Yuu Watase drew modern-day versions of her characters from the manga Fushigi Yugi in honor of the manga’s 20th anniversary. Kodansha’s Morning recently published the first chapter of a history manga titled Marie Antoinette. The manga is created by Fuyumi Souryo and focused on Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. It is being supervised by The Palace of Versailles...

Welcome to the second installment of Japanese Resources for learning. In the first part, I went over a couple of my favorite mobile and Internet sites. This time, I’m concentrating on mostly books with a few additional sources you can check out (that I’ve not tried). Reading material If you want to read Japanese, I suggest checking out Japanese graded...

Ayuko Hatta, creator of Wolf Girl and Black Prince is launching a new manga in Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret magazine. The title of the new manga is called Bye Bye Liberty and will publish in the September 13 issue. Fans of the anime Orange can purchase jewelry based off the show. Kodansha has rescued a couple of manga from Del...

Summer anime season has been going for several weeks now, and it’s time to report on what we’ve been watching. Laura: I’ve been watching Orange and enjoying it immensely. I recently re-read all of the manga, and the anime is following it quite closely. Adrienne: Orange is on my to-watch-eventually list. The slice-of-life type of anime tend to not grab my...

It’s a bit of a slow news week. The 2006 shounen-ai anime Gakuen Heaven is now in Crunchyroll’s catalog. The summary according to Crunchyroll: Ito Keita has one thing in his favor: luck! And luck has just landed him a special invitation to attend the Bell Liberty Academy for Boys, an exclusive high school only for the most privileged,...