Magus of the Library (Japanese: 圕の大魔術師, Hepburn: Toshokan no Daimajutsushi)[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsu Izumi [ja]. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen mang magazine Good! Afternoon since November 2017, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes as of June 2024.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Mitsu Izumi [ja], Magus of the Library started in Kodansha's seinen mang magazine Good! Afternoon since November 7, 2017.[2] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 6, 2018.[3] As of June 6, 2024, eight volumes have been released.[4]
In North America, Kodansha USA announced the English language release on the manga in October 2018.[5] The first volume was released on July 9, 2019.[6]
The series ranked 12th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website.[19] The series ranked 50th on the 2021 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine.[20] French newspaper Le Figaro selected Magus of the Library as one of their six recommended manga featured at the 2019 Paris Book Fair.[21] It has been nominated for the 18th Manga Taishō in 2025.[22]
See also
7thGarden, another manga series by the same author
Notes
^To represent the Japanese word for "library" (図書館, Toshokan), the title uses the character 圕, a rare simplification created in the 20th century.
