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Kirby Manga's Original Artist Returns With New Installment
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The winter issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Aniki magazine published the first chapter of a new installment of the Kirby (Hoshi no Kirby - Dedede de Pupupu na Monogatari) manga by its original artist Hirokazu Hikawa on Friday. The magazine's next issue will also have another new chapter, along with a "shocking development." The below panel from the manga describes it as a "special manga." The magazine issue comes with a "Dondon Suikomu Nau" card for the Duel Masters card game with art by Hikawa featuring Kirby.
The manga debuted in 1994, and various authors have continued the series in Coro Coro Comics since then.
Hikawa ended his manga adaptation in 2006. Shogakukan published 25 compiled book volumes for the manga. Viz Media licensed the manga in 2009, but did not release it. The manga franchise has 10 million copies in print.
A new Kirby manga titled Hoshi no Kirby - Manpuku Pupupu Fantasy (pictured at right) by Ibuki Takeuchi debuted in Coro Coro Comics in October 2016, and Shogakukan published the manga's first compiled volume on October 27.
Nintendo debuted in the first game of the series, Kirby's Dream Land, in 1992. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the game franchise. Nintendo has a new Kirby game for the Nintendo Switch in development for a 2018 release.
Update: The magazine's next issue will also have another new chapter for the Kirby manga, along with a "shocking development."
Source: Comic Natalie via Hachima Kikō
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