New Manga from Deadman Wonderland Creators to Debut in July

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A new manga project from the creators of the hit series Deadman Wonderland has just been announced, offering another round of violence and societal criticism for voracious readers.

Deadman Wonderland, written by Jinsei Kataoka and illustrated by Kazuma Kondou, began its manga run in Kadokawa's magazine Shonen Ace in 2007 and ran until 2013; it also received a brief anime adaptation during that window, which helped launch the series' popularity in the US in 2012. The series was quite violent, set in and around a theme park where condemned prisoners are forced to fight to the death for the public's entertainment. Many of these convicts also had a special power known as a Branch of Sin, which allows them to control their blood and form it into weapons and attacks. The end result was a dark and gory tale that found a sizable fanbase, and much of this carried over into the pair's next series, Smokin' Parade. This series had a similarly bloody premise, in that it revolved around artificial organ implants that could cause people to go insane and turn into rampaging killing machines. It ran from 2015 to July 2021, and its final volume has yet to be published in English.

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Now, Anime News Network has revealed the duo's next project, Retropolis Scratch. The new series follows its main character Tsukimichi Dori as he runs away from home and winds up in a strange, mirrored version of Kyoto. Here, tattoo artists engage in battles, and although the nature of these battles (referred to as «Bokusenkon») has yet to be described, it's likely to be supernatural in some way. Accompanying the announcement is an image depicting what appears to be a male character