Squid Girl Creator Masahiro Anbe to Launch Badokon! Badminton Manga
Anbe returns to Weekly Shōnen Champion with a sports comedy after his previous series Cheeky Devil Cop! ended in 2025.
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Masahiro Anbe, creator of Squid Girl, will launch a new girls' badminton comedy manga titled Badokon! in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion on July 23. The announcement appeared in the magazine's 27th issue and on Anbe's social media.
Masahiro Anbe is bringing a new manga to Weekly Shōnen Champion. The magazine's 27th issue announced that Badokon!, a girls' badminton comedy, will start in the 34th issue on July 23. Anbe confirmed the news on his X/Twitter account. The series follows Anbe's recent work Cheeky Devil Cop!, which ran in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from February to September 2025 and ended in three volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed that series and plans a first volume release in September 2026. Anbe is best known for Squid Girl, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2007 to 2016 and received two television anime adaptations.
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