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Crusher Joe Rebirth Manga to Resume After 3-Year Hiatus

Manga author Yū Harii announced on their X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday that their Crusher Joe REBIRTH, the manga adaptation of Haruka Takachiho's science fiction novel series Crusher Joe, will resume serialization, and shared that all chapters of the manga are available for free on Kodansha's Comic Days app and web service until June 18. Harii did not give an exact date when the manga will resume serialization.

The manga announced in 2022 that it will go on hiatus "for a while."

The manga previously went on hiatus in October 2020, and planned to return in spring 2021. The manga returned in July 2021 with an adaptation of Takachiho's first novel Crusher Joe: Rentai Wakusei Pizanne no Kiki (Crisis on Solidarity Planet Pizanne), originally published in 1977.

Crusher Joe REBIRTH launched in Kodansha's Evening in September 2017. Manga creator and animator Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Gundam: The Origin) is designing the characters. Kodansha published the manga's fifth compiled book volume in February 2022.

Takachiho and the artist Fujihiko Hosono previously adapted the series into a manga in 1979. Anime studio Sunrise adapted the Crusher Joe novels into a 1983 film and a 1989 video project, both of which AnimEigo released in North America. The company describes the story:

The galaxy is a strange and dangerous place, and there are times when even the United Space Force can't help. That's where the Crushers come in - skilled troubleshooters who will deal with any problem, large or small, for a fee (large only!) And there is no better Crusher than Crusher Joe!

Discotek Media more recently released the movie on DVD in April 2017, and on Blu-ray Disc in June 2020. The publisher released the OVAs on DVD in September 2017, and on Blu-ray Disc in August 2020.

Update: Corrected Haruka Takachiho's name. Thanks, ShugoYotsuba

Source: Yū Harii's X/Twitter account