Twin Engine launches Bibibi Comic, its web manga label, with 31 titles

The anime planning company Twin Engine launched its own web manga label, Bibibi Comic, on November 7. The catalog starts with 31 titles, led by Chō Kaguya Meshi!, the first official manga spin-off of the film Chō Kaguya-hime!.

The announcement came with a commemorative print edition already on sale in bookstores across Japan. A promotional video directed by Kenji Iwaisawa, director of Hyakuemu. and Ongaku, with animation from his studio Rock'n Roll Mountain, was also released.

Twin Engine is known for producing adaptations of popular manga such as Jigokuraku, Nippon Sangoku, and Tongari Bōshi no Atorie. On the original side, it comes from Chō Kaguya-hime!, which earned 2.7 billion yen as a streaming-distributed film, and the Gekijōban Mononoke trilogy, which just concluded.

A label designed to jump from manga to anime

Bibibi Comic's goal is for every reader to find a work that gives them a "bibi!", a jolt of inspiration. The label is born from the collaboration Twin Engine recently announced with Bandai, and its bet is clear: as an anime company, it wants to create projects that can later become series or films.

The official site already offers the first chapter of each work for free. For a limited time, some titles offer several chapters at no cost.

The commemorative print edition brings together special chapters from 27 of the series, designed as self-contained stories to try before continuing. It also includes a section with unreleased art from Chō Kaguya-hime! and a transparent card with the visual for the online event Tsukuyomi Kanshasai, to be held in December.

What Chō Kaguya Meshi! is about

Chō Kaguya Meshi! takes place ten years after the film. Kaguya, the mysterious girl who came from the Moon, and student Sae Sakayori reunite thanks to the efforts of Sae, who is now a researcher. What Kaguya wants to fulfill on Earth is simple: to eat delicious food.

The story follows her daily life with Yachiyo Tsukimi, the administrator of the virtual space Tsukuyomi, and other friends. The manga keeps the film's comedy and pays special attention to food scenes, in a mix of daily life and gourmet.

The project is based on an idea and story by Shingo Yamashita, director of the film, with art by manga artist Teruya. The special chapter is already available on the Bibibi Comic site and in the print edition. The first chapter will be published in early September.