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Crayon Shin-chan Sequel Planned

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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The Daily Sports newspaper reports that late Crayon Shin-chan manga creator Yoshito Usui’s assistants will be tapped, with the consent of Usui’s surviving family, to create a new Crayon Shin-chan manga series. The last manga installment drawn by Usui will be published in Monthly Manga Town magazine’s March 2010 issue. The sequel manga will tentatively launch next summer.

The 18th Crayon Shin-chan motion picture, subtitled “Cho Jiku! Arashi o Yobu Ora no Hanayome” (Super Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride) will hit Japanese theaters on April 17. The film will introduce Tamiko, Shinnosuke Nohara’s bride from the future who travels back in time to the present.

Source: Anime News Network

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Gag Manga Biyori Fourth Series in January

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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Japanese publisher Shueisha has announced that the fourth Gag Manga Biyori television series, titled Masuda Kousuke Gekijou Gag Manga Biyori + will premiere on January 4th.

Source: Moon Phase

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Ask John: Is Blackbeard Lufy’s Rival?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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Question:
I’ve been reading One Piece for quite sometime now and I’ve noticed that the main protagonist, Luffy, does not have a solid rival in the series. There have been several shonen manga that have established an ongoing antagonistic relationship between the principle protagonist and another main character who shares some aspect of the protagonist’s life and opposing views to the protagonist’s. Some examples include Son Goku and Vegeta (Dragonball Z), Naruto and Sasuke (Naruto), Ichigo and Renji (Bleach), and so on. It may because the One Piece manga constantly changes locations with each new story arc leading Luffy and the Straw Hat crew to fight new enemies. Although with the recent events caused by the character Blackbeard (Marshall D. Teach) leading Luffy and others to invade Marine Headquarters, plus sharing the same traits and ambitions as Luffy, yet having different moral values from him. One could contest that Blackbeard is Luffy’s rival, but what is your opinion on this issue.

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