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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Weekly Shonen Jump’s hit manga Akane-Banashi is celebrating its third anniversary this month.

Ayumu Watanabe will be directing the Akane-banashi anime for studio ZEXCS. Yu Harima will be serving as assistant director, and Kii Tanaka will be providing character designs and serve as chief ...

The popular rakugo manga “Akane-banashi,” written by Yuki Suenaga and illustrated by Takamasa Moue, is officially getting an anime adaptation. The announcement was made alongside the release of a new ...

I didn’t know about rakugo before I’d read the Akane-banashi manga from Viz Media. Sure, I probably saw it come up in some anime or game, but didn’t recognize it for what it was. I didn’t pinpoint the ...

When it comes to shonen anime and manga, most are firmly in the "battle shonen" category, but that's not the case with a recent hit that breaks several conventions while putting a Japanese art form ...

Episode 12 of ‘Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time’ showcases Takumi's settlement Wedgefort's growth and his clash with abusive summoned heroes. Akane decides to defect from the heroes' party ...