Atsushi Kaneko is launching a new manga series, MISH/MASH, in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits on September 28, following the end of EVOL with its tenth volume in November 2025. The same name is attached to an A-1 Pictures producer who said at Mumbai Comic Con 2026 that Solo Leveling was made for a domestic Japanese audience, not overseas fans.
Atsushi Kaneko's manga work is moving publishers. The combined 42nd and 43rd issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits announced that Kaneko will launch MISH/MASH in the next issue on September 28. The magazine teases the series with the tagline: "In the untrustworthy age of social media, AI, and fake news, what do you believe?" Before this, Kaneko was at Kadokawa's Comic Beam, where EVOL ran and ended at ten volumes in November 2025.
Separately, the name Atsushi Kaneko appears in connection with Solo Leveling. At Mumbai Comic Con 2026, an A-1 Pictures producer named Atsushi Kaneko said the studio did not create Solo Leveling with a global audience in mind, treating it as a domestic Japanese production instead. He said trying to appeal overseas misses the point, and that the staff simply aimed to make something good. The two stories share a name but concern different roles and different companies, and the coverage does not connect them.
What is settled is that MISH/MASH has a confirmed magazine, a confirmed launch issue date of September 28, and a stated tagline. What is settled on the Solo Leveling side is only the producer's stated position at the convention. The stories do not say whether the two Atsushi Kanekos are the same person, and no other credits, staff, or release details are given.
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The combined 42nd and 43rd issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits announced Monday that Atsushi Kaneko will launch a new series, MISH/MASH, in the next issue on September 28. The magazine teases it with the tagline: "In the untrustworthy age of social media, AI, and fake news, what do you believe?" Kaneko ended the EVOL manga with its tenth volume in November 2025.
A-1 Pictures producer Atsushi Kaneko stated at Mumbai Comic Con 2026 that the studio did not create Solo Leveling with a global audience in mind, instead treating it as a domestic Japanese production. He said trying to appeal overseas misses the point, and the staff simply aimed to make something good.