Kai-hen Wizards
| Kai-hen Wizards | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 界変の魔法使い (Kaihen no Mahōtsukai) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yellow Tanabe |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 11, 2024 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
Kai-hen Wizards (Japanese: 界変の魔法使い, Hepburn: Kaihen no Mahōtsukai; lit. 'Wizards of World Change') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since September 2024.
Plot
Described as an "oriental fantasy", the series follows a wizard named Zemu that lives in a remote castle far from the secular world, who is reluctant to take on an apprentice until he takes in a mysterious boy covered in bandages that does not remember who he is or where he came from. Their encounter is the prologue for a crisis that will threaten the world.
Publication
Kai-hen Wizards is written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. The manga was announced in August 2024.[2] It started in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on September 11, 2024.[3] Shogakukan released the first tankōbon volume on February 18, 2025.[4]
Viz Media is publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.[5]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 18, 2025[6] | 978-4-09-854015-0 |
| 2 | May 16, 2025[7] | 978-4-09-854116-4 |
Reception
The series has been nominated for the eleventh Next Manga Awards in 2025 in the print category.[8]
References
- ^ Pineda, Rafael (August 9, 2024). "Kekkaishi's Yellow Tanabe Launches New 'Oriental Fantasy' Manga in September". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 9, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ 「結界師」の田辺イエロウら新連載が今夏サンデーで開幕 今号にはコナンTCG付録. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 7, 2024. Archived from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ 「結界師」の田辺イエロウが描くオリエンタルファンタジー、サンデーで開幕. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 11, 2024. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ 田辺イエロウの新作「界変の魔法使い」1巻発売 「終末のラフター」電子版も登場. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 18, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ Tai, Anita (September 11, 2024). "Viz Media Offers Yellow Tanabe's New Kai-hen Wizards Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ^ 界変の魔法使い １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ 界変の魔法使い ２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Next Manga Award 2025 Reveals 100 Nominees: Full List Including War of the Adults". Japan Anime News. Oricon. June 19, 2025. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
External links
- Official website at Web Sunday (in Japanese)
- Official website at Viz Media
- Kai-hen Wizards at Anime News Network's encyclopedia