Akita Shoten’s August issue of this year’s Bessatsu Shonen Champion magazine revealed on Monday that the manga’s monthly issue on the 12th will include a bonus volume of Paru Itagaki’s Beast Complex manga that will include a new short. .
Itagaki published the Beast Complex manga in Weekly Shounen Champion in 2016. Akita Shoten published one volume for the manga. A new manga mini-series premiered in January and ended on March 25. The manga’s second volume was published on April 8, and the third volume was published on May 7.
Viz Media licensed the original Beast Complex manga and it describes the story:
A tiger and a beaver grow up together despite peer pressure to end their friendship and join forces against injustice. A camel journalist who has spent her career evaluating carnivores has spent a life-changing night with a wolf. A saltwater alligator and an antelope must find a way to work together as chefs and assistants on a rating flag cooking show. A fox and a chameleon grapple with stereotypes about each other — and about themselves. And more…
Viz Media released the first volume in English on March 16.
Itagaki launched his BEASTARS manga in Weekly Shounen Champion in September 2016. The manga ended in October 2020. Akita Shoten published the manga’s 22nd and final volume on January 8. The first season based on the manga premiered in Japan in October 2019. The season premieres on Netflix outside of Japan in March 2020. The second season of the series premieres in Japan on October 5, and the anime will kick off on Netflix outside of Japan on July 15.
