{"id":65449,"date":"2026-04-20T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65449"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:58:42","slug":"former-shueisha-editor-behind-chainsaw-man-spy-x-family-and-dandadan-announces-new-independent-manga-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/former-shueisha-editor-behind-chainsaw-man-spy-x-family-and-dandadan-announces-new-independent-manga-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Former\u00a0Shueisha\u00a0editor\u00a0behind Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family and\u00a0Dandadan\u00a0announces new,\u00a0independent manga\u00a0platform\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Veteran manga editor\u00a0<strong>Shihei\u00a0Lin<\/strong>\u00a0announced\u00a0on April 17, that his company\u00a0Mix Green\u00a0has\u00a0established\u00a0a new manga editorial department and is currently accepting\u00a0submissions\u00a0from authors.\u00a0Manga titles\u00a0will be published through a new platform\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0currently\u00a0in the works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his sixteen-year career at&nbsp;Shueisha,&nbsp;Lin served&nbsp;in the editorial departments of&nbsp;Monthly Shonen Jump, Jump Square and Shonen Jump+. After leaving the company in August 2022, he became a freelancer&nbsp;and&nbsp;established&nbsp;his own&nbsp;company,&nbsp;Mix Green.&nbsp;He\u2019s&nbsp;known for being the&nbsp;editor&nbsp;in&nbsp;charge&nbsp;of&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;hit&nbsp;manga&nbsp;series, including Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dandadan, and has&nbsp;also been involved in supervising and producing anime adaptations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u6301\u8fbc\u52df\u96c6\u3011<br>\u65b0\u6f2b\u753b\u7de8\u96c6\u90e8\u3092\u7acb\u3061\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u4f5c\u5bb6\u30fb\u4f5c\u54c1\u306e\u52df\u96c6\u3092\u958b\u59cb\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u63b2\u8f09\u5148\u306f\u3001 \u6e96\u5099\u4e2d\u306e\u65b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u3054\u5fdc\u52df\u3092\u5fc3\u3088\u308a\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u6301\u3061\u8fbc\u307f\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u304b\u3089\u2193<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ziFv4aYA9w\">https:\/\/t.co\/ziFv4aYA9w<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6V8vFYmP4\">pic.twitter.com\/i6V8vFYmP4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6797\u58eb\u5e73\uff08\u308a\u3093\u3057\u3078\u3044\uff09 (@SHIHEILIN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHIHEILIN\/status\/2045077762365632769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While&nbsp;Lin&nbsp;has&nbsp;continued&nbsp;to work&nbsp;as a&nbsp;Shonen Jump+&nbsp;editor&nbsp;and&nbsp;remained&nbsp;in charge of&nbsp;the&nbsp;aforementioned&nbsp;manga&nbsp;titles&nbsp;following his departure from&nbsp;Shueisha,&nbsp;it seems his company&nbsp;is now ready to start publishing independently.&nbsp;Details on the new publication, including its name,&nbsp;remain&nbsp;under wraps&nbsp;for now,&nbsp;but&nbsp;Lin&nbsp;emphasizes that&nbsp;the project&nbsp;bears no connections to&nbsp;Shueisha&nbsp;or Jump+. 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