TL;DR, Kana, the Abrams ComicArts imprint, licensed Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis and will begin English releases in spring 2027, according to Kana’s X post. The series ran on Comic Ruelle and has two sequels.
Kana, the Abrams ComicArts imprint, has licensed Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis for English publication and set a spring 2027 start. The announcement on Kana’s X account makes the Antengai Twilight Metropolis manga English release official and gives readers a first timeline. The series originated on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s Comic Ruelle and later spawned two sequels.
Below is what Kana announced, what the manga covers, and which details remain to be clarified for 2027.
What Kana announced about Antengai: Twilight Metropolis
Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint revealed it has secured the English rights to Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis. The imprint stated via its official X account that English releases will begin in spring 2027. That post serves as the primary source for the licensor and timing.
The message positions the title for a 2027 rollout but stops short of format or retailer specifics. As phrased by Kana, the plan is to start publishing next spring. The note confirms the license and start window while deferring operational details to future updates for Kana Antengai Twilight Metropolis under Abrams ComicArts Kana.
- Licensor: Kana, the graphic novel imprint of Abrams ComicArts.
- Property: Antengai: Twilight Metropolis, written and illustrated by Tsubonari.
- Language: English, with the first volumes planned to arrive next spring.
- Timing: Antengai manga spring 2027 start window, per Kana’s X announcement.
- Announcement channel: The information came directly from Kana’s verified X/Twitter account.
- Scope: The initial note covers the license and start window only.
- Framing: Launches an English path for a self-contained urban fantasy centered on an isolated city.
- Setting context: Antengai is a lawless island metropolis where humans and ayakashi coexist.
- Creator credit: Tsubonari is the sole credited author-artist for the work.
- Japanese origin: Serialized on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s Comic Ruelle in 2018.
- Next steps: Further details will come from Kana, with the 2027 window as the current guidepost.
What Antengai: Twilight Metropolis is about and its Japanese history
Antengai unfolds on a solitary island city, cut off from the world and unaffiliated with any nation. Humans and ayakashi live side by side, but order is scarce and secrets run deep. The narrative moves through the city’s residents, each probing the truth Antengai hides and weighing the price to uncover it.
Tsubonari structures the stories as interlocking accounts rather than a single-protagonist quest. The tone is urban, uncanny, and reflective, with personal choices colliding against a citywide mystery. Readers looking for a grounded ayakashi angle will find the Tsubonari Antengai manga centers humanity’s costs as much as its monsters, a hallmark of the Comic Ruelle Antengai run.
- Serialization origin: Launched on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s Comic Ruelle service in 2018.
- First volume: The initial collected book shipped in August 2018.
- Sequel 1: Antengai Kisō Yakyoku serialized in 2021 on Comic Ruelle.
- Sequel 1 volume: Collected edition released in April 2021.
- Sequel 2: Antengai Rasen Sōki ran from 2022 to 2023 on Comic Ruelle.
- Sequel 2 volume: Final collected book shipped in May 2024.
- Publisher of record in Japan: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha.
- Story themes: Truth-seeking, moral tradeoffs, and life inside a lawless, closed metropolis.
- World texture: Humans and ayakashi coexist, shaping social rules and urban hazards.
- Series makeup: Character-driven vignettes linked by Antengai’s overarching enigma.
What Kana confirmed and what is still unconfirmed for the English release
Kana, the Abrams ComicArts imprint, has licensed Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis for an English rollout. The company announced the news on Monday through its X/Twitter account and set spring 2027 as the starting window. The manga takes place in Antengai, a city on a solitary island that belongs to no nation, where humans and ayakashi live in a lawless sprawl.
It follows residents who hunt for the truth of a city that hides it from them, and the price they will pay. The original run appeared on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s Comic Ruelle in 2018, with a compiled volume that August. Tsubonari followed with Antengai Kisō Yakyoku in 2021, collected in April 2021, and Antengai Rasen Sōki from 2022 to 2023, with a volume release in May 2024.
What Kana has confirmed so far is clear and narrow. The imprint holds the English license to the series and will begin releasing it in spring 2027. The announcement came via Kana’s official X/Twitter account.
That covers the core of the Antengai manga English release as it stands today.
Many rollout specifics are not yet confirmed. Based on Kana’s post, the following details remain to be clarified:
- The exact date within the spring 2027 window is not yet confirmed.
- Formats (print, digital, or both) are not yet confirmed.
- Release cadence and the number of volumes in the plan are not yet confirmed.
- Pricing and where to buy Antengai in English are not yet confirmed.
- Territory availability and retail partners are not yet confirmed.
- Whether the 2021 and 2022, 2023 sequels will also receive an English release is not yet confirmed.
That is the full set of Antengai release details at this stage. Kana has given a firm season and its announcement channel, and it has not shared anything beyond that. We will update as soon as Kana provides more specifics, including dates, formats, and retail information.
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Source: ANN