Mari Yamazaki is continuing Zoku Thermae Romae, which resumed serialization on Shonen Jump+ on May 18, 2026 after an eight-month hiatus. She also appeared among the Japanese celebrities commenting on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey ahead of its September 11, 2026 nationwide release in Japan.
Mari Yamazaki's sequel manga Zoku Thermae Romae, also known as Thermae Romae Redux, returned to Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ on May 18, 2026, ending a hiatus that began after chapter 13 appeared on September 1, 2025. Chapter 14 is available worldwide, with an English release on MangaPlus. The chapter moves the focus to Lucius's wife Satsuki, who is separated from her family and back in her hometown, weighing her obligations and her next steps. It ends on a teaser with Lucius and Marius.
The series has had a stop-start run since Yamazaki launched it on Shonen Jump+ in February 2024. It took a break in April 2024 and returned that July, and Shueisha published the second compiled volume in March 2025. The longer gap that followed chapter 13 left the sequel's status unsettled until the May 2026 chapter. In the story, Lucius is nearing 60 and still travels between ancient Rome and modern Japan.
Yamazaki's other appearance in the coverage is a comment on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which began IMAX advance screenings in Japan on September 4, 2026. She said the film showed the maturity of film history. The screenings, ahead of a nationwide release on September 11, sold out at Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro for September 4 and 5 within hours.
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Sep 4
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey began IMAX advance screenings in Japan on September 4, and demand is running ahead of supply. Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro sold out every showing for September 4 and 5 within hours of tickets going on sale, and other Tokyo theaters reported sold-out screenings piling up. The advance run continues through September 10, ahead of the nationwide release on September 11.
The screenings arrived with a wave of celebrity comments. Director Lee Sang-il called the film "a movie at the extreme point," manga artist Mari Yamazaki said it showed the maturity of film history, and game creator Hideo Kojima praised the all-IMAX presentation as "an Odyssey no one has seen." Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who returned from space, said the story of a hero carrying guilt after war left him in awe. The film, based on Homer's epic and starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, is the first feature shot entirely with IMAX cameras. Its worldwide box office reached $1.5526 billion (about 251.5 billion yen) as of August 30, the highest for a Nolan film and the highest ever for an R-rated release.
May 19
Mari Yamazaki's sequel manga Zoku Thermae Romae (also known as Thermae Romae Redux) resumed serialization on Monday with a new chapter on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ platform. The series had been on hiatus since chapter 13 was published on September 1, 2025. Chapter 14 is now available worldwide, with an English release on Shueisha's MangaPlus site. The chapter focuses on Lucius's wife Satsuki, who is separated from her family and back in her hometown, dealing with her obligations and considering her next steps. The chapter ends with a teaser featuring Lucius and Marius. Yamazaki launched the manga in February 2024 on Shonen Jump+, and Shueisha published the second compiled volume in March 2025. The series previously took a break in April 2024 before returning in July 2024. In the story, Lucius is now nearing 60 years old but continues to travel between ancient Rome and modern-day Japan. The original Thermae Romae manga ran from 2008 to 2013 and inspired a three-episode anime in 2012, two live-action films, and the Netflix anime Thermae Romae Novae.