Shibata’s Air Master manga inspired a television anime in 2003 and Geneon Entertainment and Toei Animation released some of the series on DVD in North America before Funimation picked up the license.
Shibata’s earlier series include Air Master and 81diver.
This year’s ninth issue of Kodansha’s Evening magazine announced on Tuesday that Yokusaru Shibata’s Yōkai Banchō manga will have an “important announcement” in the 10th issue on April 25.
The manga was adapted into a live-action television series in 2008.