A Game Based On One Popular Manga Series May Be Coming In English Soon

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Given the vast number of fighting games and arena brawlers based on popular Shonen anime and manga, fans might assume that all the major franchises have seen English-language video game releases, but one major title that has been overlooked up until now could see its first localized game soon: . Shonen is perhaps the best-known category of manga and anime in the West, featuring over-the-top battles and heroic adventures. These translate particularly well to video games, and most of the big-name series, especially those released in the publication Shonen Jump, have found audiences in English-speaking territories. is one Shonen Jump hit that has, unfortunately, never had a video game localized outside of Japan.

The perennial classic has been adapted to genres ranging from 2D fighting games like to asymmetrical multiplayer combat in . The world’s best-selling comic series,, had its first English-translated turn-based JRPG released last year with . Newer titles like and have had Western game releases, alongside ongoing epics like and. Yoshihiro Togashi’s is a Shonen Jump series that has steadily built a fanbase in English territories, yet somehow, not a single video game has ever been translated for international release.

There have been more than a dozen games released in Japan since the manga’s start in 1998, but none have been localized outside the series’ country of origin. Togashi’s work has received renewed interest in the West thanks to Netflix’s live action adaptation of the author’s earlier Shonen manga opus,. There are a few unfortunate coincidences that may have contributed to the absence of translated games. Many of the early video games were for the WonderSwan, a portable that was never released outside Japan.