{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8f9b1826fb1bd872e82d50a0","clusterId":"c_9c5ee4cd50e53c202e7e147d","slug":"arata-aki-launches-enma-note-jigoku-idol-project-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Arata Aki Launches Enma Note: Jigoku Idol Project Manga","summary":"Kadokawa's Comic Gene magazine announced Monday that Arata Aki will launch a new manga, Enma Note: Jigoku Idol Project, in its October issue on Tuesday. The story follows overworked denizens of hell whose workload grows after a certain death, and who hold idol auditions for the young men of hell to inspire hope. Aki's previous series include A Destructive God Sits Next to Me, which ended in April 2020.","whyItMatters":"Aki built a decade-long Monthly Comic Gene run with A Destructive God Sits Next to Me and its 2020 television anime, and the new series returns to the same magazine with a premise that reworks the underworld into an idol audition, so the launch lands inside an established readership rather than a new one.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe series is set to begin in the October issue of Kadokawa\u0026#39;s Comic Gene, published Tuesday. Its premise places idol auditions in hell, staged for the young men of the underworld so the residents can recover some hope after a death raises their workload.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nFor Aki, the magazine is familiar ground. A Destructive God Sits Next to Me ran in Monthly Comic Gene from January 2013 to April 2020, with 12 compiled volumes from Kadokawa and a 12-episode anime in January 2020. Aki also launched Kawaii Sekai Seifuku in the same magazine in April 2022.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Arata Aki moves from A Destructive God Sits Next to Me to hell's own idol auditions. The pitch is the inversion: demons managing idol groups, not humans chasing stardom.","twitterPost":"Arata Aki's new manga puts demons in the producer's chair, not on the stage. Hell's idol auditions are the premise.","threadsPost":"Arata Aki is following A Destructive God Sits Next to Me with Enma Note: Jigoku Idol Project, where hell runs idol auditions to lift morale among overworked demons. The pitch flips the usual idol setup: the audience is damned, the talent is damned, and the producers are the ones who need hope.","newsletterBlurb":"Arata Aki is launching a new manga, Enma Note: Jigoku Idol Project, in the October issue of Kadokawa's Comic Gene on Tuesday. The story sets idol auditions among overworked denizens of hell. Aki's A Destructive God Sits Next to Me ran in the same magazine from 2013 to 2020 and received a 12-episode anime in January 2020.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-14/arata-aki-launches-new-enma-note-demon-idol-manga/.241782\",\"title\":\"Arata Aki Launches New Enma Note Demon Idol Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4264,"outputTokens":691,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789430363,"createdAt":"2026-09-14T23:53:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T23:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T23:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9c5ee4cd50e53c202e7e147d","canonicalTitle":"News\nArata Aki Launches New Enma Note Demon Idol Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_fe8da1e682e9d80010619726","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Enma Note: Jigoku Idol Project\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Arata Aki\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-14T23:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-14T23:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T23:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-14/arata-aki-launches-new-enma-note-demon-idol-manga/.241782","title":"News\nArata Aki Launches New Enma Note Demon Idol Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Enma Note: Jigoku Idol Project"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Arata Aki"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}