Kodansha Reveals Fall 2025 New Print Manga Licenses in Multi-day Announcement
Kodansha Reveals New Print Manga Licenses for Fall 2025 in Multi-day Announcement
Kodansha unveils their Fall 2025 print manga licenses for new series, premium editions & more in a three-day announcement event. Fans can keep track of all the new license reveals by following their social media accounts on X(Formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky.
February 19, 2025 — New & Upcoming Series:
Kicking off Kodansha’s latest batch of new series is the latest artistically explosive supernatural manga Kaijin Fugeki: Kindled Spirits by Oh! Great (Air Gear); followed by the historical action–fantasy saga The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji, with art by the inimitable Tetsuo Hara (Fist of the North Star); as well as a creeping haunted house horror, Sayuri by Rensuke Oshikiri; two new BL one-shots with stories running the spectrum from sweet to spicy with Flip Flip Slowly by Mame Ohtako, and In the Key of Love, Reprised by Guri Nojiro; and last but not least comes the intriguing political power struggle BL set in the omegaverse, Omega Megaera by Maki Marukido.
February 18, 2025 — Box Set & Surprise Update:
With the success of the first Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) Manga Box Set, Kodansha is now announcing for Fall 2025 the 2nd box set collecting the remaining volumes of the main series as well as both volumes of the Codename: Sailor V prequel.
Kodansha also gives a surprise update on the Kodansha Print Club—the print-on-demand publishing program aimed at bringing digital-first manga favorites to print. Starting this week, volume 1s of the inaugural series, Love, That’s an Understatement; Blade Girl and Teppu will be available for sale across all participating vendors! See below for more details.
February 17, 2025 — Premium & New Editions:
The Fall 2025 new license reveals begin with a premium edition return of the artistically striking, supernatural mystery manga, Mushishi; along with new omnibus editions of the apocalyptic horror manga, Dragon Head; and the all-ages super hero saga, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
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Kaijin Fugeki: Kindled Spirits
By Oh!Great
Debut Date: Fall 2025
An exciting new fantasy series from Oh!Great, award-winning creator of Air Gear and illustrator of the BAKEMONOGATARI manga.
Night, phenomena that were once known as natural disasters. Faced with the threat of inexplicable destruction, children offer their prayers in the form of dance in order to borrow the power of the gods, quell the Night's fury, and deliver the world from ruin. In a fateful encounter, a boy from a rural town in Japan, Jin, meets Gao, a British soldier who was forced to flee his homeland by the Night. The two spend their halcyon days with their friends in the quiet town surrounded by nature. Until one day, the Night suddenly falls on them once again!
Rated: 13+
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The Magnificient Bastard: The Legend of Keiji
Art by Tetsuo Hara, Original Story by Keiichiro Ryu, Adapted by Mio Aso
Debut Date: Fall 2025
Tetsuo Hara’s masterful follow-up to the generation-defining Fist of the North Star—a rollicking samurai epic inspired by a real-life legend.
Long before the Japan of today, there was a land riven by a century of war between hundreds of feudal lords. Standing astride this most chaotic and storied era in Japanese history was a samurai unlike any other—courageous, free-spirited, and peerless on the battlefield, Keiji Maeda had a bombastic style and a penchant for outrageous antics as well as incredible feats of daring. Beloved by his friends, admired by his enemies, and utterly confounding to authority figures, he went out of his way to break every rule but one—his warrior’s code. Adapted from a classic historical novel by the iconic artist of Fist of the North Star, there’s never been a more thrilling way to experience the golden age of the shogun, samurai, and ninja than this larger-than-life legend of the wildest samurai who ever lived!
Rated: 16+
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Sayuri
By Rensuke Oshikiri
Debut Date: Fall 2025
Welcome to the Dream Home from Hell
When Norio and his extended family move into their first stand-alone home, it seems like a dream come true…until rumors about the tragic fates of previous residents start to taint this happy moment. Within a month, Norio’s father is dead and a terrifying darkness begins taking hold of the rest of his family. As mystery and misery plague the bereaved family, only one thing is clear: something—or someone—is making sure life in this house becomes the stuff of nightmares.
Rated: 16+
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Flip Flip Slowly
By Mame Ohtako
Debut Date: Fall 2025
In this new BL one-shot manga, an older city man looking to find solace in a small country library and a curious young librarian who can't help falling for him. A simple, moving story about two men finding common ground despite their overt differences, and the way love can sneak up on you when you least expect it...
In a rural country town where nothing exciting ever happens, a new face suddenly appears at the library: a man from the city who starts to show up every week without fail. With each visit, the librarian, Hagiwara, can't help but notice little things about this new regular, Yabumi--his punctuality, his demeanor, his strangely methodical approach to reading every single book by a single author... Slowly, without realizing it, that simple observation blooms into a deeper interest that draws Hagiwara in, until he can't help it! He wants to get to know Yabumi better. But how will be bridge the distance, when there's no talking in the library?
Rated: 16+
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In the Key of Love, Reprised
By Guri Nojiro
Debut Date: Fall 2025
Sweet Home Hokkaido wins over a conductor for whom home is anything but sweet.
A big bear hug of a BL that will melt the iciest of hearts!
Forced by poor health to take a leave of absence, famous conductor Kiri begrudgingly returns to his hometown in Hokkaido for some much-needed rest. His first night back, however, he comes dangerously close to freezing to death—until humble grocer Okimu scoops him up out of the cold and into the warmth of his embrace. But can this younger man, a years-long fan of Kiri’s work, thaw out the ice in the maestro’s heart? Or will Kiri be doomed to a life of frigid loneliness forever?
Rated: 18+
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Omega Megaera
By Maki Marukido
Debut Date: Fall 2025
The highly-anticipated, genre-defining omegaverse manga, in English at last! From beloved BL author Maki Marukido (Pornographer) comes a story steeped in secrets, lies, and family drama. Saimon, an omega, is shunned by his husband’s family for being unable to bear children. But when his father-in-law tasks with a special favor, it pushes Saimon to spin a tangled web of deception--all to keep his place in the family.
In a world where people have one of three genders—alpha, beta, or omega—in addition to being male or female, alphas have pushed their way to the top. Omegas are oppressed, their status determined by whether or not they successfully bear alpha children. An omega named Saimon marries into the prolific Hanabusa family, a major conglomerate, but is unable to produce an heir for his alpha husband Seijuro, and is shunned as a “Megaera,” a creature that brings ill fortune. One day, Saimon is summoned by the family patriarch Zenjiro and ordered to locate the man’s illegitimate son. Saimon finds the boy, Mamiya, who has been making a life for himself on the streets while hiding the fact that he’s an omega. Desperate to regain his position as Seijuro’s top spouse, Saimon proposes an audacious plan: pass Mamiya off as an alpha heir and try to gain the headship of the Hanabusa family.
Rated: 18+
BOX SET & SURPRISE UPDATE:
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Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection Manga Box Set 2
By Naoko Takeuchi
Debut Date: Fall 2025
The Sailor Guardians awaken in this box set of the everlasting masterpiece, featuring 6 volumes of manga, 16 art cards, exclusive stickers, and a premium holographic box!
Includes volumes 7–10 of the Naoko Takeuchi Collection edition of the Sailor Moon manga, volumes 1-2 of the Naoko Takeuchi Collection edition of the Codename: Sailor V prequel, an exclusive set of 16 art cards, an exclusive set of stickers, and a beautiful holographic box featuring a premium magnetic enclosure.
Rated: 16+
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This week, manga fans will, once again, be able to place their print orders for the Kodansha Print Club volumes of Love, That’s an Understatement; Blade Girl and Teppu from participating retailers. A list of where fans can order their copy can be seen via the updated KPC announcement here. This updated announcement also addresses some customer and retailer questions received since the initial launch.
PREMIUM & NEW EDITIONS:
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Mushishi Collector's Edition
By Yuki Urushibara
Debut Date: Fall 2025
The beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a
completely original translation and new cover illustrations.
Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don't obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushishi.
Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association. The series inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of Mushishi became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages—until now.
“It's a manga with a very original vision, with a sort of 'flowing life' of its own, a biologist's precision mixed with creepy fairytales and a surreal, dreamy feel… [A] feeling that there are forces in this world which humans can't control or understand…but maybe, says the Mushi-shi and the scientist, you can at least bear witness." –Jason Thompson, Anime News Network
Rated: 16+
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Dragon Head
By Minetaro Mochizuki
Debut Date: Fall 2025
The end of everyone was just the beginning…
Minetaro Mochizuki’s award-winning 90s head-trip disaster manga is returning to print with a brand-new translation, and will be available in four 2.5-in-1 omnibuses.
Teru and his high school class are on the train ride home from a school field trip when a catastrophic something derails their train and leaves them buried beneath tons of rubble. When Teru comes to, all his friends and teachers are lying lifeless in a hellish heap of bloody carnage. Trapped in unending darkness filled with death and decay, he and the only two other survivors must find a way to escape and make it back home—if home still exists.
Rated: 16+
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Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Complete Omnibus
By Koma Warita, Riku Tsuchida, Toei Animation, and ZAG
Debut Date: Fall 2025
All three volumes of the best-selling Miraculous manga, in a large-sized, all-in-one edition!
Marinette is your typical high school student: cheery and a little clumsy. Not so typical? She can transform into a superhero! As the confident, masked Ladybug, Marinette guards the streets of the City of Lights alongside Cat Noir, another superhero who, unbeknownst to Marinette, is her classmate Adrian, and her crush! Adrian doesn’t know who Ladybug is, either, but he’s crushing on her, too. Supervillains, school, and criss-crossed crushes? As if being a teenager and a crime fighting superhero wasn’t enough!
Rated: 8+
Stay tuned for even more Fall 2025 new print manga license reveals over the next couple of days with updates happening here and on the Kodansha social media channels.