Manga creator Chūya Koyama revealed on Twitter on Saturday that he plans to begin the ultimate arc of his House Brothers manga this 12 months.

Koyama had acknowledged in December 2017 that the manga was headed in direction of its “final spurt.”

“I do not know what number of years [the manga] will proceed,” he had mentioned, “however the final spurt is coming.” He added, “It is likely to be a fairly lengthy final spurt, however I recognize the assist from right here on.”

The House Brothers manga‘s story follows two brothers, Mutta and Hibito, who made a vow as youngsters to journey to house. The youthful brother Hibito did turn out to be an astronaut, however not Mutta. Nonetheless, Mutta’s life modifications one fateful day.

Koyama launched the manga in Morning journal in 2007, and Kodansha printed the manga’s fortieth quantity on September 22. The manga gained the Basic classes in each the 56th Shogakukan Manga Awards and the thirty fifth Kodansha Manga Awards in 2011.

The manga not solely impressed a 2012-2014 tv anime collection, but additionally a 2012 live-action movie starring Shun Oguri and Masaki Okada. The twenty ninth manga quantity bundled a particular version DVD of the House Brothers #0 (Uchū Kyōdai #0) anime movie. Koyama wrote the unique scripts for the “origin story” movie.

Crunchyroll streamed the tv anime because it aired in Japan, and can be publishing new manga chapters as Kodansha publishes them in Japan. Kodansha Comics is releasing the compiled volumes digitally in English. Sentai Filmworks launched the tv anime in North America. Sentai Filmworks additionally licensed the House Brothers #0 movie.

Supply: House Brothers manga‘s Twitter account