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One Piece is getting a Western live action drama adaptation! The 10 episode series will stream exclusively as Netflix Original. Original author of manga, Oda Eiichirou, is on board as executive producer. He also released an official comment, stating his project excitement. The live action drama adaptation was announced in 2017 as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the franchise. Netflix works with Tomorrow Studios, who also works with Shueisha, the One Piece manga publisher, on the Cowboy Bebop live action adaptation.

Digital and simulpublishing means fans now have easier and faster access to Japan's newest and best manga. Whether you're using Comixology, iBooks, Crunchyroll or the Shonen Jump app from Viz Media, international readers have never been better off jumping into a series after watching its anime adaptation or finding fresh titles tipped for one. The shonen world has been going through some guard change lately. While the continuation of Dragon Ball in Super has helped to ensure the relevance of Akira Toriyama's world-famous franchise, two of the Big Three— Naruto and Bleach alongside the unbeatable One Piece — recently, as decided by general consensus, have been replaced by My Hero Academy and Black Clover . But for those looking into the future, there's a crop of new shonen manga titles that have yet to be turned into a hit anime series — some with Next Big Thing written all over them. JUJUTSU KAISEN You can't go wrong with Gege Akutami's Juju...

Mitsutoshi Kubota, the president of the anime studio SHAFT, told the audience at the American premiere of Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie -Rebellion- that the studio's production of Mekaku City Actors is slated to start in April. He added that the studio is still working on the Kizumonogatari anime and asked fans to "please wait a little bit" for it. Tower Records reported in August that Akiyuki Shinbo (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Bakemonogatari) will direct the anime of Vocaloid musical composer and writer Jin's (Shizen no Teki-P) Kagerō Project (Heat Mirage Project) under the title Mekaku City Actors. Tower Records reported at the time that the on-air date for the anime is still undecided. SHAFT is producing Kizumonogatari just as it did for the adaptations of NisiOisin's other Monogatari light novels. Monogatari Series Second Season is currently airing in Japan, and Daisuki is streaming the series as it airs. The television anime will cover most of ...

The 2014 second issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that the duo ClariS will perform the opening theme song "CLICK" for the television anime adaptation of Naoshi Komi's Nisekoi romantic comedy manga. The magazine is also revealing that the series will premiere on January 11 on MBS, Tokyo MX, and several other stations. ClariS's single featuring "CLICK" will ship on January 29. The first printing limited edition will include a DVD featuring the music video for the song. ClariS previously performed theme songs for the Puella Magi Madoka Magica television series and all three films, both seasons of Oreimo , Nisemonogatari , and Moyashimon Returns . The anime revolves around Raku Ichijō ( Kouki Uchiyama ), a normal high school student who happens to be the heir to a yakuza group. The attractive but violent transfer student Chitoge Kirisaki ( Nao Tōyama ), the heir to a rival yakuza group, transfers to his class, ...

This year's 24th issue of  Square Enix 's  Young Gangan  magazine is  announcing  on Friday that a television anime adaptation of  Hiroyuki 's  Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to  ( The Comic Artist and His Assistants ) manga has been green-lit. More details will be announced later. The manga tells the story of professional manga artist Yūki Aito and his professional/personal relationship with his assistants. The four-panel slice-of-life comic  began  in 2008 and  ended  last year.  Hiroyuki  began the series again  under the title  Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to  2  in August. The 10th compiled volume shipped last year. Another manga by  Hiroyuki ,  Doujin Work , also inspired a television anime.

It was announced via Kodansha’s Weekly Morning magazine, that Oku Hiroya-Sensei (Gantz, HEN) will begin a new manga series. According to information available the new series will debut in the 4th issue of Kodansha’s Evening magazine 2014 edition, which will be released on 28th of January. More information will become available in the 1st issue of Evening magazine which will be released on the 10th of December. Oku launched ‘Gantz’ in Young Jump during the 2000s, the final phase of the series began in 2009 and the series came to an end in the summer of 2014. The manga inspired an animated series as well as 2 live action films.