This year’s third issue of Shueisha’s Grand Jump magazine announced on Thursday that Hiroshi Motomiya (The Country Burns, Salaryman Kintaro) will begin a new manga series titled Kōun Ryūsui [Jofuku] (Floating With the Tide [Xu Fu]) in the next issue on January 18.
Motomiya’s popular Salaryman Kintaro manga has been running on and off in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine since 1994.
The manga has inspired a live-action film directed by Takashi Miike, several live-action drama series, and a 2001 anime series that Arts Magic released in North America.
The manga is based on the story of the Chinese explorer Xu Fu, who is ordered by the Qin Dynasty emperor Shi Huang di to seek the elixir of eternal life.