Manga Mavericks Licenses Fishgod and Ballet Hero Fantasy at Otakon 2025

#news #manga August 10, 2025

by Tamara Lazic

The Manga Mavericks publishing company announced three new licenses at today's Otakon 2025 industry panel. The new manga titles coming to Manga Mavericks in English are:

FISHGOD by Chlona

Release date: 2026 January 2026 (Digital) / May 2026 (Print)
Synopsis: The world is infested by Kaigyo: fish that walk on land, eat concrete, and destroy buildings.
Their typical behavior is bizarre enough, but ten years ago, Jaytle Nish witnessed these pests become murderers while under the command of a mystery person clad in black, and eat his parents whole. He takes on a job exterminating the fish while looking for leads, but instead finds a strange woman eating poisonous kaigyo flesh.
From deadly fish to mysterious cultists, the odd duo will take on it all in this pop art-inspired revenge action series!

Ballet Hero Fantasy: Dan's Adventure feat. Steven McRae by Takafumi Adachi

Release date: February 2026 (Print/Digital)
Synopsis: In Kinuta Village, it’s the princess who’s the hero!
Tanuki are magical creatures that are able to take the shape of humans. In a hidden village of tanuki, tucked away from mankind, lives Princess Kikyo. Bored with her leisurely days in the lap of luxury, she takes her yearning for adventure on the road with a dancer named Yugao. However, the human world isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, and Kikyo is going to need more than her wits and scrappiness to survive!