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Kodansha Opens Manga Academy to Support Global Manga Creators
posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the opening of its Kodansha Manga Academy website on Tuesday. The publisher designed the website as a guide to help global manga creators learn the process of publishing manga in Japan.
The website currently hosts comments from manga creators Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga), Peach-Pit (Shugo Chara!), Hajime Isayama (Attack on Titan), and Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura (Blue Lock), as well as a cursory explanation on how to become a manga creator in Japan and a “case study” of Spanish manga creator Juan Albarrán. Albarran is currently serializing a manga series about his journey to publishing manga in Japan.
The Kodansha Manga Academy website also announced a global manga award set for early 2026. Details regarding the award are limited, but the website notes that the award is "an open call for the next generation of storytellers."
Sources: Press release, Kodansha Manga Academy's website and X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
