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If you think that it’s impossible to draw manga in your own smartphone, think again. Weekly Shonen Jump held the Kentaro Yabuki Manga Prize competition back in 2016 and one of they found out recently during a casual conversation of a business meeting that the winner So Atsumori created his manga titled Anata ga Koi to Iu no nara only with the use of a smartphone.

The long wait is over. The official website of the live-action movie adaptation of the Gintama manga confirmed that the movie will be screened in the Canada, Germany, South America, Spain, and the United States.

Initial D’s trilogy of films will be having its first film “New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 1: Awakening” released with an English dub under Sentai Filmworks December slate. A Blu-ray Disc and DVD combo pack will also be released by the company on December 15.

An adventure into space is making its return into the manga community as Haruka Takachiho’s light novel “Crusher Joe” gains a manga adaptation for the next month. Last releasing a novel in 2005 the series returns with a new title, “Crusher Joe REBIRTH” and the Evening magazine taking charge of its publication.

In a Twitch livestream that happened in Gamescom 2017 in Germany, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata have teased that Final Fantasy XV content might be heading to the Nintendo Switch. Tabata has also answered a question in relation to the franchise’s future plans: “There's another certain console out there people may be thinking of, sounds a little bit like you guys, your name "Twitch," I think we'll just leave it there.

The action and drama of “Boku no Hero Academia’s” a.k.a “My Hero Academia’s” V.S. Hero Killer arc is brought to screens once more with a special screening event on August 26 along with a live broadcast by NicoNico.

Weeks ago, a new shoujo comedy anime adaptation was revealed and it is titled, “Netojuu no Susume.” With only a month to go before the official release of the adaptation a preliminary screening event has been announced for the series featuring an appearance of two cast members.

MAN AT ARMS: REFORGED has been one of the most popular shows on Youtube where they create weapons based from popular video games, anime, manga, TV shows, and movies. In this particular video that was uploaded in the channel on Monday, they made the Maneuver Gear Sword—a weapon popular in the Attack on Titan franchise.

Think before you tweet—this was a lesson learned for Takuro Takahashi, the episode director of Katsugeki. Touken Ranbu after he made unpleasant and inappropriate tweets about the anime while he was drunk.

Jobs are open for Monolith Soft’s newest project as they open a recruitment website on Monday seeking the following: Designer • Character Modeler • Map Modeler • In-Game Animator • Technical Artist • Main Character Designer • Concept Art Designer Programmer • Character Control Programmer (Action Part) • System/Framework Programmer Planner • Planner (Action Part) Management Support • Project Manager All jobs are for an “ambitious” new work which "differs from [the company's] brand image.