Bakuman & Toriko Licensed, Free Manga Chapters on SIGIKKI

Anime Vice reports that Viz announced at their panel on Friday at Comic-Con International that Bakuman will be published in its Shounen Jump magazine starting in 2010. Toriko will also be published in Shounen Jump as well.



Bakuman, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata of Death Note, is about two ninth graders, Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi, who dream of becoming mangaka. The series is currently being published in Weekly Shounen Jump and has been compiled into 3 volumes. Torika, created by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, is about a man named Toriko who goes on an adventure to find food that would create the ultimate dinner course. The series is also currently being published in Weekly Shounen Jump and has been compiled into 5 volumes.



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Source: Anime Vice via ANN.

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Read IKKI Manga Chapters on SIGIKKI for Free
It's not exactly news, but more of a reminder. If you haven't already checked out SIGIKKI, the partnership between the Viz Signature imprint and IKKI, go check it out now since they've posted the first chapter free for the series Saturn Apartments, Doro Hedoro, I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow, and Bokurano: OURS. On July 30th, they'll post the first chapters of Afterschool Charisma, House of Five Leaves, Kingyo Used Books, and Tokyo Flow Chart.


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I only checked out "I'll Give It My All..." but it seems interesting and it's free so be sure to check it out. They're also offering the first 10 chapters of Children of the Sea for free too!