Kodansha Opens Second Young Magazine USA Issue to Overseas Submissions
The call keeps a magazine experiment tied to a single stated theme and a hard submission window, which tells you how much of the U.S. edition depends on pitches from creators rather than reprints.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Kodansha's Young Magazine has announced a second issue of Young Magazine USA, its special edition for the U.S. The staff is seeking Japanese manga creators who want their work published for overseas readers. Applicants must submit a chapter storyboard and three sample manuscript pages by December 13. The requested theme is an outcast who is overlooked by society and struggles to fit in.
The submission call carries a specific brief: stories about an outcast who is overlooked by society and has trouble fitting in. Entries need a chapter storyboard plus three sample manuscript pages, and the deadline is December 13.
Kodansha teased a second Young Magazine USA issue in November 2025. The first one commemorated the magazine's 45th anniversary and ran 1,044 pages, with 18 new series from Japanese artists, the first chapter of Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja, and Shuichi Shigeno's new manga Subaru and Subaru. Masamune Shirow drew the cover. That issue went to Anime NYC attendees in August 2025 and to specific Kinokuniya locations through November 2025, and it appeared free on the magazine's website, GlobalComix, and Azuki.
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