Kodoani.com – Afternoon Magazine belong to Kodansha December issue revealed on Friday that the manga Moyashimon (Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture) by Masayuki Ishikawa There will be a new series titled Moyashimon + in the January 2025 issue, scheduled for release on November 25. The series will have a special manga published in the same magazine on Friday.
Del Rey licensed the series and released two volumes before Kodansha Comics USA took over Del Rey's titles in 2010. The company describes the story as follows:
Tadayasu is a newly graduated college student with an immature appearance, hiding a strange secret: he has the ability to see bacteria with the naked eye. Between the machinations of an eccentric professor determined to discover the power of the microbial world and the failed agricultural experiments of his classmates, can Tadayasu find the college atmosphere he dreams of?
The manga debuted in the magazine Evening Kodansha's semi-monthly magazine in 2004, but switched to a magazine Morning Two monthly in 2013. Kodansha published the 13th volume in March 2014, and the series ended in the magazine Morning Two March 2014 issue in January 2014.
Moyashimon inspired two animated television series and a live-action television series.
Ishikawa has released a new one-shot for the series Maria the Virgin Witch (Junketsu no Maria) in November 2018, this chapter commemorates the manga's 10th anniversary.