Wind Breaker

Wind Breaker (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoru Nii. It began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga website in January 2021. As of April 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks has been announced.

For the jacket, see Windbreaker.

Wind Breaker
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written bySatoru Nii
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 13, 2021 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
StudioCloverWorks

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Satoru Nii, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website on January 13, 2021.[3] As of April 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes.[4]

In March 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for digital English publication.[5] During their Anime NYC 2022 panel, Kodansha USA announced that they will begin releasing print copies in Fall 2023.[6]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 May 7, 2021[3]978-4-06-522979-8April 26, 2022[1]978-1-68-491117-2
2 July 9, 2021[7]978-4-06-524015-1May 24, 2022[8]978-1-68-491183-7
3 September 9, 2021[9]978-4-06-524849-2June 28, 2022[10]978-1-68-491235-3
4 November 9, 2021[11]978-4-06-525995-5July 12, 2022[12]978-1-68-491346-6
5 January 7, 2022[13]978-4-06-526596-3August 9, 2022[14]978-1-68-491392-3
6 March 9, 2022[15]978-4-06-527281-7September 13, 2022[16]978-1-68-491435-7
7 June 9, 2022[17]978-4-06-528174-1November 22, 2022[18]978-1-68-491556-9
8 August 9, 2022[19]978-4-06-528846-7January 10, 2023[20]978-1-68-491640-5
9 October 7, 2022[21]978-4-06-529412-3March 14, 2023[22]978-1-68-491847-8
10 January 6, 2023[23]978-4-06-530343-6——
11 April 7, 2023[4]978-4-06-531234-6——
12 June 8, 2023[24]978-4-06-531879-9——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks was announced on March 30, 2023.[25][26]

Reception

The series ranked 20th at the 2021 Next Manga Award in the web manga category.[27] At AnimeJapan 2022, the series ranked ninth in a poll asking what manga people want to see animated.[28]

As of March 2022, the series has sold over 1.22 million copies between its digital and print versions.[2]

References
  1. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 1". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. "ヤンキー漫画『WIND BREAKER』累計122万部突破 最新コミックスは発売即重版". Oricon (in Japanese). March 23, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  4. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（１１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  5. Pineda, Rafael (March 23, 2022). "Kodansha USA Licenses Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge Manga, The Dawn of the Witch Novels". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  6. "Fall 2023 New Print Licensing Announcement". kodansha.us. Kodansha USA. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  7. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（２）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  8. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 2". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  9. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（３）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  10. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 3". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  11. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（４）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  12. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 4". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  13. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（５）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  14. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 5". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  15. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（６）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  16. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 6". Kodansha USA. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  17. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（７）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  18. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 7". Kodansha USA. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  19. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（８）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  20. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 8". Kodansha USA. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  21. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（９）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  22. "WIND BREAKER, Volume 9". Kodansha USA. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  23. "ＷＩＮＤ ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（１０）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  24. "ＷＩＮＤ　ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（１２）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  25. Dempsey, Liam (March 30, 2023). "Delinquent School Manga WIND BREAKER Gets TV Anime Adaptation". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  26. Cayanan, Joanna (March 30, 2023). "Satoru Nii's School Delinquent Manga Wind Breaker Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  27. Loveridge, Lynzee (August 24, 2021). "Kaiju No. 8, Oshi no Ko Win Next Manga Awards Web, Print Categories". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  28. Morrissy, Kim (March 23, 2022). "Senpai wa Otokonoko Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want To See Animated' Poll". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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