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Anime adaptation of light novel series slated for 2018 This year's October issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine will announce on Monday that the manga adaptation of late author Tomohiro Matsu and artist Kantoku's Märchen Mädchen (Fairy Tale Girls) light novel series will launch in Jump SQ.'s November issue on October 4. Takatoshi Nakamura (Densetsu no Yūsha no Konkatsu) and newcomer artist Kiyotsugu Yamagata are collaborating on the series. The magazine also announced a Märchen Mädchen online game project from DMM Games. The staff will reveal more information at Tokyo Game Show 2017 this month, and DMM Games' booth will host a stage event with voice actresses Tomori Kusunoki (voice of Hazuki Kagimura), Rie Suegara (Shizuka Tsuchimikado), and Lynn (Yumilia Qazan) on September 24. The novels center on Hazuki Kagimura, a normal girl who is usually alone. With her relationship with her new family not going so well, she retreats every day to the world of stories and books.

This year's 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's The Promised Neverland manga has 1.5 million copies in print in Japan. Shirai and Demizu launched the manga in August 2016. Shueisha will publish the manga's fifth compiled volume (pictured at right) on Monday. Viz Media previewed the manga's first three chapters in English as part of its Jump Start initiative, then added the manga to the anthology's full lineup. Shueisha describes the manga: The lady I fondly call mom …is not my mom. The children I live with …are not my siblings. This is Grace Field House, a small orphanage. Although the orphanage wasn't the best, the three protagonists—Emma, Norman, and Ray—lived a peaceful and happy everyday life. However, one day that life came to an end… What is the cruel twist of fate that await these children…?! The manga was nominated for the 10th Manga Taisho awards earlier this year.

Michi Saitō launched spinoff manga in 2015 Michi Saitō published the final chapter of Otokojuku Gaiden: Kurenai!! Onna Juku, the all-female spinoff of Akira Miyashita's Sakigake!! Otoko Juku manga, on Wednesday. The manga is set thirty years after World War III, after Japan has suffered immense damage from a dangerous weapon known as a "Man Bomb" that affected nearly all Japanese men and rendered them unable to fight, with other men giving their lives for their country. Heihachi Edajima, an Otoko Juku veteran and survivor of the Man Bomb, starts up a new facility known as Onna Juku, a tough combat training facility. He begins training several Japanese women to fight for their country. The manga follows Momoko Tsurugi, a descendant of former protagonist Momotaro Tsurugi, who recently enrolls in Onna Juku. As spirited and tenacious as her ancestor, Momoko's catchphrase is "As a woman, I ain't dying! I, Momoko Tsurugi, will show you my burning youth!" Saitō launched the m

Manga based on Kanata Yanagino's light novel series launches on September 25 Overlap Bunko announced on August 25 that Mutsumi Okuhashi is launching a manga adaptation of Kanata Yanagino's The Faraway Paladin (Saihate no Paladin) light novel seriers. The manga will launch on Overlap's Comic Gardo web manga site on September 25, and will publish chapters monthly. Okuhashi drew a preview visual for the manga. Overlap Bunko also previewed the cover art spread by Kususaga Rin for the original novel series' upcoming fourth volume. J-Novel Club is publishing Yanagino's original novel in English, and began releasing chapters last November. The company describes the story: In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the

Manga returned from 1-year hiatus in June This year's 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump is revealing on Monday that Yoshihiro Togashi is putting his Hunter X Hunter manga on hiatus. However, Togashi reveals in the author comments in the same issue that he plans to resume the manga before the end of the year. The manga had resumed from a one-year hiatus on June 26. The manga had been on a two-year hiatus since 2014's combined 37th/38th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump in August 2014. What was initially a two-week hiatus for the author's serious lower back pain extended until April 2016. Shueisha also published the manga's 34th compiled book volume (seen right) on June 26. Before that, the manga's 33rd volume shipped in June 2016. The 33rd volume was, at the time of its publication, the first compiled volume for the manga since December 2012. Viz Media released the 33rd volume in North America on March 7.

Manga retelling of Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory launched in 2013 The October issue of Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine revealed on August 26 that Takashi Imanishi and Masato Natsumoto's Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Rebellion manga entering its "Stardust Memories" arc, which is labeled as the manga's final arc. The manga revisits the Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory OAV series, adding backstory and extra scenes to the anime's storyline. Imanishi, the anime's director, serves as writer and concept adviser for the manga, while Natsumoto draws the art. The manga launched in Gundam Ace in 2013. Kadokawa published the manga's eighth compiled book volume on February 25. The 13-episode original anime is a spinoff set between Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and it debuted in 1991. Right Stuf describes the anime: Universal Century 0083. Having triumphed in the One-Year War, the Earth Federation has grown complacent, while the last remnants of Zeonic

Franchise about cats that speak, act like humans began in 2012 The October issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine is revealing on Friday that marketing company Frencel is launching a new manga series adaptation of its Mitchiri Neko character franchise in the magazine's next issue on October 3. The issue also reports that an anime adaptation of the franchise has been green-lit. Frencel and G-angle are credited for the manga. The franchise centers on the cats known as "Mitchiri Neko," who seem to multiply greatly when left alone. (As the official YouTube channel explains, "'Mitchiri' means sticking together or packed, and 'neko' means a cat in Japanese.") The cats are able to speak and mimic human behavior. The franchise has a variety of cat characters that have distinct personalities. The franchise began as a four-panel manga on the Famitsu.com website in 2012, and it later moved to the Famitsu app. The manga currently runs in DeNA's Manga Box app. The manga inspired a s

Shion Mizuki's manga about Freyja Wion launched in April 2016 The October issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Rex magazine revealed on Saturday that Shion Mizuki is ending the Macross Delta - Ginga o Michibiku Utahime (Macross Delta - The Songstress That Guides the Galaxy) manga in the magazine's next issue on September 27. The manga spinoff focuses on Walküre member Freyja Wion and her daily life. Mizuki (Guilty Crown) launched the manga in Monthly Comic Rex in April 2016. Ichijinsha published the manga's second compiled book volume on April 27. The franchise has also spawned other manga and a novel. Tatsuwo launched an ongoing direct adaptation of the television anime in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in April 2016. Kodansha published the manga's second compiled book volume on March 9. Kei Ichimonji launched Macross Delta Gaiden - Macross E in Kodansha's Magazine Special in May 2016, and ended it on January 20 when the magazine ceased publication. Kodansha p

1st volumes launched on Tuesday Kodansha Comics released the first volumes of Waka Miyama's Elegant Yokai Apartment Life and Pedoro Toriumi's Black Panther and Sweet 16 manga digitally on Tuesday. Hinowa Kōzuki launched the Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō (Elegant Yokai Apartment Life) light novel series in 2003, and concluded it in 2009 with 10 volumes (and a later side-story collection in 2013). Miyama launched the ongoing manga adaptation in Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in 2011. Kodansha Comics describes the manga: Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle's family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough

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