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Mb | Jan 9, 2026 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
On the occasion of its centenary publishing anniversary, the Japanese publishing house Shueisha has opened a special website named Shueisha Manga Expo. This platform is intended to serve throughout the entire year 2026 as a center for a variety of special projects and activities that present the company's extensive manga heritage and aim to attract new readers.
A centerpiece of the anniversary activities is a series in which over forty manga artists personally select and comment on a special chapter from their own work. Kicking off this series is Osamu Akimoto, the creator of the long-running series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (known as Kochikame). He dedicates himself to the final chapter of his work and even contributes a newly drawn episode. This series, which ran for over four decades in Weekly Shonen Jump and holds a record with 200 volumes, is a significant part of the publishing house's history. In the following months, similar contributions from other artists such as Shoko Morimoto and Yasuhisa Hara will be published.
Beyond the world of artists, the website also collects recommendations from more than twenty prominent personalities from various social and cultural fields. These individuals share titles of manga that have personally impressed them or that they believe are currently worth reading. Among them is, for example, the soccer player Takefusa Kubo, who recommends the popular series One Piece and Naruto.
The Shueisha Manga Expo website also functions as a platform for digital reading campaigns. This includes a time-limited sales offer where complete series can be purchased for only 100 yen per volume at various digital bookstores. Another ongoing project is the monthly presentation of a selection of one hundred recommended manga titles, which are made available to readers free of charge.
The Manga Expo is part of a broader program for the publishing house's centenary, which was founded on August 8, 1926. Shueisha is using the anniversary to emphasize its role as a promoter of talent and its diverse activities – from traditional publishing to digital formats, film adaptations, and international expansion. A logo specially designed for the anniversary symbolizes the ambition to create something new from zero and expand its possibilities infinitely.
A centerpiece of the anniversary activities is a series in which over forty manga artists personally select and comment on a special chapter from their own work. Kicking off this series is Osamu Akimoto, the creator of the long-running series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (known as Kochikame). He dedicates himself to the final chapter of his work and even contributes a newly drawn episode. This series, which ran for over four decades in Weekly Shonen Jump and holds a record with 200 volumes, is a significant part of the publishing house's history. In the following months, similar contributions from other artists such as Shoko Morimoto and Yasuhisa Hara will be published.
Beyond the world of artists, the website also collects recommendations from more than twenty prominent personalities from various social and cultural fields. These individuals share titles of manga that have personally impressed them or that they believe are currently worth reading. Among them is, for example, the soccer player Takefusa Kubo, who recommends the popular series One Piece and Naruto.
The Shueisha Manga Expo website also functions as a platform for digital reading campaigns. This includes a time-limited sales offer where complete series can be purchased for only 100 yen per volume at various digital bookstores. Another ongoing project is the monthly presentation of a selection of one hundred recommended manga titles, which are made available to readers free of charge.
The Manga Expo is part of a broader program for the publishing house's centenary, which was founded on August 8, 1926. Shueisha is using the anniversary to emphasize its role as a promoter of talent and its diverse activities – from traditional publishing to digital formats, film adaptations, and international expansion. A logo specially designed for the anniversary symbolizes the ambition to create something new from zero and expand its possibilities infinitely.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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