Fairy Tail anime will end on March 30

There is still an OAD coming up, though. As long as they don't troll their audience on and off like Gintama anime. o.o

"ANN confirmed that Kodansha's TV Magazine announced on Friday that the Fairy Tail anime's television broadcast run will end on March 30. The adaptation of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail fantasy adventure manga premiered on Japan's TV Tokyo station in October 2009.

The April issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine is revealing on Monday that the Driland anime will begin a new run in Fairy Tail's current Saturday 10:30 a.m. timeslot on April 6.
However, Mashima posted a statement to fans on his official Twitter feed on Saturday:

Until the time comes, I cannot say something I've always wanted to say, even on Twitter. Please be patient and wait until the time comes for me to announce some good news."

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Fourth Toriko Movie will premiere on Summer

The cover of Toriko volume 1 as released by Shueisha on November 4, 2008 in Japan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Publisher Shueisha has formally announced that a new Toriko anime movie will premiere this summer.

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro’s shounen adventure manga has a current television series and inspired Jump Super Anime Tour short movies in 2009 & 2010 and the 2011 short Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!! movie.

 Source: AnimeNation

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Author Junya Inoue to launch La Vie en Doll manga

February issue of Shueisha's Monthly Jump X (Kai) magazine announced on Thursday that Btooom! manga creator Junya Inoue will launch his new series La Vie en Doll this spring.

Inoue is also known for his series Btooom! Yen Press will publish the first volume of this manga in North America on February 26.

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One Piece manga volume 67 breaks all time first print record in Japan!

4.05 million copies sold!!

Only followed by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by 2.9 million when it was released!

Saiyan Island has compiled a list of the first print numbers for the last 12 One Piece manga volumes. As you can see, the numbers just keep on increasing!

One Piece Manga Volume 67 – 4.05 million
One Piece Manga Volume 66 – 4.0 million
One Piece Manga Volume 65 – 4.0 million
One Piece Manga Volume 64 – 4.0 million
One Piece Manga Volume 63 – 3.9 million
One Piece Manga Volume 62 – 3.8 million
One Piece Manga Volume 61 – 3.8 million
One Piece Manga Volume 60 – 3.4 million
One Piece Manga Volume 59 – 3.2 million
One Piece Manga Volume 58 – 3.1 million
One Piece Manga Volume 57 – 3.0 million
One Piece Manga Volume 56 – 2.85 million

 To date, 270 million copies of the One Piece manga series have been printed, the largest number ever by a Shueisha manga series in Japan!

Moto Hagio's new manga Queen Margot will be launched in August

Shueisha's You magazine announced that its September issue will feature a new manga series by Marginal's author Moto Hagio. It is titled Ōhi Marugo (Queen Margot).

The title takes place in 16th-century France and tells the story of the historical Queen Margaret. The Japanese title of the series is identical to the title of the 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas. The September issue of You will be released on August 11. Queen Margot's first chapter will be 46 pages long and will include color pages.

New Cocohana magazine by Shueisha will feature Kuragehime author

Japanese publisher Shueisha revealed its lineup for its new Cocohana magazine, which launched on Monday. The new magazine is a relaunch of Shueisha's women's magazine Chorus, which had its final two-volume issue in October.

The name Cocohana is derived from the phrase "Kokoro ni Hana o," and Shueisha is promoting the relaunched magazine as a "shōjo magazine for adults."

Cocohana's first issue featured nine new serialized works, two continuing series from Chorus, and three one-shot works. The magazine's second issue will begin serialization on Fusako Kuramochi's as Eris, Setona Mizushiro's Nōnai Poison Berry, and Nobuko Yoshiya and Mari Ozawa's Hana Monogatari manga on December 28. Nōnai Poison Berry was previously published in Chorus. Cocohana's official website is currently hosting previews for each work.

The magazine's first issue included the following serialized works:


-Kakukaku Shikajika by Akiko Higashimura
-YES! by Satoru Makimura
-Ashi Girl by Kozueko Morimoto
-Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. by Mari Fujimura
-Suna to Iris by Shinobu Nishimura
-Samurai Kaasan Plus by Mina Itaba
-Soyo Soyo. by Sekaiichi Asakura
-Caramel Time by Nao Arita
-Kozue no Mori by Ayami Kanemori
-Kazoku Switch by Toriko Chiya (previously serialized in Chorus)
-Papa Told Me by Nanae Haruno (previously serialized in Chorus)
-Boku wa Tokyo de Real by Davi Nathanael (continuing)

Source: ANN

I love the new look of the magazine!