
Jump TOON Reveals 5 New Manga Series, Kaiju No. 8 Manga's Full-Color Vertical-Scrolling Version
Ko Hiratori, Nora Kohigashi, Manimani Ononata launch new manga; Kaiju No. 8 full-color, vertical-scrolling version launches on September 1
The new manga series that will launch on Jump TOON are:
Hiratori and J-ta Yamada's JK Haru Is a Sex Worker in Another World (JK Haru wa Isekai de Shōfu ni Natta) manga ended in September 2023. The manga is based on Hiratori and artist shimano's novels of the same name. Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga under its Ghost Ship imprint. J-Novel Club is releasing the original novels in English.Ononata published the Tensei Shitara 15-sai no Ōhi Deshita: Moto Shachiku no Watashi ga, Toshishita no Kokuō Heika ni Semarareteimasu!? light novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from May 2019 to September 2020. Kadokawa published two novel volumes with illustration by Hachipisu Wan. Square Enix's Manga UP! Global published the novel's manga adaptation by Atari Katagiri under the title Reincarnated as a 15-Year-Old Queen.Kohigashi launched the I Could Never Be a Succubus! novels on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2017. J-Novel Club releases the novels in English.Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga ended on July 18. Matsumoto launched the manga in July 2020 on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website. Viz Media is releasing the manga in English digitally and physically. Shueisha also published the manga digitally on its MANGA Plus service under the title Monster #8. The first season of the manga's anime adaptation debuted in April 2024, and the second season debuted on July 19. The franchise is also inspiring the Kaiju No. 8 the Game smartphone and PC game that will launch for iOS, Android, and PC via Steam. The App Store listing for the game states a release date of August 31.Source: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 38