Shinobu Seguchi’s Shūjin Riku & Oedo Fire Slayer: The Legend of Phoenix Manga Launch Digitally in English This Summer
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Shinobu Seguchi's Manga Titles Headed for Digital English Release North America
Manga creator Shinobuuchi** has announced that two of his worksShūjin Riku and Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-—will be available digitally in English for North American readers this summer. This news comes following an interview posted on ANN and confirmation from publisher Akita Shoten.
Titles Coming This Summer
- Shūjin Riku: Seguchi's original manga series.
- Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-: Adapted from Shōgo Imamura's historical novel series Ushūboro Tobigumi.
About Shūjin Riku
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- Serialization: Ran in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2011 to 2018
- Volumes: 38
- Story Setting: Post-apocalyptic Tokyo, 10 years after a devastating meteorite strike
- Plot: 13-year-old Riku Kurita struggles in Tokyo's slums. Falsely accused, he is sentenced to 30 years in a remote prison and fights to escape for a crime he did not commit.
About Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-
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- Launch: Debuted in Weekly Shōnen Champion on April 24
- Adaptation: Manga based on the first volume of Shōgo Imamura’s Ushūboro Tobigumi historical novel series
- Upcoming Anime: The Hikuidori (Fire Eater) novel will also get a TV anime adaptation by Synergy SP, planned for winter 2026
Story Summary
"In the Edo era, a team of heroes saved countless lives. As a series of mysterious arsons engulfs Edo in chaos, relentless firefighters race to save the city."
About the Source Novels
- Shōgo Imamura began the Ushūboro Tobigumi series with Hikuidori in 2017
- 12 volumes and a short story collection have been published by Shodensha
- The novel won the 6th Yoshikawa Eiji Bunko Award in 2021
Seguchi to Appear at Anime Expo
Shin Seguchi will join Dandelion Animation Studio president and The First Slam Dunk producer Kazuhiro Nishikawa at the "Amuse Creative Studio Presents: How the Pros Make Anime & Manga" panel. Catch them at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 6 at 12:45 p.m. PDT (Room 411).
Source: Shōgo Imamura and Shinobu Seguchi ANN interview (Lynzee Loveridge)