The author
BKUB OKAWA has announced through his official account that, as of June 2025,
his popular pop manga Team Epic will no longer have daily updates. Instead, the
next chapter will be published on June 15, thus adopting a new most spacious
publications calendar.
The
statement was accompanied by an illustration in which Popuko appears in a baby
cart, while Pipimi holds a Nintendo Switch 2, whose departure is scheduled for
June 5. Although Okawa did not reveal the reasons behind the frequency change,
he apologized for not being able to explain the details.
A
trajectory marked by chaos and satire
Pop Team
Epic debuted in 2014 on the Manga Life Win website in Takeshobo, and since then
it has been synonymous with absurd humor and unpredictable parodies. Over the
years, Okawa has played with the structure of the manga, launching
"seasons" under different names, even intentionally hiding the real
number of each.
After the
first stage that ended in 2015, the author has published multiple
"seasons", including season 5, initially presented under the title
Poputan in 2019. The seventh season was compiled in a volume that went on sale
on July 14, 2023.
The most
recent, season 9, began on April 1, 2025. It should be remembered that the
eighth season was suspended in October 2023 due to author's health problems.
A work that
transcended the manga
The success
of Pop Team Epic was not limited to the vignettes. Its adaptation to anime was
released in January 2018 and was transmitted simultaneously on platforms such
as Hidive, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Amazon Prime Video and Asianncrush. In
addition, he arrived on American television through the Adult Swim Toonami
block in June of that year.
In October
2022 the second season of the anime was released, reaffirming the cult status
that this work has in the International Fandom.
A restless
and prolific author
Despite the
change in the Pop Team Epic publication rhythm, Okawa does not stop. His new
manga, Chinchilland, was released in the Mounthly Comic Dengeki Daioh in
Kadokawa on September 27. As usual with the author, this new series is expected
to also be impregnated with its characteristic irreverent style.
With this
pause in daily updates, it remains to be seen if Okawa prepares any surprise
for the future of Popuko and Pipimi. The only sure thing is that chaos will
continue ... at its pace.
