Both manga launch in English physically/digitally in November 2026
Mahjong set company Mahjong Pros’ Mahjong Pros Publishing imprint announced at Anime Expo on Thursday it has licensed the following manga:
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© Sayaka Okada and ©Kazuo Maekawa/TAKESHOBO Co. Ltd.
Title: Golden Sakura
Creators: Sayaka Okada (story), Kazuo Maekawa (art)
Release: November 2026 (physical/digital)
Summary: Broke, betrayed, and buried under $50,000 of debt, failed pro Mahjong Player Takuya Saotome takes one last gamble: crossdress as Sakura Shindou and enter the women’s professional mahjong scene.
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© Katakei and ©Yoshiki Suda/TAKESHOBO Co. Ltd.
Title: Maetel of the Glassy Sea
Creators: Katakei, Yoshiki Suda
Release: November 2026 (physical/digital)
Summary: Akina Mizuhara’s first love was film. As a college student chasing a future in movies, she studied abroad in Portland and came face to face with a painful question: what if loving something is not enough to make it your life? Then she found mahjong: a game with the same drama, tension, and emotional pull she had always searched for on screen.
Maetel of the Glassy Sea follows Mizuhara from private doubt to the M.League spotlight, through marriage, rivalry, team glory, losing streaks, MVP pressure, and the fight to keep moving forward as U-NEXT Pirates’ “Noble Female Pirate.”
The Mahjong Pros Publishing imprint focuses on licensing, localizing, and distributing mahjong-themed manga and textbooks. The company announced its Mahjong Pros Publishing imprint in June 2025.
Sources: Email correspondence, Manga Mavericks’ Anime Expo panel (Alex Mateo)
