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Golgo 13 Manga Resumes on July 10
posted on by Alex Mateo
This year's 13th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine announced on Thursday that the long-running Golgo 13 manga will resume in the magazine's next issue on July 10.
The manga went on hiatus in May for the first time in its 52-year run, after an agreement between author Takao Saitō's Saito Production company and the editorial department of Big Comic. The original announcement explained that it had been difficult for Saito Production's 10 employees to do their work under the state of emergency in Japan due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. As the employees are "absolutely essential" to the work on the manga, both Saito Production and Big Comic chose to prioritize their safety.
The manga, centering on the titular legendary hitman, is the oldest manga still in publication. Saito launched the manga in 1968. Shogakukan published the manga's 196th volume on April 3, as well as a special "Pandemic" collection book compiling three past chapters centering on bioterrorism on May 1.
Viz Media published 13 volumes of the manga in North America between 2006 and 2008. The story inspired two live-action films in 1973 and 1977, a 1983 anime film, a 1998 Golgo 13: Queen Bee original video anime, and a 2008-2009 television anime series.
Source: Big Comic issue 13
