{"id":87591,"date":"2025-08-22T01:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/87591\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T01:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:43:08","slug":"machiko-kyo-launches-new-series-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/87591\/","title":{"rendered":"Machiko Ky\u014d Launches New Series &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nRusuban Neko Kinako debuts on August 28<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"429\" alt=\"Volume 1 cover of Machiko Ky\u014d's Cocoon\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/227880\/716koiwkwsl._sl1429_.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/-\/en\/dp\/4253181384\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazon Japan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Machiko Ky\u014d , Kodansha<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s 38th issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=88\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kodansha<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=2017\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning<\/a> magazine announced on Thursday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=111200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Machiko Ky\u014d<\/a> will launch a new series Rusuban Neko Kinako (House-Sitting Cat Kinako) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=21182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning two<\/a> online magazine on August 28.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows a little girl who is left behind after an earthquake and a nuclear power plant accident with her cat. The two wait at home for the return of their family as they continue to housesit.<\/p>\n<p>Ky\u014d released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=28778\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cocoon<\/a> manga in 2010, 65 years after the end of World War II. The manga is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-06-27\/machiko-kyo-cocoon-wartime-manga-gets-anime-in-summer-2025\/.199649\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inspiring<\/a> an anime (pictured right) that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-02-14\/cocoon-wartime-anime-reveals-main-cast-more-staff-late-march-debut\/.221225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">air<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=494\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHK<\/a> on August 25. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=1737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hitomi Tateno<\/a>, a veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio Ghibli<\/a> animator, is the animation producer, with the studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=21490\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sasayuri<\/a> producing the anime. The anime&#8217;s 2025 release comes 80 years after the end of World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Ky\u014d launched the Suzume no Gakk\u014d (Suzume&#8217;s School) manga on Amutus Corporation&#8217;s Mecha Comic platform in June 2022. The series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-01-22\/machiko-kyo-suzume-no-gakko-manga-listed-to-end-in-3rd-volume\/.220349\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended<\/a> with the third compiled book volume on April 17.<\/p>\n<p>Ky\u014d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-02-26\/cocoon-machiko-kyo-launches-new-manga\/.208029\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=37354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orizuru<\/a> manga in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=767\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akita Shoten<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=27482\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elegance Eve<\/a> magazine in March 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Ky\u014d published the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=18713\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mitsuami no Kami-sama<\/a> manga in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shueisha<\/a>&#8216;s now-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2014-06-24\/jump-x-magazine-suspends-publication-in-october\/.75882\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defunct<\/a> Jump X (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=20253\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jump Kai<\/a>) magazine in 2013, and Shueisha published the manga&#8217;s first and only compiled book volume in the same year. The manga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2014-03-24\/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-wins-18th-tezuka-osamu-prizes-top-award\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won<\/a> an award in the 18th Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=883\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Osamu Tezuka<\/a> Cultural Prize in March 2014. The manga inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=337\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Production I.G<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=18714\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pigtails<\/a> 28-minute short anime film. The short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2016-04-20\/production-i.g-quake-themed-short-pigtails-wins-award-at-worldfest-houston\/.101278\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made<\/a> its international debut in April 2016 at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, where it won the Platinum Remi Award in the Classic Cel Animation Category. Pigtails has won <a href=\"http:\/\/www.productionig.com\/contents\/works_sp\/96_\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple<\/a> awards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2017-01-23\/production-i.g-pigtails-anime-wins-california-film-awards-diamond-award\/.111348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including<\/a> the Diamond Award in the Animated Film category at the 2016 California Film Awards.<br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Source: Morning magazine issue 38<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rusuban Neko Kinako debuts on August 28 Image via Amazon Japan \u00a9 Machiko Ky\u014d , Kodansha This year&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-87591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}