is a Japanese

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written and illustrated by

Kenjiro Hata is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' series. He likes to collect anime related items, like figurines, and was once an assistant of Kōji Kumeta. He is married to voice actress Masumi Asano. Ca ...

. It has been serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

's ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, ...

'' since September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a "first season" of 7 chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will be published. Its chapters have been collected in one ''

tankōbon is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...

'' volume as of February 2016.

Publication

''Ad Astra per Aspera'' is written and illustrated by

. In July 2015, Hata announced that he would start a monthly series to be published in

's ''

''. ''Ad Astra per Aspera'' debuted in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' on September 2, 2015. The series' "first season" ran for 7 chapters until May 11, 2016. The same day, Hata wrote that he will continue the series with a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will be released. Shogakukan collected the first five chapters in a ''

'' volume, released on February 18, 2016.

Volume list

Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' volumes

These chapters have yet to be published in a ''tankōbon'' volume. They were published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in March and May 2016. *006. "Ambiguous" *007.

References

External links

* * {{Weekly Shōnen Sunday - 2010–2019 Science fiction anime and manga Shogakukan manga Shōnen manga