Gannibal (manga)

Gannibal (ガンニバル) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaaki Ninomiya. It was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 2018 to November 2021 and published in thirteen volumes. A television drama adaptation premiered in December 2022. A second season has been announced.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Masaaki Ninomiya, the series was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 5, 2018, to November 26, 2021. Its individual chapters were collected into thirteen tankōbon volumes. A special chapter was released in Weekly Manga Goraku on December 16, 2022, to commemorate the premiere of the drama adaptation.

In July 2023, Ablaze Publishing announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Drama
A Japanese television drama adaptation was announced by Disney+ during their "APAC Content Showcase" on October 14, 2021. It was directed by Shinzo Katayama, with Takamasa Oe writing the scripts and Teruhisa Yamamoto and Tatsuya Iwakura producing. Yuya Yagira, Riho Yoshioka, and Show Kasamatsu played the lead roles. It premiered on Disney+ on December 28, 2022. Internationally, the series was streamed by Hulu in the United States and Disney+ in the rest of the world.

On September 21, 2023, a second season was announced.

Reception
The tenth volume was selected to be in competition at the 2023 Angoulême International Comics Festival. The series has two million copies in circulation.