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Viz Media announced its new Fall 2026 manga and book acquisitions, and among them are Beastars mangaka Paru Itagaki’s Witching Hour and manga versions of The Apothecary Diaries light novel and anime and The Amazing Digital Circus web series. It also confirmed it will publish the biography Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record.
In the cases of The Apothecary Diaries and The Amazing Digital Circus manga adaptations, both are taking work from the original authors and productions. They each have new mangakas assisting in telling the tales for these adaptations. In the case of The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao’s Notes on the Inner Palace, Touko Shino’s character designs from the original light novel are still used, but Minoji Kurata is the mangaka. For The Amazing Digital Circus, Sakura is listed as the artist.
Here’s the full list of new Viz Media manga and book reveals. All of them have Fall 2026 release windows, but there are no exact dates for any of the releases.
- Albus Changes the World manga volume 1
- The Amazing Digital Circus manga volume 1
- And Then There Were None manga volume 1
- The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao’s Notes on the Inner Palace manga volume 1
- Black Torch Complete Box Set
- Call of the Night: Paradise Arc manga
- Dorohedoro Illustrations: Mud and Sludge art book
- Heroes, with Interiors manga
- Horror Picture Book: A Bad Book by Miyuki Miyabe with Hisanori Yoshida art
- Horror Picture Book: Is It There or Not by Natsuhiko Kyogoku with Naoko Machida art
- Horror Picture Book: Looking at Me book by Soshichi Tonari with Junji Ito art
- Jujutsu Kaisen Complete Box Set with double-sided poster
- Kiki’s Delivery Service: The Official Cookbook
- My Hero Academia Box Set 2 with double-sided poster and booklet
- My Hero Academia: Ultra Artworks art book
- Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record biography
- One Piece manga volume 91-111 box set with One Piece Card Game play mat
- Sakamoto Days: Assassin’s Blues manga
- The Seaside Where Dragon Boys Dwell manga volume 1
- Shiba Inu Rooms manga volume 1
- Sound of a Blink manga volume 1
- The Studio Ghibli Chronicles book
- Takumi: A Little Japanese Bakery cookbook
- Witching Hour manga volume 1
- Yakuza vs. Cat manga volume 1
- Yona of the Dawn 3-in-1 Edition manga volume 1
