Osamu Nishi, co-creator of ‘Iruma-kun’, launches new manga ‘Madan no Ichi’ with Shiro Usazaki
This year’s 40th issue of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that artist Shiro Usazaki, known for act-age, and creator Osamu Nishi of Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun will be launching a new manga titled Madan no Ichi in the magazine’s next issue, set to be released on September 9. The manga will feature a 54-page first chapter with a color opening page and will appear on the cover of the issue.
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be taking on the artwork for the new manga series Madan no Ichi, starting with next week’s Weekly Shonen Jump 41st issue! Original story by @osamun24. It’s going to be a super fun manga, so please look forward to it! pic.twitter.com/f6TWaR0l3Y
— 宇佐崎しろ (@uszksr) September 1, 2024
The magazine describes the manga as a “magical hunting fantasy.”
Shiro Usazaki previously worked on the artwork for the act-age manga from January 2018 until its cancellation in August 2020 following the arrest of writer Tatsuya Matsuki. Kodansha‘s 43rd annual Manga Awards in 2019 nominated the manga.
Osamu Nishi is the creator of Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, which premiered in Akita Shoten‘s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in March 2017 and is being released in English by Kodansha USA Publishing.
The manga inspired an anime, which premiered on NHK Educational in October 2019 and had 23 episodes. The second and third seasons premiered in April 2021 and October 2022, respectively. Crunchyroll streamed all three seasons.
Sources: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 40, Shiro Usazaki‘s Twitter account