{"rewrite":{"id":"r_95b1771f62ce9cab031b6595","clusterId":"c_51bcfa240a15da4814eeb616","slug":"rafal-jaki-and-machine-gamu-launch-brain-alive-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Rafal Jaki and Machine Gamu Launch Brain Alive Manga","summary":"Rafal Jaki, executive producer of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and artist Machine Gamu launched the manga Brain Alive on Kadokawa's KadoComi website on Friday. The pilot chapter is available free in English. The digital English serialization will debut this fall, with the Japanese serialization starting the same day.","whyItMatters":"Brain Alive marks the second collaboration between Jaki and Machine Gamu, following their previous manga No\\Name, and expands Jaki's manga work beyond Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBrain Alive follows Daniel, a father who enters his comatose son\u0026#39;s dreams to fight Slavic beasts and Japanese yokai. Jaki described the story as a love letter to Inception and Soulsborne games.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKadokawa posted a trailer for the manga on Friday, and Jaki shared an English version on X. The pilot chapter is available through a Google Drive link.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaki and Machine Gamu previously collaborated on No\\Name, which launched in July 2024 and ended in February 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Brain Alive, the new manga from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners producer Rafal Jaki and artist Machine Gamu, is out now on Kadokawa's KadoComi. English pilot is free to read, full English serialization lands this fall.","twitterPost":"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners producer Rafal Jaki and Machine Gamu launched Brain Alive on KadoComi. English pilot is free now; the full English serialization starts this fall.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Rafal Jaki and Machine Gamu launched Brain Alive, a manga about a father entering his comatose son's dreams to fight Slavic beasts and yokai. The English pilot is free to read now, with the full English serialization coming this fall.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/rafal-jaki-machine-gamu-launch-brain-alive-manga-with-planned-english-release-this-fall/.240146\",\"title\":\"Rafal Jaki, Machine Gamu Launch Brain Alive Manga With Planned English Release This Fall\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4416,"outputTokens":538,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785953888,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T18:11:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-05T18:12:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T18:11:28.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_51bcfa240a15da4814eeb616","canonicalTitle":"News\nRafal Jaki, Machine Gamu Launch Brain Alive Manga With Planned English Release This Fall","representativeArticleId":"a_02410b9e9493947eddbb11c6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Brain Alive\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Rafal Jaki\",\"Machine Gamu\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-31T08:28:24.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-31T08:28:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T18:12:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/rafal-jaki-machine-gamu-launch-brain-alive-manga-with-planned-english-release-this-fall/.240146","title":"News\nRafal Jaki, Machine Gamu Launch Brain Alive Manga With Planned English Release This Fall"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Brain Alive"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Rafal Jaki","Machine Gamu"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}