Akudama Drive Comicalize

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## Akudama Drive Comicalize

* 1-28
* 28-35
* 35-?

## Creators

### Publisher

Renta!

**Akudama Drive Comicalize** (アクダマドライブコミカライズ, *Akudama Doraibu Komikaraizu*) is the manga adaptation of *Akudama Drive*, illustrated by Rokurou Ogaki.

Its first chapter was released on July 6, 2020, ahead from the anime, which was delayed due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. As of December 1, 2022, 53 chapters have been released and 32 of them have been translated to English. They are available on Renta!'s online store in both Japanese and English.

## Official synopsis

*"Long ago, war broke out between the regions of Kanto and Kansai, splitting the country in two. Kansai became a vassal state of Kanto and developed characteristic advancements. However, with the decline of the government and the police force, crime ran rampant. Those criminals are called Akudama.

This crime action story is set in a highly advanced, yet twisted society, and each Akudama has a different method of coping. The individual styles of each Akudama will collide as they finally assemble for one purpose."*

## Releases

### Volume 1

On January 26, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki announced the release of the first digital volume of *Akudama Drive Comicalize* for Amazon Kindle with some corrections and bonus pages. Released on January 28, it costs ¥660. On January 30, Rokurou Ogaki announced that it had become available on other digital platforms as well for the same price.

### Volume 2

On August 22, 2022, Renta! announced the upcoming release of the second digital volume of *Akudama Drive Comicalize* on multiple Japanese digital platforms for August 26. Rokurou Ogaki had teased its release 3 days prior, on August 19, by publishing a small version of the cover hidden behind a drawing of the Hoodlum. It released on Amazon Kindle for ¥660.

### Volume 3

On September 26, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki announced the pre-orders for the upcoming release of the third digital volume of *Akudama Drive Comicalize* on September 30, again costing ¥660. He had teased its release the day prior, simultaneously teasing the release of Volume 4 "around October".

### Volume 4

After teasing that the cover of the fourth volume of *Akudama Drive Comicalize* would portray the Hacker at the time of the third volume's release, on October 25, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki confirmed its near release. It became available on October 27 for the usual price of ¥660.

### Volume 5

On October 28, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki announced that the cover of fifth digital volume of *Akudama Drive Comicalize*, to come out by the end of November, would portray the Doctor. He confirmed its upcoming release by once again publishing a teaser of the cover, using a drawing of the Hoodlum to hide it. On November 28, he announced its release date: December 2, 2022.

### Volume 6

On December 6, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki published a teaser of the next volume's cover, featuring the Hoodlum, with the same usual drawing of him hiding himself. He stated said volume, Volume 6, to be due to come out in January. On January 16, 2023, he confirmed its release date: January 21.

### Volume 7

On December 19, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki ran a poll on Twitter asking users to pick their favorite of 4 sketches for the cover of Volume 7. Option A won after 178 votes. On January 13, he streamed and published images of his drafting, sketching, lining and finally coloring process.

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On February 11, 2023, Ogaki announced the upcoming release of Volume 7 by the end of February, and published the usual teaser featuring a drawing of the Hoodlum hiding the illustration. On February 20, Renta! confirmed its release date to be February 25, and published the full cover.

### Volume 8

On February 11, 2023, Rokurou Ogaki announced he was finished drawing the bonus pages for Volume 8, and teased that their contents, as well as the volume's cover illustration, would be a secret.

### Miscellaneous information

Rokurou Ogaki had initially announced the digital release of three volumes before the end of the year in August 2021. He stopped posting on Twitter from September 11 to November 26, when he announced that *Akudama Drive Comicalize* had been forced to take a break but would be now coming back. (View Trivia)

Such a release has not been announced for the English translation of *Akudama Drive Comicalize*. At the time of the digital publication of the first volume in Japanese, 24 chapters had been translated to English on Renta!, while the volume publication was initially announced when the manga reached 28 chapters in Japanese. On February 1, 2022, Rokurou Ogaki replied to another user on Twitter that a volume release of the English version of *Akudama Drive Comicalize* was not in the works, but could come in the future if the demand is high enough. He recommended that this user convey their request to Renta!.

## Gallery

### Volume Covers

Volume 1 Digital CoverVolume 2 Digital CoverVolume 3 Digital CoverVolume 4 Digital CoverVolume 5 Digital CoverVolume 6 Digital CoverVolume 7 Digital Cover
### Miscellaneous

Chapter 1, Page 1Chapter 7 CoverChapter 9 Page preview (日本語)Chapter 35 Cover shared by Rokurou Ogaki on TwitterChapter 37 Cover shared by Rokurou Ogaki on TwitterChapter 41 Cover shared by Rokurou Ogaki on TwitterAnnouncement doodle by Rokurou Ogaki for the completion of Volume 1 (日本語)Chapters 1 to 28 Cover with alt. colours published by Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter to partcipate in an "introduce your favorite anime in a boring way" tag prompt
## Trivia

* In December 2020, Rokurou Ogaki put up a poll on his Twitter asking what he should abbreviate the manga's name to. "Akudamanga" (アクダマンガ *Akudamanga*) won with 49,6% of the votes.
* On November 26, 2021, Renta! published an apology on Twitter for a break in the publication of *Akudama Drive Comicalize*, explaining that their parent company, Papyless, was to blame for this mistake, and confirming that the serialization was about to resume.
* In his first announcement of an upcoming digital volume publication of *Akudama Drive Comicalize* on Twitter, Rokurou Ogaki mentioned that a physical version could eventually come out if the digital version sells well.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Renta's official translation of *Akudama Drive Comicalize: https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/141776*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Akudama Drive Volume 1 has been published!"* (日本語)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Akudama Drive 1 Kindle Edition on Amazon.co.jp (日本語)
4. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Volume 1 of Akudama Drive is now available on all Ebook sites!"* (日本語)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Renta\_Comics on Twitter: *\New publication announcement/* (日本語)
6. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Volume 2 of the Akudama Drive manga should come out in August, so I would like to promote it..."* (日本語)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Akudama Drive 2 Kindle Edition on Amazon.co.jp (日本語)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Akudama Drive Comicalization Volume 3 will be released in electronic format on September 30!!"* (日本語)
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Akudama Drive 3 Kindle Edition on Amazon.co.jp (日本語)
10. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: "*Volume 4 cover is Hacker-san. It will be released around October, so look forward to it.*" (日本語)
11. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Akudama Drive Digital Comic Volume 4 will be out on October 28!"* (日本語)
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Akudama Drive 4 Kindle Edition on Amazon.co.jp (日本語)
13. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"And the cover of Volume 5 is Doctor."* (日本語)
14. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Volume 5 of the Akudama Drive manga should come out around the end of November!* (日本語)
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Voluptuous Drive Volume 5 will come out on December 2!"* (日本語)
16. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"When I was drawing the Hoodlum on the cover of Akudama Drive Volume 6..."* (日本語)
17. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Manga version, Volume 6, Releases January 21!"* (日本語)
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Akudama Drive 6 Kindle Edition on Amazon.co.jp (日本語)
19. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Which of the four cover rough drafts for volume 7 of Akudama Drive do you think is the best?"* (日本語)
20. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Today is the Cutthroat's birthday and Volume 7's cover is the Cutthroat, so I'll distribute the drawing work."* (日本語)
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"I've finished the art for the bonus comic for Volume 8 of Akudama Drive."* (日本語)
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "*\ Notice of a new publication /*" (日本語)
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: *"Digital versions of Akudama Drive will be published!"* (日本語)
24. ↑ "…という訳で、アクダマのドライブがしばらく止まってしまっておりましたが..." (日本語
25. ↑ "アクダマドライブのコミックスの英語版は今のところ発売予定はありませんが、ご要望の声が多ければ期待できるかもしれません。" (日本語)
26. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: "*Akudama Drive Comicalize Episode 35 "BLACK RAIN (4)" is now available on Renta!*" (日本語)
27. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: "*Akudama Drive Comicalize Chapter 37 "THE SHINING (2)"*" (日本語)
28. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: "*Akudama Drive Comicalize Episode 41 "BABEL (1)" is now available.*" (日本語)
29. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki on Twitter: "*#IntroduceYourFavoriteAnimeinaBoringWay" (日本語)*
30. ↑ Rokurou Ogaki's Twitter poll: 「アクダマドライブコミカライズ」が長いので略語は次のうちどれがいいでしょうか？ (日本語)
31. ↑ Renta!'s apology on Twitter: 「アクダマドライブ」配信に関するお詫びと連載再開のお知らせ (日本語)