
Almost a hiatus of some 3 years top gun play manga Black Lagoon has finally restarted, much to the delight of its many fans.
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Manga fans are now hailing “Crimsons,” a stirring shonen manga tale about the adventures of a young salmon, as possibly the most bizarre manga title ever to find itself published.
Naturally, there is a scene in which a female salmon is molested by a gang of shrimp…
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Tamiki Wakaki, a top Shonen Sunday mangaka, has voiced his concerns that the Japanese manga industry is in long-term decline, and that authors not writing in the four staple genres of ero, parody, bishonen, and bishoujo can no longer expect to support themselves commercially.
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Popular shonen magazines Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine have just celebrated their 50th anniversaries; as a result, a 50 year time-line of their covers has been published, clearly displaying the evolution of their offering, and the development of the art style characteristic of the genre:
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The latest development in the career of avant-garde bikini model Aya Hirano is a spot of gravure for Weekly Shonen Sunday. She eschews her usual stylish bikini for chaste pouting and smiling at the camera, as you can see below.
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Inuyasha is finally set to draw to a close after 11 years of serialisation, it has been announced in the latest instalment, with the next chapter, 558, bringing the story to an end. Creator 高橋留美 / Rumiko Takahashi is said to be planning a prompt start to a new work, to be announced soon, rather than taking the opportunity for a break. Apparently, there are also some concerns over what effect this will have on Shonen Sunday, as Inuyasha was a major title for them.
Hopefully, the series is ended in an appropriate fashion, although with 11 years and 53 volumes it seems unlikely that this was rushed. Via AnimeAnime.