Which means her manga will be on temporary hiatus from Kodansha’s biweekly Kiss magazine until the issues that ship in October.

She joked about the alien-like gurgling that her baby was making in her stomach, and said she will try her best to return as quickly as possible.

Coincidentally, Nodame Cantabile Sequel Will Begin Airing In October.

Source: Oricon via ANN

Well I wish she would bear a healthy baby and then come back with more inspiration for the manga series.

In Miyagi prefecture, a 37 year old male has been found dead under a huge pile of manga in his own apartment.

Police suspect that the manga must have been stacked up to at least 2 meters tall and might have toppled during the recent earthquake. The man was suffocated under the hundred of volumes of manga.

Source: MSN Sankei

I wonder which manga series killed him… Well at least he died with all his manga collection around him.

So does that mean it is even more dangerous to be working in a manga shop. Theres like tens of thousands of book inside.

I didn’t know the series was drawn by a couple until now. Apparently the husband Mattsu does the roughs and the story, and the wife Tsubaki Asu does the art.

So now, Mattsu has revealed on 2ch that they officially divorced and Tsubaki Asu is no longer willing to draw the manga.

Source: Canned Dogs and 2ch News Navigator

Seems like “He is my master” is gonna be cancel unless Mattsu can find a replacement or a new wife soon.

The manga has been running for a long period of 12 years and 558 chapters!

Source: Rumic World via Moetron

I wonder what project will Takahashi Rumiko take on after Inuyasha, or maybe she will take an extended break after this.

Well today, another mangaka Hashiguchi Takashi, best known for Yakitate!! Japan has commented on the issue.

He started a blog and posted about how the editors in Shogakukan wouldn’t be so irresponsible.

He shows his support for them by adding that if the editors want to sue Raiku for defamation, he is completely ready to appear as a witness.

Source: 2ch News Navigator

Well now that the blog link has been taken down, its kinda difficult to verify whether this piece of news is true.

Konjiki no Gash!! had ended its serialization in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Magazine last December.

Raiku had actually earlier announced on his blog on May 21 that he will no longer collaborate with Shogakukan.

Source: TBS

Maybe the artworks were stolen by the same otakus from the Kara no Kyoukai Art Exhibition. =P

As I have mentioned before, this 3rd season would be released in the form of OVA that would be bundled with the manga instead of being aired as a series on TV.

Here’s the promo that someone has already uploaded onto youtube:

Peach-Pit’s Shugo Chara! won in the children’s category.

Motoyuki Tanaka’s Saikyo! Toritsu Aoizaka Koko Yakyubu won the shonen category.

Karuho Shiina won the shojo category with Kimi ni Todoke.

Masayuki Ishikawa’s “Moyashimon” took the general category.

Each award comes with 1 million yen in prize money. The presentation ceremony will take place on June 20 at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka.

The seven-member judging committee included Jun Fukami (Ward), Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Akagi), Shūichi Shigeno (Initial D), Daisuke Terasawa (Mister Ajikko), and George Morikawa (Hajime no Ippo).

Source: ANN

In addition, there is also an Excellence Awards. The award is given to Seika Nakayama for Alfheim no Kishi.

Special awards will also be given to Haruyuki Nakano for Nazo no Mangaka: Sakai Shichima Den and Manpu Hashizume for all of his works. The three authors will each get 200,000 yen.

The presentation ceremony will be held at Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka on the 13th June.

Source: 2ch News Navigator

Hmm I never read 20th Century Boys / 21st Century Boys before, but the manga cover looks interesting, maybe I will check it out.

Despite having such strong sales, Kadokawa Shoten’s net profits still dropped 30.6%, resulting in the company account books going into the red.

Source: animeanime.jp via 2ch News Navigator

I’ve never read the manga before, but it must be really good to have sold 1.8 million copies.