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Dark Horse reveals Four new Manga Releases for Late 2026

Dark Horse Manga has announced a new, expansive lineup of Manga coming to English audiences in Fall 2026 and beyond. 

Suicide Island

In a story evoking both Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale, a young Japanese man, Sei, is transported to the mysterious, remote Suicide Island after a failed suicide attempt—where he must live the rest of his days or figure out how to die! With society turning its back on many suicidal citizens, the island fills up with haunted, driven characters, often in conflict with each other and sometimes barely holding onto sanity! 

This series is created by mangaka Kouji Mori, with translations by Kumar Sivasubramanian and lettering by Eisner Award-nominated Steve Dutro.

Suicide Island Volume 1 (232 pages, 5.125×7.25”) arrives in bookstores and comic shops on December 8, 2026, for $14.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.

Suicide Island

Babanba Banban Vampire

An unassuming worker in a long-established public bathhouse is really the lustful 450-year-old vampire Ranmaru Mori! The heir to this esteemed Koi No Yu Bathhouse, Rihito Tatsuno, is a fifteen-year-old virgin—who is about to fall in love for the first time with a girl in his class! Ranmaru begins to weave a desperate plan to prevent Rihito from losing his virginity and to make him fall for Ranmaru instead, so the bloodsucker can eventually have pure, eighteen-year-old virgin blood for his own vampiric self!

This hilarious, BL manga series from Hiromasa Okujima has already been adapted into an anime and a live-action film! Translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian and lettered by Eisner Award-nominated Steve Dutro.

Babanba BanBan Vampire Volume 1 (208 pages, 5.125×7.25”) arrives in bookstores and comic shops on November 10, 2026, for $13.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.

Babanba Banban Vampire

Asobi Asobase

Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi are three Japanese schoolgirls who love to play games—so they create a special club for themselves to challenge each other to intense, over-the-top games and dares! As they struggle with their own unique personalities, they also struggle to make their group an official club in the eyes of the student council.

From mangaka Rin Suzukawa, this omnibus series collects several original volumes into one trade paperback, with translations by Jongwoo Kim and lettering work by Thiago Péres, Lucas Saguista, and Naaice. Original Japanese volumes 1, 2, and 3, and part of Volume 4, are collected in the first Asobi Asobase Omnibus.

Asobi Asobase Volume 1 (564 pages, 5.75×8.25”) arrives in bookstores and comic shops on November 17, 2026, for $29.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.

Asobi Asobase

Forget-Me-Not

Stroll along the banks of the canals in beautiful Venice, Italy, and you’ll see the slacker—a young woman noodling on her guitar, pecking a bit at her laptop, and maybe getting a little reading in. But watch your step in this ancient town, because some of the other people you might run into—the ragged derelict, the drunken streetwalker, even that clean-cut gondolier—they’re all her, too! She’s Mariel Imari, of Italian and Japanese descent, whose skill at disguise comes from being part of a famous dynasty of detectives.

But Mariel hasn’t yet cracked the one case that would allow her to inherit her grandfather’s estate—Forget-me-not, the painting stolen from the mansion 22 years ago, which she needs to recover as a condition of his will. You see, Mariel is brilliant, but Mariel is also a bit lazy and slovenly and bored…and about to be a bit embarrassed, too, when her sisters show up from Japan, under the impression that Mariel is rich! Will Mariel ever catch the master thief standing between her and an aristocratic lifestyle? Does she really want to?

Created by mangaka Kenji Tsuruta with translation by Dana Lewis and lettering by Susie Lee.

Forget-Me-Not Volume 1 (256 pages, 5.25×10.25”) arrives in bookstores and comic shops on January 5, 2027, for $29.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.

Forget-Me-Not Volume 1

Dark Horse is releasing Oldboy in a Deluxe Edition Format

Dark Horse Manga has revealed that the next manga series to receive the Deluxe Edition oversized (7×10”) hardcover treatment will be Oldboy, by the legendary duo of writer Garon Tsuchiya and artist Nobuaki Minegishi. The intense, bare-knuckle manga will be collected into new volumes, Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book One and Book Two. Winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Oldboy is lettered by Michael David Thomas and Kathryn Renta, and translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian.

Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book One collects the original volumes 1-4, and Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book Two collects original volumes 5-8 of the mystery thriller, now packaged together in a sleek, deluxe hardcover format and features a new, noir-inspired cover made with metallic silver foil paper, and includes a ribbon bookmarker.

In Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book One:

Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn’t know who. For ten years, he has been confined to a private prison. He doesn’t know why. For ten years, his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. Suddenly, one day, his incarceration ends without explanation. Sedated and dumped in a park, Shinichi Goto awakens—free to reclaim what’s left of his life—and what’s left is revenge. Collects volumes 1-4.

Then, in Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book Two:

Goto relentlessly marches forward to uncover the identity of the man who imprisoned him for ten years—seemingly for no reason. But Goto’s nemesis has lured him into a trap. Is allowing Goto the opportunity to enact his revenge just another part of his twisted plan? As he struggles to find the motive behind the punishment he endured, Goto receives clues suggesting a connection to a time long forgotten from his adolescence. Could all his torment have been the result of a schoolyard grudge? The cruel game has only just begun. Collects volumes 5-8.

Discover the classic revenge story that inspired the 2003 film by Park Chan-wook, Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book One,when the 848-page (7×10”) hardcover arrives in bookstores on January 6, 2026, and comic shops on January 7, 2026, for $69.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.

Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book Two arrives as an 848-page (7×10”) hardcover in bookstores on March 24, 2026, and comic shops on March 25, 2026, for $69.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.

Mob Psycho 100 Volume 12 arrives in September

New from Dark Horse Manga, psychic middle school student “Mob” returns in  Mob Psycho 100 Volume 12! From ONE, the creator of One Punch Man, this award-winning manga series is back in the newest English edition, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian. Fans can also catch the Mob Psycho 100 anime on Crunchyroll for its third season, as well as the live action series out now on Netflix. 

Mob knows what it means to be withdrawn and afraid of his own powers, yet he overcame that to make real friends. Can he convince Serizawa the same is possible for him, or will their standoff end only in destruction? Meanwhile, Claw’s leader has Sho, the son who turned against him, at his mercy, and reveals the secret of his ability as an esper that can turn anyone into one of his psychokinetic soldiers…and him into their unbeatable commander!

The Mob Psycho 100 Volume 12 trade paperback will be available in bookstores September 5, 2023 and in comic shops September 6, 2023. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and at your local comic book shop and bookstore and will retail for $11.99.

Mob Psycho 100 Volume 12