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Black Lagoon Manga Returns With 1st New Chapter in 7 Months

The July issue of Shogakukan's Sunday GX magazine revealed on Thursday that Rei Hiroe's Black Lagoon manga will return with a new chapter in the magazine's next issue on July 18. The manga will feature on the issue's cover, and will have a color opening page.

The previous three chapters for the manga ran in May 2024, August 2024, and December 2024, respectively.

Hiroe launched the Black Lagoon manga in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX in 2002. Shogakukan published the manga's 13th volume in December 2023. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America, and it released the 13th volume on December 17. The manga has gone on hiatus and returned multiple times since 2010.

Black Lagoon's first spinoff manga is titled Black Lagoon: Sōji-ya Sawyer - Kaitai! Gore Gore Musume (Black Lagoon: Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl). Tatsuhiko Ida draws the manga, which launched in Monthly Sunday GX in September 2019. Hajime Yamamura launched a second spinoff manga titled Black Lagoon Eda Initial Stage in Monthly Sunday GX in April 2022.

Madhouse adapted the manga into two television anime series in 2006, and the Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail OVA in 2010. Geneon released both series on DVD in North America in 2007-2008, and Funimation re-released the series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2012, and again in 2015.

Hiroe was also the original creator for the Re:CREATORS television anime series. He also provided the original character designs, and wrote and oversaw the scripts for the series. The 22-episode anime premiered in April 2017.

Hiroe launched the 341 Sentōdan (341 RMR Battlegroup) manga in Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in June 2019.

Source: Sunday GX July issue and magazine's website