The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Miwako Sugiyama‘s Bite Maker: AK (Area Kanazawa) manga announced on Saturday that the manga will end on Shogakukan‘s Biccomi platform on May 30.

The series launched on Shogakukan‘s Manga ONE app in May 2023. The manga is the sequel to their Bite Maker: The King’s Omega (Bite Maker: О̄sama no Omega) manga. Shogakukan shipped the fifth compiled book volume on November 26.

Sugiyama launched the original Bite Maker manga in Shogakukan‘s digital magazine &Flower in October 2018, and ended it in December 2022. Shogakukan published the manga’s 11th and final volume in March 2023. Seven Seas licensed the manga and published the final volume in July 2024.

The company describes the story:

Nobunaga won the genetic lottery and was born an alpha: his beauty, intelligence, and talent drive everyone wild with lust. Despite his seemingly perfect life, Nobunaga is unsatisfied–until he meets the woman of his dreams, who can sate his every desire. Enjoy a taste of the supernatural in this alpha/beta/omega tale about love, lust, and the power of attraction.

Sugiyama wrote the Ai no Kotoba manga in 2007, and the True Love manga in 2012.

Source: Bite Maker: AK manga‘s X/Twitter account

Kakao Entertainment announced on May 13 that it will accept submissions for new drama-genre webtoons from May 27 through June 10, as part of its ongoing effort to expand its content pipeline.

The company classifies a wide range of titles under its drama category, spanning everyday slice-of-life stories, black comedies, thrillers, and youth narratives. Several works from this category — including Itaewon Class, The Uncanny Counter, and A Bona Fide Killer — have previously been adapted into live-action series.

This year’s recruitment will be conducted across two tracks. The “webtoon submission” category requires a full synopsis, a completed first episode, and storyboard drafts for episodes two to three. The “story submission” category, aimed at writers, requires a project proposal, synopsis, and storyboard drafts for the first three episodes. Applicants may apply to both tracks.

Selected creators will be given the opportunity to serialize their work simultaneously on Kakao’s two major platforms: Kakao Webtoon and Kakao Page.

Details can be found on Kakao Webtoon.

Source: YNA (Ga-hye Koh)

The staff for the television anime of Kureha‘s The Ogre’s Bride (Oni no Hanayome) light novel series revealed three more cast members in a new trailer on Saturday.

The newly announced cast includes (left to right in image above):

The anime will premiere in July 2026.

The novel series is set in a Japan where humans and demons co-exist peacefully. Yuzu is an ordinary high school girl, who lives in the shadow of her older sister who is the bride of a demon. One day, she has a life-changing encounter with a beautiful ogre who claims her as his bride.

The cast includes:

Kazuhito Ōmiya is directing the anime at Colored Pencil Animation Japan. Yumi Kamakura is in charge of the series scripts. Hikari Tanaka is drawing the main character designs, and Hiroko Shigekuni is also credited for character designs. Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music. 

Kureha began the light novel series on Starts Publishing‘s Novema! platform in 2019. The series won the grand prize at the First Novema! Character Short Story Contest. Starts published the ninth volume in May 2024. Yū Shiroya illustrates the series.

Jun Togashi launched the manga adaptation in Starts Publishing‘s Noicomi magazine in December 2021. The manga adaptation won Noicomi’s annual comic ranking in the girl comics category in 2022 and 2023. Starts shipped the eighth compiled book volume on December 26. MangaPlaza is releasing the manga in English.

The light novel series and its manga adaptation collectively have over 5.8 million copies in circulation.

The novel series also inspired a live-action film opened on March 27.

The live-action film based on Kureha‘s The Ogre’s Bride (Oni no Hanayome) light novel series  sold 146,000 tickets in its opening three days and earned 202,395,960 yen (about US$1.27 million).

Sources: Aniplex‘s YouTube channel, Comic Natalie