Matsuki revealed on X/Twitter on Wednesday that they have been hospitalized and will need to recover and rest, so their Overlord [Shin] Sekai-hen (Overlord [New] World Arc) manga is going on hiatus.

Matsuki debuted the manga in Kadokawa‘s Comp Ace magazine in April 2024. Kadokawa published the manga’s fourth compiled book volume on March 26.

The manga’s story continues from the story of Hugin Miyama and Satoshi Ōshio‘s Overlord manga adaptation (in the middle of the 10th volume’s story), where Ainz won the battle on the Katze Plains and has founded a magical country.

Miyama and Ōshio launched the manga adaptation of Kugane Maruyama‘s Overlord light novel series in Comp Ace magazine in 2014. The manga’s first part ended in May 2023. Kadokawa published the manga’s 19th volume on December 2023. Yen Press is publishing the manga in English, and released the 19th volume in October 2024.

Maruyama began the original light novel series online in 2010, and Kadokawa‘s Enterbrain imprint began publishing the series in print with illustrations by so-bin in 2012. Kadokawa published the light novel series’ 16th volume in July 2022. Yen Press is also releasing the novel series in North America. The novels are slated to end in their 18th volume.

Overlord IV, the fourth television anime season, premiered in July 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. It is also streaming an English dub.

The anime’s new film project titled Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom (Gekijō-ban Overlord Sei Ōkoku-hen) opened in Japan in September 2024. Crunchyroll screened the film in North America in November 2024, and also screened the film in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Source: Matsuki‘s X/Twitter account

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The official X/Twitter account for Shueisha‘s Jump J-Books novel imprint announced on Wednesday that the Love Through a Prism (Prism Rondo) original anime series from Boys Over Flowers creator Yōko Kamio is getting a two-volume novel adaptation. Both volumes will ship on December 4 and will feature newly drawn cover art.

Love Through a Prism is a coming-of-age love story set against the backdrop of London at the beginning of the 1900s. Aspiring painter and art student Lili Ichijoin makes a promise with her parents to become the top student at her art school within half a year, or she will return home. She begins a fierce rivalry with the freewheeling Kit Church, a rich heir and genius artist. 

The series debuted on Netflix on January 15.

Kamio is responsible for the original story and original character designs. She also wrote the scripts with Saki Fujii. Kazuto Nakazawa (Vassalord, B: The Beginning) directed the series at Wit Studio. Yasuko Takahashi (B: The Beginning, Fena: Pirate Princess) served as one of the chief animation directors and character designer. Naoki Chiba (“naotyu-“) composed the music for the series.

The anime inspired a manga adaptation by Maki Minami (Special A, Voice Over!: Seiyuu Academy) that  launched on Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump+ service and on the Manga Mee girls manga app on January 8.

Guinness World Records awarded Kamio’s Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango) manga as having the most published copies of a shōjo manga series written by a single author in 2023.

The manga was adapted into a Japanese anime, a 1995 Japanese live-action film, and a more well-known 2005 Japanese television drama, the latter of which spawned a sequel and a hit film. Taiwan also remade the manga into a live-action university drama titled Meteor Garden. Crunchyroll streamed a Korean live-action adaptation in 2011. A Filipino adaptation was announced in November 2017, but was never released. Hunan Television produced a Chinese live-action series adaptation in 2018. Thai television production company GMMTV produced a new live-action series that premiered in 2021.

The manga also inspired a stage musical adaptation ran in Japan from January to February 2016. The all-female Takarazuka Revue adapted the manga into a musical that ran in 2019. A new stage musical from Takarazuka Revue will ran from June 9-30.

Source: Jump-J Books’ X/Twitter account