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Exclusive: Titan Manga to Release Omnibus Edition of Yūgo Kobayashi's Aoashi Manga
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The manga will be available to order on Forbidden Planet in the U.K., along with other North American retailers.
Titan Manga describes the story:
To the world stage! Glory and ambition lie ahead of young Ashito Aoi as he takes the first steps to becoming a pro soccer player. But after being catapulted into a new harsh environment, can he hold onto his spider's thread and climb his way to the top?A fateful encounter on Futami Beach in Ehime, Japan leads to the meeting between Fukuda Tatsuya; once a rising star and a player on the cusp of greatness whose career ended all too soon, and Aoi Ashito; a brash and hot-headed striker who loves soccer despite his selfish tendencies.
After being selected to try out for the Tokyo City Esperion Youth club, Ashito Aoi stakes his future on the chance to create a better life for his single mother and older brother, all while realizing his own shortcomings and dealing with the highly competitive world of J-Youth Soccer.
Kobayashi launched the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in January 2015. The series will end with the 40th volume. The manga's serialization will end with the 410th chapter. Shogakukan released the manga's 407th chapter on May 19.
The manga won the Best General Manga at the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards. The series has over 15 million copies in circulation.
An anime adaptation premiered on the NHK Educational channel in April 2022, and had 24 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired. The anime will get a second season in 2026.
Update: Staff credits corrected.
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