Kodama has announced that Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki Hanma manga is getting an official print release in English in July 2027. More details about the English print release of Baki Hanma will be revealed at a later date.
Kodama describes the story of the manga:
The fight Baki has spent his entire life preparing for is finally within reach.
Yujiro Hanma is the strongest creature on Earth. His son intends to take that title from him. In the third arc of Keisuke Itagaki’s legendary martial arts saga, Baki seeks out opponents who defy every limit of human strength, from the prison powerhouse Biscuit Oliva to the prehistoric warrior Pickle. Each confrontation brings him closer to the battle fans have been waiting for. Every punch, every broken bone, every impossible victory has led to this.
Kodama will also license Aoka’s Neo Cat and Chie Shimomoto’s A Mandala in Flames in June and July 2027, respectively.
Fans can also look forward to a new anime adaptation of the Baki Gaiden: Retsu Kaioh wa Isekai Tensei Shitemo Ikkō ni Kamawan (Baki Side Story – Kaioh Retsu Doesn’t Mind At All If He Gets Reincarnated in Another World) spinoff manga. Eiji Mutsui, Keisuke Itagaki, and Daisuke Ihara launched the manga in Akita Shoten’s Monthly Shōnen Champion magazine in 2020.
BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai, the latest anime in the franchise, is streaming on Netflix worldwide. Final Weapon had the chance to interview BAKI-DOU director Toshiki Hirano, producer Kei Watabiki, and AKITA SHOTEN manga editor Yuki Yokoi to get their thoughts on the Netflix streaming of the anime, various scenes that stood out to them, and the overseas reactions from fans outside Japan.
