The prequel Assassin's Creed Shadows is now available

The first volume Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga is now available in English. The prequel manga offers a closer look at the world Assassin's Creed Shadows through the perspective of the titular shinobi village at the heart of the game's story.

The official manga was originally announced in February 2025, a month in advance Assassin's Creed Shadows' critically acclaimed release. At the time, Ubisoft only confirmed a release date for Japan, where the series debuted on March 20, 2025, the same day as the AAA game it's based on. Created by Japanese manga artist Regujie, Stories of Iga has since appeared on the pages of Yanmaga's Weekly Young Magazine.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga Vol. 1 Starting at $14.99

With a 27% discount on the launch of the digital edition

VIZ Media has officially released the English version Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga Vol. 1 June 16. The manga is priced at $14.99 in both paperback and digital formats. Amazon is currently running a promotion that drops the Kindle edition to $10.99, a 27% discount. The deal doesn't appear to have an end date listed, but framing it as a launch discount suggests it won't be around for long.

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The first volume Stories of Iga it has 192 pages. The series is set to conclude with volume 2, which is currently scheduled for release in English on November 17, 2026. The collected volume in Japanese and its French translation have already been released in March and June 2026.

A brief history of the release of the Assassin's Creed manga

Manga	Volume	Pages	edition (English)
Assassin's Creed: Awakening	1/2	224	August 2017
Assassin's Creed: Awakening	2/2	192	October 2017
Assassin's Creed Valhalla × Vinland Saga	1/1	7	October 2020
Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun	1/4	160	February 2021
Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun	2/4	160	August 2021
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers	1/1	176	October 2021
Assassin's Creed Dynasty	1/5	224	January 2022
Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun	3/4	160	January 2022
Assassin's Creed Dynasty	2/5	224	April 2022
Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun	4/4	160	June 2022
Assassin's Creed Dynasty	3/5	208	June 2022
Assassin's Creed Dynasty	4/5	208	September 2022
Assassin's Creed Dynasty	5/5	320	March 2023
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple	1/4	224	November 2025
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple	2/4	224	February 2026
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple	3/4	200	May 2026
Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga	1/2	192	June 2026
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple	4/4	184	August 2026
Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga	2/2	188	November 2026

The history of manga Assassin's Creed evolved less as a unified publishing line than as a series of targeted regional experiments built on Ubisoft's historically best-selling environments. Publication of the franchise's manga in English began in 2017 Assassin's Creed: AwakeningThe Titan Manga is a two-volume adaptation Black flag. This made Edward Kenway the first main protagonist of a manga in English, years before Ubisoft returned to the character The Forgotten Temple. Final volume The Forgotten Temple it is scheduled for an English release on August 18, 2026, just over a month after that Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynchronized starts July 9.

Given Ubisoft's track record, the upcoming one is likely Assassin's Creed Codename Hex will also receive tie-in manga. The next major entry in the open-world franchise is estimated to have entered pre-production in 2022, though four years later, an official release window is still missing. However, recent reports indicate that the project is internally targeting a June 2027 launch.