Shueisha just opened its vault for its 100th anniversary. MANGA MILLION, the publisher’s most ambitious digital initiative to date, launched today — offering around 400 manga series totalling one million pages, all free, no account required, in over 100 languages. If you have ever wanted to read a classic Shueisha title in English, or Tagalog, or Korean, or Chinese, right now is the moment.
What Is MANGA MILLION?
MANGA MILLION is a limited-time web platform at mangamillion.shueisha.co.jp/en, created to mark Shueisha’s centenary. The project is described by the company as “one of the largest initiatives in Shueisha’s history.” Hideaki Hayashi, President and Representative Director, put it directly: “One of a publisher’s most important responsibilities is to connect creative talent with the public.”
The platform supports 100-plus languages — including English, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, French, Turkish, and Polish — and requires no sign-up. You visit, you pick a title, you read.
What Singapore Fans Can Read Right Now
The catalogue covers the biggest names in manga: ONE PIECE, Naruto, Bleach, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, SPY×FAMILY, Kingdom, [Oshi No Ko], Yu Yu Hakusho, Reborn!, and the beautiful short work Look Back. Shojo readers are especially well-served — over 150 shojo titles are included, among them Nana, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, and Boys Over Flowers.
English and Chinese are both available as reading languages, making the platform immediately useful for Singapore’s manga-reading community. The inclusion of Tagalog is a notable touch for Singapore’s Filipino community. No VPN, no subscription, no region unlock needed — just open the site and start reading.
300 First-Ever Translations, Zero AI
The headline figure that makes MANGA MILLION genuinely historic: nearly 300 of the roughly 400 titles are receiving their first-ever professional translation into a given language. Fifty titles are being published in multiple languages simultaneously. All translations were done by human translators — Shueisha confirmed in its press release that no AI was used in the process. International licensing partners across all of Shueisha’s divisions contributed to the effort.
Shuhei Hosono, Editor-in-Chief of Manga Plus, told Screen Rant: “Language barriers still prevent many readers worldwide from accessing manga.” He added that he is “really excited to see this project help those works find a whole new audience,” and personally championed the shojo catalogue: “I’m a huge fan of manga for women myself, and I really want to share just how rich and incredible that world is.”
How MANGA MILLION Differs From MANGA Plus
Shueisha’s existing free platform, MANGA Plus, already offers simulpub access to currently running series — you get the latest chapter of One Piece the same day it drops in Japan. MANGA MILLION does something different. As Hosono explained to Screen Rant: “The biggest difference is MANGA PLUS focuses on simulpubbing currently running series, whereas MANGA MILLION includes completed titles.” The 100th-anniversary platform is where you find classics and finished runs that never got an official English or multilingual translation before.
MANGA MILLION is available for a limited time, though no end date has been announced. Singapore fans are better off starting now rather than waiting. Head to mangamillion.shueisha.co.jp/en — it is free, it is live right now, and it is the easiest that backlog has ever been to tackle. For more manga and anime news, check back on GameTrader.SG.