Nakama Press Bets on Backlist

Published: 2026-10-23T01:33:44.737Z

Nakama Press is mining finished, film-adjacent manga like 100 Meters and Goku, Midnight Eye, a backlist strategy that stands apart from the new-release churn reflected in AniList's currently-airing to

Nakama Press mines backlist: 100 Meters and Goku Nakama Press, Mad Cave's imprint, has licensed Uoto's 100 Meters from Kodansha, with vol. The series ended at five volumes back in 2019. Nakama also picked up Buichi Terasawa's Goku - Midnight Eye (vo Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/exclusive-nakama-press-licenses-uoto-100-meters-goku-midnight-eye-manga-for-release-in-2027/.243056
By the Numbers: releasing anime trending on AniList AniList's currently releasing anime snapshot on 2026-10-23 ranked The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (#1), The Ramparts of Ice Season 2 (#2), The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the Wor Source: https://anilist.co/search/anime/trending#releasing-2026-10-23
By the Numbers: manga on the U.S. sales charts On Circana BookScan's U.S. adult graphic-novel chart for September 2026, Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 1 ranked #4, with Spy x Family Vol. 16 (#5), The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1 (#7), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Source: https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/63675/september-2026-circana-bookscan-top-20-adult-graphic-novels

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