Kadokawa’s Monthly Ace Magazine confirms that the Return to Shironagasu Island manga adaptation has been canceled. The manga series was first announced at the Frontier Works booth during Comiket 103 this past December.
Tabinomachi’s Return to Shironagasu Island released on March 2020 with Japanese audio and support for 11 languages, including English and Spanish. A Nintendo Switch version was released in November 2022. Nearly a year and a half after the Nintendo Switch version’s release, a new manga will supposed to begin its serialization.
Return to Shironagasu Island Manga Canceled
The official Young Ace Twitter account confirmed that the Return to Shironagasu Island manga is canceled due to “poor efforts” by the editorial team, which caused scheduling delays for the series. Kuroitsu Suruga was going to illustrate the manga.
Here’s an overview of Return to Shironagasu Island and its voice cast, via our previous coverage:
I’m going back to the sinister Shironagasu Island…
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island.
Explore the island and discover its sinister secrets as detective Sen Ikeda and your assistant Neneko Izumozaki.
Sen Ikeda, a detective in New York, receives a mysterious invitation to Shironagasu Island in the testament of a millionaire. Together with Neneko Izumozaki, a girl with special abilities, he travels to the secluded island.
Solve numerous mysteries and murders!
Meet enigmatic and captivating characters!
Discover the hidden secret of Shironagasu Island!
Stay alive and escape from the ominous island!
Voice Cast
- Yuka Iguchi as Neneko Izumozaki
- Sayaka Ohara as Ada Higgins
- Kaori Ishihara as Akira Edgeworth
- Shizuka Ito as Gisele Reed
- Rie Tanaka as Riehl Bextor
- Hiroki Touchi as Jacob Rutland
- Akihiko Ishizumi as Thomas Harrington
- Yū Kobayashi as Alex Werner
- Ai Kayano as Aurora Lavilla
- Jōji Nakata as Vincent Swift
- Konomi Kohara as Abigail Ellison
- Hiroaki Hirata as Norman North
- Mitsuaki Kanuka as Wizards and miscellaneous
- Akiko Nakagawa as Florina and miscellaneous
- Yūki Fujino as Roy Higgins and miscellaneous
- Masayuki Kato as Charles J. Werner and miscellaneous
Lastly, Return to Shironagasu Island is available now for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
