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Is Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō available in English?

Yes. Complete since 2024.

For 28 years the answer was no. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō, published in Japan from 1994 to 2006, was the most requested unlicensed manga in English, a famous never-licensed title, and the internet is still full of answers written in those years. They are out of date.

Seven Seas licensed the series in February 2022 and released it complete as five Deluxe omnibus volumes between August 2022 and 2024. The English edition is built on Japan's shinsouban reissue for its content, including the reissue's extra material. Nothing is missing and nothing is still in progress: the whole story is on English shelves.

The covers hold the twist. Japan's shinsouban reissue received all-new cover illustrations, but the Seven Seas omnibuses do not use them. They recycle the original tankobon illustrations instead: Omnibus 1 wears tankobon Vol 1's art, Omnibus 2 wears Vol 5's, Omnibus 3 wears Vol 8's. The newest Japanese covers are the one set English readers never got. All three editions are pictured below.

THE PROOF, SIDE BY SIDE

English omnibus vs the tankobon art it reuses

Omnibus 1 wears Tankobon Vol 1

Original art, recycled
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 1 English cover
English · Omnibus 1, 2022Alpha on her scooter by the flooded coast.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 1 cover
Japan · Tankobon Vol 1The original 1990s illustration. The same painting.

Omnibus 2 wears Tankobon Vol 5

Original art, recycled
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 2 English cover
English · Omnibus 2
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 5 cover
Japan · Tankobon Vol 5The original illustration behind it.

Omnibus 3 wears Tankobon Vol 8

Original art, recycled
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 3 English cover
English · Omnibus 3
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 8 cover
Japan · Tankobon Vol 8The original illustration behind it.

THE ORIGINAL TANKOBON COVERS

Japan, 14 volumes
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 1 cover
Tankobon · Vol 1
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 2 cover
Tankobon · Vol 2
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 3 cover
Tankobon · Vol 3
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 4 cover
Tankobon · Vol 4
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 5 cover
Tankobon · Vol 5
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 6 cover
Tankobon · Vol 6
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 7 cover
Tankobon · Vol 7
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 8 cover
Tankobon · Vol 8
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 9 cover
Tankobon · Vol 9
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 10 cover
Tankobon · Vol 10
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 11 cover
Tankobon · Vol 11
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 12 cover
Tankobon · Vol 12
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 13 cover
Tankobon · Vol 13
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese tankobon volume 14 cover
Tankobon · Vol 14

THE SHINSOUBAN COVERS

All-new art that never left Japan
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 1 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 1
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 2 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 2
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 3 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 3
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 4 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 4
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 5 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 5
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 6 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 6
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 7 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 7
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 8 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 8
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 9 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 9
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Japanese shinsouban volume 10 cover
Shinsouban · Vol 10

THE ENGLISH OMNIBUS COVERS

Seven Seas Deluxe Editions, shown at publisher size
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 1 English cover
Omnibus · Vol 1
August 2022. ISBN 9781638585442.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 2 English cover
Omnibus · Vol 2
November 2022.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 3 English cover
Omnibus · Vol 3
March 2023.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 4 English cover
Omnibus · Vol 4
August 2023.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko Seven Seas omnibus volume 5 English cover
Omnibus · Vol 5
2024. The series complete in English.
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