In
commemoration of Young Magazine's 45th anniversary,
Kodansha is preparing a special English-language release for the U.S. market.
This limited edition will be available for free to attendees
of Anime NYC, which will be held from August 21 to 24, 2025,
and in 17 select Kinokuniya bookstores from August 21
to November 10, 2025, while supplies last.
Featured
Content & Cover Art by Shirow Masamune
The cover
features a striking cyberpunk illustration by the
renowned Shirow Masamune, showing a pale cyborg against a nighttime
cityscape. Inside, the magazine brings together chapters of 16 works by
various authors, including:
- BOYS RUN THE RIOT - IN
TRANSITION by
Keito Gaku
- OUGA
Fasciation
- Godmother by
Rin Shimokawa
- GOUMA The Blade that Slaughters
Gods by
Hiroki Ishizawa
- Into the Dark by Anri Morikuma
- Is My Love Strange? by Hikari Azuma
- KIKIKAIKAI by
Kyuri Yamada
- Pregnant by Denchi Matsumoto and
Keita Nishijima
- PROJECT
METALLIA by Yukito Iwai
- Protocol
Ryugu by Daisaku Tsuru
- Still
You by Kami Nishio
- The Graveyard Shift by Yoshimi Sato
- The Journey of a Dark Elf with
Fading Powers by
Daisuke Itabashi
- The Knight of Blasphemy by Ray Kindo
- THE LAST TERRAN by Hiroshi Takashige and
Tatsumi Hitomoji
- To Dusk and Twilight by Robico
Special
event to vote for your favorite manga
In
addition, this edition includes a voting event where readers will be able to
choose their favorite manga among the aforementioned works for serialization in
Kodansha's K MANGA app. Voting will be available soon on Young
Magazine's official website and on its official X account (formerly
Twitter).
Additional
titles outside of the voting contest
As extras,
the magazine also includes chapters from other notable works, including:
- ME AND BOB DYLAN (AND MY
FATHER) by
Shuzo Oshimi
- The Silent Forest by Masaaki Nakayama
- Subaru and Subaru by Shuichi Shigeno
- UNDER
NINJA by Kengo Hanazawa
