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Kingdom Manga Gets Special Magazine for 20th Anniversary

The special magazine is the main anniversary event for one of Shueisha's longest-running and best-selling historical manga series.

Key Facts

  • Shueisha will release Kingdom Magazine on August 19, featuring new cover art by Yasuhisa Hara.
  • The magazine includes results of the third character popularity poll for Kingdom.
  • Kingdom Magazine will contain a long interview with Hara and a retrospective of the series' 20-year history.
  • The announcement appeared in the 29th issue of Young Jump in 2025.
  • Kingdom has 79 compiled volumes in Japan as of May 2025, with Viz Media handling the English release.

Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.

Kingdom Manga Gets Special Magazine for 20th Anniversary

Shueisha will publish a special magazine for Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga on August 19, as part of the series' 20th anniversary. The magazine will feature new cover art by Hara, a poster, results of the third character poll, a long interview with Hara, and a retrospective of the past 20 years.

Shueisha will release a commemorative magazine for Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga on August 19, timed to the series' 20th anniversary. The magazine, titled Kingdom Magazine, will have new cover art by Hara and a poster with the same art. It will also include the results of the third character popularity poll, a lengthy interview with Hara, and a look back at the manga's two-decade run. The announcement came in this year's 29th issue of Young Jump. Kingdom launched in Weekly Young Jump in 2006 and has since grown into one of the magazine's flagship titles, with 79 compiled volumes released in Japan as of May. Viz Media publishes the manga in English.

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