Most have started shopping for loved ones and friends.  This week here at Heart of Manga we’ll be sharing what’s on our gift lists for this holiday season.  I’ll be covering anime and manga, but I’m sure there will be some cross-over happening between mine and Adrienne’s list that is coming up soon. There are some buy sites by...

LDK is currently running in Betsufure, or Bessatsu Friend, a magazine published by Kodansha. It began publication in 2009 and is currently up to 21 tankobans in Japan.  In April 2014, it was nominated for the 38th Kodansha manga award for best shojo manga. We recently got word that it will be coming to a conclusion soon in Japan and...

New wallpapers of your favorite shoujo series! Here are the latest images from japanese mangaka for your desktop or mobile device. Some manga magazines post multiple per month. I claim no right to these images and only provide links to make them easy to find. All images are copyright the artist and publisher. I will put an image of...

New wallpapers of your favorite shoujo series! Here are the latest images from japanese mangaka for your desktop or mobile device. I realized I skipped September last month, so if the images are still there I am adding them in this post as well. Some manga magazines post multiple per month. I claim no right to these images and...

Major shoujo goodness from Kodansha today, with their announcement at the New York Comic Convention. The publisher will be releasing 5 new titles for their shoujo/josei manga catalog. The series are all ones I’ve previously read in Kodansha Japan’s magazines like Dessert and Betsufure. And I promise they’re all good ones, peeps! Images and Synopses are from Kodansha’s website....