Manga centers on boy discovering secret in remote mountain village
The December issue of
Square Enix
's
Monthly Shonen Gangan
magazine revealed on Friday that
Hiromu Arakawa
's new
manga
is titled
Yomi no Tsugai
(The Hinge of the Underworld), and it will launch in the magazine's next issue on December 10. The magazine had
teased
in July that Arakawa was launching a new manga soon.
The manga centers on Yuru, a boy who lives in a remote mountain village, spending his time hunting birds and being one with nature. But one day, Yuru's younger twin sister Asa is called to serve in the jail at the heart of the village, her duty also confining her there. Yuru slowly unravels the unnatural mystery hidden beneath his quiet village.
Arakawa is best known for her
Fullmetal Alchemist
and
Silver Spoon
manga. Arakawa's
Fullmetal Alchemist
manga
ran
in
Monthly Shonen Gangan
from 2001 to 2010.
Viz Media
released the series, as well as related novels and art books, in North America. The manga inspired television anime adaptations in 2003 and 2009, two OVAs, two anime films, and a live-action film.
Silver Spoon
debuted in 2011, and
ended
in November 2019. The first
Silver Spoon
anime season
based
on the manga aired on
Fuji TV
's
Noitamina
late-night programming block in July 2013, and the second season premiered in January 2014.
Aniplex USA
released
both seasons on home video, and
Crunchyroll
streamed
both
seasons of the anime. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japan in March 2014.
Arakawa
launched
the
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
(
Arslan Senki
) manga in
Kodansha
's
Bessatsu Sh?nen Magazine
in July 2013. The series adapts
Yoshiki Tanaka
's (
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
,
Sohryuden - Legend of the Dragon Kings
,
Tytania
) novel series of the same name, which
ended
with the 16th volume in December 2017. The first season of the television anime adaptation of Arakawa's manga premiered in April 2015 and ran for 25 episodes. The second
season
, titled
Arslan Senki: F?jin Ranbu
(
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance
),
premiered
in July 2016.
Sources:
Shonen Gangan
December issue,
Comic Natalie