Shueisha Ends Marvel Manga Sales As Disney Japan Contract Expires
The two companies announced the contract termination on July 1 and no resumption has been announced, so these Marvel manga editions are heading out of print in Japan with no replacement plan stated.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Shueisha will terminate its contract with Walt Disney Japan for comics adaptations of Marvel characters as of September 30, 2026. Distribution stops sequentially on each e-book site between September 28 and 30, and physical sales end as well. Already purchased items stay viewable. Deadpool: Samurai and SECRET REVERSE, handled by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, are among the works affected.
The halt covers e-book sites and physical media, with the e-book takedowns staggered across three days so each store delists on its own schedule. Copies already bought remain readable in customer libraries, which is the one part of the arrangement that does not change. Among the affected titles is Deadpool: Samurai, which drew attention on social media with each update, and SECRET REVERSE, the Iron Man and Spider-Man series handled by Kazuki Takahashi.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Denfaminicogamer 『デッドプール：SAMURAI』販売終了が迫る。集英社とウォルト・ディズニー・ジャパンの契約終了に伴い9月末をもって