Japanese publisher Kodansha announce its opening Kodansha Comics Academy website on Tuesday. The publisher designed the site as a guide to help manga creators around the world understand the process of publishing manga in Japan.
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The site currently contains reviews from comic creators Makoto Yukimura (Legends of Vinland), peach core (Protect sweetheart!), Isayama Hajime (attack on titan), and Jincheng Munozhi and Nomura Yusuke (blue lock), as well as a rough explanation of how to become a Japanese manga creator and a “case study” of a Spanish manga creator Juan Albarran. Albaran is currently serializing a series of comics about his journey to publishing comics in Japan.
this Kodansha The Comics Academy website also announced that the Global Comics Awards will be launched in early 2026. Details about the award are limited, but the website notes that the award is an “open call for the next generation of storytellers.”
Source: Press release, Kodansha comic school website and x/twitter account, comics natalie
