Viz Media has also published Inoue’s 31-volume Slam Dunk basketball manga in English.
The manga publishes chapters irregularly, with two chapters publishing in 2019.
This year’s 53rd issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine announced on November 30 that with the publication of chapter 95 of Takehiko Inoue’s REAL manga, the series will enter a hiatus until February 2024.
The manga won an Excellence Award at the 5th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2001.