posted on 2024-03-27<\/strong> 16:30 EDT<\/time><\/small> by Anita Tai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Horror light novel series began publishing in 2018<\/p>\n
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Manga creator Jinsei Kataoka<\/a><\/cite> announced on March 22 that she will be adapting Ichi Sawamura’s Higa Shimai Series<\/cite> (Higa Sisters Series) light novels into a manga series with frequent collaborator Kazuma Kondou<\/a><\/cite> in 2024.<\/p>\n
Image via Ichi Sawamura’s Twitter<\/a><\/figcaption>
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\u00a9 Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou, Ichi Sawamura,Kadokawa<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Kadokawa<\/a><\/cite> began publishing the horror series in October 2015. The first book in the series, “Bogiwan ga, Kuru” (Bogiwan is Coming) won the 22nd Japan Horror Novel Award and was adapted into a live-action film in 2018.<\/p>\n
The duo previously teased<\/a> a new series in November.<\/p>\n
They recently ended<\/a> their Retropolis Scratch<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> manga on September 8. The duo launched<\/a> the manga in Kodansha<\/a><\/cite>‘s Bessatsu Sh\u014dnen Magazine<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> in July 2022. Kodansha<\/cite> published the third and final compiled book volume on October 6.<\/p>\n
The duo launched<\/a> the “steampunk action” manga Smokin’ Parade<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> in Kadokawa<\/cite>‘s Monthly Sh\u014dnen Ace<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> magazine in August 2015, and ended<\/a> the series in April 2021. Kadokawa<\/cite> published the 10th and final volume in July 2021. Yen Press<\/a><\/cite> released<\/a> the manga in English.<\/p>\n
Kataoka and Kondou launched their 13-volume Deadman Wonderland<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> manga in Monthly Sh\u014dnen Ace<\/cite><\/cite> in 2006, and ended<\/a> the series in July 2013. Tokyopop<\/a><\/cite> published<\/a> the first five volumes of the manga before the company shut down<\/a> its North American publishing division in 2011. Viz Media<\/a><\/cite> later released<\/a> the series in English in North America. The manga received<\/a> a 12-episode television anime adaptation in 2011, and Funimation<\/a><\/cite> released<\/a> the series in North America on DVD in 2012, and in a Blu-ray\/DVD combo package in July 2014.<\/p>\n
The duo have also worked on the Eureka Seven<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> manga together.
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Sources: Jinsei Kataoka<\/cite>‘s Twitter account<\/a>, Ichi Sawamura’s Twitter account<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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