[Kodansha Ltd.] The October issue of “Bessatsu Magazine” features “Baltzar of Gunka no Baltzar”! Also includes new information on the TV anime series “Wisteria of the Staff and Sword” and “The Daily Life of a 29-Year-Old Single Mid-Level Adventurer”!
Kodansha Co., Ltd. Press release: September 9, 2025 To Members of the Press Look for “Battaltzar of Gunka” in the October issue of “Bessatsu Magazine”! There’s also new information on the TV anime series “Wisteria of the Staff and Sword” and “The Daily Life of a 29-Year-Old Single Mid-Level Adventurer”! A giveaway campaign is currently underway for the magazines “The Heroic Legend of Arslan,” “Gunka no Baltzar,” and “I Stand on a Million Lives”!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-5987ae6a68a8e17c3403dfcdc392cf0e-1930×1388.png To celebrate the release of the 20th volume of Gunka no Baltzar, “Gunkutsu no Baltzar” will be featured on the front page in color! To commemorate this, we’re running a giveaway campaign where you can win a special book cover featuring the front page color illustration. For details on how to apply, please see the October issue of Bessatsu Magazine, on sale September 9th. *To apply, you will need the application ticket included with the paper version.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-4116f53650f245f3e453c229b39bb4ef-1706×1168.png “Wistria of the Staff and Sword” C Color Breaking News! The second season of the anime will air in April 2026! To commemorate this, “Wistria of the Staff and Sword” is now available in C color. A teaser visual has also been released. Please stay tuned for further details!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-08d4eba372724a4574cbc122dc9f509e-1014×1458.png To celebrate the release of volume 23 of “The Heroic Legend of Arslan,” it appears in center color! To celebrate, we’re also running a campaign where you can win a special towel. For application details, please see the October issue of “Bessatsu Magazine,” on sale September 9th. *To apply, you will need the application ticket included with the paper version.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-61145f551110a69e1893ed7c3bb9895b-640×957.jpg The Heroic Legend of Arslan Volume 23 The strongest warriors of Pars have awakened to darkness. With the sudden death of King Andragoras, the kingdom of Pars is left vacant. Will Arslan finally seize the throne? However, sorcerers plotting to take over as the Snake King send a new assassin to the royal capital. Arslan is confronted by Vahriz, the great general who was supposed to have died in battle at Atropatene! Furthermore, the fallen commanders of the 10,000 cavalry, resurrected through dark secret arts, attack one after another! Can you defeat the strongest ghost to protect the future of Pars? Heroes old and new clash in the bloody royal capital!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-517073a25a052afb263400d215de51de-600×897.jpg The Heroic Legend of Arslan Volume 23 Special Edition with Mini Clear File “The Heroic Legend of Arslan (23) Special Edition with Mini Clear File”!! Popular characters from “The Heroic Legend of Arslan” Includes four mini clear files! It’s an easy-to-carry size, so Charge (Yashasin) with Arslan and friends at school, work, or anywhere! “I Stand on a Million Lives” Center Color
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-7127e2de22a8b26bbf40fa48a7adde4f-960×1378.jpg To celebrate the release of volume 22 of “I Stand on a Million Lives,” it’s now available in C color! We’re also running a giveaway campaign where you can win an original heating pad featuring a C-color illustration. For details on how to apply, please see the October issue of Betsumaga, on sale September 9th. *To apply, you will need the application ticket included with the paper version.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-9233610eacc1ddc9cbe925728bb7e324-640×957.jpg I stand on a million lives Volume 22 To complete the 9th quest, you must destroy the meteorite that is the source of magical power! The battle with the dragon masters intensifies in the jungle! With the help of Cole and the others, Iu’s blow finally reaches the dragon master, but… Players return to reality for the first time in a while! Yotsuya, Iu, and Hakozaki decide to hold a study session! Yotsuya finally responds to Iu’s confession…! And so begins the 10th quest. Take on the longest and most difficult clear conditions yet! “The Daily Life of a 29-Year-Old Single Mid-Level Adventurer” Center Color
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-2ebf8ac492e4df9409594268670ff606-1342×1960.png To commemorate the release of the 20th volume of the manga, “The Daily Life of a 29-Year-Old Single Mid-Career Adventurer” is featured in center color! In addition, the TV anime will begin airing in January 2026! The second cast announcement and teaser visuals have also been released. For more information, please check here!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-afed97288ad5bcdc681fb23f029856b1-1500×2203.png TV Anime “The Daily Life of a 29-Year-Old Single Mid-Level Adventurer” Teaser Visual Highly popular new series “Sleeping Forest Rega” and “Yeti, Certain Days” in center color ■ “Sleeping Beauty Rega” Center Color
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-78ea748537da51990a76fc0c54f72f58-1336×1964.png The second installment of the new series! “Sleeping Beauty Rega” appears in a center color illustration! Thank you for your
overwhelming response! We’re also running a campaign where you can win a QUO card featuring a center color illustration. For application details, please see the October issue of “Bessatsu Magazine,” on sale September 9th. *To apply, you will need the application ticket included with the paper version. ＜Synopsis＞ A chivalric fantasy revolving around a story!! Deep in a deep forest, there was a princess who had been put to sleep by an evil dragon. Rega, the commander of a certain country’s knights, challenged the evil dragon to a fight in order to save the princess. The dragon was very powerful, but with his feelings for the princess in his heart, he managed to defeat it. Rega was reunited with the princess when she woke up, and his heart was filled with joy. The princess said to Rega, “Cursed (heart)” – the beginning of an adventure revolving around the story. ■ “Yeti, Certain Days” Center Color
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/7628/1719-7628-8ac5e73d4fe3e2d388cfafe3746b013e-1254×1806.png The third installment of the new series, “Yeti, Certain Days,” is featured in center color! Special feature! Yeti research notes are also being published. Check them out and you’ll still be able to catch up…! Life in the village continues unchanged. In the midst of these daily lives, a smiling “Yeti” appears. Hana Tanaka is a first-year high school student. She lives in Uzuka Village, a small mountain village, where she runs a public bathhouse with her grandmother and Tota. One day, she begins to feel a little dissatisfied with her unchanging daily life. A mysterious creature called a Yeti from the distant Himalayas arrives at Hana’s home! While not much has changed, she sets out to find the little joys of life together with Yeti! “Betsu Maga” October issue is now on sale!
