Manga Mavericks Books has announced the digital debut of the one-shot manga travelogue, First Time in Taiwan: A Delicious Adventure on October 22, 2025. A print release of the manga will follow on December 16, 2025.
The publisher announced that it had licensed the manga for English release at Anime Expo 2025 earlier this July.
The one-shot manga is written and illustrated by Muta Yuki, who is an illustrator living in the Nara prefecture of Japan. They were a recipient of the SAKURA Exhibition WACOM Award in May 2019.
In addition to their self-published work, Yuki previously published two chapters of the series MAMIE TAYLOR in Kadokawa’s Aokishi manga magazine in 2022 and 2023.
Manga Mavericks Books describes the main premise of First Time in Taiwan: A Delicious Adventure as:
Told through the visage of cute animal avatars, this delicious manga travelogue follows the journey of a mangaka and friends as they explore Taiwan via both illustrations and photography. Readers can pull up a chair and enjoy the deliciousness in this release without the need to worry about calories!
Pre-orders for the print version of the manga can be found here, while pre-orders for the digital version can be made here.
Source: press release
