Manga publishers have racked up a lot of intriguing new titles for spring, summer, and fall 2025 release. Let’s take a look!

Cosmos, by Ryuhei Tamura (VIZ): High schooler Kaede has the ability to see when someone is lying. When he figures out that a classmate is actually an alien in disguise, he gets an offer to become an “insurance investigator” who hunts aliens. The series launched in 2023 and is up to five volumes so far; in Japan, it was blurbed by manga creators Tite Kubo, Hiromu Arakawa, and Rumiko Takahashi and has been nominated for the 2025 Manga Taishō award. Viz will publish the first volume on May 20 with an MSRP of $14.99.

Spice and Wolf Collector’s Edition, by Isuna Hasekura and Keito Koume (Yen Press): With a new anime series running on Crunchyroll, Yen Press has taken the opportunity to release a new edition of this series as two-in-one paperback omnibi with a larger 5.75” x 8.25” trim size (see “Japan Manga Market Slows”). The series is rated 18+, and the first volume will be released on May 27 with an MSRP of $22.00.

Kindergarten Wars, by You Chiba (Yen Press): All the teachers are criminals at the safest kindergarten in the world, where the students are the children of world leaders, because who better to stop an assassination or kidnapping than assassins and kidnappers? Rita, a.k.a. Convict 999, is a legendary assassin who takes a teaching gig there in exchange for a reduced sentence, and she’s also hoping to meet some hot guys. The series is rated for Older Teens, and the first volume will be released on May 27 with an MSRP of $13.00.

A Witch’s Life in Mongol, by Tomato Soup (Yen Press): This historical drama is set in the 13th century and follows the fortunes of Fatima, the slave to a family of Persian scholars who is kidnapped by invading Mongols and taken to the palace of the second Great Khan, where she is protected by one of his wives. This teen-rated josei series was nominated for the Manga Taishō Award in 2023 and 2024, and Yen Sales and Marketing Director Mark de Vera singled it out, along with Kindergarten Wars, as a manga Yen has high hopes for (see “ICv2 Interview”). The first volume will be published on May 27 with an MSRP of $15.00.

Cats with Jobs, by Pandania (Seven Seas): Pandania’s manga features cute cats that up till now have impersonated monsters (see “Seven Seas Licenses ‘Monster Cats’”), yokai, and Lovecraftian horrors. Now they have gone straight and have respectable jobs, from dentists to astronauts to opera singers. Like the others, this manga is in full color and rated for ages 10 and up; Seven Seas will publish it on June 17 with an MSRP of $14.99.

H.P. Lovecraft’s The Colour Out of Space, by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse): Gou Tanabe adapts Lovecraft’s tale of an alien visitor that brought blight and destruction. As it has with Tanabe’s previous work (see “Gou Tanabe’s Adaptation of ‘The Call of Cthulhu’”), Dark Hors is giving this volume a bit of extra deluxe treatment, with four color pages and a tip-in title page with metallic gold ink. The one-shot, rated for ages 14+, will be published on July 1 with an MSRP of $14.99.

Tokyo Revengers: Brilliant Full Color Edition, by Ken Wakui (Seven Seas): Seven Seas got the print license for Tokyo Revengers in 2022 (see “‘Tokyo Revengers’ Coming to Print”), and it has done well for them. Several volumes sold well enough to make the BookScan Top 20, and Circana analyst Kristen McLean identified it as one of the fastest growing series in the book channel in 2023 (see “Graphic Novel Sales Down from Last Year”). Now Seven Seas is bringing out a new edition of the time-travel street-fighting series, still as two-in-one omnibi but now in full color. The series is rated for ages 15+, and the first volume will be released on July 1 with an MSRP of $29.99.

Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda’s Gokura-chou, by Akihito Sakaue (Yen Press): This is the sort of manga that wins awards, and in fact, it won the Tezuka Osamu New Creator Prize in 2024 and was nominated for a Manga Taishō award as well. It’s a historical slice-of-life manga about craftspeople making handmade objects in old Japan. Yen is giving this 13+ series a bit of special treatment with the larger 5.75” x 8.25” trim size; the first volume will be released on July 22 with an MSRP of $20.00.

Cat + Crazy, by Wataru Nadatani (Dark Horse): This is an earlier series by the creator of Cat + Gamer,which is already licensed by Dark Horse (see “Dark Horse Announces Second Series by ‘Cat + Gamer’ Creator”). This story follows a teen who loves cats despite being allergic to them, and who learns the Cat Fist Way from the Ultimate Cat Whisperer. Cat + Crazy is rated for ages 14+, and the first volume will be published on July 29 with an MSRP of $12.99.

Witch Hat Atelier Boxed Set, by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha): Shirahama’s story of a girl at a school for witches won both a Harvey and an Eisner Award, and the anime adaptation is slated to premiere later this year (see “Manga with New and Upcoming Anime”). That’s going to make this box set a tempting proposition for newcomers who want to binge on the series. The set includes the first six volumes of the manga, which is rated for ages 10 and up, along with an exclusive set of art cards; it will go on sale on August 5 with an MSRP of $77.94.

Dur-An-Ki, by Kentaro Miura and Studio Gaga (Dark Horse): This one-shot manga, rated for ages 16+, is an original story by the late Berserk creator, with art by his studio. Inspired by Greek and Mesopotamian mythology, it follows Usumgal, a remarkable creature who is neither god nor human, neither male nor female, through a series of encounters with humans. The manga will go on sale on September 16 with an MSRP of $14.99.

Kamudo, by Akira Himekawa (VIZ): The two-woman team behind the Legend of Zelda manga launch their own original fantasy series (see “Original Manga by ‘Zelda’ Creators”), set in a realm of demi-humans and demi-dragons. The first volume will be released on October 7 with an MSRP of $14.99.

Omega 6, by Takaya Imamura (Dark Horse): Imamura is the creator of the video game OMEGA6: The Triangle Stars, and this manga is set in that world, starring two bounty-hunter androids looking for a big score. They gain berserker powers by eating a magic fruit, but when the effect wears off, they become much weaker than before and have to return to their pods to recharge. When the villain they are trying to catch turns out to be a tougher customer than they expected, things go awry. This one-shot manga is pitched at fans of tokusatsu and sci-fi manga such as Cyborg 009 and is rated for ages 8 and up. It will be released on October 21 with an MSRP of $14.99.

Kingdom, by Yasuhisa Hara (VIZ): Set in China in the Warring States era, Kingdom is the story of an orphan who battles his way to power to become a general and unites the fractured kingdom. This series is 74 volumes long, which makes it seem like a long shot for serialization, but in fact VIZ declared it their most requested series ever (see “Viz Licenses Award-Winning ‘Kingdom’ Manga”), and VIZ Media Director, Publishing Sales Sarah Anderson pointed to it as a key release (see “ICv2 Interview”). The first volume will be released on November 11 with an MSRP of $14.99.

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