Ink Pop Licenses Noho's My Neighbor Yokai Manga for English Release
The license brings a popular Twitter-originated manga with an established anime adaptation to English print for the first time, under a major publisher's kids-and-teens imprint.
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Ink Pop, the manga and webcomics imprint from Penguin Random House, announced at Anime Expo that it will release noho's My Neighbor Yokai manga in English starting spring 2027. The cozy series follows Buchio the cat, who becomes a talking cat spirit, and his yokai neighbors. The manga originally serialized on Twitter in 2018 and inspired a 2024 anime.
Ink Pop, the manga and webcomics imprint for kids and teens from Penguin Random House, announced at Anime Expo on Thursday that it will release noho's My Neighbor Yokai in English. The series follows Buchio the cat, who sprouts a second tail and becomes a talking cat spirit, as he learns about the yokai living in his town. Ink Pop will publish the manga in paperback and jacketed hardcover starting spring 2027.
The manga originally serialized on Twitter in 2018 and later on East Press's Mato Grosso website. It has four main volumes and two spinoff volumes, with the latest spinoff shipping in April. The series inspired a television anime that debuted in April 2024, streamed by Crunchyroll.
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