Kodoani.com – This year’s 27th issue of Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on Thursday that the manga Baki-Dou Keisuke Itagaki’s manga will end with the next chapter in the magazine’s 29th issue on June 15. The manga will be on hiatus, and there will be no new chapters in the magazine’s 28th issue on June 8.
The new Baki-Dou manga uses different characters for “Baki” in the title from the previous Baki-Dou manga, although it retains the name “Baki-Dou.” In the new manga, Baki confronts the oldest and strongest “sumo god” in Japan. The manga is about the legendary Japanese sumo wrestler Nomi no Sukune. The wrestler is said to have had his first sumo match against Taima no Kehaya in 23 BC
The new manga launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in October 2018. Akita Shoten published the manga’s 16th compiled book volume on May 8.
Itagaki’s main Baki The Grappler martial arts manga series ran 42 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1991 to 1999. The manga has more than 63 million copies in circulation. Baki’s sequel manga ran for 31 volumes from 1999 to 2005. Media Do published the manga in English. Following Baki, Itagaki published the 37-volume Hanma Baki manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2005 to 2012. The first Baki-Dou manga, the fourth manga overall in the series, debuted in the magazine. Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in March 2014 and ended in April 2018 with 22 volumes.
The new anime of Itagaki’s Baki (New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero) manga premiered on Netflix in June 2018 in Japan and lasted 26 episodes ending in December 2018. Netflix posted The first 13 episodes outside of Japan in December 2018, followed by the second half of the first season in March 2019.
The Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen anime then debuted globally on Netflix with all episodes at once in June 2020. Baki Hanma is the third Baki series on Netflix and the sequel to the Baki series: Dai Raitaisai-hen. The anime premieres globally on Netflix in September 2021 with all 12 episodes.
The second season of Baki Hanma will premiere worldwide on Netflix on July 26, with the story “Tale of Pickle & The Pickle War Saga”. The anime’s “The Father VS Son Saga” story will then premiere on August 24.
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