English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2026
Manga release statistics for 2026: new English volumes by month and by publisher, and how long a volume takes to come from Japan to English. Computed from Mangainfo's catalog of English editions.
Updated . 2026 is not over, so the figures run to 30 October.
723
new English manga volumes in 2026 so far
- new English volumes
- 723
- publishers
- 30
- median from Japan to English
- 20 months
- series new to English
- 87
Mangainfo counts 723 new English manga volumes released in 2026 up to 30 October. They belong to 389 series from 30 publishers. From January to September there were 579 against 534 in the same months of 2025. That is 45 more, a rise of 8.4%. Another 191 volumes are dated for the rest of 2026.
Seven Seas released the most: 216 volumes, or 29.9% of the year. VIZ Media followed with 172 and Kodansha with 122.
October was the busiest month with 114 volumes. Aoashi had the most volumes in one month: 3 in October.
A volume took a median of 20 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 39.2 months. Both figures cover the 693 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Kodansha was the fastest of the publishers with 5 or more such volumes, at a median of 16 months. Titan took the longest at 86 months. Shangri-La Frontier moved fastest: a median of 5 months over 2 volumes. Captain Tsubasa had the longest wait: a median of 529 months.
87 series got their first English edition in 2026 so far. Among them are Billy Bat, Cells at Work! Cat and Forest of the Rabbits. 17 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2026. Among them are Dungeon Builder: The Demon King’s Labyrinth is a Modern City!, The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious and 365 Days to the Wedding.
New English manga volumes per month, 2026
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | Released |
| February | 66 | Released |
| March | 68 | Released |
| April | 67 | Released |
| May | 60 | Released |
| June | 60 | Released |
| July | 66 | Released |
| August | 71 | Released |
| September | 58 | Released |
| October | 114 | Released |
| November | 105 | Dated, still to come |
| December | 86 | Dated, still to come |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2026">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2026</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2026
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Seas | 216 | 29.9% |
| VIZ Media | 172 | 23.8% |
| Kodansha | 122 | 16.9% |
| Yen Press | 54 | 7.5% |
| Square Enix | 35 | 4.8% |
| Vertical | 21 | 2.9% |
| J-Novel Club | 19 | 2.6% |
| Titan | 15 | 2.1% |
| Ghost Ship | 11 | 1.5% |
| One Peace Books | 11 | 1.5% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2026">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2026</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2026
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kodansha | 16 months | 21.9 months | 115 |
| Square Enix | 16 months | 21.9 months | 34 |
| Yen Press | 17 months | 25.2 months | 51 |
| VIZ Media | 17 months | 52.5 months | 167 |
| Seven Seas | 22 months | 28.8 months | 211 |
| Ghost Ship | 24 months | 22.3 months | 11 |
| J-Novel Club | 31.5 months | 33.7 months | 18 |
| Vertical | 34 months | 34.7 months | 21 |
| One Peace Books | 41 months | 41.5 months | 11 |
| SuBLime | 46.5 months | 43.2 months | 6 |
| AlphaPolis | 77 months | 77.7 months | 9 |
| Titan | 86 months | 86.8 months | 15 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2026">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2026</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Shangri-La Frontier | 5 months | 2 |
| Medalist | 5.5 months | 2 |
| My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today | 7.5 months | 2 |
| The Dangers in My Heart | 7.5 months | 2 |
| The Darwin Incident | 9.5 months | 2 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Tsubasa | 529 months | 4 |
| Pet Shop of Horrors | 279 months | 2 |
| Ultra Heaven | 224.5 months | 2 |
| Kingdom | 222.5 months | 10 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7-Steel Ball Run | 222.5 months | 10 |
Started in English
From the license tracker for 2026.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| Dungeon Builder: The Demon King’s Labyrinth is a Modern City! | 12 | |
| The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious | 8 | |
| 365 Days to the Wedding | 11 | |
| Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers | 12 | |
| My Dress-Up Darling | 15 | |
| Insomniacs After School | 14 | |
| Ultra Heaven | 3 | |
| Kaiju No.8 | 16 | |
| Vinland Saga | 29 | |
| Honey Bee & Lemon Balm: sweet moment | 1 | |
| Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari | 16 | |
| To Your Eternity | 25 | |
| Follow That Kiss | 1 | |
| Undead Unluck | 27 | |
| BLUE LOCK -EPISODE NAGI- | 8 | |
| The Dragon School Is Atop the Mountain | 1 | |
| Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day | 1 |
Month by month
Methodology
The report counts Japanese manga volumes in English. A volume counts once, in the month of its first English edition from a manga publisher. Later editions of the same volume, such as an ebook after the print book or an omnibus, do not count again. Library rebinds and distributors do not count as publishers. A volume dated only to a year counts in the year but in no month.
The time from Japan to English is counted in calendar months, from the month of the Japanese release to the month of the first English edition. Only volumes whose dates are known at least to the month on both sides count. That keeps a guessed day out of the figures. A volume whose English date comes before its Japanese date is left out as a data error. In 2026 that left out 30 volumes without a date to the month, 0 without a Japanese date and 0 with English first. A publisher needs 5 such volumes for its own figure, and a series 2.
The data is Mangainfo's catalog: the series with a page on Mangainfo, without adult series. It is large but not complete, so older years and small publishers are undercounted. English edition data comes largely from ISBNdb. Japanese dates come from the National Diet Library. "Started in English" uses the license tracker. "Finished in English" is a series finished in Japan whose every volume is out in English, with the last one out in 2026. The figures are computed again every day, so they change as the catalog grows.
Use and cite
The figures and charts are free to use with credit: "Source: Mangainfo" and a link to this page. The rows behind them are in the open dataset under CC BY 4.0. The figures are also at /api/v1/report/2026.
Mangainfo. (2026). English Manga Report 2026. https://mangainfo.com/report/2026