The Splatoon Manga Is Coming West In December

The Splatoon manga is finally coming to the west courtesy of VIZ Media. The manga is the story of Turf Wars popularizing in Inkopolis. The Blue Team are underdogs in the Turf Wars competition, but plan to make it up with guts and moxy and probably a creative strategy or 2. The manga is written and drawn by Sankichi Hinodeya, who created the first issue as a fan before it was optioned by CoroCoro and Nintendo. The first volume of the manga is releasing on December 12 in a book store near you.

Splatoon Manga Series Coming Later This Year

Viz Media have announced via Twitter that a Splatoon manga series will be making its debut later this year. With Splatoon 2 for Nintendo Switch coming out this July, I’m sure we can expect the manga series to roll out around that time too. Check out what appears to be the cover for the manga in the tweet below from Viz Media:

Announcement: SPLATOON, the manga series inspired by the hit Nintendo game makes it's debut late 2017! Join the Turf War!🦑 pic.twitter.com/kmOGQJaMf7

— VIZ Media (@VIZMedia) April 21, 2017

A Splatoon Manga Is Releasing In Japan

According to the SplatoonJP Twitter account a Splatoon manga is coming to Japan. The manga will be set featured in the Japanese magazine Bessatsu CoroCoro. The manga will release ton February 29th, there is no word if the manga will release outside of Japan. 

The Legend Of Zelda Manga Is Returning Soon

It has recently been announced that The Legend of Zelda manga series is coming back by manga team Akira Himekawa. There is no information as to what game the team is currently adapting. 

The 2 artists adapted The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1998 and went on to serialize Majora's Mask, The Minish Cap, and 7 other volumes based on the games. More recently, Akira Himekawa produced the Skyward Sword prequel manga in 2011. Which game would you want the team to adapt to a manga ?