Dark Horse Comics’ Dark Horse Manga imprint has announced the license acquisition of two new manga series, as well as an upcoming release of an original Vampire Hunter D comic series. The announcements were made during Dark Horse Manga’s industry panel at this year’s Anime NYC.
Here are the details on the imprint’s upcoming releases:
Vampire Hunter D: Rose Princess Volume 1
Original Story: Hideyuki Kikuchi
Manga Art: Saiko Takaki
Release date: June 2027
Pre-orders for the manga adaptation’s first volume will be available soon. It will be translated into English by Kevin Leahy.
Synopsis:
The village of Sacri is a fertile oasis on the otherwise barren frontier. But Sacri’s prosperity comes at a steep price! The ruling noble, an immortal vampire princess, feasts on the villagers at her whim. When a young man attempts to save his lover from being bitten, the princess sends her four savage knights to punish the petulant villagers. Standing in their way is none other than the beautiful and dangerous vampire hunter D! With the help of a rebellious young woman named Elena, D undertakes a quest to end the princess’s deadly rule. But first, the two of them will risk their lives in an epic duel with her knights.
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Original Story: H.P Lovecraft
Manga Art: Gou Tanabe
Release Date: Spring 2027
A manga adaptation of H.P Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward horror novel from Gou Tanabe. Zack Davisson is translating the manga in English and it will be lettered by Steve Dutro.
Pre-orders for the manga will be available soon.
Synopsis:
Charles Dexter Ward hasn’t seemed himself since traveling to strange lands and keeping stranger company, all in the pursuit of information on a notorious ancestor, Joseph Curwen. Rumored alchemist and practitioner of the occult, Curwen died violently, and Charles became obsessed with finding his unmarked grave. Performing bizarre experiments and chants inside his room, Charles claims to have rediscovered secret knowledge his ancestor possessed that could revolutionize the world. When his erratic and dangerous behavior at last gets him committed to an insane asylum, Charles seemingly escapes…and only his family physician, Dr. Willett, suspecting a hideous truth, now has the courage to pursue the strange case of Charles Dexter Ward!
Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood #1 (of 4)
Story: Chris Condon
Art: Filipe Andrade
Coloring: Jordie Bellaire
Lettering: Frank Cvetkovic
Release Date: December 16, 2026
A new four-issue comic miniseries set in the world of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D novel series.
The comic series’ main cover will be drawn by Andrade, while variant covers will be released from Riccardo Federici and original Vampire Hunter D cover artist, illustrator, and designer Yoshitaka Amano.
Subsequent issues will include cover art from artists Emma Rios, Dan Quintana, and Eliza Ivanova.
Synopsis:
A vampire lord has marshalled his forces and is marching on human settlements, aiming to leave no survivors! The old fortress stands in his path to the next city, and within it is a family of outcasts who must buy enough time for humans to flee from the bloodbath. Wandering that same path is the indomitable hunter, the terrifyingly beautiful half-human, half-vampire known as D.
Sources: Dark Horse Comics Official X/Twitter (2) (3), press release
