Horror manga continues to thrive in the present, not just because ofhigh-profile adaptations ofUzumaki,but because of brand new and fascinating series coming to North America for the first time likeManholeandLeviathan.As part of Abrams ComicArts' new Kana imprint, two new horror series recently hit the bookstore and comic shop shelves today:Tetsuya Tsutsui’s biological horror mysteryManholeand Shiro Kuroi’s sci-fi thrillerLeviathan.Courtesy of Kana and Abrams ComicArts, Screen Rant was generously provided a brief preview ofManholevolume #1.
Manholeis a three-volume horror mystery following Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue, two detectives investigatinga series of deaths that unfold into a potentially deadly conspiracy.As the intrigue grows from murders to a potential globe-spanning pandemic, the biological agent causing the infection continues to grow as Mizoguchi and Inoue chase down their leads. InManholevolume #1, readers will be immediately treated to a spine-tingling and thrilling start to a concise and taut story.
Manhole Volume #1 Preview from Kana Teases an Intrusive Bio-Horror Threat
Tetsuya Tsutsui Crafts a Modern Thriller That Gets Under the Skin
As shown in glimpses of several early pages ofManhole, an autopsy quickly takes a dark turn when Tadao Sugano, the Sasahara Police Department’s medical examiner, finds concerning clues on a cadaver. The pages highlight how the corpse was found with trace elements of trichloromethane, an anesthetic, as well as bulging blood vessels on the cadaver’s head and eye. But upon closer looks,Manholetakes an uncomfortable turn when the deceased man’s eyelid opens independently,with Sugano extracting what resembles a large parasite from within his eye, hinting that the man was more a victim than a medical casualty.
The fact that the eye is openly writhing, with the wormlike foreign body squirming between the doctor’s forceps, is enough to get readers curious to the extent of the biological agent’s threat inManhole.
Manholetakes advantage of the sheer discomfort of such an autopsy scene, with touches of body horror associated with an intrusive biological agent.The fact that the eye is openly writhing, with the wormlike foreign body squirming between the doctor’s forceps, is enough to get readers curious about the extent of the biological agent’s threat inManhole. But this is not the only series newly available from Kana, withLeviathansimultaneously hitting book and comic retailers just in time for Halloween.
Manhole and Leviathan Manga Hit Shelves with Perfect Timing for Halloween
Sci-Fi and Body Horror Fans Rejoice
BothManholeandLeviathan’sfirst manga volumes areavailable in North American markets as of July 19, 2025, in bookstores and on July 31, 2025, in comic book stores.WhileManholefeatures a more grounded mystery premise,Leviathanpromises a science fiction horror adventure that fans ofMoebius, Star Wars, Katsuhiro Otomo, andAlienwill enjoy. It becomes a dark story of survival when looters find the derelictLeviathanvessel in space, where the diary of middle-schooler Kazuma tells a brutal account of his crew’s mental collapse as oxygen on the ship runs low.
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But the story is still ongoing,as the looters realize one survivor may still be aboard the ship.Leviathan, not to be confused with the eponymousapocalyptic horror manhwa, features the brilliant illustrations of Shiro Kuroi, a perfect complement toManhole’srelease. BothManholeandLeviathancan be researched further on their Abrams ComicArts pages.
