{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3593d4779fca4ae4841a1586","clusterId":"c_c2f1b3420db341e1a2ec84fc","slug":"kan-takahama-launches-new-manga-anchoring-dutchman","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kan Takahama Launches New Manga Anchoring Dutchman","summary":"Kan Takahama has launched a new manga titled Anchoring Dutchman, a collaboration with Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park. The series, set in 2036, follows a romance between a museum curator and a ghost. The first chapter is now available on LEED Publishing's Torch web platform.","whyItMatters":"The new series continues Takahama's pattern of Nagasaki-set historical fiction, following her award-winning Ōgishima Saijiki.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe first chapter of Anchoring Dutchman is available now on LEED Publishing's Torch web platform. The series is set in 2036 and centers on a museum curator and a ghost trapped in the museum by a curse from his ship, who can only be freed by his true love. The manga is a collaboration with Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTakahama won the Le Prix Konishi at the 52nd Angoulême International Comics Festival in February 2025 for the French translation of Ōgishima Saijiki, which is the third and final work in her \"Nagasaki Trilogy.\" Her previous manga Shishi to Botan launched on Torch in November 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kan Takahama's new manga is a ghost romance set in 2036, but the real draw is its setting: Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park, a replica of a Dutch town.","twitterPost":"Kan Takahama's new manga is a ghost romance set in 2036 at Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park, a real-world Dutch replica.","threadsPost":"Kan Takahama's new manga Anchoring Dutchman is a ghost romance set in 2036 at Huis Ten Bosch, a Dutch-themed park in Nagasaki. The park is a real location, not a fictional backdrop. Takahama has a history with Nagasaki-set stories, but this is her first direct collaboration with a theme park.","newsletterBlurb":"Kan Takahama has launched a new manga titled Anchoring Dutchman, a collaboration with Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park. The series, set in 2036, follows a romance between a museum curator and a ghost. The first chapter is available now on LEED Publishing's Torch web platform.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-25/kan-takahama-launches-new-manga/.237767\",\"title\":\"Kan Takahama Launches New Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3777,"outputTokens":528,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779826464,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T19:16:30.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-25T19:30:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T19:30:44.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c2f1b3420db341e1a2ec84fc","canonicalTitle":"Kan Takahama Launches New Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_7d1a497fbcb97c55b2fff3a6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Anchoring Dutchman\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kan Takahama\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-25T17:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-25T17:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T19:30:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-25/kan-takahama-launches-new-manga/.237767","title":"Kan Takahama Launches New Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Anchoring Dutchman"],"studios":[],"people":["Kan Takahama"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Kan Takahama launched the manga Anchoring Dutchman on LEED Publishing's Torch web platform.","The story is set in 2036 and follows a romance between a museum curator and a ghost.","The manga is a collaboration with Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park.","Takahama won the Le Prix Konishi at the 52nd Angoulême International Comics Festival in February 2025 for Ōgishima Saijiki.","Ōgishima Saijiki is the third and final work in her 'Nagasaki Trilogy.'"]}