How many Black Jack volumes will be released?

[AstroBBoy]

I was wondering if anyone knows how many Black Jack volumes Vertical will be releasing?

I am also curious what they might be releasing after the completion of these.

[strobe_z]

Hi AstroBBoy... Welcome to the forums.

Vertical has just finished releasing the 17th and final Black Jack volume. They also just released the second and final volume of Princess Knight. As for what's next... I believe Message to Adolf is slated for the spring.

[AstroBBoy]

Wow, the last one?
I bought #17 on the weekend but haven't started it yet.

And only 2x Princess Knights as well.

I'm running out of "new" Tezuka to read

Are the new Adolfs going to be the same as the 5x Viz issues from years ago? (I hope it's something different as I already have those)

[strobe_z]

It's the same manga as the five volumes Viz release way back in 1996, but it's a brand new translation/edition. I have them as well, so I was hoping for something different too.

[AstroBBoy]

Damn. Anything else in the pipeline?

[strobe_z]

Not in English that we know of... in French Song for Apollo and Alabaster are coming out in Jan/Feb. Guess it's time to learn a new langauge!