Kirby appears to be preparing for a significant year. The cherished Nintendo IP is going into print following the character’s prominent appearance in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It has been reported that a brand-new Kirby manga would be produced in collaboration with Japan’s HAL Laboratory. The manga will be published by Katou Minori and will have the working title Star Kirby, according to its initial advertisements. On March 3rd, the series is scheduled to debut in Ciao magazine. As of right now, no American publishers have disclosed a license, therefore it is unclear if this manga will be published here.
A new Kirby manga series titled "Hoshi no Kirby" (Star Kirby) by Katou Minori will start in upcoming CIao issue 4/2023 out March 3
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New Kirby manga will be out on March 3rd
Although there aren’t many specifics available about this manga just yet, fans anticipate it to be another slice-of-life action comedy. Star Kirby isn’t even the first Nintendo manga that has ever been published. It isn’t the first Kirby’s manga, in fact. It has published its own manga in CoroCore in 2006 under the title The Story of Dedede Who Lives in Puppy. The comedy was written by Hirokazu Hikawa, and it spent many years only being released in Japan. However, Kirby Manga Mania, which serves as a best-of compilation for the humor, was just released in the United States. The Kirby manga was distributed in the US by Viz Media, and even after all these years, readers continue to give it favorable ratings.
Now that Nintendo is investing heavily in a new comic, Star Kirby has a tremendous task ahead of it. After all, the gaming industry has already published a number of really successful manga. Nintendo’s most popular franchises, like Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda, and Mario, have all given manga their best go. And Kirby is prepared to do the same. Besides the new Kirby manga, we have more articles for you.
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