Square Enix announced its upcoming manga and book lineup at the 2024 New York Comic Con, and they include the Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdric and Hololive Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia manga series. Both will launch in 2025. They are joined by five other books and manga that will appear in 2025 and 2026.
The Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia manga, which stars Hololive Vtubers Ookami Mio and Shirakami Fubuki. It started running back in 2021, and it appeared in both Japanese and English when it did. This isn’t about the actual Vtubers and their adventures. Rather, it is based on an alternate reality in which the two have unique abilities which they use to save Yamato, often against enemies inspired by other Vtubers like Nakiri Ayame. That first volume will launch in August 2025.
The first volume of the Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdric manga will follow that in September 2025. The series originally debuted in Japan in 1991. There, it was known by the name Dragon Quest Saga: Emblem of Roto. It is a sequel to Dragon Quest III and follows Prince Arus. The series follows his journey to face a new demon lord.
Here is the full list of the other Square Enix manga series and books revealed at NYCC 2024.
- Bride of the Death God Volume 1 – September 2025
- Exquisite Blood: The Heretic Onmyoji Volume 1 – August 2025
- Mechanical Buddy Universe Volume 1 – September 2025
- Mechanical Buddy Universe 1.0 Volume 1 – January 2026
- Soul Eater: Soul Art Encore art book – October 2025
The Square Enix NYCC 2024 manga announcements will start appearing in August 2025.
Published: Oct 21, 2024 11:00 am