MF Ghost

MF Ghost (Japanese: MFゴースト, Hepburn: MF Gōsuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since September 2017, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes as of February 2023. An anime television series adaptation by Felix Film is set to premiere in 2023.

MF Ghost
Cover of the first volume, featuring Kanata Katagiri
MFゴースト
(MF Gōsuto)
Manga
Written byShuichi Shigeno
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Kodansha USA (digital)
ImprintYoung Magazine KC
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 4, 2017 – present
Volumes16
Anime television series
Directed byTomohito Naka
Written byKenichi Yamashita
Music byAkio Dobashi
StudioFelix Film
Licensed by
Original run 2023 – scheduled

By January 2023, the manga had over 4 million copies in circulation.

Plot

The series takes place in the 2020s, where self-driving electric cars have replaced internal combustion ones. However, in Japan, there is a large organization called MFG, founded by Ryosuke Takahashi (from the Initial D series), who does street racing with internal combustion cars. A new rookie, Kanata Rivington (カナタ・リヴィントン, Kanata Rivūinton) who is competing with the pseudonym Kanata Katagiri (片桐 夏向, Katagiri Kanata), a 19-year-old Japanese-British young man, has showed up on the scene driving a Toyota 86, and beating European top-tier cars, such as the Lamborghini Huracán Performante, Ferrari 488 GTB, Lotus Exige, Alfa Romeo 4C, Lexus LC500 and Porsche 911 Carrera (991). Kanata has been trained by legendary downhill and rally racer Takumi Fujiwara (protagonist from the Initial D series) at the Royal Donington Racing School in the UK and is a Formula 4 world champion. He has only one motive: to find his long-lost father.

Media

Manga

MF Ghost is written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. The manga began in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on September 4, 2017.[1][2][3] The series is connected to Shigeno's previous work Initial D.[4][5] In October 2018, Shigeno stated that the manga is 1/5 finished.[6] In November 2022, it was announced that the manga would enter on indefinite hiatus due to the author's poor health;[7] it resumed publication on February 20, 2023,[8] and entered on indefinite hiatus again on April 18 of the same year; on the same date, it was announced that the manga had entered its "final battle".[9] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on January 5, 2018.[10] As of February 6, 2023, 16 volumes have been released.[11]

Kodansha USA and Comixology announced that they would publish the manga digitally starting on January 11, 2022.[12]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 5, 2018[13]978-4-06-510707-2January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-432-1
  • 1. Challenger from England (英国からの挑戦者（チャレンジャー）, Eikoku kara no chōsen-sha（charenjā)
  • 2. A Memorable Photo (思い出の写真, Omoide no shashin)
  • 3. Three Days to Kanata's Entry (カナタ出走まであと３日, Kana ta shussō made ato san nichi)
  • 4. Two Days to Kanata's Entry (カナタ出走まであと２日, Kana ta shussō made ato ni nichi)
  • 5. One Day to Kanata's Entry (カナタ出走まであと１日, Kana ta shussō made ato ichi nichi)
  • 6. The 86 Launches! (８６号車　出撃！！, Hachi roku gō-sha shutsugeki！ ！)
  • 7. Focus Flag (注目フラグ, Chūmoku furagu)
  • 8. The Shocking New MGF Generation (衝撃のＭＦＧ新世代, Shōgeki no MFG shin sedai)
  • 9. The Downhill Specialist's Pedigree (下り（ダウンヒル）スペシャリストの系譜, Kudari（daunhiru）supesharisuto no keifu)
  • 10. The Ghost-Town Death Zone (ゴーストタウンの死神, Gōsuto taun no shinigami)
2 May 7, 2018[15]978-4-06-511451-3January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-433-8
3 September 6, 2018[16]978-4-06-512819-0
978-4-06-513567-9 (LE)		January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-434-5
4 January 4, 2019[17]978-4-06-514160-1
978-4-06-514770-2 (LE)		January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-435-2
5 May 7, 2019[18]978-4-06-515459-5
978-4-06-515460-1 (LE)		January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-436-9
6 September 6, 2019[19]978-4-06-516937-7
978-4-06-516990-2 (LE)		January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-437-6
7 January 6, 2020[20]978-4-06-518212-3January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-438-3
8 May 7, 2020[21]978-4-06-519539-0
978-4-06-519540-6 (LE)		January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-439-0
9 September 4, 2020[22]978-4-06-520686-7January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-440-6
10 January 6, 2021[23]978-4-06-522013-9January 11, 2022 (digital)[14]978-1-63699-441-3
11 May 6, 2021[24]978-4-06-523334-4March 7, 2023 (digital)[25]978-1-68491-843-0
12 September 6, 2021[26]978-4-06-524746-4April 4, 2023 (digital)[27]978-1-68491-881-2
13 January 6, 2022[28]978-4-06-526477-5May 6, 2023 (digital)[29]978-1-68491-926-0
14 May 6, 2022[30]978-4-06-527778-2——
15 September 6, 2022[31]978-4-06-529070-5——
16 February 6, 2023[11]978-4-06-530383-2——
17 June 6, 2023[32]978-4-06-532029-7——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 4, 2022. It is produced by Felix Film and directed by Tomohito Naka, with Kenichi Yamashita supervising the scripts co-written by Akihiko Inari, Naoyuki Onda designing the characters, and Akio Dobashi composing the music.[33] The series is set to premiere in 2023.[34] Medialink has licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.[35]

Reception

By January 2019, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation;[36] over 3.2 million copies in circulation by January 2022;[37] and over 4 million copies in circulation by January 2023.[38]

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