Long-running manga series Golgo 13 cby Takao Saito broke the Guinness World Record for “most volumes published for a single manga series” on Monday when its 201st compiled book volume was published in Japan.
The manga has surpassed Osamu Akimoto’s manga Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (‘ Kochikame’), which won the record with its 200th compiled book volume and finally shipped in September 2016.
Saito says he’s grateful for his readers.
The manga set a record when its 200th compiled book volume shipped in Japan on April 5.
The manga, which focuses on the famous legendary assassin, is the oldest manga series still in print. Saito launched the manga in Shogakukan’s Big Comic magazine in 1968.
Viz Media published 13 volumes of the manga in North America between 2006 and 2008. The story inspired two live-action films in 1973 and 1977, an animated film in 1983, and an animated film. original video Golgo 13: Queen Bee in 1998 and a 2008-2009 animated television series.
The manga will get its first spin-off in the Big Comic Zōkan magazine on July 17.
