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News Roundup: April 22-28

April 29, 2016

Cardcaptor Sakura volume 1

Cardcaptor Sakura is getting a sequel manga series which will launch in the July issue of Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine. It will be set when Sakura starts her first year of junior high school.

Yona of the Dawn 15

The manga, Yona of the Dawn, will be on indefinite hiatus due to the recent earthquakes in Japan. Although Mizuho Kusunagi, the creator of the manga, was not injured she does live in Kumamoto where the earthquake took place.

Yotsuba&! volume 13 cover

The manga Yotsuba&! won grand prize for the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Rainy Cocoa

The anime series Rainy Cocoa is getting a third season. Funimation streamed the first two seasons of the anime.

Fundanshi Koukou Seikatsu

Atami’s Michinoku’s Fundanshi Koukou Seikatsu (Rotten Boys’ High School Life) is getting an anime that will premiere in July. The manga is about a straight guy who loves BL.

4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica

Shogakukan’s Sho-Comi magazine bundled a live-action drama and movie comic adaptation of Miwako Sugiyama’s 4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica manga. According to Anime News Network, “The manga centers on Sei Saotome, a high school girl who has just failed an exam, and began going to a prep school to study for her next one. She can’t keep up with her studies, and talking to her friends is awkward, so she thinks this is the end of her high school life. However, she meets two boys: Mizuki, a silent and handsome boy who likes astronomy; and Taiyō, a foul-mouthed prodigy who is at the top of his class. Both are planning to enter the astronomy club, and they invite her. Sei’s everyday life is still spent trying to find a place to belong, but it is about to to become brighter.”

She and Her Cat

The manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s She and Her Cat anime short will end on Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine in the July issue on May 25.

Digital Manga graphic for Kimagure Orange Road

Digital Manga’s Kickstarter campaign for Kimagure Orange Road manga has new tiers and the omnibuses for volumes 3–6 are available as early add-ons. Find out more on their website.

News Roundup: April 22-28

April 29, 2016

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