Italian Manga

Ongoing Serial: a series of episodes, published over a span of weeks/months/years where the story plot is connected from chapter to chapter and must be read in chronological order for it to be understood properly.
Chapter Serial: a series of episodes, published over a span of weeks/months/years where the story plot is self-contained to a single chapter. There may be an overarching plot, but the stories can generally be read in any order and be understood
Book: an all-in-one self contained story published as a one-off.
Supplement: an an all-in-one self contained story published as a stand-alone supplement to a regular weekly/monthly periodical.
Short Story: an all-in-one, self contained story that was published in a regular weekly/monthly periodical
Anthology: a collection of all-in-one, self contained stories that were published in a regular weekly/monthly periodical but are generally grouped together.

Italy is another Tezuka hot-spot and there is a significant amount of Tezuka manga translated into Italian. Check out our handy table below to see what’s available.

Be sure to click on the English Title for more detailed (when available) series information!

Italian Title	English Title	Publication Date	Publisher	No. of Volumes	In Print?	Notes
Alabaster	Alabaster	2011	Free-Books	1/2	✔	Only one volume released
Astro Boy	Astro Boy	2005	Planet Manga	5	✘	5-volume “Best Of” series only
Ayako	Ayako	2004	Hazard Edizioni	3	✔
Black Jack	Black Jack	2002-05	Hazard Edizioni	25	✔
Budda	Buddha	1999-02	Hazard Edizioni	14	✔
Don Dracula	Don Dracula	2010	Ronin Manga	3	✔
Dororo	Dororo	2001	Kabuki Publishing	2/4	✘	Incomplete
Dororo	Dororo	2012	Goen	0/4	✘	Announced but not yet released
Kimba, il leone bianco	Jungle Emperor	2005-06	Hazard Edizioni	3	✔
Kirihito	Ode to Kirihito	2006-2007	Hazard Edizioni	4	✔
La Fenice	Phoenix	2005-11	Hazard Edizioni	17	✔	Final volume is Shojo Club edition
La Principessa Zaffiro	Princess Knight	2001	Hazard Edizioni	3	✔	Nakayoshi Edition
La storia dei tre Adolf	Message to Adolf	1998	Hazard Edizioni	5	✘
La storia dei tre Adolf	Message to Adolf	2010	Hazard Edizioni	3	✔	Deluxe edition (box-set available)
MW	MW	2004-05	Hazard Edizioni	3	✔
Pinocchio	Pinocchio	2011	Ronin Manga	1	✔
Sotto il nostro cielo	Under the Air	2011	Hazard Edizioni	1	✔
Metropolis	Metropolis	2011	Free-Books	0/1	✘	Announced by not released yet