Wind Breaker (manga)

Wind Breaker (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoru Nii. It began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga website in January 2021. As of August 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into thirteen volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks is set to premiere in April 2024.

For the 2013 South Korean manhwa series, see Wind Breaker (manhwa).

Wind Breaker
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written bySatoru Nii
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 13, 2021 – present
Volumes13
Anime television series
StudioCloverWorks
Original run April 2024 – scheduled

Characters
Haruka Sakura (桜 遥, Sakura Haruka)
Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[3]
Kyōtarō Sugishita (杉下 京太郎, Sugishita Kyōtarō)
Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama[4]
Hayato Suō (蘇枋 隼飛, Suō Hayato)
Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki[5]
Hajime Umemiya (梅宮 一, Umemiya Hajime)
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura[6]
Tōma Hiragi (柊 登馬, Hiiragi Tōma)
Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki[7]
Akihiko Nirei (楡井 秋彦, Nirei Akihiko)
Voiced by: Shōya Chiba[8]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Satoru Nii, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website on January 13, 2021.[9] As of August 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into thirteen tankōbon volumes.[10]

In March 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for digital English publication.[11] During their Anime NYC 2022 panel, Kodansha USA announced that they will begin releasing print copies in late 2023.[12]

Volumes
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 May 7, 2021[9]978-4-06-522979-8April 26, 2022 (digital)[1]
August 1, 2023 (print)		978-1-68-491117-2 (digital)
978-1-64-651835-7 (print)
2 July 9, 2021[13]978-4-06-524015-1May 24, 2022 (digital)[14]
October 3, 2023 (print)		978-1-68-491183-7 (digital)
978-1-64-651836-4 (print)
3 September 9, 2021[15]978-4-06-524849-2June 28, 2022[16]
December 5, 2023 (print)		978-1-68-491235-3 (digital)
978-1-64-651837-1 (print)
4 November 9, 2021[17]978-4-06-525995-5July 12, 2022[18]
February 6, 2024 (print)		978-1-68-491346-6 (digital)
978-1-64-651838-8 (print)
5 January 7, 2022[19]978-4-06-526596-3August 9, 2022[20]
April 9, 2024 (print)		978-1-68-491392-3 (digital)
978-1-64-651839-5 (print)
6 March 9, 2022[21]978-4-06-527281-7September 13, 2022[22]
June 4, 2024 (print)		978-1-68-491435-7 (digital)
978-1-64-651840-1 (print)
7 June 9, 2022[23]978-4-06-528174-1November 22, 2022[24]978-1-68-491556-9
8 August 9, 2022[25]978-4-06-528846-7January 10, 2023[26]978-1-68-491640-5
9 October 7, 2022[27]978-4-06-529412-3March 14, 2023[28]978-1-68-491847-8
10 January 6, 2023[29]978-4-06-530343-6June 13, 2023[30]978-1-68-491967-3
11 April 7, 2023[31]978-4-06-531234-6August 8, 2023[32]979-8-88-933096-7
12 June 8, 2023[33]978-4-06-531879-9October 20, 2023[34]979-8-88-933189-6
13 August 8, 2023[10]978-4-06-532670-1——
14 November 9, 2023[35]978-4-06-533549-9——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks was announced on March 30, 2023.[36][37] It is set to premiere in April 2024.[38]

Reception

The series ranked 20th at the 2021 Next Manga Award in the web manga category.[39] At AnimeJapan 2022, the series ranked ninth in a poll asking what manga people want to see animated.[40]

By March 2022, the series has sold over 1.22 million copies between its digital and print versions.[2]

References
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