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Manga furthest behind Japan in English

60 ongoing English editions with the most volumes still to come from Japan, as of November 3, 2026.

Of the 133 manga still coming out in English that we track, these 60 have the biggest backlog: 469 volumes between them are already out in Japan but not yet in English. The typical series here is 5 volumes behind. At the top, Kingdom is at Vol. 12 in English while Japan is at Vol. 80. The publishers with the most series on this list are Viz Media (23), Yen Press (18), Kodansha USA (8).

"Catch-up time" is how long the English edition would need to release the volumes already out in Japan, at its recent pace. It doesn't count new Japanese volumes, so for ongoing series the real wait is longer.

Based on English release dates announced by publishers (collected on Wikipedia) and Japanese release dates from Rui. Updated daily. "Predicted" dates are our estimates, not official. How we predict

Questions

Which manga is furthest behind Japan in English?

Kingdom: Japan is at Vol. 80 and the English edition is at Vol. 12, so English is 68 volumes behind.

How far behind Japan is a typical English manga release?

Among the 60 ongoing series on this list, the median gap is 5 volumes. Series that started in English years after Japan tend to be furthest behind.

Will English editions ever catch up?

Only if they come out faster than the Japanese volumes. Publishers sometimes speed up a popular series (two volumes a few months apart), but most keep a steady pace, so the gap stays about the same until the Japanese series ends.

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