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Kodansha Comics to Publish 4 Shaman King Spinoff Manga Digitally in August

posted on by Alex Mateo
Spinoffs include Shaman King: Red Crimson

Comic-Con@Home digital event that it has licensed the following four Shaman King spinoff manga for digital release in August:

Title: Shaman King: Zero
Creator: Hiroyuki Takei
Debut date: August 4
Summary: Return to the World of Shaman King! Before the Shaman Fight, there were countless tales of heartache and worry as Yoh and the others worked their ways toward the tournament...and they're here in Shaman King: Zero!

Series creator Hiroyuki Takei Jump Kai) magazine starting in November 2011.

Title: Shaman King Flowers
Creator: Hiroyuki Takei
Debut date: August 11
Summary: The action returns in this brand-new sequel to Shaman King! Hana Asakura finds that being the son of Yoh & Anna Asakura isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his boredom has him itching for any kind of excitement. But when a fight comes straight to his doorstep, it's from a place he least expects - his own family? The battle for Asakura supremacy begins!

Takei ended it in the magazine's final issue in 2014.

Title: Shaman King: Super Star
Creator: Hiroyuki Takei
Debut date: August 18
Summary: Can't get enough Shaman King goodness? Then hitch a ride with Alumi, Death Zero and other Shaman King Favorites in this action-packed spinoff, Shaman King The Super Star!

Takei launched a revealed in December that the manga was nearing its climax.

Title: Shaman King: Red Crimson
Creators: Hiroyuki Takei, Jet Kusamura (art)
Debut date: August 25
Summary: Tao Jun and Lee Pai-Long are back in an all-new Shaman King adventure, but this time, they're the stars! them and their battle against the Red Crimson!

Kusamura ended it on January 17.

Kodansha Comics also announced that it will publish Takei's Shaman King manga series physically in 11 three-in-one omnibus editions that will launch between 2021-2022. The first two volumes will launch simultaneously in spring 2021.

Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and Comixology Unlimited subscription services. The new release of the manga series will feature new cover art by Takei.

Kodansha USA Publishing and Comixology Originals describe the series:

In the world of Shaman King, shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada's about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!

The manga series is Kodansha started publishing in print volumes in Japan on June 17.

Shaman King debuted in Shueisha's no longer holds the license to the manga. Shueisha originally held the rights to the manga in Japan.

Source: Kodansha Comics' YouTube channel


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