The wrestler supposedly had the first ever sumo match against Taima no Kehaya in 23 B.C. Itagaki’s original Baki The Grappler martial arts manga ran for 42 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1991 to 1999.
After Baki, Itagaki published the 37-volume Hanma Baki manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2005 to 2012.
This year’s 42nd issue of Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine reported on Thursday that Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki manga will have an important announcement in the magazine’s next issue on September 20. Weekly Shōnen Champion previously revealed in April that the manga’s fifth part is in the works.
The new Baki anime series, which adapts the sequel Baki manga, premiered on Netflix on June 25.