Viz Media Licenses The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom Manga

Viz Media announced on Thursday that it is publishing Nao Iwamoto's The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom (Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi) manga in English. The company uploaded the first two chapters digitally on the same day.

The fantasy romance manga centers on seven brothers who are knights of the Marronnier Kingdom. The kingdom lies in the center of a group of eight kingdoms, and each brother is dispatched to a different kingdom as ambassadors, to go on an adventure to find their fated partner.

The manga launched in Shogakukan's Flowers magazine in 2016. Shogakukan shipped the 11th compiled book volume on June 10. The manga topped the list of manga for female readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.

The manga is inspiring a television anime that will debut on Saturday on the NHK Educational channel at 6:25 p.m. JST (5:25 a.m. EDT).

Iwamoto's Kingdom of Gold, Kingdom of Water manga inspired the Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom anime film that opened in January 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment released the original manga in English.

Source: Viz Media's X/Twitter account