
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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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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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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Gantz creator Hiroya Oku has angry words for the nation’s NEETs after having apparently having suffered severe injuries at their hands, though fortunately only to his pride as a mangaka.
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Belle mangaka Xià Dá, suddenly projected to idol status after photographs of her came to the attention of online otaku, has made it clear she is unhappy that people might judge her by her looks and not the quality of her manga.
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Shonen Jump’s ultimatum to readers to stop uploading its manga online or face legal consequences is in response to publishers’ deeply held fears about a loss of control over their mangaka and a collapse in magazine sales, say commentators.
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The Japanese manga industry has recorded the biggest slump in sales ever.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Mar 16, 2010 12:51 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Mangaka, Otaku, Politics, Tokyo, TV

An overpowering array of household name mangaka heads the list of those announcing their opposition to the efforts to ban raunchy manga as “2D child pornography” in Tokyo and, by extension, all of Japan.
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Some careful online stalking by manga fans reveals a wide variety of female mangaka have at times allowed themselves to be photographed – a look over the selection they have found will doubtless shatter a few dreams whilst making several new ones:
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Chinese mangaka Xià Dá (夏達, or Ka Tatsu as it is rendered in Japanese) has amazed Japanese manga fans by dint of sheer cuteness.
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The artistic development of 20 veteran ero-mangaka over the preceding decade is compared in this pair of images, demonstrating anything from radical progression to artistic regression.
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Otaku incensed at a mangaka’s decision to portray a heroine as being a non-virgin have launched a campaign of harassment which has seen the writer forced to close her blog, reporting that she is “heart-broken” over their hateful attacks.
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