This year Little Hero drove us crazy with her 2026 announcements in his interview. Leocrat Windsurf in ComicStreet! These assets to me were a announcement not of one, not two, but three manga titlesBut what choices have been made? We will see this in this article.
Fun fact!
The first manga (with French, however, roots) from publishing was released in 2025 and was the «Gizo», for which we have presentation/critical Here..
Little Hero Manga 2026
Planetes
«Plates» First title and I'm not okay! For those who do not know it is manga with Greek title by its creator «Vinland Saga», Makoto Yukimura! A seinen manga with sci-fi and slice of life elements, which follows trips into space of a group of space garbage collectors in 2075, balancing personal dramas with existential issues.
Let's go to the encyclopedics. The manga has 26 chapters and in Japan they were released in four volumes. Initially, it was published in sequels to magazine manga Morning The Kodansha from January 1999 to January 2004. On the other hand, the Tokyop He took out the English edition in five volumes, with the fourth divided in two. In addition, the story was reissued on two omnibus by Dark Horse in 2015-2016, and was also released on anime 26 episodes.
Personally, I think this miniseries is a very good choice for starters, as it is completed in 4 volumes and is by a great name. Those who have read or seen chapters of «Vinland Saga», I think you can imagine about what we're going to see in design. According to the interview, publishing plans to take out the two of the four volumes this year, while the rest are on their way for next year. Comparedly, their list is as indicative dates May and October 2026 for the volumes respectively. The size will be in that of «Gizo»I think it's perfect. This announcement made me so happy and a box came to me, because in the future I intended to buy the two omnibus of Dark Horse.
Gods lie/The Gods lie
Let's move to the second option, which is «The gods lie», which is seinen oneshot with dramatic and social content.
The Kaori Ozaki wrote and illustrated this particular manga. It was released in her magazine Kodansha Monthly Afternoon from March to July 2013. Its release in English was made in 2016 by Vertical.
While the first option focuses more on the scifi element, the second manga, which is also self-contained, focuses on another element, social. I don't know much, but, from a look I took, the plan looked good and the style reminds me more «shoujo». I'll buy it because I want to support the effort of publishing, but also because I found it interesting. Indicative release date from the publishing catalogue is December 2026.
Nijigahara Holograph
The third and final choice for 2026 is something completely unexpected that many may like. «The Nijigahara Hologram» The Inio AsanoLadies and gentlemen! Those who read seinen psychologically manga will probably know him. His most recent series is «Mujina into the Deep», you may have put it in a dress shop like Jemma.
As regards the «The Nijigahara Hologram», released in chapters in the magazine Quick Japan from 2003 to 2005 and later in a centralised volume. As I recall, it has been released by Fantographics in English in a hardbound luxury version.
Before, I had taken a look at him and it had looked heavier as reading and more complicated. Certainly an interesting choice from a well-known species meter, which I will keep in mind for purchase. However, in English there is only the publication of Fantographics that has an alpha value. I suppose the corresponding Greek (which is dated September 2026) will be much cheaper.
Final considerations
I shall say again that I am very happy with this new effort from publishing and I hope it will succeed. Very remarkable choices to make a dynamic start on the manga part. We could say an introduction was made with Jizo last year. I liked this one, but with these new editions we go completely into Japanese waters. Since everything is going well, it will cause us to become curious about what will follow in 2027!
Below you can also watch the interview on his channel ComicStreet.
