Manga Properties

Curious on what projects we are working on for the start of 2026? Here's our roadmap for Manga Properties!

The first English volume of "Fate Rewinder" is out in print and digital editions today! If you're looking to see how big of a series it is and an overview of mangaka Fūta Kimura's previous works... check out our article from last year when the anime was announced:

Back in the March 2026 issue of Monthly Corocoro Comic, the magazine asked the authors what advise they would give to their younger selves.

For the issue 25 years ago today... Weekly Big Comic Spirits asked their authors if they could be anything for a day, what would that be? manga.properties?p=3127

Moving away from the softer questions, issue #46 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 asked the authors how much money would they be willing to give to someone.

Doing some catch-up to get us back onto the exactly 25 years ago dates... Issue #45 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 asked the question of if anything good has happened recently.

With issue #44 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, releasing the month after the 9/11 terror attacks, the author question takes a bit more of softer topic. Some of these answers are related to the topics of the time period.

Originally published on September 22nd, 2001, one of the authors opted to skip answering the question in this issue of Weekly Big Comic Spirits to comment about the 9/11 Terror Attacks. Additional authors would then make comments in the following issues.

Here's a quick look at one of the beautiful and recently restored color pages from The Sword of Paros by Kaoru Kurimoto and Yumiko Igarashi! The English release will be the first time this page has been printed in color since 1986! Pre-order your copy today: buff.ly/x1ZeN6p

Website Update Note: We are currently working on our next database/spin-off website. Its currently a massive project and has recently made some good progress. Our focus will be on that for a little bit, so you may notice a temporary decrease in new posts on here for a while. We'll be back soon!

For issue #42 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the magazine asks the authors for what their favorite brand is! They provided a wide variety of answers. manga.properties/?p=3083

In issue #41 for Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the magazine asks their authors what their first music record they ever bought was. The author of "Aozora" noted that they asked this question before! manga.properties/?p=3079

For issue #40 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 they asked the authors a pretty unique question! What would you name the world’s scariest roller coaster? A bunch of fun and creative answers were given! manga.properties?p=3074

For issue #39 in Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 they asked the authors if there was a team or group they would want to join. manga.properties?p=3066

After an extremely short run of "Yagyu Reppuken Renya" in Weekly Shonen Jump... Did you know that the author Takashi Noguchi then published some Final Fantasy oneshots in V-Jump? We take a look at his early works in our latest article: manga.properties?p=3087

THE SWORD OF PAROS RELEASE UPDATE! We need YOUR help! If you provide us with a lead that directly results in the procurement of one of these issues of Monthly Asuka by 9/15/26, you will receive a name credit in our English release of The Sword of Paros and a complimentary copy of the book!

As a bit of an artifact from the time, for author comments in issue #38 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 they ask the mangaka if there were any commercials that had recently caught they attention at the time. Article: manga.properties?p=3058

Just like it is today, 25 years ago we still had the combined issues for many magazines around this time of year. Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 2001 was no different with issue #36-37. For that issue, they asked the authors for their childhood heroes:

With the upcoming print release of "The Sword of Paros", Manga Mavericks Books is looking for help tracking down some issues from Monthly Asuka magazine. We've done a deep dive to try and uncover what these lost color pages were!

Curious about "Monthly Asuka" magazine where "The Sword of Paros" was originally published in? We've just posted 3 articles doing a complete breakdown of the entire Table of Contents (ToC) for all of the issues from 1985, 1986, and 1987! Start from the beginning:

It is a bit of an odd question, but in Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #35 in 2001 asked the authors what their favorite summer resort song is. Even with the question being asked in 2001, many of the songs mentioned are quite older.

While they only had a single serialization that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump, Nobuhisa Tsuruoka still had numerous oneshots in Jump and also received a profile in the 1993 Jump Multi World booklet.

Summer was in full swing, so the editors asked their authors how to beat the heat back in 2001 for the Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #34 author comments.

For the February 2026 issue of Monthly Corocoro Comic, the mangaka are asked if they want to travel to the past or the future. Quite a few of them want to travel to the past to see the dinosaurs!

We're back with the Jump Multi World articles! Today's article is featuring around Tsunomaru and his first manga series,"Monmonmon", that appeared to live on the edge of cancellation back in 1993.

For issue #33 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, they asked the authors what their book recommendations are for a summer book report. These are a bunch of titles that may not be obvious to track down in English, if at all!

For issue #32 of Big Comic Spirits in 2001, they asked the authors about a chilling experience they had or one they could imagine. A variety of answers were given.

From issue #31 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the editorial team asks what newcomers are the authors keeping an eye on. Looking back 25 years on this is an interesting lens to see where those newcomers are now!

Catching back up with the Weekly Big Comic Spirit Author Comments from 2001... Issue #30 asked the authors what type of merch they would like to see created based on their series!

With 9 manga serializations in Weekly Shonen Jump, one of the highest, Ryuji Tsugihara is of course also highlighted in the Jump Multi World booklet from 1993. We also uncover yet another one of his serializations that is often overlooked! manga.properties?p=2824

For issue #29 in Weekly Big Comic Spirits back in 2001, they asked the authors for which movie or manga had a memorable scene in the rain. There was quite a few overlapping and maybe expected answers.

Back in 2001, the Seattle Mariners' rookie baseball player, Ichiro Suzuki, was so popular that he was the inspiration for Weekly Big Comic Spirits' issue #28 author questions that year. The authors then give their best consecutive record achievements.

After a 6-month break, we are back with a look at the on-going monthly author comments from Corocoro Comic! To start our catch up, we're taking a look at the January 2026 issue where the authors give their New Years greetings!

As we enter the issues released in June 2001 for Weekly Big Comic Spirits, we get an odd question about resting your head in someone's lap. The amount of athletes as answers may or may not surprise you.

While Yutaka Takahashi's manga series was being serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, he was one of the many authors highlighted in the Jump Multi World booklet in 1993. In his celebratory comment for Jump's 25th anniversary he quoted several popular series. Can you name them all?

For issue #26 back in 2001, Weekly Big Comic Spirits asked the authors what they think the theme song for their manga would be if it got a live action TV drama. There was a wide range of actually thoughtful answers this time!

For issue #25 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the question of the week was asking the authors for what their most regrettable lost item is.

Our spin-off website/database for keeping track of live action manga adaptations available in English had its first anniversary today!

With spring weather happening this time of year back in 2001, for the Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #24, they ask the authors what their favorite car is!

I'm finally back to exploring Shonen Jumps history so here's another 1 hour + long video!! 1999 is pretty fun seeing the debuts of Prince of Tennis, Hikaru no Go and even Naruto! I hope you enjoy watching! youtu.be/81QfCMz1cDc

New Piece: Showing No Mercy for 35 Years! Monthly Shonen Gangan's Post-Arakawa Era Part 1 (2011-2016) The end of Fullmetal Alchemist was for Shonen Gangan what the end of Dragon Ball & Slam Dunk was for Shonen Jump. How could the magazine possibly survive without it? Well, let's find out!