“Lycoris Recoil” Set To Release Official Anthology Manga

Oct 22

Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh manga magazine recently announced an official anthology manga of the hit anime series “Lycoris Recoil”. The upcoming manga is set to be released on December 22, 2022 in Japan.

The anthology manga will be produced by the Dengeko Maoh editorial department and will feature various artists including Imigimuru, who designed the characters for the anime and is handling the cover illustration for the anthology. A rough cover design was released alongside the announcement (pictured above).

In addition, it was announced that the first volume of the "Lycoris Recoil" manga adaptation will be released on the same day as the anthology on December 22, 2022. The manga adaptation, drawn by Bizen Yasunori, is currently being serialized in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine and was launched on September 5, 2022.

On September 24, 2022, it was announced that the “Lycoris Recoil” anime would also be getting an official spin-off manga serialized in Kadokawa's ComicWalker and Niconico Manga. The spin-off manga will be done by artist Kanari Abe and is set to start sometime in October 2022. The manga will expand upon the LycoReco cafe and portray Chisato and Takina’s ordinary lives. A special illustration by the manga artist was released to celebrate the manga announcement. (pictured below)

The light novel, “Lycoris Recoil Ordinary days”, was released by Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko on September 9, 2022. “Lycoris Recoil Ordinary days” was written by Asaura, the anime's story creator, with Spider Lily (pseudonym for the anime’s original creator) as supervisor and draft writer. The light novel was illustrated by Imigimuru, who designed the characters for the anime. The spin-off light novel focuses on the extraordinary scenes of the lead characters, Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue, which were never depicted in the anime.

On September 24, 2022, Kadokawa announced that the light novel had been reprinted five times, and that it had reached 200,000 copies in its print run.

Original anime “Lycoris Recoil” is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll. A-1 Pictures produced the project with Shingo Adachi (Sword Art Online) as director. The Japanese voice cast includes: Chika Anzai as “Chisato Nishikigi”, Shion Wakayama as “Takina Inoue”, Ami Koshimizu as “Mizuki Nakahara”, Misaki Kuno as “Kurumi”, and Kosuke Sakaki as “Mika”. The blu-ray volumes have been one of the highest selling anime titles of the year in Japan according to the sales charts.

Sources: Dengeki Maoh Twitter. Crunchyroll website. Dengeki Bunko Twitter. Comic Flapper Twitter. Aniplex Of America Twitter. Lycoris Recoil Twitter and website.