ark Horse Comics, in a panel at Anime NYC in New York, NY, at the Javits Center on Friday, August 21, announced several exciting offerings for Manga fans in the English market!
2 brand-new manga were announced: Vampire Hunter D: Rose Princess Volume 1, based on the original Japanese prose works of Hideyuki Kikuchi, and H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Alongside these announcements is a 4-issue comic series, Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood, set in the world Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D. Continue reading below to discover more details about the latest from Dark Horse Manga!
Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood #1 (of 4)
On sale December 16, 2026, for $4.99. Visit Find Your Comic Store (FYCS) for more details and stores near you.
Set in the Vampire Hunter D world based on the original
story scenario from Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrations by the legendary Yoshitaka Amano, fans of the beautiful and
deadly hunter known only as “D” will soon join writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, Ultimate Wolverine), artist Filipe Andrade (The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Rare Flavours), colorist Jordie Bellaire (Six of Us, Assassin’s Apprentice), and letterer Frank Cvetkovic (Kingdom of Earth, Batman: Dark Patterns) in the first ever comic series based on the best-selling novel series. The four issue mini-series begins in December 2026 with main cover art by Andrade, and variant covers from Riccardo Federici (The Last God), and original Vampire Hunter D cover artist, illustrator, and designer himself—world renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano! Subsequent issues include cover art from Emma Rios (Pretty Deadly), and celebrated cover artists Dan Quintana, and Eliza Ivanova.
A vampire lord has marshalled his forces and is marching on human settlements, aiming to leave no survivors! The old fortress stands in his path to the next city, and within it is a family of outcasts who must buy enough time for humans to flee from the bloodbath. Wandering that same path is the indomitable hunter, the terrifyingly beautiful half-human, half-vampire known as D.
See issue #1 variant covers from Riccardo Federici & Yoshitaka Amano at the bottom of this page.
Vampire Hunter D: Rose Princess Volume 1
Saiko Takaki returns to the world of Vampire Hunter D to faithfully adapt one of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s most iconic stories into a gorgeous, action-packed manga! Perfect for new and longtime fans of Vampire Hunter D, the longest-running Japanese novel series in English translation! Translated by Kevin Leahy.
The village of Sacri is a fertile oasis on the otherwise barren frontier. But Sacri’s prosperity comes at a steep price! The ruling noble, an immortal vampire princess, feasts on the villagers at her whim. When a young man attempts to save his lover from being bitten, the princess sends her four savage knights to punish the petulant villagers. Standing in their way is none other than the beautiful and dangerous vampire hunter D! With the help of a rebellious young woman named Elena, D undertakes a quest to end the princess’s deadly rule. But first, the two of them will risk their lives in an epic duel with her knights.
On sale in June 2027 for $14.99. Pre-orders for this release will go up soon, so please stay tuned to the Dark Horse social media channels for more information! Visit Find Your Comic Store (FYCS) or Bookshop.org for more details and stores near you.
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Volume 1
2025 Bram Stoker Award winner Gou Tanabe adapts the cosmic horror tale of Charles Dexter Ward. Adapted into English by Zack Davisson, translator of the Eisner Award-winning “Blood Harvest” by Shintaro Kago, and lettered by the Eisner-nominated Steve Dutro.
Charles Dexter Ward hasn’t seemed himself since traveling to strange lands and keeping stranger company, all in the pursuit of information on a notorious ancestor, Joseph Curwen. Rumored alchemist and practitioner of the occult, Curwen died violently, and Charles became obsessed with finding his unmarked grave. Performing bizarre experiments and chants inside his room, Charles claims to have rediscovered secret knowledge his ancestor possessed that could revolutionize the world. When his erratic and dangerous behavior at last gets him committed to an insane asylum, Charles seemingly escapes…and only his family physician, Dr. Willett, suspecting a hideous truth, now has the courage to pursue the strange case of Charles Dexter Ward!
On sale in Spring 2027 for $14.99. Pre-orders for this release will go up soon, so please stay tuned to the Dark Horse social media channels for more information! Visit Find Your Comic Store (FYCS) or Bookshop.org for more details and stores near you.
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