Cosmos (manga)

Cosmos (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryuhei Tamura. It began serialization in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in April 2023.

Cosmos
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre	Drama, science fiction[1]
Manga
Written by	Ryuhei Tamura
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Sunday GX Comics
Magazine	Monthly Sunday Gene-X
Original run	April 19, 2023 – present
Volumes	6

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ryuhei Tamura, Cosmos began serialization in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X on April 19, 2023.^[2][3] The series' chapters have been collected in six tankōbon volumes as of May 19, 2025.^[4]

In October 2024, Viz Media announced that it has licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume set to be released in Q3 2025.^[5]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	November 17, 2023[6]	978-4-09-157784-9	May 20, 2025[7]	978-1-9747-5464-9
2	February 19, 2024[8]	978-4-09-157798-6	August 19, 2025[9]	978-1-9747-5514-1
3	May 17, 2024[10]	978-4-09-157823-5	November 18, 2025[11]	978-1-9747-5832-6
4	September 19, 2024[12]	978-4-09-157834-1	—	—
5	January 17, 2025[13]	978-4-09-157851-8	—	—
6	May 19, 2025[4]	978-4-09-157882-2	—	—

Other

In commemoration of the release of the manga's sixth volume on May 19, 2025, a promotional video and a commercial were uploaded to the Monthly Sunday Gene-X YouTube channel that same day. The commercial appeared during the broadcast of Case Closed on NNS-affiliated stations on May 24, 2025. Both videos feature narration by Takayuki Sugō.^[14]

Reception

The series was ranked fifth in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024.^[15] It has also been nominated for the eleventh edition in 2025 in the same category.^[16] Along with Nezumi's First Love, Cosmos ranked ninth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2025 for male readers.^[17] It was nominated for the 18th Manga Taishō in 2025 and ranked eighth with 38 points.^{[18] [19]}

The series was recommended by manga authors Tite Kubo, Kazuhiro Fujita, Hiromu Arakawa, and Rumiko Takahashi, with comments featured on the obi of the first, second, fourth, and fifth volumes, respectively.^{[1][20][21][22]}