We here at Heart of Manga are very excited that we’ve gotten more josei titles this year, and would love to see more series get licensed. To celebrate, we’re giving away a brand new paperback of volume 1 of Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura. Akiko Higashimura is a very well-known josei manga artist in Japan. Her titles continue to...

Many of us are in the process of acquiring Japanese as another language. It was by accident I came across italki. I was searching for information on writing kanji and came across a question and answer. After looking around the site, it was then I realized that italki was something I needed. I’ve had language tutors before. They were helpful, but there...

The Skip Beat! anime English dub by Pied-Piper is on its final stretch this week. The Skip Beat North American Official Release Kickstarter campaign was launched on March 17 and has less than a week to go with it ending at 10:58 am CST April 16th. I love Skip Beat! and the biggest factor in that devotion is the...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed with all of the content that’s come out lately. There is way too much to watch and not enough time. What’s also interesting is this is the first time I’ve been a Funimation-only watcher and dropped Crunchyroll. I was on the verge of getting another annual membership...

Tsubaki-Chou Lonely Planet is currently running in Margaret magazine, and has 2 tankobans in Japan.  Mika Yamamori has quickly become a favorite mangaka amongst the scanlator community. She has been very VOCAL about her work being stolen and used without her permission, and rightly so. I think it’s time to get some of her work in North America legitimately. The...