Naoki Urasawa is launching a new manga series in August 2026 and recently directed and animated a music video for a track based on his manga Monster. His manga Billy Bat is now available in English.
Naoki Urasawa is active across multiple projects in mid-2026. On June 12, Big Comic Original Special announced that Urasawa will launch a new manga series titled Saigo no Manga Kyōshitsu in the magazine's September issue on August 12. The magazine framed the series as a challenge in an era of AI convenience. Urasawa recently resumed his ongoing series Asadora! after a hiatus.
The following day, Urasawa released a music video for the Rodrigo y Gabriela single "MON ster," which is based on his manga Monster. Urasawa illustrated the single's cover and directed and animated the music video, which shows a timelapse of the cover being drawn. The track will appear on the duo's upcoming album OurHome, out September 18. The collaboration is a rare direct animation project by Urasawa.
On June 16, the long-awaited English release of Urasawa's manga Billy Bat was highlighted in Beneath the Tangles' Reader's Corner column. The series, which had not been available in English for eighteen years, is set in the 1940s. The column also reviewed the one-volume historical manga cocoon about the Battle of Okinawa.
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Beneath the Tangles' June 16th Reader's Corner features reviews of several new manga releases, headlined by the long-awaited English release of Naoki Urasawa's Billy Bat and the one-volume historical manga cocoon about the Himeyuri schoolgirls during the Battle of Okinawa.
Manga creator Naoki Urasawa illustrated the cover for Rodrigo y Gabriela's single "MON ster" and directed and animated its music video, which shows a timelapse of the cover being drawn. The track is based on Urasawa's manga Monster and will appear on the duo's upcoming album OurHome, out September 18.
Naoki Urasawa will launch a new manga series titled Saigo no Manga Kyōshitsu in the September issue of Big Comic Original Special on August 12. The magazine teased the project as a challenge in an era of AI convenience, and Urasawa recently resumed his Asadora! manga after a hiatus.