Popular Manga to End

Date: 2006 April 29 09:39

Posted by Davie

According to Manga News two popular manga titles that have been serialized in Japanese Magazines for years are now approaching the end. These are Samurai Deeper Kyo and 20th Century boys.

Samurai Deeper Kyo a Manga by Akimine Kamijiyo, will end in Weekly Shounen Magazine issue 23, on sale May 10th. An Anime TV series was also made a couple of years ago and Samurai Deeper Kyo remains one of the most popular anime/manga series ever.

20th Century Boys which is a Manga by Naoki Urasawa who also is the manga-ka of Monster and Pluto, has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirit for 7 years. This month unexpectedly without any announcements the final chapter of 20th Century Boys was suddenly released in issue 21-22 of Big Comic Spirit.

While the ending may be a surprise to many, according to a note in the same issue of Big Comic Spirit, the next part of the series will resume in Spring 2007.