Giant Killing Writer Masaya Tsunamoto and Artist Demo Launch New Manga in July
Tsunamoto, best known for the long-running soccer manga Giant Killing, is collaborating with a new artist on a supernatural school trip story, expanding his range beyond sports.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Writer Masaya Tsunamoto and artist Demo will launch a new manga titled Shūgaku Ryokō ~Kyoto・Nara 4-paku 4-nichi in Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shōnen Champion on July 15. The story follows a high school student on a Kyoto school trip who is caught in a supernatural phenomenon.
The June issue of Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shōnen Champion revealed that writer Masaya Tsunamoto and artist Demo will launch Shūgaku Ryokō ~Kyoto・Nara 4-paku 4-nichi in the magazine's August issue, shipping July 15. The story begins with Seian Academy's second-year students on a school trip to Kyoto on October 8. Student Takeuchi looks at his chatting classmates with a somber expression, caught in a supernatural phenomenon no one else can perceive.
Tsunamoto and artist Yūichirō Oka recently launched the baseball manga Senshu no Kōtai o Oshiraseitashimasu in Weekly Shōnen Champion on April 2. Tsunamoto also writes the ongoing Mr. CB soccer manga with illustrator Isao Tanishima, whose 18th volume ships June 19. Their Atlanta 1996 Olympic project began serialization in March 2025. Tsunamoto's Giant Killing, drawn with Tsujitomo, has run since 2007 and inspired a 2010 anime.
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- Anime News Network Giant Killing's Masaya Tsunamoto, Artist Demo Launch New Manga on July 15