{"id":34047,"date":"2026-07-07T14:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/kuma-bl-imprint-licenses-ogeretsu-tanakas-mermaid-prince-manga-series\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:36:51","slug":"kuma-bl-imprint-licenses-ogeretsu-tanakas-mermaid-prince-manga-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/kuma-bl-imprint-licenses-ogeretsu-tanakas-mermaid-prince-manga-series\/","title":{"rendered":"KUMA BL Imprint Licenses Ogeretsu Tanaka\u2019s Mermaid Prince Manga Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KUMA<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Boys\u2019 Love imprint of manga publisher <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denpa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, announced the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">license acquisition<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of <\/span>Ogeretsu Tanaka<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mermaid Prince<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga series during a panel at Anime Expo 2026. A release date for the manga\u2019s first volume was not revealed, as of the time of writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The supernatural Boys\u2019 Love romance manga was first published digitally on Tanaka\u2019s X\/Twitter and pixiv accounts on November 29, 2023. Shinshokan has published the series in print since August 2024 and has released two tankobon volumes as of July 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KUMA describes the main synopsis of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mermaid Prince<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A cash-strapped young man\u2019s life changes overnight when a mysterious organization shows up at his door and offers him 100 million yen for his rare genetics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The catch? In order to claim the money, he must successfully father a child with an endangered male mermaid in order to save them from extinction!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Source<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kumapub\/status\/2073505729286389862\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KUMA Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (via <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MangaAlerts\/status\/2073466401118122208?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MangaAlerts X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUMA, the Boys\u2019 Love imprint of manga publisher Denpa, announced the license acquisition of Ogeretsu Tanaka\u2019s Mermaid Prince manga series during a panel at Anime Expo 2026. 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