If you have been reading Japanese manga for years, you may have noticed that titles are getting longer and longer. And it is not just the famously wordy light novel market: manga titles across Japan a ...
Written by En Mikami and illustrated by Hagu Koshijima, the bestselling mystery novel series The Case Files of Biblia Bookstore has already inspired a live-action television drama and a feature film. ...
"The Witcher" has expanded far beyond Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels in recent years, spawning video games, a live-action Netflix series, animation, and comics. Now, the author says he has no intention o ...
Renowned Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino passed away from colon cancer in the early hours of July 23, at the age of 68. His death was confirmed by his publisher. Higashino was celebrated for ...
Japan's literary scene is buzzing about a new mystery novel, "Detective Usurpation - Kodoku's Deduction -," a GA Bunko Gold Prize winner. Its mind-blowing world-building has taken social media by stor ...
Sunrise's iconic robot anime, GEAR Fighter Dendoh, hit its 25th anniversary milestone last year, celebrating with the announcement of a sequel novel project set three years after the anime's conclusio ...
Mikami En's award-winning mystery novel series, "Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō" (illustrated by Hagu Ueshima), has already seen live-action drama and film adaptations. But now, get ready! On April 2 ...
Tite Kubo's manga "BLEACH" might have wrapped years ago, but its popularity hasn't faded one bit. Fans are still hyped, especially with the final anime season, "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The ...
As "Stranger Things" Season 5 Part 1 gears up for its November 26, 2025 release, Netflix has officially announced a brand-new spin-off novel centered on Nancy Wheeler. Titled "Stranger Things: One Way ...
A recent post on Japan's X (formerly Twitter) by novelist Tsukumo Kokonoe about her creative struggles has struck a major chord with countless netizens. She confessed that despite having no intention ...
Japanese sci-fi novelist Yoshiki Tanaka, renowned for masterpieces like "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes," "Soryuden," and "The Heroic Legend of Arslan," recently had his agency representative, Hiro ...
"Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin has once again addressed the long-delayed next installment in his series, "The Winds of Winter," admitting he's not proud of the extensive wait and stating ...
Renowned for his iconic mystery novels such as "The Decagon House Murders," "The Crimson Labyrinth," and "Another," Yukito Ayatsuji is a leading light of the New Orthodox school of mystery fiction, wi ...
As a new novel in "The Witcher" series approaches its release, original author Andrzej Sapkowski recently spoke publicly at the Opole Book Festival in Poland. He not only discussed his own creative pl ...
In novel dialogue, the "!?" combo of exclamation and question marks pops up all the time. But have you ever noticed its lesser-seen cousin, "?!"? Japanese novelist Yusuke Miyauchi (@chocolatechnica) ...
As part of last year's 30th-anniversary celebration for "Mobile Fighter G Gundam," a spinoff novel series penned by Yasuhiro Imagawa, the original anime's general director, has been serialized on the ...
Japanese novelist Nanao Kawase recently dropped a hilarious bombshell on X (formerly Twitter), sharing how she stepped away from her computer only to return to a screen full of utterly baffling text: ...
In a major part of last year's Mobile Fighter G Gundam 30th anniversary celebration, a spin-off novel penned by the anime's original general director, Yasuhiro Imagawa, has been serialized on the offi ...
Last April, during the "Mobile Suit Gundam Series 45th Anniversary" livestream, Bandai unveiled plans for the 30th anniversary of Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Among the exciting announcements was "Tenchi ...
HBO had previously planned a spin-off series for "Game of Thrones," based on the "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels, a project that was ultimately shelved. This inspired original author George R.R. Marti ...
