokudenashi” means “ne’er-do-well”) has lately been earning much acclaim (or attention at any rate) for her “Georaman” and other vaginally inspired sculptures, having opted for the direct approach in reproducing her own intimate parts in her work.
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Mangaka Kei Aoyama has killed himself, announcing the fact by Twitter.
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2ch is violently debating a putative ranking of mangaka by drawing ability, with the top spot proving particularly incendiary…
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Recent charity auctions held for earthquake relief have seen a number of mangaka selling autographed illustrations, with To Love-Ru mangaka Yabuki Kentaro topping the auctions with an impressive ¥1,223,000 – over $15,000…
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