Kodoani.com – Author Aka Akasaka, famous for Oshi no Ko and Kaguya-sama: Love is Waris preparing to launch a new manga in Young Jump magazine in spring 2025. The series will have an interesting collaboration with artist Ajichika, who created Record of Ragnarok, taking care of the art, and Aoi Kujira (author of Geek Circle Crisis) will compose the plot. The magazine also revealed that the new manga will revolve around a fairy tale with a prince and princess linked by fate.
In the same issue, Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari also officially ended the Oshi no Ko manga, with volume 16 – the final volume – scheduled to be released on December 18. Oshi no Ko became a phenomenon when it won the Manga Award in general. best at the 46th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2022, won honors at the 2021 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards, and received many other prestigious nominations. The manga has been translated into many languages and sold more than 3 million copies, making it one of the most readable manga for male readers according to the list Kono Manga ga Sugoi!
Not only outstanding in the manga segment, Oshi no Ko also conquered the audience through the anime version, first broadcast in April 2023 with a 90-minute opening episode and achieved record success on the HIDIVE platform. The anime is gearing up for its third season after the highly successful first two seasons. In addition, the series was adapted into a live-action film and an eight-episode television series on Amazon Prime Video, launching globally on November 28, with a follow-up film in theaters on November 20. December. The stage play “2.5D stage play” will also take place in Osaka from December 26 to 29, bringing a new experience to fans.
With constant creativity, Akasaka promises to bring a potential project with his new manga, continuing to make a special mark in the hearts of readers.
