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Digital comic platforms have made manga, webcomics and graphic novels more accessible across devices. (Image: Express Image)

From WEBTOON to Marvel Unlimited: 5 ways to read comics online for free

April 29, 2026 8:46 am

With a mix of free and subscription tiers, here are five platforms that offer different ways to read comics online.

Japan’s doomsday prediction: July 5 comic book prophecy sparks panic, tourists flee, flights cancelled

July 05, 2025 8:54 am

A manga’s eerie prophecy predicting a July 5 quake has triggered mass panic in Japan, crashing tourism, cancelling flights, and putting The Future I Saw in the spotlight again.

How a Manga prophecy has stirred panic among travel firms, airlines in Japan

March 29, 2026 3:46 pm

The rumours follow a Japanese manga comic, republished in 2021, which predicts a major natural disaster in July 2025, based on author's dream.

Chainsaw Man chapter 198: Release date, time, where to watch, who is Fakesaw man and more

March 26, 2025 2:19 pm

With Chainsaw Man Chapter 198 releasing on April 2, 2025, expect the unexpected as the battle between Fake Chainsaw Man and the Death Devil continues.

One Piece is getting an RPG adaptation, coming 2022

March 29, 2022 11:47 am

One Piece Odyssey launches later this year, and features character and monsters drawn by the original mangaka, Eiichiro Oda.

Made-in-Japan manga goes global with Webtoon, Deadpool

February 28, 2022 2:52 pm

Japan still makes up for the world’s biggest manga market at 45% in 2020, but the rest of the global market combined is quickly catching up, according to Grand View Research, a researcher and consultant based in San Francisco.

Souls-like: A tale of masochism and glory

March 06, 2022 10:51 pm

Souls-like games are lauded for their extremely punishing gameplay that causes repeated, frustrating deaths.

Mangalympics: How sports manga fuels ambitions of Japan Olympians

July 21, 2021 3:32 pm

While Indian sports legends inspire biopics, Japan has a longer, glorious tradition of sporting achievers getting inspired by and inspiring paperback heroes and their cartoon adaptations - manga and anime.

After years of pressure, Japan bans possession of child porn

June 18, 2014 10:36 am

Japan is the last OECD nation to criminalise possession of child pornography, although it outlawed production and distribution in 1999.

By the Book

September 02, 2012 2:41 am

One of the highlights of the ongoing fair which started on Saturday with 230 participants from India and abroad is the massive discount available on used books.