Antoine Brault
Editor in chief
Founder of The Manga Wire. A manga reader since middle school, he follows Japanese and French publishing news every day.
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One Piece: the full reading order
VIZ Media lists 112 One Piece volumes in English, with volume 113 on pre-order. Where to start, single volumes or omnibus, and what the series costs.
Tokyo Game Show: 257,642 visitors
Tokyo Game Show 2026 reports 257,642 visitors across four days, down from 263,101 in 2025. The fifth day, a first for the show, was cancelled by a typhoon.
Magic Knight Rayearth returns to TV
The new anime from CLAMP's manga starts 7 October on TV Asahi, across two cours. Crunchyroll has published an official trailer for the series.
How to Read a Manga Announcement
A manga or anime announcement is worth exactly what its source is worth. Here is how to tell settled news from unsettled news in thirty seconds.
Akira in 4K: 3.17 Million Dollars
The 4K and IMAX re-release of Akira took 3.175 million dollars over the Labor Day weekend in the United States and Canada, via Crunchyroll and Sony.
Ghibli Breaks Its Silence on AI
Toshio Suzuki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, responds for the first time to AI-generated images imitating the studio's style, in the Asahi Shimbun.
Attack on Titan Day: 99 Reveals
9 September is now officially Attack on Titan Day. Kodansha opens 99 chapters free for 99 hours and lines up 99 announcements around the world.
Shin'ichi Abe Has Died at Age 76
Manga artist Shin'ichi Abe died of cancer on 4 September 2026. His son announced it on the 8th. He had made his own life the raw material of his work.
Glitch Witch Extends Ghost in the Shell
Naoki Azuma launched Glitch Witch on 4 September 2026 on YanMaga Web. The manga picks up where Masamune Shirow's first Ghost in the Shell left off.
MangaWire opens its doors: here is what you will read
MangaWire is a manga news outlet published in English, French and Spanish. Sections, editorial line and sources: here is how we work every day.
The Glénat manga release calendar for September 2026
The thirteen Glénat manga titles published in September 2026, from the 10th to the 30th: dates, volume numbers and prices where the publisher gives them.