Manga, manhwa and light novel news — new licenses, volume releases, serialisations, endings, adaptations and publisher announcements.
Gachiakuta is coming back. Creator Kei Urana said on X on Thursday that the manga will resume on November 11, ending a hiatus that began in August. The last new chapter ran in Weekly Shōnen Magazine’s 36th and 37th combined…
Glacier Bay Books announced five new manga licenses on Sunday. The indie publisher, which focuses on alternative and indie Japanese comics, will put out Oedo-chan of Moguraya, A Vase of Life, Faraway Blue, All I Can Do, and The Dovecote…
The Coppersmith’s Bride is close to its finish. Creator namo announced on social media that the manga will end in three chapters, counting the one that runs in Harta magazine’s November issue on October 15. If nothing slips, the series…
Two finished Shonen Jump manga are getting new prose. Shueisha has announced novels for The Promised Neverland and Blue Box, and both books pick up where the mangas left off. For The Promised Neverland, the new novel is titled Yakusoku…
The Black Summoner manga has ended. The final chapter, the series’ 200th, is out now, and publisher Overlap will ship the last collected volume on October 20. Comic Gardo, where the series has run since 2018, confirmed the ending through…
Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix is returning to the stage. A new play, Hi no Tori Mirai-hen ZEROMDISTANCE (Phoenix Future Arc ZEROMDISTANCE), will run at Sakura Hall in Shibuya Cultural Centre Owada in Tokyo from February 6 to 8, 2027, adapting the…
Manga creator Inaba is starting a new series. The November issue of Kadokawa’s Monthly Dragon Age revealed last Friday, October 9, 2026, that Inaba will launch a manga titled Nukedashi ~Renai Kinshi no Koto de Ore wa Ajin Joshi to…
Junji Ito is getting another live-action adaptation, and this one is leaving Japan. Toei announced on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, that it is working with Thai production company 13 Studio on a feature-length, Thai-language film version of Ito’s horror short…
Killing Bites has started its final chapter. Hero’s Inc. published the first part of the last chapter on Friday, October 9, 2026, moving a manga that has run since 2017 toward its ending. The series is written by Shinya Murata…
Satoshi Shiki’s Casshern R manga is coming to an end. Retailers are listing the third compiled volume as the final one, and it ships on December 18. The listing is the source of the news for now, so there is…
German publisher Dokico announced on Saturday that Ayster will draw the manga adaptation of Inori’s novel Homunculus Tears: Alchemy for the Brokenhearted (Homunculus no Namida: Kietai Kimi e no Renkinjutsu). The manga will be published in German, English and Japanese…
Haikyu!! is teaming up with Japan’s Spring High volleyball tournament for the first time in seven years, and creator Haruichi Furudate drew a fresh illustration of Shoyo Hinata to mark the pairing. The artwork appeared during the Jump Press livestream…