{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3b6d44a7a0f351847d6c9d12","clusterId":"c_f4b4be4109c8bf9ac05480e3","slug":"kana-delays-inio-asano-s-before-dawn-and-the-end-of-the-world-manga-to-march-4","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kana Delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World Manga to March 4","summary":"Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint delayed Inio Asano's short story collection Before Dawn and the End of the World to March 4. The anthology, previously set for November, collects ten stories originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits from 2005 to 2008. The stories were previously unpublished in English.","whyItMatters":"The delay pushes the English release of Asano's early short stories, a previously untranslated window into his pre-Dead Dead Demon's work, to spring 2026.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKana\u0026#39;s new date follows a November window that no longer holds. The anthology gathers ten stories Asano ran in Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Big Comic Spirits magazine between 2005 and 2008, and Shogakukan issued them as one volume in October 2008.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKana frames the collection as a look at people holding on for one more sunrise, pairing jaded daily life with small moments of light. The book opens with \u0026#34;Before Dawn\u0026#34; and closes with \u0026#34;The End of the World.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsano is better known in English for Dead Dead Demon\u0026#39;s Dededededestruction, which Viz Media released, and for Goodnight Punpun and Solanin. This anthology gives English readers his earlier short form.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kana pushes Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World anthology to March 4. Ten early short stories from 2005-2008, previously untranslated, now land in spring.","twitterPost":"Kana delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World short story collection to March 4. The ten early stories were previously unpublished in English.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Kana moved Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World anthology to March 4. The collection of ten short stories, originally serialized from 2005 to 2008, marks a rare English release of Asano's early work.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-05/kana-delays-inio-asano-before-dawn-and-the-end-of-the-world-manga-to-march-4/.241445\",\"title\":\"Kana Delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World Manga to March 4\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4416,"outputTokens":579,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788660908,"createdAt":"2026-09-06T02:09:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T02:14:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-06T02:14:04.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f4b4be4109c8bf9ac05480e3","canonicalTitle":"News\nKana Delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World Manga to March 4","representativeArticleId":"a_ac869186f1912f5b3a15bbc4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Before Dawn and the End of the World\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Kana\"],\"people\":[\"Inio Asano\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-06T00:55:52.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-06T00:55:52.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-06T02:14:03.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-05/kana-delays-inio-asano-before-dawn-and-the-end-of-the-world-manga-to-march-4/.241445","title":"News\nKana Delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World Manga to March 4"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Before Dawn and the End of the World"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Kana"],"people":["Inio Asano"],"type":"release","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}