<p>It is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(publishing)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>obi</em></a>, which is also known as</p>
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<p>a strip of paper looped around a book or other product.</p>
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<p>As Wikipedia continues to mention,</p>
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<p>Many books in Japan are supplied with an <em>obi</em>, which is normally added outside any <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_jacket" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dust jacket</a>. [...]</p>
<p>In English, the term <em>belly-band</em> is sometimes used instead.</p>
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<p>The following image is the <em>obi</em> on <em>Tokyo Ghoul:re</em> volume 7.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jLt5Rl.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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2021-03-02T02:59:19.467Z
Aki Tanaka
<p>I have seen this mentioned in some anime reporting. It sounds like an anime forum or a magazine, but strangely I can't find any information on it.</p>
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<p>The wrap-around jacket band on the seventh volume of Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul:re manga announced on Thursday that Ishida's original Tokyo Ghoul manga will get a live-action film. (<a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-16/tokyo-ghoul-manga-gets-live-action-film/.103294" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>)</p>
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<p>The wrap-around jacket band on the sixth compiled volume of Kohske's Gangsta. manga is announcing on Wednesday that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. (<a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-08/gangsta-action-manga-gets-anime/.76433" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>)</p>
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<p>The news broke to fans on the wrap-around jacket band of the most recent tankobon manga volume released today in Japan. (<a href="https://jotaku.net/2019/10/14/dragon-goes-house-hunting-announces-anime-adaptation/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>)</p>
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What is a "wrap around jacket band"?
# What is a "wrap around jacket band"?
Posted by: username_0 on 2021-03-02
I have seen this mentioned in some anime reporting. It sounds like an anime forum or a magazine, but strangely I can't find any information on it.

> The wrap-around jacket band on the seventh volume of Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul:re manga announced on Thursday that Ishida's original Tokyo Ghoul manga will get a live-action film. ([source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-16/tokyo-ghoul-manga-gets-live-action-film/.103294))

> The wrap-around jacket band on the sixth compiled volume of Kohske's Gangsta. manga is announcing on Wednesday that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. ([source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-08/gangsta-action-manga-gets-anime/.76433))

> The news broke to fans on the wrap-around jacket band of the most recent tankobon manga volume released today in Japan. ([source](https://jotaku.net/2019/10/14/dragon-goes-house-hunting-announces-anime-adaptation/))
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-02. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
It is an [*obi*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(publishing)), which is also known as

> a strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

As Wikipedia continues to mention,

> Many books in Japan are supplied with an *obi*, which is normally added outside any [dust jacket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_jacket). [...]
>
> In English, the term *belly-band* is sometimes used instead.

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The following image is the *obi* on *Tokyo Ghoul:re* volume 7.

![](https://i.sstatic.net/jLt5Rl.jpg)
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