Hajime Segawa’s Manga Launched June 2020, Ends November 2021 Images courtesy of Titan Manga Titan Comics’ Titan Manga imprint announced on Monday that it has licensed the Corpse Blade manga (Shikabane-Gatana) by Hajime Segawa. The publisher will release the first volume of the manga in English on October 15. The manga is currently available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet in the UK
Titan Manga describes his story:
For fans of fighting manga and zombies, two Deadly Teens must slay the undead for any hope of a normal life!
Armed with guns and the mysterious Corpse Blade, can Tsutsuki save his sister?
The first volume in the legendary Corpse Blade series, an action-packed romp through a zombie overrun in Tokyo! School, housework, killing zombies—it’s all part of a typical day for Tsuranuki Tsutsuki! After his sister is kidnapped by zombies, this middle school student sets out to save her, becoming proficient with guns—but he won’t be alone when he meets another kid on a mission, a female Mysterious high school student who can command zombies. The awesome power of the Corpse Blade!
Segawa launched the manga in Kadokawa’s Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in June 2020 and ended it in November 2021. Kadokawa published the manga’s third compilation volume in January 2022.
Segawa previously published the supernatural action manga Ga-Rei from 2006 to 2010, and Kadokawa published the series in 12 compiled volumes. The now-defunct J Manga app previously distributed the series in English, and now all volumes are available in English on Kadokawa’s BookWalker service.
The manga inspired the prequel television anime Ga-Rei: Zero in 2008, and Funimation published the series. series on home video in North America.
The manga creator later launched an “outside-of-school spiritual action” series titled Tokyo ESP in Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in 2010 and ended it in July 2016. Kadokawa has published 16 volumes in total. Suitable for Tokyo ESP. Vertical published the manga as a two-in-one volume in North America. An anime adaptation of the manga premiered in July 2014.
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