Manga creator Nagisa Komugi revealed on their Twitter account on Thursday that they are launching a new manga titled Promise of Starseed on pixiv's Palcy app on May 30, as well as in the July issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on June 3. The manga will center on high school students who want to enter an idol training school. Suito Tachihara is credited with the original work. The June issue of Nakayoshi published a prologue chapter for the manga on Thursday.
Komugi launched the I'll Be with Them Again Today (Kyō mo Karera no Otonari de) manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine in October 2020, and ended it in October 2022. Kodansha published four compiled book volumes for the manga. Kodansha USA Publishingreleased all four volumes of the manga in English.
Sources: Komugi Nagisa's Twitter account, Nakayoshi June issue
Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga service revealed on Wednesday that manga creator Sho Yamazaki will launch a new manga titled Miyaōtarō ga Neko o Kau Nante (To Think that Miyaōtarō Would Take in a Cat) on the service on May 31.
The manga debuted in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in November 2018. Kadokawa published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on April 26. Wizards of the Coast LLC. is credited with cooperation.
The "youth graffiti" manga centers on two people in the 1990s who play the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Yokota and Ise previously published a one-shot version of the manga in Monthly Shōnen Ace in August 2018.
Magic: The Gathering recently has a current collaboration with Cowboy Bebop. Wizards of the Coast announced a Hatsune Miku collaboration on Monday.
Oh! great launched a manga adaptation of NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari novels (pictured at right) in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2018, and ended it in March 2023. Kodansha published 22 compiled book volumes for the manga. Vertical / Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the original novels in English, and began releasing the manga in October 2019. Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga's 21st volume on April 16.
A website opened on Sunday to announce a stage play adaptation of Eku Takeshima's Whisper Me a Love Song (Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau) manga, titled Butai: Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau (Whisper Me a Love Song the Stage), which will run from July 26 to August 2 at the Theater1010 in Tokyo. The website also reveals the stage play's cast, staff, and key visual.
Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the original manga digitally and in print in English, and it describes the first compiled book volume:
Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and, to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what “love” really means…
Takeshima launched the manga in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine in 2019. Ichijinsha published the manga's ninth volume on March 18. The manga's anime adaptation premiered on April 13 on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block after a delay. HIDIVE is streaming the series as it airs.
The June issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine announced on Thursday that it will publish the final chapter of Ema Toyama's Vampire Dormitory manga on June 3 in the magazine's July issue.
Toyama launched the manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine in November 2018. The manga went on hiatus after its "first part" ended in July 2022, and returned and started its "second part" in December 2022. Kodansha published the manga's 13th compiled volume on March 13.
Kodansha USA Publishingreleases the manga in English. It released the 10th volume on June 20 in print, and will release the 11th volume on May 21 digitally and on May 28 in print. The company describes the manga:
BLOOD OVER FLOWERS
Mito has no family to rely on. She lives on the streets, disguised as a boy. Ruka is an otaku vampire interested only in 2D girls. After Ruka saves Mito from a perilous situation, he makes her an offer: "Become my subservient thrall and let me drink your blood whenever I wish! In return, you can live with me—in the boys' dorm!" But to stay with him, Mito must hide the fact that she's a girl. Every day is a new danger—to say nothing of that bloodthirsty vampire!
The manga inspired a television anime that debuted on TOKYO MX and BS Nippon TV on April 7 at 11:30 p.m. JST. It also began running on AT-X from April 8 and on MBS from April 9. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS, and India.
Toyama launched her award-winning Missions of Love (Watashi ni xx Shinasai!) romantic comedy manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine in 2009 and ended it in June 2015. She published a sequel manga titled Watashi ni xx Shinasai! Couple-hen (Missions of Love - Couple Arc) in Nakayoshi from March to June 2018.
The 212th issue of Shonengahosha's Nekopanchi (Neko Punch) magazine announced on April 15 that the magazine will switch from monthly to a bimonthly release (releasing every other month), starting in the 213th issue, which will ship on July 22. The magazine will also change to a bigger B6 (182mm x 128mm) size starting in the next issue.
Manga author Asa Kuwayoshi will also launch a new manga titled Mofu Mofu Yashiki no Neko to Ore (The Fluffy Mansion Cat and Me) in Nekopanchi magazine's next issue. Kuwayoshi also announced the new manga on their X (formerly Twitter) account.
The manga tells the story of a boy and a "bakeneko" (goblin cat) that surpasses the beauty of a young girl, and their exciting life of secretly living together.
Kuwayoshi launched the Granny Girl Hinata-chan (Rōjoteki Shōjo Hinata-chan) manga in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon magazine in 2015. The manga ended in its 11th compiled book volume that shipped in June 2022. KiraKira Media Inc.'s digital manga serviceAzukipublishes the manga in English digitally.
Shonengahosha launched the Nekopanchi magazine in 2006, and the magazine is dedicated to publishing a wide range of cat-loving stories.
Ayumi Komura debuted a new manga series Shūmatsu Yarakashi Meshi (Weekly Mealtime) on Kodansha's Comic Days website on May 3.
The series follows overworked office lady Kūko, who relieves her stress by cooking, eating, and sleeping a lot. She indulges in sinful high-calorie meals on the weekends.
The first chapter is free to read.
Komura ended the Kachime ga nai no wa Oredake ka! manga with the third volume on August 17. Komura debuted the manga in Shonen Magazine Edge in May 2022. The "first love revenge romantic comedy" manga marked Komura's first time being serialized in a shonen magazine.
Viz Mediapublished Komura's Mixed Vegetables manga in print and digitally in North America. The American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division listed the first Mixed Vegetables volume among its "great graphic novels for teens" published in 2009.
Tomorrow I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend manga creator Hinao Wono revealed on Twitter on Saturday they will launch a new series on Cygames' Cycomi service this year. Wono shared the several storyboard images on Twitter in a thread.
Wono launched the Tomorrow I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend (Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo) manga on Cygames' Cycomi manga website in May 2019. The series' main story ended on October 13. The author released an epilogue after. The manga ranked #18 for male readers in the 2022 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook in 2021. It also won "Best Shojo Manga" in the 68th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2022.
The manga is an omnibus story, switching between different protagonists in different stories. The protagonists are mostly female in different social contexts, and the story chronicles modern, bitter, and complex romances.
The manga inspired a live-action series adaptation that premiered on MBS and TBS in April 2022. Disney+added the series for worldwide streaming with the English title Tomorrow I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend. The series' second season premiered in May 2023.
Kurata launched the manga in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX magazine in August 2017. Sunday Webry started publishing the manga online in December 2018. Shogakukan published the manga's first compiled book volume in February 2018, and the 18th volume on March 19. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Mao Mao no Kōkyū Nazotoki Techō is a separate manga adaptation of the original light novel series from Nekokurage's manga adaptation titled The Apothecary Diaries.
Nekokurage's The Apothecary Diaries manga adaptation launched in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine in May 2017. Square Enix published the manga's 13th compiled book volume on March 25. Square Enix Manga publishes the series in English.
Natsu Hyūga began serializing the original story on the "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" (Let's Become Novelists) website in October 2011. Shufunotomo began publishing the novels in print volume with illustrations by Touko Shino in August 2014.
The light novel series inspired an anime that premiered on October 21 with the first three episodes, and aired for two cours (quarters of a year). Crunchyrollstreamed the anime as it aired in Japan and is also streaming an English dub. The anime is getting a second season in 2025.
Distribution company REMOW announced on Tuesday that Yura Urushibara's Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise manga will get a television anime in 2025. The company revealed the trailer, key visual, and main cast for the anime.
The anime's cast includes:
Kazuki Ura as Shiki Ichinose, the protagonist who inherits the blood of an Oni. Shiki's life is turned upside down when he is suddenly attacked by a "Momotaro," leading him to discover his tru
Oni heritage. Following this revelation, he enrolls in Rasetsu Academy, a training school for Oni.
Hiroshi Kamiya as Naito Mudano, an instructor at Rasetsu Academy. Naito is a rationalist who despises inefficiency and wastefulness.Kōtarō Nishiyama as Jin Kougasaki, a classmate of Shiki at Rasetsu Academy who is always seen wearing a black mask. Jin has a contentious relationship with Shiki, marked by frequent clashes and disagreements.The bloodlines of "Oni" and "Momotaro" have been passed down among certain humans for generations. Long ago, the Oni, aware of their own ferocity, lived in seclusion. However, their peace was shattered by an invasion led by Momotaro. Over thousands of years, these two factions formed the "Momotaro Agency" and the "Oni Agency," respectively, and have been locked in conflict ever since.
The protagonist, Shiki Ichinose, suddenly learns of his Oni lineage following an unexpected attack by Momotaro. This revelation sets Shiki on a path to discover the destiny that lies within his blood — a meeting with the Oni dwelling within him.
A new generation of dark heroics begins here in this tale of demons!
Urushibara launched the manga in Akita Publishing's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in June 2020. The 19th compiled volume shipped on March 7 and the 20th compiled volume will ship on May 8. Yen Press will publish the manga in English beginning on September 17.
The manga previously inspired a stage play that ran Tokyo and Osaka in February, and a sequel stage play will run in January 2025.
Jujutsu Kaisen volume 22 ranked at #2, Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #8, and SPY x FAMILY volume 11 at #13.
The 11th volume of SPY x FAMILY ranked at #7 on April's list. The 37th volume of My Hero Academia ranked at #8, and the 105th volume of One Piece at #11 in the same month.
The New York Times posted its first updated Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list in October 2019, and it is one category of the newspaper's current bestseller lists.
Source: The New York Times' Graphic Books and Manga list
naked ape launched the manga for the project in Monthly Princess in June 2021. When the manga launched, the magazine noted that the manga is part of a larger media project. The manga centers on Towa, a girl who barely feels anything of the world, and experiences it as if looking from the inside of an ash-colored box. But her life begins to change when she meets a mysterious young man.
Akita Shoten published the manga's fourth compiled book volume in August 2023. The project inspired both a live-action film adaptation and a stage play in October 2023 and September 2023, respectively.
The manga creator duo consists of Otoh Saki and Tomomi Nakamura. The pair ended their Samurai ga Tensei Shitara Idol ni Natta Hanashi (The Story of How a Samurai Was Reincarnated and Became an Idol) manga in September 2021. The duo launched the manga in Monthly Princess in April 2019.
Viz Mediapublished 13 volumes of naked ape's Switch manga from its original 2002-2008 run. The manga inspired a two-episode video anime series in 2008 and 2009.
The manga based on Shinji Wada's Sukeban Deka manga launched in Monthly Princess in February 2021. The manga is a remake of Wada's classic Showa era manga in the Reiwa era.
Akita Shoten published the manga's first compiled book volume in April 2022, and the fourth volume in March 2023.
Wada's iconic Sukeban Deka manga centers on Saki Asamiya, a high school delinquent who strikes a deal with the police to investigate her former high school and bust illegal gang activities, in exchange for her mother's pardon. Armed with her metal yo-yo, she fights the Mizuchi sisters, who de facto control the school.
The late Wada serialized the manga in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine from 1976 to 1982. The manga inspired a 1991 video anime project and several popular live-action series and films in the 80s. It also inspired a 2006 live-action film.
Shogakukan's Manga ONE app revealed on Tuesday that Uru Okabe's Good Night World End prequel manga will end in its 20th chapter on May 21.
The manga's story centers on the latest game "Planet," where players can freely control their avatar in the Metaverse. Rei, a boy neglected at home, and Liz, a young girl who longs to be an adult enter the game. Rei and Liz gets connected by a boy named Yoshino. Not having a place to belong to in the real world, they become addicted playing the game and create a temporary bond. Until the worst incident happens.
Okabe launched the prequel manga on Shogakukan's Manga ONE and Ura Sunday services on August 1. Shogakukan published the manga's first compiled book volume on October 12, and the second volume on March 19.
Okabe launched the Good Night World manga on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday service in 2016, and the manga ended in its fifth and final volume in March 2017.
The manga's anime adaptation premiered worldwide on Netflix on October 12.
David Douglas wishes he'd never been born. What's the point of a slum boy enduring a miserable existence and ending up on death row? Victoria Frankenstein, a thirteen-year-old medical doctor, offers him a change of fate. Together they can help people and prove the worth of Victoria's invention, the Electric Coffin. After David becomes Eins, what kind of life will this second chance offer?
Tajima launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine in May 2021 and ended it in June 2022. Square Enix shipped the manga's third compiled volume in July 2022. Square Enix Manga & Booksreleased the manga in English on April 2.
The manga just returned in the magazine's combined 22nd and 23rd issue on April 24 after a one-month hiatus.
Yamada and Abe launched the ongoing manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in April 2020. The series was previously on hiatus and returned to serialization in March 2023. Shogakukan published the manga's first compiled book volume in August 2020, and released the 13th volume on April 17.
Viz Media has licensed the manga, and it will release the 11th volume in English on September 10. The manga has added 7 million copies to circulation since the debut of the anime. The manga now has over 17 million copies in circulation. The Frieren: Beyond Journey's End anime premiered with a two-hour special on September 29 last year.
This year's 24th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kagiji Kumanomata's Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (Maōjō de Oyasumi) manga will go on hiatus and will return in the magazine's 28th issue in June, with a new arc titled "Mazoku Zentai Kaigi" (Demon Clan General Meeting). The magazine stated that the hiatus is for Kumanomata to get "sound sleep."
Viz Media publishes the manga in English, and will release the 24th volume on June 11. Viz Media describes the manga's story
A captured princess just wants a good night's sleep! Shhh...
Kidnapped by the Demon King and imprisoned in his castle, Princess Syalis is...bored.
She decides to while away the hours sleeping, but getting a good night's rest turns out to be a lot of work! She begins by fashioning a DIY pillow out of the fur of her Teddy Demon guards and an "air mattress" from the magical Shield of the Wind.
The princess's hapless demonic guards soon discover that their captive expects to be treated like, well a princess. Things go from bad to worse—for her captors—when some of Princes Syalis's schemes end in her untimely—if temporary—demise and she chooses the Forbidden Grimoire for her bedtime reading...
The manga launched in Weekly Shonen Sunday in 2016. Shogakukan published the manga's 27th compiled book volume on March 18. The manga's television anime adaptation premiered in October 2020. Funimationstreamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
Manga artist Kumakuzu revealed on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that their and Moyashi Fujisawa's Watashi no Arika manga will end in its sixth compiled book volume. There are no other details of the final volume's release.
The manga entered its final arc in this year's 17th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine on March 26. The manga then transferred to the YanMaga Web website on April 15.
The manga's story follows the center star of a rising idol group, Arika, who suffers a terrible accident.
Fujisawa and Kumakuzu launched the series in Weekly Young Magazine in December 2022. Kodansha published the manga's fifth volume on Tuesday.
Fujisawa serialized the Burn the House Down (Mitarai-ke Enjō Suru) manga in Kodansha's Kiss magazine from 2017 to 2021, and Kodansha published eight volumes for the manga. Kodansha USA Publishingreleased the manga in English, and it published the eighth volume in January 2023. The manga inspired a live-action series adaptation that aired on Netflix worldwide in 2023.
Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has licensed Yofune Shibue's The Second Alpha manga, Migiri Miki's My Kitten is a Picky Eater manga, Tabireco's The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him manga, Touya and chibi's A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO light novels, and Anji Matono's 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death manga.
Seven Seas will release Yofune Shibue's The Second Alpha (2-banme no Alpha) Boys Love manga digitally as well as physically in a single large-trim edition in November as part of the Seven Seas BL label. Seven Seas describes the manga:
When alpha Morita Souichi prepared for his first day at a brand-new job, he never expected to discover his destined mate! After a literal run-in with his coworker, Matsumoto Takashi, Morita instantly knows that the other man is not only an omega but the person he is meant to be with.
There's only one problem: the ring on Matsumoto's finger. Yet suddenly, Matsumoto goes into heat, and Morita's alpha instincts take over. As they lay entwined together, he hears Matsumoto's tearful apology to someone named “Haruma.” Is this alpha-omega pair destined for failure?
Seven Seas will release the first volume of Migiri Miki's My Kitten is a Picky Eater (Neko ni wa Neko no Neko Gohan.) manga digitally and in print in November 2024. Seven Seas describes the manga:
A kitten, on the verge of death, lies in the snow, only to be rescued by a kind young man, Mano Taiyo. Nursing the ailing kitten back to health, Taiyo names his new charge “Yuki.” As a first time pet owner, however, Taiyo struggles with Yuki's very particular palate. This picky kitty refuses to go anywhere near store-bought cat food! There's only one option left: while he's never cooked a single meal in his life, Taiyo resolves to make a meal worthy of his adorable new feline friend!
Miki launched the manga in Shueisha's Manga Mee manga app in 2020, and it is ongoing. Shueisha released the manga's 11th volume on January 25.
Seven Seas will release the first volume of Tabireco's The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him (Harapeko Succubus wa Ikasetai no ni!) manga both digitally and in print in August 2024 under its Ghost Ship imprint. Seven Seas describes the manga:
Kururi is a super-elite succubus looking to devour her one-thousandth man, but it can't be just any old shmuck! She wants to harvest the energy of a primo virgin. That should be easy, right? After all, no man's ever been able to refuse her charms...until she meets Jien, an ascetic monk in training. He proves immune to her potent aphrodisiac, forcing her to whip out every sexy trick in the book (and even invent some new ones). It's a battle of wills as their worlds collide!
Tabireco launched the manga in Kodansha's Yanmga Web manga website in July 2022, and ended it on January 19. Kodansha published the manga's third and final volume on April 18.
Seven Seas will release the first novel volume of Touya and chibi's A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO (Tensei Shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu: ZERO) light novels digitally and in print in December 2024 as part of its Airship imprint. Seven Seas describes the novels:
It's three hundred years before Fia and her friends' adventures in Náv, and Princess Serafina, the blind second princess of the land, lives hidden away in the forest. With only the forest spirits and her cousin, the young knight captain Sirius Ulysses, to keep her company, Serafina leads a peaceful life. But one day, an incident causes mysterious powers to awaken within her, and Serafina takes her first steps on the path that will ultimately lead her to becoming the one and only Great Saint!]
The novel series is a prequel to Touya and chibi's A Tale of the Secret Saint (Tensei Shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu) light novel series. Earth Star Entertainment published the first novel volume of the prequel in July 2022, and the fourth volume shipped on March 15. Shiina launched a manga adaptation of the prequel novels in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star manga website in October 2023. Earth Star Entertainment released the manga's first volume on March 13.
Touya debuted the original story on the Shōsetsu-ka ni Narou ("Let's Be Novelists") website in January 2019. Earth Star Entertainment began publishing the novels in print with the first volume in June 2019, with illustrations by chibi. The ninth volume shipped in October 2023. Mahito Aobelaunched the novels' manga adaptation in Comic Earth Star in November 2019. Earth Star Entertainment published the manga's 10th volume on March 13. Seven Seas is releasing both the original novels and its manga adaptation in English.
Seven Seas will release the first volume of Anji Matono's 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death (Boku ga Shinu dake no Hyakumonogatari) manga physically in December 2024. Seven Seas describes the manga:
One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bid to stall for time, asks him, “Do you know the round of a hundred ghost stories?” Hina tells Yuuma about a ritual where, if you tell a hundred ghost stories, you'll see ghosts afterward. Learning this gives Yuuma a new lease on life. Chapter by chapter, he shares ghost stories with the reader, slowly but surely inching his way toward one hundred..
