This weekend, Viz announced a series of new manga licenses, including highly anticipated titles like The Climber, one of the best seinen manga you can read, and recent hits like RuriDragon. They also revealed new editions for several popular series, including Vagabond, which will be getting a Definitive Edition, and Hunter x Hunter, which will be released in 3-in-1 editions similar to those previously seen for Naruto, Bleach, and others.
All titles are expected to arrive in Spring 2025 and will be available for purchase wherever you shop for manga. As they become available, we will update this post with new details, such as official release dates, so stay tuned. You can learn more about Viz Media’s manga announcements below.
Dogsred by Satoru Noda
From the creator of Golden Kamuy, Satoru Noda comes a new manga: Dogsred. After an outburst that gets him banned from figure skating, Rou joins an underdog hockey team. Though he’s never played ice hockey, Rou’s skills on the rink are unmatched. Dogsred is set to release in Spring 2025.
Tokyo Alien Bros. by Keigo Shinzo
In Tokyo Alien Bros., Aliens are living among us, but they’re just two friends navigating life in Tokyo! Tasked with colonizing Earth, they soon realize that adapting to human life is more challenging than they expected. Tokyo Alien Bros., by Keigo Shinzo, the creator of Hirayasumi, one of the best manga releases of 2023, is set to release in Spring 2025.
Pink Candy Kiss by Ami Uozumi
In Pink Candy Kiss, Takara’s never felt jealous of any of her boyfriends—until her middle-school crush, Ema re-enters her life as a married woman. Can Takara find happiness with Ema, or is she 20 years too late? Pink Candy Kiss by Ami Uozumi is set to release in Spring 2025.
RuriDragon by Masaoki Shindo
They are also printing RuriDragon by Masaoki Shindo in Spring 2025. This series has gained popularity since its digital release on MangaPlus, where it is available with an English translation. It tells the story of Ruri Aoki, who awakens one morning to find a pair of horns growing from her head. Dealing with the challenges of being a normal high school girl is tough enough, but now she must navigate her new reality as a half-dragon.
Mujina into the Deep by Inio Asano
Mujina into the Deep is the latest series from Inio Asano, the creator of Goodnight Punpun and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction. It is set in a new world where human rights are for sale, and without them, you’re nothing—a mujina. Mujina into the Deep is expected to be released in Spring 2025.
Firefly Wedding by Oreco Tachibana
Firefly Wedding by Oreco Tachibana is set to arrive in Spring 2025. This captivating romance and historical story follows Satoko, who must marry into wealth to secure her future. To survive the assassin pursuing her, she proposes marriage to him.
Though her proposal isn’t sincere, she soon discovers that Shinpei loves as intensely as he kills, making it difficult to escape his grasp. Over time, she learns more about him, finding him more charming and less threatening, which leads to a budding romance between the two.
If you enjoy rich stories with historical settings, unconventional romances, or yandere male leads, you’ll want to check out Firefly Wedding when it releases in 2025.
The Climber by Shin’ichi Sakamoto
The Climber by Shin’ichi Sakamoto has been highly anticipated since its release in Japan in 2007. Now, in Spring 2025, it is finally getting printed with an English translation. Given that this is a Seinen series, I hope it will be printed under their Sig imprint, which is their larger format standard release for more mature series, similar to Dorohedoro and Pluto. If you are new to The Climber, it is one of the best sports manga of all time, renowned for its stunning art, impactful story, and unique psychological perspective.
The Climber follows Mori, a guy who likes to keep to himself, who discovers he has a passion for climbing one day when his classmates egg him on to climb the side of the school’s building. He scales the side of the wall with ease and is a natural talent. We also discover he’s quite fearless because he does so without a harness on. This moment awakens something within him and he finds a new calling.
Of course, nothing is ever this simple though, because this manga is very psychological as well. Mori won’t just have to overcome the physical mountains that stand before him, but the ones that are in his mind also.
In Spring 2025, Viz is also releasing Minecraft: The Manga by Kazuyoshi Seto, a spin-off titled Kaiju No. 8 B-Side by Naoya Matsumoto, Keiji Ando, and Kentaro Hidano, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex by Masashi Kishimoto and Mikio Ikemoto, a second series which continues the story of Boruto, One Piece: Heroines by Jun Esaka, Eiichiro Oda, and Sayaka Suwa, a collection of prose short stories that follow Nami, Robin, Vivi, and Perona, My Love Story!! Vol. 14 by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko, which is a stand-alone story, The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2 by Junji Ito, and a collection of one-shots from Spy x Family‘s Tatsuya Endo titled Four Lives Remain: Tatsuya Endo Before Spy x Family.
Vagabond Definitive Edition, Hunter x Hunter 3-in-1s, and More
In addition to the above new manga licenses, they also announced a few new editions. The first is paperback 3-in-1 editions of one of the most beloved shonen manga Hunter x Hunter, which are similar to those we’ve seen for Bleach, Naruto, and more. The second is a Vagabond Definitive Edition, which is expected to arrive on January 21, 2025. The first three volumes of Vagabond are going to be collected in a large-trim edition that has a textured design. And finally, they announced a deluxe hardcover film comic that’s based on Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away.
As they become available, we will update this post with new details, such as official release dates, so stay tuned. Until then, you can look forward to all of these new manga releases in 2025.
