On Wednesday, Kodansha’s weekly Shounen Magazine will announce that Akiko Higashimura’s (Kakukaku Shikajika, Tokyo Tarareba-Jou) Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish) manga will receive a special chapter to be released on the next issue, which will be out on December 10, 2014. The special chapter will be named as Kuragehime Navi (Princess Jellyfish Navigation).
A second prequel chapter will be released on Kodansha’s monthly josei magazine, Kiss, on December 25, succeeding the first prequel chapter that was released on November 25. These three chapters will be a commemoration for the upcoming live-action film of the series which will be released on Japan on December 27, 2014.
The manga originally publishes in Kiss magazine and it started on October 25, 2008. Kuragehime has currently 14 compiled manga volumes. The first compiled manga volume was released on March 13, 2009 and the latest volume was released on September 12, 2014.
Read the first few pages of the first volume of the manga in Japanese here.
The manga has received am 11-episode anime adaptation that was produced by Brain’s Base (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou, Kyoukai no Rinne). It was directed by Takahiro Omori (Baccano!, Durarara!!). The anime aired around October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
Synopsis of Kuragehime:
Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Kurashita Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own. Their peaceful lives gradually start to change when a beautiful woman helps Tsukimi out of a pinch.
Source – ANN
