The official Twitter account for Shueisha’s Jump J-Books imprint revealed on Friday that director Tsutomu Mizushima and scriptwriter Michiko Yokote’s original television anime project Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai (The Magnificent KOTOBUKI) is inspiring a novel.
The 240-page Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai Kōya Senichiya novel will ship on June 19. Keiji Andō (name romanization not confirmed) is writing the novel, and Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai manga illustrator Tsubasa Sugie is returning to illustrate the novel.
(The Magnificent KOTOBUKI: Take Off Girls of the Sky!) launched on February 13.
The sequel story will center on the Kotobuki Squadron and Hogoromo Maru Crew a half year after the ending of the anime.