News culture After the end of Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia, one of the most promising manga is entitled to an anime! You’re not ready
If you like manga, you can say that the choice is huge. There are hundreds of works available, whether in paper format or as anime adaptations. In France, one of the largest markets for Japanese works, many fans await the release of publications that the rest of the world has not heard of. One of them is new, but is being adapted into a TV series.
Kagurabachi: brilliant success and great ambitions
A real manga culture has developed in France since the 80s. It started with the Club Dorothée, then with the cable channels and Despite a sharp decline in public broadcasting, manga has continued to develop in France. The phenomenon is now global and it is enough to talk about it Naruto / Boruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Demon Slayer, Fairy Tail, One Punch Man, L’Attaque des Titans, My Hero Academia or Jujutsu Kaisen to see hordes of fans come out.
The recent and colossal success of DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO is just another example and above all, the examples mentioned are just some of the big hits. Walk into a bookstore and you’ll see this without having to turn to the heads of the gondola, There is a lot to do. Despite all this, and with very rare exceptions, Shonen (teenage manga) often end up in the weekly box set. Chapters are published in collections like Weekly Shonen Jump, and it is the readership that determines whether a story develops or not through a voting system.
Weekly Shonen Jump readers have been following since September 2023 the adventures imagined by Takeru Hokazono for the manga Kagurabachi. The latter follows the adventures of Chihiro Rokuhira, the son of a legendary blacksmith who forged six enchanted swords. This is murdered by a group of wizards, Chihiro goes on a quest for revenge armed with the seventh magical sword that his father had left him.
An anime is already in production
The success of Kagurabachi led to a release in tankobon format (in volumes) starting in February 2024, and four volumes have already been published to date. We will soon be able to discover it at home, With an official translation in the works, a release is planned for February 2025. It was Kana who announced the news last July, and readers already seem excited to discover the official translation and receive the works. That has to be said This manga is recommended by Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto) and Kohei Horikoishi (My Hero Academia).and he wins the Tezuka PrizeInterest can only be great. Also note that Takeru Hokazono is only 24 years old.
The story is already beautiful, especially since Kagurabachi won the Next Manga Award 2024, but it’s obviously not finished yet. According to the Anime Tsumi account on X, The anime adaptation of Kagurabachi has reportedly begun. Several studios, including MAPPA, expressed interest after learning that Shueisha had given his approval. Stay now I’ll wait to find out more and find out the air date the first episodes. In the meantime, French fans can head to bookstores in February to discover the manga.
