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Kodansha USA @kodansha.us · 01/10/2026

More Kodansha licenses are coming soon... and you can be the first to hear about them, directly from Kodansha themselves! Registrations for the New Licensing Panel at Kodansha House NY open at 12 PM ET today - head to kodanshahouse.com to sign up.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 18/09/2026

Kodansha will be holding a "New Licensing Panel" at their Kodansha House New York City location on October 15th at 1pm. They will be announcing their new titles with print releases planned for Fall 2027.

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New Licensing Panel

Be the first to know our newest title acquisitions for Fall 2027!

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 04/09/2026

Juro volume 2 is currently scheduled to release in Japan on October 28, 2026. ISBN: 978-4091543752 More information about the volume will become available closer to release.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 03/09/2026

Chapter 11 of Juro has been delayed to October 30th. With the last few chapters, the expected release date has been shifted, and could change again.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 01/09/2026

The entire Shaman King Flowers anime will be streaming in Spanish on the Samsung TV Plus FAST channel 2294 in Mexico starting at 7am on September 1st. All 13 episodes will air back-to-back until 1:30pm. It will repeat the showing again on Thursday (6:30am) and Saturday (6:00am).

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 14/08/2026

Kodansha USA will have their upcoming License Announcement panel at Anime NYC on Friday August 21 at 6:15pm. The full list of announcements will be posted on their website after the panel has concluded.

Screenshot from the Anime NYC website for the panel "New & Upcoming Kodansha Manga Revealed"

Friday, August 21
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
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Kodansha—purveyors of some of the most exciting manga published today, like Gachiakuta, Blue Lock, and Witch Hat Atelier—invites manga and anime fans to a sneak peek of upcoming Kodansha print manga releases making their way to a bookshelf near you! Join the manga experts from Kodansha for an exciting look at new and upcoming releases, participate in our Q&A, and walk away with a few surprises.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 15/08/2026

Chapter 10 of Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" manga is now available for reading in Japanese on Weekly Corocoro Comic. Chapter 11 is currently scheduled to be released on September 4th.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 31/07/2026

Weekly Corocoro Comics has updated its release date for chapter 10 of Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" manga. The new release date will be August 14th. This continues its normal monthly serialization. Previously it had a placeholder date of July 31st.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 10/08/2026

Hiroyuki Takei's brother, Hirofumi Takei, now has his "Chopperman" manga available for free reading in English via Shueisha's Manga Million website.

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Chopperman - Hirofumi Takei / Eiichiro Oda | MANGA MILLION

Explore 'Chopperman' by Hirofumi Takei / Eiichiro Oda. Start reading now!

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 08/08/2026

The Japanese Granblue Fantasy mobile game has announced it will have a Shaman King collaboration event starting on January 15, 2027. (Official announcement via Twitter)

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 17/07/2026

Chapter 9 of Hiroyuki Takei's "JURO" manga is now available for free reading on Weekly Corocoro Comic in Japanese and contains multiple color pages. Chapter 10 is currently scheduled for an earlier than expected release on July 31st. This date may be subject to change.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 26/07/2026

Hiroyuki Takei's "Nekogahara" manga series is slowly in the process of going out of print. The 4th volume is currently out of print, and other volumes may go out of print once the remaining stock is sold. The complete series is still available digitally worldwide from Kodansha in English.

English cover art for Nekogahara - Stray Cat Samurai volume 4 by Hiroyuki Takei.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 26/07/2026

Yesterday in Japan was the annual summer event for Wonder Festival where fans come together to make and display their own custom figures and garage kits. We have our usual report on what Hiroyuki Takei-based figures were at the show!

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Wonder Festival 2026 [Summer] Overview - Patch Café

Wonder Festival 2026 [Summer] returns with fan-made figures from Hiroyuki Takei's series!

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Kodansha USA @kodansha.us · 24/07/2026

It's the #SDCC26 panel you've all been waiting for - head to Room 9 from 11am-12pm on 7/25 to see New & Upcoming Kodansha Manga Revealed! Get the inside scoop new manga, plus a Q&A to learn more and some surprise giveaways! Find out more here: ow.ly/W9pj50Zs4Ou

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 17/07/2026

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 30/06/2026

Happy 28th anniversary to the Shaman King franchise! The first chapter of the series released in Japan on June 30th, 1998. The series will conclude in the sequel series "Shaman King Yard" (SKY) which does not have release date yet.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 28/06/2026

Anime Expo has announced that "Joji Furuta" will be a guest at the convention this upcoming weekend for the "Ascendance of A Bookworm And Your Next Obsession presented by ytv animation & YTE" anime panel. He previously worked on the Shaman King 2021 anime series.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 19/06/2026

Chapter 8 of "Juro" is now available for free reading in Japanese on the Weekly Corocoro Comic website. The color page for the chapter features an Earth Mover from Takei's "Jumbor" manga series which is on hiatus. Chapter 9 will be published on July 17, 2026. Link: www.corocoro.jp/chapter/5106...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 12/06/2026

Viz is teasing that new licensing announcements will be coming soon. This will likely be occurring tomorrow (Friday). Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" manga is currently being published by Shogakukan's Corocoro magazine. Viz is currently releasing some series from that magazine.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 17/05/2026

On May 15th (Hiroyuki Takei's birthday), chapter 7 of Juro was published on the Japanese Weekly Corocoro Comic online service and is currently available for free reading. Chapter 8 will be published on June 19th, 2026 in Japan.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 12/05/2026

Kujibikido will be re-running its Shaman King online prize lottery starting on May 19th through June 9th (shipping in September). It previously ran in October 2021 for the same items. Items ship within Japan only (no international shipping).

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TVアニメ「SHAMAN KING」よりふんばりくじの再販が決定！

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 27/04/2026

Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" volume 1 is now on sale in Japan in both print and digital editions. It contains chapters 1-5 of the manga (published monthly on Weekly Corocoro Comic) and an additional 4 pages of bonus content. Free preview available on Bookwalker:

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Andy's Islands @andysislands.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The official Japanese publisher account for Kodansha (not to be confused with Kodansha USA) has posted a reader survey looking for feedback about their social media and the company as a whole. (Their account is not on Bluesky) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Kodansha Reader Survey

Thank you for always following and supporting Kodansha! We're looking to improve our accounts and would love your feedback in a quick survey. Please let us know your impression of Kodansha, what you ...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 18/04/2026

Chapter 6 of Juro is now available for free reading in Japanese on the Weekly Corocoro Online website. This chapter will be the first chapter in volume 2 of the manga. Chapter 7 of the series is scheduled to be published on May 15, 2026. May 15th is also Hiroyuki Takei's birthday!

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/04/2026

Volume cover for Juro volume 1. This will be part of the new "Corociao: Horror" print line.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 14/04/2026

Juro volume 1 will be on sale in Japan in both print and digital editions on April 28, 2026. It will cost 880 yen, 192 pages, and printed in a B6 size. ISBN: 9784091542601. The book will be published under the "Ura Shonen Sunday Comics" label, but it is currently published only on Weekly Corocoro.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 31/03/2026

Chapter 6 of "JURO" is now scheduled for an April 17th release date in Japanese on the Weekly Corocoro Comic online platform.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 20/03/2026

Chapter 5 of Hiroyuki Takei's "JURO" manga is now available for free reading in Japanese on the Weekly Corocoro Comic online platform. The release date for chapter 6 hasn't been announced. Previous chapters have released monthly.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 08/03/2026

Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" manga is no longer having it's secondary, delayed distribution on Shogakukan's "Manga One" service. The series is primarily serialized on "Weekly Corocoro Comic" and new digital chapters will continue releasing monthly there.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 02/03/2026

Various Japanese digital storefronts are currently offering the first 3 volumes of "Shaman King The Super Star" as part of a limited-time free reading. This is part of a larger free reading campaign by Kodansha across many series. These volumes can be read for free until March 15th, 2026.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 20/02/2026

Viz Media is sharing some English licensing announcements later today. Hiroyuki Takei has several published manga series by Shogakukan, including his latest manga series "Juro" being published in Weekly Corocoro Comic. Viz has previously licensed series from Corocoro.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 20/02/2026

Juro chapter 4 is now available for free reading in Japanese on the Weekly Cococoro Comic website. Chapters 1-3 are also still available for free. Chapter 5 will be released on March 20th.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/01/2026

Juro chapter 3 is now available to read for free in Japanese on Weekly Corocoro Comic website. Chapter 4 is scheduled to be released on February 20, 2026.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 03/02/2026

Starting on February 5th, the Shaman King collab will be returning to the Japanese mobile game Medarot S in celebration for the game's 6th anniversary.

Keyart for the Medarot S and Shaman King collab.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/01/2026

Juro has been added as a delayed serialization on Shogakukan's "Manga One" Japanese app. New chapters will come out on the 2nd or 4th Wednesday of the month following it's first release on Weekly Corocoro Comic. The 3rd chapter will be added on January 28th. It is not available on the website.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/01/2026

Juro chapter 3 is now available to read for free in Japanese on Weekly Corocoro Comic website. Chapter 4 is scheduled to be released on February 20, 2026.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 15/01/2026

The release date for the upcoming chapter 3 of "Juro" has now moved again. It is now scheduled to be released on January 16th.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 07/01/2026

Kodansha is having 3 days of announcing new English print titles for Fall 2026. The first day has been announced today and new announcements will be made on social media and their website for the next 2 days.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 01/01/2026

Our annual tradition continues! The first article up for the new year is us placing our bets on what news headlines we think will happen in 2026! We also take a look back at how we did in 2025 with our predictions.

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2026 News Headline Predictions

Our annual guess on what news headlines could we be seeing in the year 2026 and a review of our predictions from 2025!

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 29/12/2025

Chapter 3 of Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" manga, which is currently being serialized digitally on Weekly Corocoro Comic in Japan is now scheduled to release on January 30th. Previously it was scheduled for February 15th. The first 2 chapters are available for free (in Japanese).

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 24/12/2025

The first two chapters of Juro in Japanese are now free to read on the Weekly Corocoro website.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 24/12/2025

The official X (Twitter) Japanese account for Hiroyuki Takei’s new manga serialization, “Juro” has been started: x.com/JUROJURO1219

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 18/12/2025

The first 2 chapters of "Juro", Hiroyuki Takei's new serialization are now available digitally in Japan on Corocoro's reading service. The 1st chapter is paid, but the 2nd chapter is free. Chapter 3 is scheduled to be published digitally on February 15th.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/12/2025

A new promotional image of "Juro", Hiroyuki Takei's new manga serialization starting in Corociao magazine issue #1 which will release in Japan on December 19, 2025.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 07/12/2025

An 8 additional minutes of cut bonus content from the recent "Manga Do Kobayashi" interview with Hiroyuki Takei is now streaming for free in Japan. fod.fujitv.co.jp/title/2232/2...

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Kodansha USA @kodansha.us · 04/12/2025

Shaman Kingdom 🔮✨ Dive into Takei Hiroyuki’s hit manga in all its glory! Explore the main series, thrilling spinoffs, and more, including: - Shaman King - SHAMAN KING & a garden - SHAMAN KING: FLOWERS - SHAMAN KING: MARCOS Which shaman’s journey is your favorite? 👇

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 02/12/2025

Shaman King: The Super Star is currently listed in the top banner of @kodansha.us's website today! The final volume of The Super Star is now available in an English digital edition which is available worldwide (outside of Japan).

Banner of Kodansha's English website. The textbox reads the following with a link:
"Channel some adventure with this spirited spinoff to the Shaman King series"
"Shaman King: The Super Star"
"Hiroyuki Takei"
"View More Info" (Link to: https://kodansha.us/series/shaman-king-the-super-star/)

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