Nihei launched his Knights of Sidonia manga in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine in 2009 and ended the series in September 2015.
The January issue of Shonen Sirius magazine is revealing on Saturday that manga creator Tsutomu Nihei (Knights of Sidonia, Blame!) will launch a new series titled Ningyō no Kuni (Country of Dolls) in the magazine’s April issue, which will ship on February 25.
The series is inspiring a Netflix Original anime film which will premiere in 2017.
Netflix premiered the English version streaming for the first series in July 2014, and streamed the second season in July 2015.