Soryo launched the manga in Morning in 2005, and Kodansha published the 11th and most recent volume in January 2015.
Soryo published her Mars manga in Bessatsu Friend from 1996-2000, and Tokyopop published all 15 volumes of the manga and the Mars Gaiden prequel in 2002-2004.
A 10-episode Japanese live-action drama adaptation premiered in January 2016 and a film concluding the story premiered in June 2016.
The manga entered the papal conclave storyline with the new chapters.