【Bungeishunju Ltd.】If you want to read Ikeido Jun, start with this! New cover versions of the “Shitamachi Rocket” series now available as e-books
Bungei Shunju Co., Ltd. Press release: August 29, 2025 To Members of the Press If you want to read Jun Ikeido, start with this! New cover editions of the “Shitamachi Rocket” series are now available as e-books. A huge bestseller with over 3.5 million copies sold Bungeishunju Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shigeyuki Iikubo) will begin releasing Jun Ikeido’s 145th Naoki Prize-winning work, “Shitamachi Rocket,” and the three subsequent works in the series, along with a combined edition, all in digital format on September 3rd.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43732/750/43732-750-b6a1a4531e334039b23304b586b955dc-1241×1797.jpg “Shitamachi Rocket: Gaudi Project”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43732/750/43732-750-3082b3bee74f819171667e26938ba3ca-1239×1795.jpg “Shitamachi Rocket Ghost”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43732/750/43732-750-cc54ddab9951dbb48828d2913e1fa56f-1240×1795.jpg “Shitamachi Rocket Yatagarasu” ◆A moving story that has sold over 3.5 million copies and been adapted into a TV drama The “Downtown Rocket” series was adapted into a TV drama in 2011 starring Hiroshi Mikami, and in 2015 and 2018 starring Hiroshi Abe. The original novel was also a huge bestseller, selling over 3.5 million copies. Bunshun Bunko will be publishing this series every three months starting in September with new cover editions featuring illustrations by Jun Tajikawa, but the e-book version will be released as a combined volume plus all four works at once. If you’re reading Jun Ikeido, this is the place to start! Enjoy this moving, entertaining epic. ◆”Shitamachi Rocket” Series E-Book Overview Book Title: “Shitamachi Rocket” “Shitamachi Rocket: Gaudi Project” “Shitamachi Rocket Ghost” “Shitamachi Rocket Yatagarasu” “Shitamachi Rocket Combined Edition” Author: Ikeido Jun Price: ¥1,000 (tax included) per volume / ¥4,000 (tax included) for the combined set Distribution start date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at major online bookstores Product URL:
https://books.bunshun.jp/ud/book/num/1679241100000000000V (Shitamachi Rocket) https://books.bunshun.jp/ud/book/num/1679242000000000000T (Shitamachi Rocket Gaudi Plan)
https://books.bunshun.jp/ud/book/num/1679242100000000000W (Shitamachi Rocket Ghost) https://books.bunshun.jp/ud/book/num/1679242200000000000A (Shitamachi Rocket Yatagarasu)
https://books.bunshun.jp/ud/book/num/1692180300000000000S (Combined book Shitamachi Rocket)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43732/750/43732-750-9959588e032de06fad05526f2bf466f4-1867×2700.jpg “Shitamachi Rocket” Collection Cover *The new cover edition of Bunshun Bunko’s “Shitamachi Rocket” (Volume 1) will be released on September 3rd. “Gaudi Project” and subsequent volumes are scheduled to be published in December 2025, March 2026, and June 2026. ■Author profile pond and well Jun Ikeido Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963. Graduated from Keio University. In 1998, he won the Edogawa Rampo Prize for “The Bottomless End,” in 2010 the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Newcomers’ Literature for “Hone (Iron Bones),” in 2011 the Naoki Prize for “Downtown Rocket,” and in 2011 the Shibata Renzaburo Prize for “Hayabusa Fire Brigade.” His major works include the “Downtown Rocket” series (“Downtown Rocket”, “Downtown Rocket: Gaudi Project”, “Downtown Rocket: Ghost”, “Downtown Rocket: Yatagarasu”), the “Hanzawa Naoki” series (“We, the Bubble Era Joiners”, “We, the Flower Bubble Era Group”, “The Lost Generation Strikes Back”, “Silver Wing Icarus”, “Harlequin and the Clown”), and the “Hanasaki Mai” series (“Scandal” and “Hanasaki Mai Won’t Stay Silent”). Other works include “Flying Tires”, “Shylock’s Children”, “Seven Meetings”, “Rikuo”, “No Side Game”, “Minna no Ouji”, “Akira and Akira”, “The Bag Shop’s
Inheritance”, “Our Hakone Ekiden”, and “BT’63”. automatically, so please do not reply.