Japanese publisher Kadokawa today announced a new label called “Masterpiece Comics” with the aim of adapting well-known, classic books from Japan and other countries into manga by up-and-coming artists. Kicking off the initial lineup is Paul Gallico’s The Silent Miaow, which is being adapted by I’m a Cat, Said the Dog’s Katana Sajima and will be published on July 20.
The Silent Miaow cover (not final)
Sample page
An adaptation of Kunio Yanagita’s Tono Monogatari by Kujiraba will follow suit in September, then Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist by Tamaki Nakamura in November, Yasutaka Tsutsui’s Zanzo ni Kuchibeni wo by Hiroaki Terada in January 2025 and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby by an undisclosed artist in March 2025.
Source: Comic Natalie
