Manga

Anime Expo ’24: Deb Aoki on making manga and selling merch

Deb Aoki shares some tips for aspiring manga creators, including what kind of material to start on and beginner mistakes

K-Comics Beat - July 9, 2024

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: Tropic of Pride

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers OUR NOT-SO-LONELY TRAVEL GUIDE, TROPIC OF THE SEA, and BANANA SCANDAL.

K-Comics Beat - June 3, 2024

Japanese digital manga distributor Infocom bought by Blackstone Inc. in billion dollar move

The bidding war for one of Japan's largest digital manga distribution platforms ends, with US private equity firm Blackstone comoing out on top

May 31, 2024

Shueisha launches JUMP TOON vertical scrolling comics platform

Shueisha unveils its JUMP TOON vertical scrolling comics platform to compete with Piccoma and WEBTOON in Japan

May 29, 2024

Seven Seas licenses MY DEAR DETECTIVE and more

Seven Seas continues its Wonderful Wednesdays announcements with more manga

May 20, 2024

Kakao Piccoma to shutter French webtoon app, operations in Europe

K-Comics Beat - May 15, 2024

After a two year run and launching its expansion to great fanfare in 2021, Kakao's Piccoma digital comics platform will shut down French-language European operations in September.

AI manga translation start-up Orange gets $20 million in funding

K-Comics Beat - May 7, 2024

Orange Inc., developers of a Japanese-to-English language manga localization tool, announced earlier this week that it secured 2.92 billion yen (approximately $19.4 million USD,...

THE AWL manhwa aims to overthrow corporations in July debut from Ablaze

K-Comics Beat - March 27, 2024

Workers fight for better working conditions and to be recognized as humans in this powerful and visceral manhwa, debuting in May.

Seven Seas spreads V-Day love with 6 new romance manga and light novels

K-Comics Beat - February 16, 2024

Hello everyone, and welcome to our coverage of Seven Seas Entertainment's special V-Day Edition of Wonderful Wednesdays. With Valentine's Day falling on a Wednesday...

Anime Expo 2023: ‘Manga Publishing Industry Roundtable’ offers exciting insight

K-Comics Beat - November 28, 2023

An interesting roundup on the manga publishing industry from Anime Expo (trust us, it's still relevant!).

MANHWA REVIEW: THE DANGEROUS CONVENIENCE STORE is an impossible to put down sweet & spicy BL

K-Comics Beat - November 24, 2023

If you're ready to dive into your next favorite romantic comedy with gangsters and a little bit of spice, The Dangerous Convenience Store by 945 is a great choice.