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

Tsuyoshi Yasuda is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga '' Over Drive'', and since 2013 for the manga ''DAYS'' for which he won the prize for best ''shōnen'' manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. He previously worked as an assistant under T ...

. It has been serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's manga magazine ''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high ...

'' since October 2021. An

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series adaptation produced by

Maho Film is a Japanese animation studio founded on May 29, 2018 in Suginami, Suginami-ku. Establishment The Suginami-based animation studio was independently founded after current CEO Junji Murata left Ashi Productions in 2018. The studio's name "Maho ...

, marketed in English under the title ''Blue Miburo'', is set to premiere in October 2024.

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by

, ''The Blue Wolves of Mibu'' started in

's manga magazine ''

'' on October 13, 2021. The series ended its first part on April 17, 2024, and resumed the following week with its ''Shinsengumi Arc''. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on February 17, 2022. As of July 17, 2024, fourteen volumes have been released. At Anime Expo 2023, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication. In France, the manga is licensed by

Kana The term may refer to a number of syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae. Such syllabaries include (1) the original kana, or , which were Chinese characters (kanji) used phonetically to transcribe Japanese, the most pr ...

Volumes

Anime

In September 2023, it was announced that the manga will receive an

television series adaptation. It will be produced by

and directed by Kumiko Habara, with scripts written by Kenta Ihara, character designs handled by Yūko Ōba and Miyako Nishida, and music composed by Yuki Hayashi. The series is set to premiere on October 12, 2024 on Yomiuri TV,

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, and other NNS affiliate stations. The series is marketed in English under the title ''Blue Miburo''.

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