Animanga in the News: 4/30/11

Here you will find a run down of today's anime and manga news! If anything sent waves through the anime and manga world today, you'll find it in this post! By the way, I'm saladesu, one of the translators and global moderators of MH, and I'll be posting a post like this every day (as much as possible, anyway). Look forward to them ;)




A new iPhone/iPad game from Kairosoft gives players a little insight into the road to becoming popular mangaka. Entitled "Waku-waku! Manga Doujou" (Exciting! Manga Dojo), the aim of the game is to become a popular mangaka. Much like the manga series "BAKUMAN.", players will start out drawing manuscripts for one-shots until their work gets accepted and they get published in the magazine. Their target is to sell over 10 million copies of their manga, thus being worthy of the title of "popular mangaka". Just as it may happen in real life (also depicted in "BAKUMAN."), players may also meet with accidents or get themselves cancelled from the magazine. However, perserverence is the key to winning this game.

The app is now available for free on the Japanese app store (not available outside Japan), and is currently free as part of a promotion (usually ¥115).

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Please note that there may be delays in the broadcasts or releases of certain anime and manga following the quake. You may see a list of affected publications here, here, here and here.



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