Anime & manga update

Update: Young Magazine English version

NHK World News reports that Kodansha  announced that, to commemorate the magazine’s 45th anniversary, it is releasing a special English-language edition of Young Magazine, its popular magazine for young adults. According to NHK World Japan, “Young Magazine USA will have about 1,000 pages featuring 20 titles on themes including Sci-Fi and cyberpunk.” Kodansha will hand out the special edition at Anime NYC in August 21-24 and at Kinokuniya  bookstores in the US from August 21 to November 10. It is unclear if this will be a one-shot edition or if more issues of the magazine are planned. According to ANN, “Readers will be able to vote for their favorites among 16 eligible titles, with the winners earning serialization on the K MANGA App.” [Sources: ANN • NHK World Japan]

The Professionals

Another interesting TV series on NHK WORLD Japan is “The Professionals“ about “exceptional people who are breaking new ground and making a difference in their area of expertise.” There are currently eight episodes available. Yesterday, I watched an interesting episode about Honda Tsuneyuki, a toy developer who designs capsule toys. He introduced capsule toys of unprecedented size: 7-centimetre ! In this documentary, we follow him as he is producing the capsule toy of a big Gundam head.

“A Tiny Universe in the Palm of Your Hand: Honda Tsuneyuki, Toy Developer” aired July 25 (10:10 PM) and July 26 (06:10 AM, 11:10 AM, 05:10 PM), but should be available as VOD soon.

Anime & Manga Explosion !

The latest episode of the NHK WORLD Japan documentary series “Anime & Manga Explosion !” is about anime and manga adapting mythological themes. The first part tells us about the anime adaptation of Masami Kurumada’s manga Saint Seiya directed by Morishita Kozo. The second part talks about a manga inspired by the Japanese folk tale of Momotaro (with a serious twist!): Tougen Anki by Yura Urushibara — which has just started airing on Nippon TV as an anime adaptation by Studio Hibari under the direction of Ato Nonaka. In this episode they mentioned Anime News Network !

“Classic Tales Reborn: SAINT SEIYA / TOUGEN ANKI” aired July 26 (11:10 PM) and July 27 (05:10 AM, 10:10 AM, 04:10 PM), but should be available as VOD soon. There are eight episodes of  “Anime & Manga Explosion !” currently available as Video On Demand (VOD).

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