On Sunday, the police have identified the body discovered at Arafune Mountain to be Usui Yoshito, Crayon Shin-chan manga creator. He was found at the foot of a cliff called Tomoiwa

He left the house to go mountain climbing on 11 September, 2009. He did not return and thus his wife made a report on his disappearance on 12 September, 2009. A climber found a body on 19 September, 2009 which police stated that the clothes resembled that of Usui’s ones.
What will happen to Crayon Shin-Chan now?
Usui has already …

I generally don’t link to polls, but I was fascinated by this one.
The survey, conducted by Oricon, took in 1,000 Japanese men and women in equal numbers, evenly distributed amongst those in their teens, twenties, thirties and forties.

1. Slam Dunk
2. Hana Yori Dango
3. Dragonball
4. Death Note
5. Hikaru no Go
6. Touch
7. Itazura na Kiss
8. Love Com
9. Candy Candy
10. Rurouni Kenshin

MY RUROUNI KENSHIN is on that list=3 !!!
I’m surprised with the results though… most of the manga (including Rurouni Kenshin) have pretty conclusive endings; a remade anime might be nice though. Death …

American Manga distributor Viz has been re-releasing the entire manga of Rurouni Kenshin in big volumes. If you want to know how big the volumes are, this series was originally 28 volumes, and they managed to squeez it into just 9! The final volume, being released in March 2010 will contain two side stories Yahiko no Sakabato and another unnamed side story in all color which was never printed in English (which is probably Rurouni Kenshin: Haru ni Sakura, but the site does not go into detail.)
As a huge fan …

According to Weekly Shounen Magazine, CLAMP’s manga Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE will end in WSM volume 44 to be released on September 30th. It will be chapter 232. The final tankobon volume 28 will be released on November 17th along with CLAMP’s art book.
Did anyone else read/watch this magnificent series? I was an avid reader till it occurred to me that those Yaoi Fangirls CLAMP were definitely taking too much drugs. The last arc I found appealing was about Pirate Magician Vampire Fai, who’s real name wasn’t Fai, but Yuui, who …

Oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why is To LOVE-Ru ending!!!!

From ANN,
This year’s 39th issue of Shueisha’s Shonen Jump magazine has confirmed on Monday that Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki’s To Love-Ru -Trouble- manga will end its serialization in the next issue on August 31.
I’m one sad person right now. I remember starting To LOVE-Ru sometime last year when the anime came out. My first impression? “Wow! Soooooo MANY GIRLSSS!!!” Haha.
That was the ‘pervert’-side of me that got me started on the anime and when the …

I have just discovered the fact that, even though I am currently reading about a dozen ongoing manga series, in the past month I’ve only read 4.5 new manga chapters- 2 Naruto, 1 Full Metal Alchemist, 1 Skip Beat, And a mini Hetalia Chapter. If it weren’t for my knowledge that Ouran High School host club comes out in just a few more days I would truly be descending into despair!
So where have all my series gone? Besides Naruto, which is released on a weekly basis in Shounen Jump, unless …

Tokyopop, one of the biggest American distributors of Manga has announced that they will start releasing some of their series online. Some of announced series are PSY*COMM, Boys of Summer, Earthlight, Patheon High, Undertown, Gyakushuu, Kat & Mouse, and a plethora of non-Japanese Manga.
Ealier this summer Shounen Jump (Japan) announced they would start putting manga online, and manga is available for purchase  in Japan through the PSN for PSP users.
Its a shame I don’t recognize any of the titles Tokyopop will be releasing. Its more like a commercialized scheme …

Your Mr Despair is coming back with a new OVA this November 17 2009!
According to the official website, the title is “Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi” It’s a two-volume OVA and the first volume will be released on November 17th.

The new OVA will be bundled with the manga Volume 19. The limited edition of the manga volume 18 has an extra DVD, which includes 13 OP & ED songs of the series and a preview of the upcoming OVA.
I never actually caught Zetsubou Sensei, I only heard of the …

A non-scale figurine of Kobata from Kotobukiya is up for preorders! Apparently the anime series, Kobato will start airing this Fall 2009 in October. The anime is adapted from the manga.

Retail price is at 5,040 yen, scheduled for a December 2009 release. Preorder yours at beNippon, HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search.
Hm I don’t feel any spark with her, and yeah Kobato is CLAMP’s latest manga series, so CLAMP fans should love the anime series once it starts airing in Fall =P. Seriously why do Kotobukiya love to release figurines from …