{"rewrite":{"id":"r_01a2164a121823e0c5b7488d","clusterId":"c_928d38fdd205991d845aed2b","slug":"kadokawa-opens-kadokawa-world-manga-english-label","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"KADOKAWA Opens KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA English Label","summary":"KADOKAWA announced on October 30 that it has opened KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA, a KadoComi label that releases English versions of manga serialized in Japan. The opening chapters and latest chapters go up free, translated anew, so overseas readers do not wait for print volumes. The lineup is seven titles, among them BRAIN ALIVE, Kung Fu Kung Fool, Spica and Voice of Books, A Peach Offering for the Imperial Court, ELDEN RING The Road to the Erdtree and Suikoden STAR LEAP, with more to come.","whyItMatters":"KADOKAWA is answering overseas readers who asked to read serialized chapters in English as they run, and it is putting untranslated work by overseas creators, including KWMA projects, on the same label.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe label sits inside KadoComi, KADOKAWA\u0026#39;s web manga platform, and covers both titles that draw attention in Japan and titles by overseas creators published in Japan that had no English translation until now. Every chapter is newly translated. KADOKAWA says the title count will grow in stages, and that works born from KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA ATELIER, its project for discovering and supporting overseas creators, will be distributed in English through the same label. Before this, KADOKAWA put trial readings and similar material into English on social media and other channels.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRAIN ALIVE\u003c/strong\u003e: Fantasy with an original story by Rafal Jaki, executive producer of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 1\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKung Fu Kung Fool\u003c/strong\u003e: Action comedy by Indian creator masterlynx, Silver Award winner at the Wordless Manga Contest\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpica and Voice of Books\u003c/strong\u003e: Fantasy by Kimiko Ueno about an elf girl apprenticed to a bookbinder\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Peach Offering for the Imperial Court\u003c/strong\u003e: Romance by Yuho Uechi, nominated for the Minna ga Erabu!! E-Comic Award and other awards\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eELDEN RING The Road to the Erdtree\u003c/strong\u003e: Comicalization by Nikiichi Tobita of the action RPG ELDEN RING\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuikoden STAR LEAP\u003c/strong\u003e: Comicalization by Aki Shimizu of the Suikoden series\u0026#39; first mobile title\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKADOKAWA WORLD MANGA ATELIER works\u003c/strong\u003e: English versions of works from the overseas creator project will also be distributed\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"KADOKAWA opened KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA on October 30. The KadoComi label puts the opening and latest chapters of Japanese serializations online in English, free, newly translated. Seven titles at launch, more to follow.","twitterPost":"KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA is live on KadoComi as of October 30. Opening and latest chapters of Japanese serialized manga go up free in English, newly translated. Seven titles at launch, including BRAIN ALIVE and Suikoden STAR LEAP.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"KADOKAWA opened KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA, a KadoComi label for English versions of manga serialized in Japan. Opening and latest chapters are free and newly translated, with seven titles at launch and more planned. 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