Both U.S. and Japanese manga companies are bringin’ it! Way to step it up in the digital age! I’m very excited to try all these new titles.

Also whoa a ton of new anime and manga announcement from Japan this month, I thought they would never end!

I have to say that Crunchyroll’s manga selection is really growing quite nicely. Any time we have desire to see a particular genre of manga on the site they tend to add it quickly thereafter.

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So this month’s news includes Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Fist of the North Star, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Detective Conan, and Initial D. This was a good month for me!

We are still warming up from the holiday freeze but there are some exciting titles announcements to keep you toasty in February and beyond. Also there are some interesting and unexpected one-shots that I am looking forward to. Wonder if any of them will get spun-off into longer stories.

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Well, Crunchyroll Manga and Kodansha are certainly ramping up in the new year.

Kate added a new section this month with live action adaptions of anime and manga from Japan every month. It happens enough that we thought it was worth adding to the mix.

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