The manga BOY is currently available as a discounted title on Amazon Kindle, with volumes priced at 100 yen each.
BOY appears in the Amazon Kindle manga rankings for the week of May 22, 2026, as reported by Dengeki Hobby Web. The series is listed among sale titles, with each volume priced at 100 yen. The ranking covers the top 20 best-selling manga volumes on the platform for that period, and BOY's presence there reflects its inclusion in a promotional sale rather than a new release or a surge in ongoing serialization.
No other Yomimono stories in this cluster discuss BOY's plot, staff, publisher, or any adaptation plans. The only concrete information about the series comes from the single ranking story, which does not specify how many volumes are on sale, whether the series is ongoing or completed, or what genre it belongs to. The discount price suggests a publisher-driven promotion, but no further details about the campaign or the series' status are provided.
The remaining stories in the cluster cover unrelated titles and events: a sequel film for Shiboyugi, the conclusion of Talentless Nana, the founding of Oval Gear by Katsuhiro Otomo, and a Gundam anniversary short. None of these stories mention BOY or connect to it in any way. The dossier for BOY is therefore limited to the single data point from the Kindle rankings.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.
Yen Press announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it licensed two manga: The Goblin Samurai by Kikurage and My Crush's Crush by Sekina Aoi and Ryō Tsuzura. It also announced an audiobook of The Boy and The Beast light novel and the November print debut of Rise of the Lowborn: Ascending the Ranks by Crushing Incompetent Nobles.
Number Rock has released a Cowboy Bebop special collection with T-shirts, denim tote bags, and keychains. A lottery-sale EXCLUSIVE LINE T-shirt uses 15-screen silk screen printing. Reservation-sale items include four T-shirt designs and a tote bag. An SNS giveaway campaign runs on X and Instagram through the release.
Scholastic announced five new titles under its Graphix imprint in partnership with Tezuka Productions, each reimagining a manga by Osamu Tezuka. The lineup: Atomcat/Astro Cat, Princess Knight, The Three-eyed One, Triton of the Sea, and Zero Man. Samuel Sattin returns as writer, continuing from Unico: Awakening, with Japanese artists handling illustrations. Unico: Awakening launched August 6, 2024 with art by Gurihiru and will end with its eighth volume; volume three shipped July 7.
Higgsfield AI released "The Cully Hill Boys," a 110-minute AI-generated feature film, on August 10. The production cost about $2 million, with roughly half going to AI compute. The film uses licensed likenesses and voices of real people, and all prompts and assets are public on Higgsfield.
Publisher Aeternum Game Studios announced that Studio Koba's shooting action game Future Knight will launch on August 14 in Japan. The game is set in 1993, where a cult leader is erasing human memory. Players control Future Knight and his companion tumor Two More across eight Tokyo-inspired stages. It will be available on PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
The teaser trailer and poster visual for the live-action film of Amu Meguro's manga announced two new cast members. Rinka Kumada plays Momo Sanae, Sui's older sister and Midori's girlfriend. Reo Matsumoto plays Ayame Mizukawa, Sui's childhood friend. The film stars Masaki Hashimoto as Midori and Runa Nakajima as Sui, and Mahito Kimura directs. It opens in Japan on December 4.
The 11th and final volume of Yu Hibari's light novel series Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her shipped on July 31, ending the story. The author also published the final epilogue on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website that day. The ongoing television anime adaptation premiered on July 6.
Nintendo announced on July 31, 2026 that two previously unreleased Virtual Boy titles, ZERO RACERS and Dragon Hopper, will be added to the Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics service for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers on August 4. ZERO RACERS is a racing game where players pilot a floating machine through courses made of connected square ducts, aiming for high rankings with acceleration, deceleration, and directional movement. Dragon Hopper is a top-down action game starring Prince Dorin, who is ousted by the rebellious minister Lexer and must find four vanished spirits to return to the fairy kingdom. Dorin can transform into a dragon with special abilities. The update also adds a color change feature, letting players switch the game screen from the traditional red to green, Game Boy-style, or Super Game Boy-style schemes. The dedicated Virtual Boy (Paper Model) hardware is on sale from July 31 to August 17 at a discounted price of 1,980 yen, down from 2,980 yen.
In a clip from the upcoming documentary TEZUKA! God of Manga, director Jorge Gutierrez recalls discovering Astro Boy on Mexican TV in the 1980s. He argues the serialized storytelling felt familiar to audiences raised on telenovelas, and that Tezuka's work was more culturally aligned with Mexico than the creator knew.
The live-action adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa's novel The Samurai and the Prisoner fell from #4 to #5 in its fourth weekend, earning 56,289,900 yen. The 37th Anpanman film dropped to #6, while the 4K restoration of Kiki's Delivery Service rose to #7. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie re-entered the top 10 at #9. SHIBOYUGI: Cloudy Beach debuted at #11.
MediaOCD announced on July 15, 2026, the next wave of titles for its Discotek Deep Dives initiative, adding 29 Blu-ray releases for July pre-order. The lineup spans multiple franchises, including extensive Lupin III collections, all five seasons of Symphogear, Mazinger Z parts 1 and 2, and the Saint Seiya Classic Movie Collection. Other notable additions include Sonic X (Japanese subtitled), Monster Rancher (English dub), Ultimate Muscle (English dub), Kiss×sis (TV and OAD), Marmalade Boy, and live-action adaptations of Dororo and Uzumaki. The initiative, which began in January 2026, aims to make Discotek Media's back catalog more accessible by adding 20 to 30 titles monthly, prioritizing releases that are becoming hard to find. All July titles are available for pre-order now and are expected to ship in the coming weeks.
SAMANSA, the short film streaming service, announced that its popular short 'Baghdad Messi' is being expanded into a feature film 'Baghdad Messi: The One-Legged Soccer Boy,' set for release on August 7, 2026. A preview screening on July 29 will screen both the short and feature versions, followed by a director talk show. The short version will also be made available on YouTube for a limited time.
A LEGO set that recreates the original Game Boy at nearly life size is on sale during Amazon Prime Day 2026. The 421-piece set includes brick-built cartridges for Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, a lenticular screen that can display different game scenes, and a display stand. The set is priced at 7,560 yen, an 8% discount from its regular 8,218 yen.
Anime Feminist reviews the first episode of Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her, finding it a mediocre rom-com that nonetheless avoids sexist cliches and handles gender identity with unexpected thoughtfulness. The show's protagonist accepts his childhood friend's gender without shock, and the female lead's performance of femininity is framed as camouflage. The reviewer notes the show is forgettable but worth discussing for its gender themes.
ASCII.jp's 2026 Summer Anime Special Part 7 highlights five titles: Grand Blue Season 3, The Cat and the Dragon, The Strongest Dregs Prince's Secret Imperial Succession Struggle, The Case of the Transfer Student's Pure and Lovely Beautiful Girl Being a Childhood Friend I Used to Play with Thinking She Was a Boy, and X-Men '97. Grand Blue Season 3 premieres July 6.
Actor, planner, and director Nanami Ebisawa is producing two short films simultaneously: 'HEY,BOY!' starring Nanami Asahi and 'Miso no Tsubo' starring Bun Kimura. The films contrast a boy who impulsively jumps into the world and a man who reconnects with it. Ebisawa, who recently wrapped his directorial debut 'Ningen Modoki no Yojohan' in January 2026, is collaborating with friends from previous projects. Completed works will be screened together and submitted to international film festivals.
Kadokawa announced on Monday that the SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: CLOUDY BEACH anime film will begin streaming worldwide on July 13, 2026. The film will have a limited two-week theatrical run in Japan starting July 10. It will stream on Netflix in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Middle East. Crunchyroll will carry it in the Indian subcontinent and CIS territories, with additional regional platforms including Aniplus, Laftel, Bahamut Animation Madness, and others across Asia. A new trailer, the first to feature voiced dialogue, was released alongside the announcement. The story follows professional death game player Yuki, voiced by Chiyuki Miura, as she enters her 44th game on a remote island with seven other players. The game, called Cloudy Beach, initially appears to be an escape challenge but turns into a mystery after a dismembered body is discovered. The film features returning staff: director Sōta Ueno at Studio DEEN, series composer Rintarou Ikeda, and character designer Eri Osada. New cast members include Aino Shimada as Maguma, Anna Nagase as Essei, Hikaru Tōno as Mozuku, Konomi Inagaki as Hizumi, Riko Akechi as Mitsuba, Yukari Tamura as Koyomi, and Yume Miyamoto as Airi.
Chinese hardware engineer Wenting Zhang released a Game Boy emulator called 'Paper Boy S3' running on the M5Stack PaperS3 microcontroller development kit with an E-ink display. The emulator uses high-refresh-rate E-ink technology from Zhang's Modos Flow project, reproduces the Game Boy LCD with touch controls, and supports quick save/load. It is available via M5Burner, though the PaperS3 is discontinued.
The largest-ever BL real event, Boys Love Tokyo 2026, ran June 27-28 at Ikebukuro Sunshine City. It featured nine experiential exhibitions, a BL Shrine with fortune slips and votive tablets, 81 newly drawn character panels, a kink chart diagnosis, a pop-up cafe, merchandise sales, and stages with authors and voice actors.
Louis Clichy's debut feature 'Iron Boy' won the Jury Prize, Audience Award, and Gan Foundation Distribution Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2026. The film, which previously won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes, is set for a 2027 Japanese release. It follows a ten-year-old boy forced to wear an iron corset.
Good Smile Company is releasing two plastic model kits of Spike Spiegel's Swordfish II from Cowboy Bebop. The MODEROID DX-SCALE 1/48 scale is a high-end model with metal parts and multiple gimmicks, while the MODEROID 1/72 scale is an entry-level kit focused on ease of assembly. Reservations are open at Rakuten Books.
A new French-produced Astro Boy series, Astro Boy Reboot, was presented at the 2026 Annecy Animation Film Festival. The show gives the classic character a secret identity: young boy Atom hides that he is the robot superhero Astro. The series combines sitcom and sci-fi elements, with each episode split between Atom's daily life and Astro's heroics. It is set for a 2027 release.
A making-of video for the horror film GOOD BOY, which unfolds from a dog's perspective, has been released. It reveals techniques like using treats and bird calls to elicit performances from director Ben Leonberg's own dog Indy. The production prioritized Indy's comfort and earned a PETA award for ethical treatment. The film opens July 10 in Tokyo.
The television anime adaptation of Yu Hibari and Siso's light novel series Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her will premiere on July 6 at 11:30 p.m. on TV Tokyo. The second promotional video and key visual also revealed that the duo harmoe performs the ending theme song "Tilt." Crunchyroll will stream the series.
Infolens announced on June 18 that the Fallout Pip-Boy 3000 Replica will go on sale in Japan starting at 10:00 AM on June 19. The wearable replica reproduces the Pip-Boy 3000 from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas at a 1:1 scale. It features a die-cast metal front case, injection-molded ABS body, and memory foam cuff. The device includes an IPS LCD display that shows in-game screens such as status and maps, a clock and alarm function, and an FM radio tuner. It can also play the Fallout 4 minigame Atomic Command. A gimmick simulates monitor distortion that can be fixed by tapping the screen. The product comes with a metal display stand, USB-C charging cable, FM radio antenna cable, size adjustment cuff, spacer bar, and a RobCo hex tool. The price is 77,000 yen including tax. Sales will be conducted through the INFOLENS GEEK SHOP online, at the Ikebukuro Parco store, and at the Fallout Collection in Nagoya PARCO until June 21. The replica was developed in collaboration with The Wand Company based on the in-game 3D model.
Tezuka Productions' official YouTube channel began free distribution of all 52 episodes of the 1980 'Astro Boy' TV anime on June 13. The offer is limited until 14:00 on June 23. The 1980 series is a color remake of the original 1963 monochrome series, produced by Tezuka Productions. The channel notes that the series includes nine episodes featuring a clear conflict between good and evil, such as 'Atom vs. Atlas,' characteristic of Osamu Tezuka, while also showing that both sides have weaknesses and worries. The single video compiles all 52 episodes, resulting in a playback time of approximately 21 hours. Viewers can jump to specific episodes using timestamps in the video description.
Japanese hip-hop unit Mall Boyz, formed by rappers Tohji and gummyboy, released their first full-length album 'Mall Tape 3' on June 10. The 19-track album follows the 2018 EP 'Mall Tape' and the 2023 EP 'Mall Tape 2', and features guest appearances from Elle Teresa, kZm, and others, with production by Chaki Zulu and more.
The horror film 'GOOD BOY,' told from a dog's perspective, has released a special visual showing the canine protagonist Indy staring at an evil presence invisible to humans. Collaboration goods with artists Numagasa Watari, Gakiya Isamu, and Hardcore Chocolate will be sold at theaters. The film opens July 10 in Japan.
Good Smile Company is releasing two assembly plastic model kits of Spike Spiegel's Swordfish II from Cowboy Bebop under its MODEROID line. A 1/48 scale DX-SCALE version and a 1/72 scale entry-level version are both scheduled for December 2026, supervised by mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane.
Japan Powered reviews the experimental anime Shiboyugi, also known as Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table. The review highlights the series' nonlinear storytelling, its morally ambiguous protagonist Yuki, and the many narrative hooks it plants for future seasons. The anime demands media literacy from viewers, using subtle cues like character behavior to signal time jumps rather than explicit anchors.
The organizers of Boys Love Tokyo 2026, a two-day BL event at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro on June 27-28, 2026, have announced the third wave of commemorative goods. The new lineup centers on "replica original art" prints: high-definition reproductions of newly drawn illustrations from participating artists, each including a replica of the creator's signature. A total of 38 prints will be available. The announcement also covers purchase bonuses and entry gifts. Shoppers who spend at least 5,000 yen on event goods will receive a random pack of three "pashakore" cards (40 types total). Every attendee will get a branded shopping bag featuring the event's official mascot character. The event is produced by Animate, Chuo Shoten, and Movic, and features over 40 artists contributing to exhibitions, autograph sessions, talk shows, and a cafe area. The full exhibition layout is expected to be revealed soon.
Sakuga Blog published a translated interview from Comic Natalie featuring Shiboyugi director Souta Ueno and sound director Noriyoshi Konuma. The two discussed their creative process for the anime, which premiered on January 7. Ueno said he wanted to avoid common death game tropes by not reveling in the girls' deaths or making a spectacle of them. Konuma explained that the sound design aimed for abstraction rather than dictating emotions, using atonal and dissonant music from composer Junichi Matsumoto. The recording sessions for the hour-long first episode took two sessions, with three takes per episode and five-hour sessions. Konuma noted that voice actress Chiyuki Miura's performance made Yuki more human than expected, adding nuance to her character. Ueno revealed that the opening sequence was inspired by his own experience of wandering at night, which he compared to feeling suicidal, and Konuma's dream of a burning double-decker bus. The interview also covered the casting of lesser-known talent, the decision to use instrumental music for the opening, and the thematic exploration of love in the story's world.
Fashion brand GALFY released a new collaboration song 'GALFY7' with hip-hop collective STARKIDS, featuring members BENXNI, Space Boy, and espeon. Model Mea Shimotsuki appears as a race queen in the music video. The lineup of collaboration apparel between GALFY and Don Quijote was also revealed, with sales starting June 1 at select stores.
Dengeki Hobby Web reports the top 20 best-selling manga volumes on Amazon Kindle as of May 22, 2026. New volumes of Kingdom, Koi no Yokan, and Blue Period top the chart, while sale titles include BOY at 100 yen per volume and Counter at a discounted bundle price.
Kadokawa released a new teaser and key visual for the sequel movie Shiboyugi Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: Cloudy Beach. The film continues the anime adaptation of Yuushi Ukai's light novel. Chiyuki Miura and the rest of the original cast will reprise their roles. The movie opens in Japanese theaters on July 10.
The June issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan reports that Looseboy and Iori Furuya's Talentless Nana manga will conclude in two more chapters, likely finishing in July. The series launched in May 2016 and has 14 compiled volumes. An anime adaptation aired in 2020.
Director and manga artist Katsuhiro Ōtomo has founded a new animation studio called Oval Gear. The studio will focus on feature-length work. Its first project is already in production. The company is hiring animators and production staff as it builds out its team. Ōtomo is best known for the 1988 film Akira, which he directed and wrote based on his own manga. His other directing credits include the anthology Memories, the steampunk feature Steamboy, and the science-fiction story Roujin Z. He also contributed to Perfect Blue, the psychological thriller directed by the late Satoshi Kon. The formation of Oval Gear marks a return to feature animation for Ōtomo, whose last full-length directorial work was Steamboy in 2004. The studio name and its immediate hiring push suggest a permanent production base rather than a one-off project team. No release window or title for the first film has been shared.
Bandai Namco and Sunrise released a nearly six-minute animated short on Thursday as the opening piece of the Gundam 50th Anniversary Project. The video, titled A Boy with Gundam, debuted during the Conference Spring 2026 presentation and is available on the official English and Japanese Gundam channels. It is set in the real world and follows a grandfather who, while visiting a life-size moving Gundam statue with his family, recalls how the original Mobile Suit Gundam shaped his life from childhood onward. Amuro Ray and other pilots appear in flashback sequences, and the short closes with a montage of franchise references. The song Kinjito by the group PEOPLE 1 plays over the footage, and the English upload carries subtitles for the lyrics. Tsukuro Hayakawa directed, storyboarded, and handled CG direction. Shinya Watada served as unit director. Juri Toida designed the animation characters, and Bandai Namco Studios' Yasuto Morioka provided the original character designs. The actual 50th anniversary arrives in 2029, and Bandai Namco is assembling a slate of projects under the Road to 50 banner ahead of that date.