Tokyopop Licenses I Want to See Me in Your Eyes, How My Cute Girlfriend and I Started a Love Story & More New Manga Titles
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Tokyopop has announced 11 new manga licenses this past Friday, which includes I Want to See Me in Your Eyes and How My Cute Girlfriend and I Started a Love Story. The majority of the new titles are Boys’ Love and yuri series that will be released under the publisher’s Love Love imprint. The publisher also announced that its previous manga license, Moyori Mori‘s Bride of Ignat, will receive a hardcover edition. Bride of Ignat by Moyori Mori is getting a hardcover edition!Follow the story of Rita, a young man chosen by his village to become the "Dragon's Bride", and Ignat, the mythical dragon to whom Rita is sacrificed.— TOKYOPOP (@tokyopop.bsky.social) 2025-11-21T21:06:27.051Z Here are the details on the newest titles from Tokyopop: A Nightingale Awaits the Blooming Love of Spring Story and Art: Nayuta Nago Synopsis: A cheerful delinquent seeks fighting advice from his reformed-troublemaker teacher in this unconventional coming-of-age BL love story! I Want to See Me in Your Eyes Story and Art: Yoriko Synopsis: This spicy BL pairs protagonist Hinata with his unrequited love’s younger brother, Rou. In bridging the gap between childhood and adult friendships, Hinata and Rou investigate what it means to be “grown up” Waiting for You at the End of the Runway Story and Art: ikugao Synopsis: A retired actor/model, Chihaya, is assigned to manage up-and-coming model (and his childhood friend) Shion! An emotional BL love story between childhood friends reconnecting as adults in the entertainment industry! Shinjuku 69 Heaven Story and Art: Unohana Synopsis: An irresistible game of love in a neon-lit town…
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Emaqi Adds Fumino’s Stationery Life, Saya Saya to, Lady Demirka Is A Tough Villainess & More New Manga Series
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Orange Inc’s emaqi app and online service has licensed five more new manga series for November 2025, which includes Fumino’s Stationery Life, Lady Demirka Is A Tough Villainess, and more titles from Shonengahosha and Coamix. Emaqi previously announced the addition of seven new manga titles earlier this month. Here are the details on the new licenses: The Fake Marriage of a Noblewoman: A Second Life With a Military General and Cuddly Celestial Beasts © 2022 by Higuruma Mele/Tsugikuru Corp & YURIHARA AKI Story: Higuruma Mele/Tsugikuru Corp Art: Yurihara Aki Synopsis: Ever since losing her parents at a young age, Celeste Golding endured abuse from her uncle’s family while bravely pursuing her path as a Celestial Beast Master. But when she’s wrongfully sentenced to death for allegedly controlling her Celestial Beast, she mysteriously finds herself back in her childhood! A tale of a girl who lost everything, fighting to reclaim her “life”… An Isekai story of the second chance! Present for Me: A Masakazu Ishiguro Collection © 2013 by MASAKAZU ISHIGURO Story and Art: Masakazu Ishiguro Synopsis: Proudly presenting a collection of 7 outstanding short stories originally published across various magazines from 2000-2004 by Masakazu Ishiguro, who brilliantly showcased his natural talent with the masterpiece “Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru”. Saya Saya to © 2008 by Fumiko Tanikawa / SHONENGAHOSHA Story and Art: Fumiko Tanikawa Synopsis: When Saya Tanaka enters the prestigious Suzuran Girls’ School, she’s overjoyed at finally wearing her dream uniform. Surrounded by refined young ladies from privileged backgrounds, however, she finds herself feeling out of place. Can Saya learn…
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The Apothecary Diaries Unveils New Seasonal Visual Featuring Ah-Duo & Lishu
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A new seasonal visual has been unveiled for The Apothecary Diaries anime series, highlighting Ah-Duo and Lishu sitting amongst bright ginkgo biloba trees. ©日向夏・イマジカインフォス／「薬屋のひとりごと」製作委員会 A third season of The Apothecary Diaries is expected to debut as two split cours, beginning with the first cour premiering in October 2026 and the second cour in April 2027. An anime film with an original story from original author Natsu Hyuga will also premiere in December 2026. Plans for more The Apothecary Diaries anime were first announced in July, following the conclusion of season two. The first season premiered in 2023, while the sequel second season aired in January 2025. Both were broadcasted as consecutive-cour series. The second season featured some returning staff from the first season. Norihiro Naganuma (Season 1 director and series screenwriter) was credited as chief director and series composer, with Akinori Fudesaka (Season 1 assistant director) as director, Ko Nakagawa (Season 1 Episode 6, 13, and 19 storyboard artist and director, Episode 24 director) as assistant director, Yukiko Nakatani as character designer, Misato Aida as color designer, Katsumi Takao as background art director, and Mayo Suzuki (The Apothecary Diaries project PV) as compositing director. TOHO animation STUDIO and OLM handled the second season’s animation production. Satoru Kosaki (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), and Alisa Okehazama (The God of High School) served as the music composers. Meanwhile, the main voice cast stars Aoi Yuki as Maomao and Takeo Otsuka as Jinshi. The original light novel series is written by Hyuga and illustrated by Toko Shino. It was…
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The Rise and Fall of Anime Unleashed
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In the days before high speed Internet, there were two ways for a Western fan to access anime. One could either scour their local video store (or be enough in the know to swap VHS fansubs), or have some access to cable and satellite TV. For that second group, the prime choice for fans in the late 90s or early 2000s was Cartoon Network’s Toonami, and later on, Adult Swim programming blocks. However, there was one anime block that was contemporary to both Toonami and Adult Swim that, while it aired some popular and influential anime, was often overlooked due to the niche aspect of the channel it aired on. It was called Anime Unleashed and it aired on the gone but not forgotten Tech TV channel. Tech TV was the brainchild of Ziff Davis Publications, which at the time, published magazines such as PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, and Popular Electronics among others. Ziff Davis felt that it might be viable to expand their news and reviews of computers and technology to the burgeoning cable TV market (63 million homes in the US would have at least one television set connected to a cable or satellite system in 1997). On May 11th 1998, ZDTV was launched, but only in limited markets such as in parts of Maine and Georgia. Looking to expand, Ziff Davis sold the channel to Vulcan Ventures, an investment group headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, a couple of years later. On August 21st 2000, the channel was rebranded as Tech TV, expanding its market across the…
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