Love Watch Dogs? Love manga? This should be good news for you, then - a new manga series based upon Ubisoft's gritty hi-tech series is out next week.
Debuting in Japanese via Kurage Bunch (opens in new tab) on April 12, the series - published by Shinchousha - will be written by Shirato Seiichi (Princess Principal) and drawn by Kamo Syuhei (Gangsta: Cursed) (thanks, Anime News Network (opens in new tab)).
Although all the tweets about the series clearly reference the manga's roots as a Ubisoft video game, as yet there's no information on who - or even if - anyone involved in the games is also contributing to the manga.
"A new manga series based on the Watch Dogs video game series by Ubisoft titled "Watch Dogs Tokyo" drawn by Kamo Syuhei & written by Shirato Seiichi will start on Kurage Bunch website on April 12, 2022," tweeted Manga Mogura RE, including an accompanying image.
A new manga series based on the "Watch Dogs" video game series by Ubisoft titled "Watch Dogs Tokyo" drawn by Kamo Syuhei (Gangsta: Cursed) & written by Shirato Seiichi will start on Kurage Bunch website on April 12, 2022Image © Shinchosha, Ubisoft, Kamo Syuhei, Shirato Seiichi pic.twitter.com/XSGhtKithsApril 7, 2022
"It will be about a special new infrastructure system from a company called Bloom Japan used by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to change people's lives. However this new system does in fact also harbor a great darkness," Mogura added.
告知出ておりました!来週から始まる新連載「Watch Dogs Tokyo」にて作画を担当いたします✍️どうぞよろしくお願い致します! https://t.co/124hranVEb pic.twitter.com/MP197ez6xSApril 5, 2022
For anyone familiar with the games, the new location will be immediately apparent, as the first game took place in a near-future vision of Chicago, whilst the second and
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