Writer requires submission of 1-chapter manga tales from Japanese creators
The forty seventh challenge of this yr Kodansha‘S Weekly younger journal introduced on Monday that it’ll publish a particular version of the journal within the US with the momentary title Younger journal USAscheduled for launch in August 2025, as a part of the journal’s forty fifth anniversary marketing campaign. For the undertaking, the journal is on the lookout for Japanese manga makers who wish to publish their tales for overseas readers.
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Younger journal USA will acquire and publish the primary chapter of manga tales in August 2025. The journal will then maintain a reader vote, and the 5 hottest manga tales will likely be assured serialization, and Kodansha may also publish an English-language edited quantity of the manga. The deadline for submitting purposes and tales is January 20, 2025.
The undertaking will allow the Younger journal The editorial staff additionally goals to broaden overseas and is on the lookout for purposes within the following genres: science fiction and darkish fantasy; horror; and works that depict an id state, resembling LGBTQ, racial, or ethnic teams. Tales with genres apart from these particularly talked about are additionally accepted.
Weekly younger journal‘S first challenge shipped on June 16, 1980. The journal has serialized or serialized manga, resembling Preliminary D, MF Spirit, Ghost within the shell, My hometown hero, Underneath Ninja, Sure boy Kongming!And xxxHOLiC.
The journal lately launched a brand new complement journal titled Younger journal Kakehiki (which means ‘to barter’) on April 22.
Supply: Weekly younger journal quantity 47 and web site
