published on 2024-03-27 16:30 EDT by Anita Tai
Scary light unique series started releasing in 2018
Manga developer Jinsei Kataoka revealed on March 22 that she will be adjusting Ichi Sawamura’s Higa Shimai Series (Higa Sisters Series) light books into a manga series with regular partner Kazuma Kondou in 2024.
Image through Ichi Sawamura’s Twitter
© Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou, Ichi Sawamura, Kadokawa
Kadokawa started releasing the scary series in October 2015. The very first book in the series, “Bogiwan ga, Kuru” (Bogiwan is Coming) won the 22nd Japan Horror Novel Award and was adjusted into a live-action movie in 2018.
The duo formerly teased a brand-new series in November.
They just recently ended their Retropolis Scratch manga on September 8. The duo introduced the manga in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in July 2022. Kodansha released the 3rd and last put together book volume on October 6.
The duo introduced the “steampunk action” manga Smokin’ Parade in Kadokawa’s Monthly Shōnen Ace publication in August 2015, and ended the series in April 2021. Kadokawa released the 10th and last volume in July 2021. Yen Press launched the manga in English.
Kataoka and Kondou introduced their 13-volume Deadman Wonderland manga in Monthly Shōnen Ace in 2006, and ended the series in July 2013. Tokyopop released the very first 5 volumes of the manga before the business closed down its North American publishing department in 2011. Viz Media later on launched the series in English in North America. The manga got a 12-episode tv anime adjustment in 2011, and Funimation launched the series in North America on DVD in 2012, and in a Blu-ray/DVD combination plan in July 2014.
The duo have actually likewise dealt with the Eureka Seven manga together.
Sources: Jinsei Kataoka’s Twitter account, Ichi Sawamura’s Twitter account
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