
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 »



Binbougami anime Binbougami-ga!’s overly fortunate heroine Chichiko Sakura‘s distinctly familiar kunoichi ensemble is but one of the parodic extremes the series is lending itself to of late, providing as ever generous amounts of plot, parody and Chichiko.
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Naruto mangaka Masashi Kishimoto has revealed that Naruto is swiftly headed to its conclusion, much to the despair of fans and publishers alike.
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Statistical analysis demonstrating that Bleach and Naruto carry the least amount of text and have the biggest pictures of any Shonen Jump manga has lately been the cause of even more mockery of their much put upon fans.
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Naruto fans have been shocked by the character designs employed in the upcoming “Road to Ninja” Naruto movie, not least Hinata’s slatternly new persona and Sasuke the playboy host…
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Oricon has published its manga sales charts for the first half of 2012, demonstrating with oppressive certainty that the overpowering dominance of One Piece is not about to end any time soon.
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There is much amazement online at the news that the first female shogi player to score a victory at a cup tournament actually learnt the game after reading about it in Naruto.
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Oricon has released a ranking of the top selling manga of 2011, revealing once again the total dominance of Shonen Jump – over half the top 20 are comprised of Jump titles, and One Piece outsells the better part of the top 10 combined.
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Shonen manga fans offer up their opinions as to the most overrated titles to feature in Shonen Jump – resulting in a ranking sure to upset fans of a certain blockbuster pirate manga.
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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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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Aug 20, 2011 23:18 JST
- Tags: Bleach, K-ON!, Naruto, One Piece, Rankings, Shonen, Shonen Jump, Shoujo, USA

American publishing industry figures for the top selling manga franchises help underline the superior taste of American audiences when it comes to manga, and (rather more surprisingly) the fact that US manga fans have apparently forsaken the shonen manga holy trinity…
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