Kodansha to Release U.S. Special Edition of Young Magazine

Kodansha's manga publication Young Magazine is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and to celebrate, the magazine will have a special edition, English-language issue release. The magazine will be given away to attendees at Anime NYC from August 21-24, 2025, and at 17 select participating Kinokuniya bookstores from August 21 to November 10, 2025, while supplies last. Young Magazine special issue cover, ©︎ 2025 KODANSHA LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The special edition magazine includes chapters from the following works and authors: BOYS RUN THE RIOT - IN TRANSITION - by Keito Gaku Fasciation by OUGA Godmother by Rin Shimokawa GOUMA The Blade that Slaughters Gods by Hiroki Ishizawa Into the Dark by Anri Morikuma Is My Love Strange? by Hikari Azuma KIKIKAIKAI by Kyuri Yamada Pregnant by Denchi Matsumoto (story) and Keita Nishijima (art) PROJECT METALLIA by Yukito Iwai Protocol Ryugu by Daisaku Tsuru Still You by Kami Nishio The Graveyard Shift by Yoshimi Sato The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers by Daisuke Itabashi The Knight of Blasphemy by Ray Kindo THE LAST TERRAN by Hiroshi Takashige (story) and Tatsumi Hitomoji (art) To Dusk and Twilight by Robico RELATED: Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition Manga and More Coming from Kodansha in Spring 2026 The special edition magazine will include a fan voting event allowing readers to elect their favorites from the 16 works above to be serialized on Kodansha's K MANGA app. Voting will be held on the official Young Magazine website (launching soon) and the X (formerly Twitter) social media account . The special edition magazine also includes chapters from the following works and authors as featured additional titles, outside of the fan voting contest: ME AND BOB DYLAN (AND MY FATHER) by Shuzo Oshimi The Silent Forest by Masaaki Nakayama Subaru and Subaru by Shuichi Shigeno UNDER NINJA by Kengo Hanazawa Source : Press Release

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