Inklore Licenses Tomoko Yamashita's Ikoku Nikki Manga
Inklore adds a critically acclaimed, recently concluded manga with existing anime and film adaptations to its English-language print lineup.
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Inklore announced at Anime Expo 2026 that it has licensed Tomoko Yamashita's Ikoku Nikki manga. The first volume will be released in print in summer 2027. The manga, which ran from 2017 to 2023, follows novelist Makio Kōdai and her niece Asa living together after Asa's parents die. It has received multiple award nominations and inspired a live-action film and a TV anime.
Inklore announced at its Anime Expo 2026 panel on Friday that it has licensed Tomoko Yamashita's Ikoku Nikki manga. The publisher will release the first volume in print in summer 2027. The manga ran in Shodensha's Feel Young magazine from June 2017 to June 2023, with 11 compiled volumes. It was nominated for the 28th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024 and ranked fifth on the women's list of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2024. The series also topped Da Vinci's 23rd annual Book of the Year list for manga in 2023 and was nominated for the 13th Manga Taisho awards in 2020. A live-action film opened in June 2024, and a television anime debuted in January 2025 under the title Journal with Witch on Crunchyroll.
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