{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5e51c91b6e31c6f21025f5f2","clusterId":"c_0c15f05a094b102177a7e578","slug":"the-emperor-s-shaman-novels-get-new-manga-adaptation","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"The Emperor's Shaman Novels Get New Manga Adaptation","summary":"Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine announced that Akumi Agitogi's The Emperor's Shaman novels are getting a new manga adaptation. Yuru Sasara will draw the series, titled The Emperor's Shaman ~The Demon-Eyed Consort~, launching on the Hana to Yume + website on August 10.","whyItMatters":"The new adaptation, drawn by Yuru Sasara, follows a completed first manga run and shifts the series to Hakusensha's digital platform, extending the reach of Agitogi's supernatural court fantasy.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Emperor\u0026#39;s Shaman is getting a second manga adaptation, this time under Hakusensha. Yuru Sasara will draw the new series, titled The Emperor\u0026#39;s Shaman ~The Demon-Eyed Consort~, and it will launch on the Hana to Yume + manga website on August 10.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe announcement came in the 17th issue of Hana to Yume magazine. Takami Takada drew the first manga adaptation, which ran on Square Enix\u0026#39;s Gangan Online website from October 2021 to August 2023, with a fifth and final compiled volume released in December 2023.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkumi Agitogi, author of My Happy Marriage, wrote the original novels, published by Poplar Publishing in four volumes from 2020 to 2023. The story follows Shuka, a shaman apprentice with white hair and red eyes, who is recruited by Emperor Hakuen to join the inner court as a fake consort.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Emperor's Shaman manga returns with artist Yuru Sasara, whose style will define how readers see Agitogi's world beyond the novels.","twitterPost":"Yuru Sasara's art now shapes how The Emperor's Shaman is visualized for new readers.","threadsPost":"The Emperor's Shaman gets a new manga adaptation drawn by Yuru Sasara. The choice of artist matters: Sasara's style sets the visual tone for a series that previously existed only in prose.","newsletterBlurb":"Akumi Agitogi's The Emperor's Shaman novels are getting a new manga adaptation, drawn by Yuru Sasara. The series, titled The Emperor's Shaman ~The Demon-Eyed Consort~, starts on the Hana to Yume + website on August 10.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-05/akumi-agitogi-the-emperor-shaman-novels-get-new-manga-adaptation/.240298\",\"title\":\"Akumi Agitogi's The Emperor's Shaman Novels Get New Manga Adaptation\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4286,"outputTokens":608,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785982175,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T01:58:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T02:02:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T01:58:43.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0c15f05a094b102177a7e578","canonicalTitle":"News\nAkumi Agitogi's The Emperor's Shaman Novels Get New Manga Adaptation","representativeArticleId":"a_d17aca268d8a0429e6065bdb","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"The Emperor's Shaman\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Akumi Agitogi\",\"Yuru Sasara\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T02:02:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-05/akumi-agitogi-the-emperor-shaman-novels-get-new-manga-adaptation/.240298","title":"News\nAkumi Agitogi's The Emperor's Shaman Novels Get New Manga Adaptation"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["The Emperor's Shaman"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Akumi Agitogi","Yuru Sasara"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}