Crusher Joe Rebirth Manga to Resume After 3-Year Hiatus
The manga announced in 2022 that it will go on hiatus "for a while."The manga previously went on hiatus in October 2020, and planned to return in spring 2021. The manga returned in July 2021 with an adaptation of Takachino's first novel Crusher Joe: Rentai Wakusei Pizanne no Kiki (Crisis on Solidarity Planet Pizanne), originally published in 1977. Crusher Joe REBIRTH launched in Kodansha's Evening in September 2017. Manga creator and animator Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Gundam: The Origin) is designing the characters. Kodansha published the manga's fifth compiled book volume in February 2022.Takachino and the artist Fujihiko Hosono previously adapted the series into a manga in 1979. Anime studio Sunrise adapted the Crusher Joe novels into a 1983 film and a 1989 video project, both of which AnimEigo released in North America. The company describes the story:Discotek Media more recently released the movie on DVD in April 2017, and on Blu-ray Disc in June 2020. The publisher released the OVAs on DVD in September 2017, and on Blu-ray Disc in August 2020.Source: Yū Harii's X/Twitter account
